SATURDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2018 On the other end of the scale, Australian agent Sheamus Mills GLOBAL SUCCESS FOR purchased Suspicieuse (Fr) (Elusive City), the dam of exciting Australian 2-year-old Dubious (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}), ARQANA MARES for i55,000 in 2013. Other progeny of mares purchased at Arqana in recent years to win major stakes in 2018 include Nyaleti (Ire) (Arch) and Well Timed (Ger) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), winners of the G2 German 1000 Guineas and G1 German Oaks; G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil winner and G1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Marmelo (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}); G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern winner Iquitos (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}); G3 Prix de Saint Georges winner City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}); G3 Prix de la Rochette winner The Black Album (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and G3 Prix de Royaumont winner Pollara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). They join a list that includes Group 1 winners like La Cressonniere, Vadamos, Suedois, Danedream, Almanzor, Brametot, Capri, Signs of Blessing and Toronado, whose dams were all purchased at Arqana December. Cont. p2 Arqana=s December Sale closes out the European breeding stock sale season | Zuzanna Lupa IN TDN AMERICA TODAY BAFFERT LOOKS TO EXTEND FUTURITY STREAK By Kelsey Riley Trainer Bob Baffert has won all four runnings of the GI Los DEAUVILLE, France--The 2018 European breeding stock sales Alamitos Futurity and has a pair of ‘TDN Rising Stars’ in the race season comes to a close this weekend in Deauville with four Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. days of selling at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale. While the seaside town and all its Christmas cheer is an attraction in itself, savvy shoppers will be well aware there are still plenty of gifts of the equine variety up for grabs. While inspections at the Deauville sales grounds were blighted on Friday by periods of heavy rain and wind, buyers from all corners of the globe were still out inspecting mares, fillies and foals, giving reason to believe that the strong international participation witnessed at both Goffs and Tattersalls in recent weeks will continue at the final sale of the year. And such participation would certainly be merited; the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale has been advertised on a global scale this year, with mares purchased from the sale having produced top-class winners all across Europe, in the U.S., Australia, Japan and South Africa. Fierement (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who in October became a Classic winner in Japan=s G1 Kikuka Sho, is out of a mare bought by Katsumi Yoshida for i750,000 in 2018. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 8 DECEMBER 2018 Global Success For Arqana Mares cont. from p1 Pollara=s dam, Brooklyn=s Storm (Storm Cat), was bought for i70,000 in 2011 and, on the back of Pollara=s Group 3 win earlier this year, the mare=s Galileo filly foal sold for 1-million gns. In fact, each of the mare=s four yearlings to go through the ring since her purchase has reached six figures. A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) was bought privately by Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables and Bethlehem Stables from the Monceaux consignment at last year=s sale for i230,000, and less than a year later after adding the GI First Lady S. to her resume she was bought by Haruya Yoshida for $2- million at Fasig-Tipton November last month. Another Arqana December graduate to perform well of late for the same Chad Brown stable is Rymska (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), who was a i35,000 foal in 2014 and sold privately to American interests after winning a listed stake in France. She won four straight races in the U.S. including the Oct. 21 GIII Athenia S. at BelmontBnot bad for a i35,000 foal out of a mare that had cost i10,000 carrying her at the same sale the year before. A festive feeling in Deauville | Zuzanna Lupa Arqana released a fine catalogue for the December Breeding Stock Sale in early November, and its quality has since been bolstered by the addition of several well-qualified wildcards. Those include Lily=s Candle (Fr) (Style Vendome {Fr}) (lot 160), who returns to the ring where she was scooped up for i15,000 as a foal a year ago. In the interim, she visited Arqana=s Arc Sale in October after winning a listed race at Vichy and was bought by Oceanic Bloodstock for i390,000, and she boosted her value even further a day later when winning ParisLongchamp=s G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. Team Valor=s G3 Prix Miesque winner Devant (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}) has been supplemented as lot 170, as has Noblesse Oblige (Ity) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) (lot 180), the G3 Premio Dormello winner and one of Italy=s top juveniles whose dam was bought for i4,500 carrying her at the Arqana December sale three years ago. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 8 DECEMBER 2018 The other wildcards include the multiple group-placed 4-year- The Aga Khan=s consignment includes the 5-year-old Talisa old Diana Storm (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 150), a full- (Ire) (Pour Moi {Ire}), a half-sister to Group 1 winner Fidelite sister to German champion and Group 1 winner Dschingis Secret (Ire) (In The Wings {GB}) in foal to Shalaa (Ire) (lot 5); and (Ger); and the Group 3-placed Moonlight In Paris (Fr) (Literato Zerkeriya (Ire) (Soviet Star), a half-sister to Zarkava (Fr) {Fr}) (lot 120), in foal to Siyouni (Fr). (Zamindar) in foal to Ulysses (GB) (lot 67). Just last week, Issam FaresBthe owner of Fares Farm in Perennial leading Arqana consignor Ecurie des Monceaux Kentucky and the breeder of the likes of Da Hoss and supplies a typically strong draft, including Ma Cherie (GB) CurlinBannounced that he will disperse his stock at Arqana=s (Galileo {Ire}), a winning half-sister to GI Breeders= Cup Filly & December and February Sales, and four of his young mares have Mare Turf winner Zagora (Fr) (Green Tune) in foal to Caravaggio been supplemented to the December sale: the G3 Prix Vanteaux (lot 168); Let=s Misbehave (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), an unraced winner Zghorta Dance (Fr) (Le Havre) in foal to Muhaarar (GB) three-quarter sister to High Chaparral (Ire) in foal to War Front (lot 140); G2 Prix de Pomone winner Baino Hope (Fr) (Jeremy) in (lot 188); and Nepali Princess (Ire) (Mr. Greeley), an unraced foal to Kingman (GB) (lot 190) and her winning half-sister half-sister to Shalaa (Ire) (lot 139). Roman Ridge (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in foal to Ronald Rauscher (featured in Friday=s TDN) brings a draft of 14 Wootton Bassett (GB) (lot 110); and listed winner Wedge Trust from Germany, including triple Group 3 winner Delectation (GB) (Ire) (Zamindar {Fr}) in foal to Gleneagles (Ire). (Delegator {GB}) (lot 192) and another Group 3 winner in Peace In Motion (Hat Trick {Jpn}) (lot 163). Stall Salzburg offers two black-type fillies including Night Music (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a dual Group 2-winning half- sister to German Oaks winner Night Magic (Ger) (Sholokhov) (lot 195). Guy Pariente=s Haras de Colleville offers a reduction sale that includes the well-bred stakes-producer Cherriya (Fr) (Montjeu {Ire}) in foal to Kingman (GB) (lot 185), and G3 Prix Miesque winner Sweety Dream (Fr) (Dream Ahead) in foal to Kendargent (Fr) (lot 218). Lily=s Candle | Scoop Dyga These late entries bolster a catalogue that includes the typically intriguing consignments of the likes of Wertheimer et Frere and the Aga Khan Studs. The former includes Tiberias (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), a winning half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Silasol (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) from the family of G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe winner Solemia and Classic winner The Gurkha (lot 50); Desertiste (GB) (Green Desert), a stakes-producing half- sister to the dam of G1 Prix du Jockey Club winner Intello (Ger) in foal to New Approach (Ire) (lot 112) and, from the same family, the 5-year-old Gravitee (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to La Motteraye Consignment offers a filly foal out of Classic winner Intello in foal to Wootton Bassett (lot 159). Just The Judge | Racing Post TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 8 DECEMBER 2018 La Motteraye Consignment offers the largest consignment on AThey are both nice horses, but the filly may be a bit more quantity with 27 foals, 19 mares and 16 fillies, and the draft is sharp than the colt--she=s all quality,@ he said. AShe=s very much also big on quality, its foals including the Dubawi filly who is the like a Dubawi filly and we are very excited to have her. second foal out of Classic winner Just The Judge (Ire) (Lawman AShe=s a nice filly, she walks well. I saw her in the spring and {Fr}) (lot 175). The G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner=s first foal, a she developed well through the summer. She=s a beautiful filly; full-brother to this filly, topped the most recent Arqana August David [Redvers] said she was one of the best-looking foals he yearling sale when sold by La Motteraye and bought by had at Tweenhills. Even here she stands out in the draft we Ballylinch Stud for i1.4-million. have.@ The filly is bred by Qatar Racing and China Horse Club, which partnered on the mare at 4.5-million gns at Tattersalls in 2014 when she was offered to dissolve the partnership between Qatar Racing and the Sangster family.