MONDAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2016 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU NATIONAL HUNT RACING REVIEW | RACING REVIEW | STALLION NEWS TODAY’S HEADLINES ARQANA EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com BRUMMITT RETURNS TO KNOWN WELL WITH VEZINA A frosty morning greeted the keen early risers on the second day of the Arqana Breeding Sale in Deauville, writes Sally Ann Grassick. © APRH The top lot of the day was the beautiful grey mare Vezina Seven Hills Bloodstock Ltd paid €105,000 for yesterday’s (Bering), Lot 301, offered in foal to Kendargent by the Coulonces top lot Vezina (Lot 301), who is already the dam of the Consignment. Now aged 16, she is the dam of multiple winners, Gr.1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Morandi [above]. including Gr.1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Morandi (Holy The 16-year-old mare was offered by Anna Drion’s Roman Emperor). Jeremy Brummitt did the bidding on this Coulonces Consignment in foal to Kendargent. mare, who was knocked down to Seven Hills Bloodstock for €105,000, and he explained afterwards: “I bought her once Lot 283, Melbourne Shuffle (Street Cry), whose unraced dam previously [for €280,000 at this sale in 2012] and I am delighted to Liffey Dancer (Sadler’s Wells) was an unraced full-sister to the have bought her again today for a partnership of friends, including Gr.1 winners Listen and Sequoah, was purchased by Earl Carel Team Hogdala, at whose stud she will be based. The plan is to send for €100,000. The winning maiden mare was consigned in foal to her back to Holy Roman Emperor, which worked for her in the past, Siyouni by Haras d’Etreham. Victor Langlais signed for the mare I’m sure you can imagine that it took many hours of brain storming and he said afterwards that the mare was bought for a partnership to come up with that idea! Hopefully we will be seeing a daughter of of people involved in trotting racing: “Elevage Carel, Haras de hers running in the [Gr.1] Prix de Diane in the future.” Marancourt and myself. Her foal will come back to that sales here in GetAmlin Plus will Cover tailor a policy for your breeding stock including Foal Insurance, Prospective Foal Insurance, Broodmare Insurance and Worldwide Cover. Contact an expert. BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE SPECIALIST Telephone: +44 (0)800 917 9712 Email: [email protected] | www.amlinplus.com Amlin Plus is a trading name of MS Amlin Underwriting Services Limited Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: MONDAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2016 Deauville. She is a beautiful and well-bred mare and she will now go four times from eight starts at two and three. “She is for a to Haras de Marancourt.” Langlais was notably underbidder on partnership of Irish breeders who are long established clients of Alpine Snow (€280,000 to Meridian International) and Born mine,” explained Grassick. “She will go back into training in France Cross (€200,000 to Haras du Quesnay) for the same clients. and we look forward to her making a beautiful broodmare at the Pierre Talvard continued to add to his broodmare band when in end of her racing career. In my opinion she was the best filly physically the company of trainer Carlos Lerner. He did the bidding on Lot today and it is a bonus that she is an outcross to Danzig.” 479, the Wertheimer & Frere mare Comique (Distorted Humor), Hillwood Bloodstock bought Lot 456, a colt foal by New sold in foal to Makfi, who was knocked down to Alain Decrion for Approach from the family of Brooch, consigned by Haras de €100,000. “I have bought her for a partnership of friends. She is a Castillon. Charlie Vigors had already returned to England but, really beautiful mare. I have an idea of what stallion we will send her when contacted by phone, he commented: “I saw him yesterday to, but I will have to think it over more.” This winner is out of Gr.1 when I was in Deauville and he was my pick of the foals from today. Beverly Hills Handicap and Gr.3 Prix des Reservoirs winner We will resell him next year but we have not decided on a sale plan Corrazona (El Gran Senor). yet. The mare has a Camelot colt, which will be a two-year-old next Matt Houldsworth of Howson and Houldsworth Bloodstock went year, to run for her. We priced him in that region and I am happy to to €83,000 for Lot 387, Kirkinola (Selkirk). This good looking get him at that price.” This colt is the second foal of the unraced Listed-winner was sold in foal to Lope De Vega by Dehesa de Awe Struck (Rail Link). Milagro, having already produced two winners to date. The young Lot 378, Really Lovely (Galileo), offered in foal to Kendargent bloodstock agent commented afterwards: “I have bought her for an from Haras d’Etreham, was sold privately outside the ring to existing client and she will go to the UK now. I saw her both days and I Mickley Stud for €75,000. This winner is out of dual Gr.1 winner thought she was a really nice individual, with the bonus of having won Simply Perfect (Danehill), making her a full-sister to Gr.3 at Listed level and being in foal to a good proven stallion.” This mare International Stakes winner Mekong River. She has already has already produced three-time winner Vitally Important produced a winner in her first foal, Falcao Negro (Canford Cliffs). (Pivotal) as well as Danegeld (Danehill Dancer). She is out of Gr.2 Renello Bloodstock Agency was responsible for purchasing Lot Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Spinola (Spinning World). 388, Shake The Moon (Loup Solitaire), who has already Lot 391, the three-year-old filly Westadora (Le Havre), produced Gr.3 Prix Paul de Moussac second Moon Trouble (Lope consigned by the Coulonces Consignment, was knocked down to de Vega) for €70,000. Consigned by Haras du Mezeray in foal to Cathy Grassick of Brian Grassick Bloodstock for €80,000. 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E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: MONDAY, 5TH DECEMBER 2016 Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld ARQANA BREEDING STOCK SALE – DAY TWO Lot Sex Name (Sire) Covering Sire / Name – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (€) 301 16m VEZINA (Bering) Kendargent Coulonces Consignment Seven Hills Bloodstock Ltd 105,000 283 4f MELBOURNE SHUFFLE (Street Cry) Siyouni Haras d’Etreham Earl Carel 100,000 479 8m COMIQUE (Distorted Humor) Makfi Wertheimer & Frere Alain Decrion 100,000 387 11m KIRKINOLA (Selkirk) Lope De Vega Dehesa de Milagro Howson & Houldsworth 83,000 391 3f WESTADORA (Le Havre) Coulonces Consignment Brian Grassick Bloodstock 80,000 456 cf NEW APPROACH – Awe Struck Haras de Castillon Hillwood Bloodstock 80,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS bidding on this mare and he said afterwards: “She will go to Ireland FIRST CROP COVERING SIRES (€) now and should be covered by one of the young Coolmore stallions, probably Pride Of Dubai. She is in foal to a son of Galileo who has BRAZEN BEAU everything in his favour to succeed as a stallion, I think her foal will 337 9m Abeille (Alhaarth) NS14,000 go be resold next year.” 386 10m Privalova (Alhaarth) W/D The percentage of horses sold dropped by 10% from 2015 to almost 72% this year. The average price rose by 5% from last year ELVSTROEM to €27,555 and the median increased by €1,000 to €22,000. There 408 10m Sascilaria (Fasliyev) NS10,000 were 25 less horses presented than on the second day in 2015 415 9m Turtle Point (Giant’s Causeway) 14,000 which explains the 16% drop in turnover. 422 13m Miss Sissy (Sicyos) NS1,500 Nine winningRIO juveniles from his smallGRAND! first-crop, including two for Godolphin and the high-class Classic prospect, G3 filly Thais. A great sign: neither Siyouni nor Le Havre have had more 2016 two-year-old winners than Rio de la Plata. And he has bigger crops on the way... 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