SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. YOSHIDAS DOMINATE ARQANA OPENER Arqana=s Breeding Stock Sale got off to a flying start FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII Bayakoa H. Saturday, when a trio of starlets fell to the heavyweight Japanese interests of brothers Teruya and Katsumi Yoshida. Chief among them was the sale of hip 134, the four-year-old Celimene (Ire) (Dr Fong) to Teruya=s Shadai Farm for i800,000. One of trainer Carlos Lerner=s finest performers, the half-sister to the black-type win- ner and producer Lunaska (Fr) (Ashkalani {Ire}) was only just below the very best over the ‘Z’ HEIR APPARENT? past two seasons. Aside from A short time after her stablemate Zenyatta (Street her wins in last year=s G3 Prix Cry {Ire}) bids adieu to the California racing public, Penelope and G3 Prix de Flore, Arnold Zetcher=s Zardana (Brz) (Crimson Tide {Ire}) will the bay was also fourth in the stride on to the Hollywood 2009 G1 Prix de Diane and the Cushion Track in defense of most recent renewals of the G1 her title in the GII Bayakoa H. Prix Ganay and G1 Grand Prix de An 11-1 chance when she Saint-Cloud on either side of a defeated Silver Swallow (Al- second in the G2 Prix Corrida. phabet Soup), the six-year-old She had been withdrawn from was never a threat when last Teruya Yoshida Tattersalls December on Tues- but one in the GI Juddmonte japanracing.jp day. Acting agent Patrick Barbe, Spinster S. at Keeneland Oct. Zardana Lou Hodges sitting with Teruya=s son Tetsuya, commented, AShe 10. AShe=s always run well on proved on the racecourse that she is a very good filly this track,@ trainer John Shirreffs told Daily Racing and she could be raced again before being bred later Form. AWhen you go to Keeneland, you don=t know on. She is a very good-looking filly from a good family, how they=ll handle the surface. It=s a little different than so it was worth trying to buy her.@ here.@ Bayakoa H. cont. p11 Arqana December cont. p2 ARQANA DECEMBER BREEDING STOCK SALE SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 2010 2010 2009 No. Catalogued 240 247 No. Offered 209 219 No. Sold 175 170 RNA 34 49 % RNA 16.3% 22.4% No. Over 500K 3 1 High Price €800,000 €520,000 Gross €10,868,500 €8,693,000 Average (% change) €62,106 (+21.5%) €51,135 Median €30,000 €30,000 *Total Private Sales: No. Sold 4 11 Gross €405,000 €270,500 Total Gross €11,273,500 €8,963,500 www.arqana.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/5/10 • PAGE 2 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Arqana December Breeding Stock cont. DEAUVILLE SATURDAY - TOP 10 Hip Name Covering Sire Price (€) 134 Celimene (Ire) In Training 800,000 (f, 4, Dr Fong--Lunassa {Fr}, by Groom Dancer) Consigned by Carlos Lerner Purchased by Shadai Farm 137 Lune d’Or (Fr) Galileo (Ire) 750,000 (m, 9, Green Tune--Luth d’Or {Fr}, by Noir et Or {Fr}) Consigned by Haras du Mezeray Purchased by Katsumi Yoshida 121 La Boum (Ger) In Training 700,000 (m, 7, Monsun {Ger}--La Bouche {Ger}, by In the Wings {GB}) Consigned by Haras d’Auquainville Purchased by Shadai Farm 128 Pontenuovo (Fr) In Training 450,000 (f, 2, Green Tune--Porlezza {Fr}, by Sicyos) Consigned by Paul & Erika Hilger Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock 22 Premiere Creation (Fr) Sea the Stars (Ire) 360,000 (m, 13, Green Tune--Allwaki, by Miswaki) Consigned by Coulonces Consignment Purchased by SF Bloodstock, LLC 81 Singuliere (Ire) Broodmare Prospect 320,000 (f, 3, Singspiel {Ire}--Featherquest {GB}, by Rainbow Quest) Consigned by Wertheimer et Frere Purchased by Anthony Stroud Bloodstock Limited 64 Diyaraka (Fr) Broodmare Prospect 310,000 (f, 3, Clodovil {Ire}--Diamonaka {Fr}, by Akarad {Fr}) Consigned by Aga Khan Studs Purchased by Bertrand Le Metayer Bloodstock 115 Isla Canela Broodmare Prospect 290,000 (f, 4, Gone West--Islington {Ire}, by Sadler’s Wells) Consigned by Haras du Mezeray Purchased by Ric Wylie Session-topping Celimene www.arqana.com All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/5/10 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Japanese Continue Their Spending Spree... Three lots later, the vet Dr Fumihiko Nakajima saw off Alan Cooper to sign the docket on behalf of Katsumi Yoshida for Haras du Mezeray=s obvious star turn, the nine-year-old Lune d=Or (Fr) (Green Tune). A daughter of the group performer Luth d=Or (Fr) (Noir et Or {Fr}) from the immediate family of 1983 G1 Prix du Moulin and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois heroine Luth Enchantee (Fr) (Be My Guest), she proved more than capable on the track when capturing the 2004 G1 Premio Lydia Tesio, G2 Prix de Malleret and G2 Prix de Pomone and finishing third in the following year=s G1 Yorkshire Oaks. Her first foal, the Darley acquisi- tion Learned Friend (Ger) (Seeking the Gold), sold for i700,000 as a year- ling. One of only five Lune d’Or www.arqana.com mares offered in foal to Galileo (Ire) this winter, she achieved a tag of i750,000 herself. AShe is to go to Northern Farm in Japan and be covered by one of our stallions, of which there is a large choice,@ Nakajima explained. Moments before this frantic period of high-octane action, La Boum (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com had lived up to her name by creating some fireworks when also selling to Shadai for i700,000. From Haras A Successful Pont... d=Auquainville, hip 121 held no secrets as she entered Seven lots after the sale of La Boum, the sole wild- the ring at mid-afternoon. Since her first black-type card entry Pontenuovo (Fr) (Green Tune) took her own success in the Listed Prix Panacee at Toulouse in Octo- share of the headlines when fetching i450,000. A ber 2007, the highly consistent mare has flourished daughter of the high-class sprinter and 2003 G1 Prix under the auspices of Robert Collet. Wins in that year=s Maurice de Gheest heroine Porlezza (Fr) (Sicyos), she G3 Prix de Flore and the following year's G3 Prix Fille made a splash this term when annexing the G3 Prix de de l'Air remain her sole Pattern successes, but it is in Cabourg and finishing third be- her placed efforts that she has excelled over the subse- hind Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}) quent three seasons of competitive racing. They include in the G1 Prix Morny at a second in the 2008 G2 Prix Corrida and third in last Deauville. Offered by her breed- year's G1 Prix Jean Romanet, which preceded a ers Paul and Erika Hilger, the ju- seventh--beaten just under five lengths--in the 2009 venile bettered the i300,000 Arc. AShe=s been a very consistent racemare and could sale of her dam at this auction maybe race on for another season, but that hasn=t been 12 months ago. AI can=t say who decided yet,@ said Patrick Barbe after outlasting Japan=s she is for, but it is an old client JS Company. AUltimately, she will go to Japan to be of mine,@ buyer Tom Goff of covered there.@ Blandford Bloodstock com- mented. AThe only thing that I Tom Goff TELL IT TO THE TDN... can say for certain is that she blandfordbloodstock.com Want to send a “Letter to the Editor” of the will be traveling to England very Thoroughbred Daily News? Our address is 27 soon to be trained as a three-year-old. Again, I don=t Monmouth St., Red Bank, NJ, 07701; or send a fax know who she will be trained by, but she was a very to: (732) 747-8955; an e-mail to: good filly at two with a great record from a very good [email protected]; or post in our family. She also has two good sisters by Oasis Dream new Forum section at (GB) and Galileo (Ire) to run, so there is plenty to look forward to. Hopefully, she=ll train on and be a very nice http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/members/fo filly. Arqana coverage cont. p4 rum/. @ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/5/10 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Arqana December cont. An Early Premiere... Not long into the session, the 13-year-old Premiere Creation (Fr) (Green Tune) provided the initial buzz when selling for i360,000. Hip 22, from Anna and Etienne Drion=s Coulonces consignment, was third in the millennium renewal of the GI Del Mar Oaks, and finished second in that year=s G3 Prix Chloe and fourth in the G2 Prix d=Astarte. Her second foal was Anabaa=s Creation (Ire) (Anabaa), now famous for being beaten just a head by the mighty Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}) in last year=s GI Clement L. Hirsch S. She was an early listed winner who was third in the 2007 G1 Prix Saint- Alary and fourth in the G1 Prix de Diane when in train- ing with Alain de Royer-Dupre. Premiere Creation also went on to produce Leo=s Starlet (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), successful in the 2008 G3 Prix Cleopatre before being nosed out by Treat Gently (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the G2 Prix de Malleret. That record saw her earn a prized covering by Sea the Stars (Ire) this spring and, as the sole mare in foal to that colossus, she Tom Ryan was always going to feature prom- inently here.