Arqana’s December Yearling Sale brought a close to the European sales season
Tuesday and it was a colt by Oasis Dream (GB) who headed the list when selling
for €48,000. Consigned by Haras de la
Perelle, Hip No. 908 is out of Jade Jewel (Mr. Prospector), a full sister to
sire Jade Hunter, who has already produced the Grade 2-placed Green Light
(Sheikh Albadou [GB]), dam of Prioress S. (G1) runner-up Light Green (Pleasantly
Perfect). Michael Houyvet’s Agence Equus was the name on the docket.
Anna and Etienne Drion’s Coulonces consignment included an in-demand son of
Lion Heart to sell for €38,000. Hip 804 is
from the family of the 2001 Tom Fool H. (G2) winner and sire Exchange Rate
(Danzig) and 2003 Rose of Lancaster S. (Eng-G3) scorer Sabre d’Argent (Kris S.),
as well as the smart current runner Cable (Dynaformer) and was snapped up by
Frederic Sauque.
Con Marnane paid €36,000 for the
Neustrian Associates’ Hip 868, an Iffraaj colt whose dam is the stakes-winning
Ethelinda (Indian Ridge), daughter of the high class Royal Touch (Ire) (Tap on
Wood) and €34,000 for Haras de la
Herbourgere’s Hip 935, a son of Shamardal out Legendary (Fabulous Dancer), a
half-sister to 2002 champion turf mare Golden Apples (Ire) (Pivotal). That price
was matched by trainer Xavier Nakkachdji for the session’s top-priced filly from
the draft of Grove Stud. Hip 967 is a Hawk Wing half-sister to the talented duo
of Miss Lips (Big Shuffle) and Les Fazzani (Intikhab), who was third in the
Premio Lydia Tesio (Ity-G1) and successful in last week’s Wild Flower S.
At the end of the sale, the average of €7,321
was down by three percent on 2008, but the median followed the trend of the
weekend by rising by 12 percent.
Full results are available at arqana.com.