Offered in foal to Persian King (Ire) by Haras d'Etreham, the Pivotal (GB) mare Quara (Ire) topped the third day of the December Breeding Stock Sale at Arqana when being bought by Llama O'Mahony's Whitethorn Bloodstock for €72,000.
The 10-year-old Quara is out of the Listed-winning Dubawi (Ire) mare Quanzhou (Fr), a half-sister to the G1 Prix du Cadran hero Mille Et Mille (GB) (Muhtathir {GB}). Though Quara was unraced, Quanzhou is the dam of five winners, including the Listed scorers Hooking (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and Le Destrier (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}).
Quara, in turn, has produced three winners from as many runners, including the four-year-old Qasida (Fr) (Nathaniel {Ire}) who fetched €35,000 from Hamish Macauley Bloodstock when following her into the sales ring on Monday. Incidentally, Quara's filly foal by Hello Youmzain (Fr) was also offered at Arqana on Sunday when bought by Federico Barberini for €52,000.
The key figures on Monday were once again up markedly compared to last year when the aggregate was €2,293,000. Monday's total of €2,958,500 represented a 29% increase, despite 26 fewer lots being offered, while the average (€16,167) and median (€12,000) both improved to the tune of 33%. The clearance rate was up by 7% to 81%.
Haras de Bouquetot's winning Shalaa (Ire) mare Jalwa (Fr), offered in foal to Mehmas (Ire), was the day's second top lot when going to Ghislain Bozo of Meridian International for €70,000, while young Darley stallion Victor Ludorum (GB) was responsible for the two highest-priced foals sold during Monday's session.
Arcadia Elevage's colt out of the Listed-placed Diablesse (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) was bought by Peter Kelly for €52,000, before the aforementioned Barberini signed for a filly from Haras du Petit Tellier–a half-sister to the seven-time winner and Listed-placed Sophia's Starlight (Fr) (Hunter's Light {Ire})–at €50,000.
The final session gets underway at 11am local time on Tuesday.
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