The Arqana Arc Sale will provide the rare opportunity to buy a Classic-winning colt at public auction after it was announced on Tuesday that Deutsches Derby hero Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) is one of 38 lots catalogued to sell at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on Saturday, October 5.
Bred by Gestut Fahrhof, Palladium is out of the Listed winner and G1 Premio Lydia Tesio runner-up Path Wind (Fr) (Anabaa), who is now the dam of three winners after Path Of Soldier (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) opened his account at Dusseldorf on Sunday to join Palladium and the dual Listed scorer Panjari (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). Palladium was bought by Liberty Racing for €80,000 at the BBAG September Yearling Sale and his victory at Hamburg completed a remarkable double for the ownership group following that of Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) in the same race in 2023.
Palladium, who will be offered as lot 34, has not been seen in competitive action since winning the Deutsches Derby back in July, but he featured among the entries for Sunday's G2 Prix Niel at Longchamp as of Tuesday afternoon.
G2 Union-Rennen winner Narrativo (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) (lot 46) is another talented three-year-old from Germany set to go under the hammer at the Arc Sale. A half-brother to the G3 Silbernes Pferd winner Nikkei (Ger) (Pivotal {GB}), he has finished second in the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin and third in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden since finishing down the field behind Palladium at Hamburg.
G3 Prix Gerald de Geoffre victor Columbus (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (lot 17), plus the Listed winners Waldora (Fr) (Waldgeist {GB}) (lot 25), Shamarkand (Fr) (Harzand {Ire}) (lot 31) and Trafalgar Square (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) (lot 54), are other members of the Classic generation sure to be in demand, while the two-year-old offering includes the G3 Prix La Rochette third Revolutionnaire (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}) (lot 45).
A group of older horses who have already shown their talents in Pattern company will also be offered to buyers, including the G2 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier and G2 Prix Kergorlay winner Sober (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) (lot 14), G3 Preis der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe scorer Downtown (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) (lot 18) and G1 Prix Ganay runner-up Zarir (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 38).
The catalogue can be viewed here, with further entries expected to be added before the sale which takes place during the weekend of the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
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