As expected, Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 200) caused quite a stir in the Arqana ring, and the 2024 G1 Prix de Diane scorer will join the Coolmore partners' fold, after selling to Oceanic Bloodstock on behalf of MV Magnier and associates for €5,000,000. Consigned by Haras de Bouquetot, the bay, also successful in the Prix de Sandringham and third in the G1 Nassau Stakes and G1 Prix de l'Opera, is a full-sister to G3 Jersey Stakes hero Noble Truth (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), who was second in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. The female family features fellow Diane heroine Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) and her G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks)-winning daughter Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel {GB}). She was bred by Jean-Pierre Dubois.
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