A total of 775 lots have been catalogued for the Arqana October Yearling Sale, including a Romanised (Ire) half-brother to this year's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), who was bought by Alessandro Marconi for €78,000 at this very sale in 2022. The five-day fixture takes place from Tuesday, October 22 to Saturday, October 26.
The Romanised colt (lot 23) will be one of the early lots to go under the hammer during Part 1 of the October Yearling Sale, with lots 1 to 208 set to be offered on the opening day, which gets underway at 11am. Wednesday's session kicks off Part 2 with lots 209 to 338, followed by Thursday's session comprised of lots 339 to 513, with both days beginning at 2pm. The sale concludes with Part 3, starting at 2pm on Friday and featuring lots 514 to 614, before lots 615 to 775 bring proceedings to a close with a final session beginning at 11am on Saturday.
Nearly 40% of the yearlings offered during Part 1 are siblings to black-type horses, including 40 siblings to Group winners. In addition, nearly 30% of the colts and fillies offered in Part 1 of the catalogue are out of black-type mares.
They include lot 6, a St Mark's Basilica (Fr) filly already named Queen Tanaka (Fr) out of the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}); lot 22, a Victor Ludorum (GB) half-brother to the G3 Hampton Court Stakes winner Jayarebe (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}), himself a €180,000 purchase at this sale in 2022; lot 65, a Starspangledbanner (Aus) colt out of the Oaks heroine Forever Together (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is in turn a full-sister to the G1 Fillies' Mile scorer Together Forever (Ire), the dam of City Of Troy (Justify); and lot 151, a Zarak (Fr) colt out of the G3 Prix de Lutece winner Pacifique (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), from the same family as Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the St Mark's Basilica (Fr) filly who topped the Arqana August Yearling Sale at €1.7 million.
All yearlings offered at the October Yearling Sale are eligible for the Arqana Series. The full catalogue can be viewed here.
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