Catch On Me (Fr) (Martinborough {Jpn}) topped Auctav's NH Sale on Friday on a €120,000 bid from Guy Petit.
The winner, out of the stakes-placed Nan's Catch (Fr) (Loup Solitaire), was consigned by Haras de Fresneaux. Lot 128B is a half-brother to graded-placed jumper Catch One (Fr) (Smadoun {Fr}) and the listed-placed hurdler Cardigan Bay (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}).
The other six-figure lot of the sale was the 3-year-old filly Clotilda (Fr) (Clovis Du Berlais {Fr}) (lot 101B), a €100,000 sale to Tom Malone Bloodstock. Ecurie Butel & Beaunez sent the grey daughter of Goldflake (Fr) (Turgeon) through the ring, and she has placed four times from eight starts.
La Grande Zohra (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) (lot 6) caught the eye of Horseracing Advisory at €80,000. The Ecurie Alexandre de Jesus-consigned 7-year-old mare is carrying to Saint Des Saints (Fr). She is a half-sister to star Grade 1 chaser Fastorslow (Fr) (Saint Des Saints {Fr}).
The first lot in the ring was the established stallion Morpheus (GB), an Oasis Dream (GB) half-brother to none other than champion sire Frankel (GB). Offered by Haras de la Beauvoisiniere, he was purchased for €18,000 by Nigel Riley.
There were also a pair of prominent names in the unsold column–first, smart jumps sire Martinborough (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who was consigned by Haras de la Baie, with bidding reaching €390,000 as lot 97B. The second was G1 Deutsches Derby hero Sisfahan (Ger) (Isfahan {Ger}) (lot 123B), who was offered as a stallion prospect, but ultimately did not meet his reserve at €200,000. He was part of the OH Consignment.
Of the 141 horses offered, 73 sold for a gross of €1,546,000 and a clearance rate of 52%. The average was €21,178 and the median was €15,000.
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