Arc Sale

Saturday evening's Arqana Arc Sale is always a boutique affair, and Sumbe's Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) went the way of Vin Cox signing for Lion Rock Bloodstock's Ben Kwok of Hong Kong for €1.5 million to top the sale at Saint-Cloud. He was one of four seven-figure lots to sell among the 40 offered with the gross passing the €10-million mark for the first time. Consigned by Christopher Head, the bay son of Raushan (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) (lot 41) and half-brother to G3 Hoppings Stakes second Rasima (GB) (Iffraaj...

Just four lots after the €1.4-million sale of G1 German Derby hero Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) at the Arqana Arc Sale, the Aga Khan Studs' Zarir (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) stepped into the Saint-Cloud ring. Offered by his breeder, lot 38 caught the eye of Paulins Racing to the tune of €1.3 million. From the same female family as Arc heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), the 4-year-old gelding has been placed in the G1 Prix Ganay, G3 La Coupe and G2 Prix Foy this season. He has been entered in the G2...

Sacred Spirit (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), a winner of the Listed Grand Prix de Lyon, anchors a quintet of wildcards that were added to Arqana's Arc Sale on Thursday. Consigned as lot 15, the gelding was second in the G3 Prix de Reux and third in the G2 Grand Prix de Deauville and is rated 106. Joining the Andre Fabre-trained son of listed winner and Group 1 producer Sahrawi (Ger) (Pivotal {GB}) is lot 29, listed scorer Rosa Salvaje (Ire) (Maximum Security); multiple group-placed and 109-rated Supercooled (Ire) (Lope De Vega...

Muskoka (Ger), the brilliant winner of the G1 German Oaks, will be offered at the Arc Sale at Arqana on Saturday, September 30 at Saint-Cloud. A winner at two, the Henk Grewe-trained filly won the Listed Henkel Stutenpreis at Düsseldorf in May before landing the G3 Brümmerhofer Stuten-Meile at the beginning of July at Hamburg.  She followed that success up with a top-level triumph in the German Oaks at Düsseldorf on August 6 in the colors of Stall Golden Goal, managed by Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten.  Muskoka is sold with an entry...

Officials at Arqana have announced the addition of three wild-card entries for the auction house's upcoming Arc Sale, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Saint-Cloud. Rocchigiani (GB) (Time Test {GB}) will go under the hammer as lot 43 next weekend. The Peter Schiergen trainee took out the G3 Zukunfts-Rennen at Baden last year and has retained winning form this term, with a runner-up effort to Maljoom (Ire) (Caravaggio) in the G2 Mehl-Muhlens Rennen (German 2000 Guineas) at Cologne before posting a 3/4-length success in the G3 Thoroughbred S....

Officials at Arqana have released the first 32 horses that will go under the hammer at The Arc Sale, set to be held Sunday, Oct. 1, following the conclusion of racing at Saint-Cloud Racecourse. Among the offerings at this stage is lot 16, the 108-rated Master Gatsby (Fr) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}), who is offered by trainer Fabrice Chappet. The 3-year-old son of Moonee Valley (Fr) (Aqlaam {GB}) has won three of his nine trips to the race, including a 9-1 surprise in the G3 Prix Gerald de Geoffre at...

The Arqana Arc Sale, staged each year on the evening preceding ParisLongchamp's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe card, has become a market leader among horses in training sales that offer a quick return on investment, and on Saturday horsepeople in Paris for the Arc will have the opportunity to head to Saint-Cloud Racecourse and make a bid on 40 horses with proven form, some of which have entries on Sunday's big card. Buyers have a chance, then, to source the next Lily's Candle (Fr); bought by Martin Schwartz through Oceanic...

Following an action-packed card at ParisLongchamp on Saturday, proceedings will move just a short jaunt down the road to Saint-Cloud Racecourse, where Arqana stages its annual Arc Sale of horses-in-training. The sale that has become a source of future quality performers for buyers from all over the globe will see 21 offerings go under the hammer on Saturday evening, with buyers even having a chance to secure a runner for Sunday's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. That is outsider Chachnak (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 21), who has won twice...