Arqana August

French champion sire Siyouni (Fr) provided the second millionaire of the Arqana August Yearling Sale when Ecurie des Monceaux's colt out of Cercle de la Vie (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 152) fetched €1.5-million to the bid of Oliver St Lawrence on behalf of Fawzi Nass. Cercle de la Vie is a full-sister to Group 1 winners Highland Reel (Ire) and Cape Of Good Hope (Ire), and her current 2-year-old, who was a private purchase at €120,000 by Jamie McCalmont in Deauville last summer, is Angel Bleu (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}),...

The seven-figure barrier was breached for the first time at the 2021 Arqana August Yearling Sale on Sunday when Charlie-Gordon Watson went to €2.4-million for Haras d'Etreham's Dubawi (Ire) filly out of Typique (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), hip 108, also the dam of last out G2 Prix de Malleret scorer Babylone (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Lot 108 is from the deep Niarchos family of Denebola, Senga, Coup de Genie, Bago, Maxios, etc.

DEAUVILLE, France--There were tears of delight from breeder Jose Delmotte and his friend and agent Marc-Antoine Berghgracht following the sale of Delmotte's Kingman (GB) filly (lot 62) for a session-leading €950,000 on Saturday evening at Arqana. From the Juddmonte family of young sire Calyx (GB), the filly's dam Needleleaf (GB) (Observatory {GB}) was bought as an unraced 2-year-old from the Juddmonte draft at Tattersalls December Sale by Berghgracht six years ago for 60,000gns. The sister to Group 1-winning sprinter African Rose (GB) has already hit the big time with her...

Haras d'Haspel's Kingman (GB) filly from the Juddmonte family of young sire Calyx (GB) and Group 1-winning sprinter African Rose (GB) moved to the top of the leaderboard at Arqana on Saturday when Godolphin went to a winning bid of €950,000. The third foal out of her dam, the filly enjoyed a significant update with her 2-year-old half-brother Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) winning the G2 Superlative S. since the publication of the catalogue.

As sales-goers return to Deauville in August for the first time in two years, the bloodstock community shares some of their favourite memories of the town. TDN: Away from the sale, what is the one thing/place you enjoy most when you're in Deauville in August? HDB: Probably visiting Le Brok cocktail bar, which I normally remember arriving at but seldom remember leaving. TDN: Who's your favourite travelling companion(s) for the sales and why? HDB:There are plenty of those but over the years I have to say Angus Gold for his...

Buyers at this weekend's Arqana August Yearling Sale will have the chance to get their hands on an extremely rare commodity when eight yearlings from the lone crop of 2018 Cartier Horse of the Year Roaring Lion go up for sale in Deauville. Qatar Racing's Roaring Lion was euthanized in August 2019 in New Zealand after suffering several bouts of colic. The grey had not long before finished covering a debut book at Tweenhills Stud in Britain that resulted in 90 registered foals. David Redvers, racing manager to Qatar Racing...