Arqana Pop-Up Sale

Group 3 winner Making Dreams (Ire) (Make Believe {Ire}) has been purchased for €750,000 by Katsumi Yoshida during Arqana Online's Pop-Up Sale on Friday. Trained by Karl Burke, the filly holds an entry in the G2 St Mark's Basilica Coolmore Prix Saint Alary on May 12, and also has been entered for the G1 Oaks at Epsom. Her dam, the Oasis Dream (GB) mare Sweet Dream (GB), is a daughter of the G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Sweet Stream (Ity) (Shantou). Nick Bradley Racing and Burke originally paid 33,000gns at the...

Juana Ines (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}--Wild Irish Rose {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) led Arqana Online's third Pop-Up Sale of the season with a €180,000 final bid from Stuart Stuckey Monday. A recent winner at Clairefontaine, the 3-year-old will continue her career in England. Out of listed winner Wild Irish Rose, the bay hails from the prolific family of Group 1 winners Hellenic, Islington, Greek Dance, Moutain High and Fiorente. For more information, click here.

Lot 1, Mistergif (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), brought €190,000 from Pierre Boulard (PB Bloodstock Services), Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins to top the first Arqana Pop-Up Sale on Friday. A novice over jumps, the Sylvain Dehez-trained gelding was second in the Prix Ventriloque on his comeback in March over hurdles at Auteuil. The 4-year-old comes from the family of G1 Prix Ganay winner Execute (Suave Dancer) and group scorers Ing Ing (Fr) (Bering {GB}), Tot Ou Tard (Robellino), Olympico (Fr) (Rajsaman {Fr}) and Success Days (Ire) (Jeremy).

Arqana's first Pop-Up Sale was topped by lot 1, Burkina Faso (GB) (Mukhadram {GB}). In foal to Zarak (Fr), the half-sister to Group 2 winner Angel Power (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) was knocked down to Anita Wigan for €185,000. Second on the buyers' sheet was Impaire Et Passes (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) (lot 3) at €155,000, who went to Highflyer Bloodstock. The 4-year-old gelding ran second in an AQPS contest at Moulins last year. The third and final lot that sold was lot 5, a breeding right...