Arqana v.2 Yearling Sale

In an ever-changing sales landscape, Arqana has reinstated its V.2 Sale which this year will take place on August 22 and features 175 yearlings. The sale was replaced last year by a two-day September Sale, which has now been dropped. Billed as including "preocious and forward yearlings", the catalogue, which has been released hard on the heels of of the three-day August Sale which precedes it, includes a Rio De La Plata half-brother to previous V.2 star graduate Angers (Fr). Trained by Mario Baratti, the son of Seabhac won this...

The 315-strong Arqana September Yearling Sale catalogue was released on Friday. Slated for Sept. 8-9, the sale will offer a selection of forward and mature yearlings, and is an substitute and extension of the v.2 Yearling Sale that was traditionally held directly after the August Yearling Sale in Deauville. Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}), a €40,000 purchase out of the v.2 Sale, went on to win the G1 French 1000 Guineas. One of only two Wootton Bassett (GB) yearlings in the catalogue is lot 217, a son of Group...

The Arqana v.2 Yearling Sale, which took a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will return to its home in Deauville directly after the Arqana August Sale. A one-day event, the Aug. 17 sale features 146 colts and fillies geared toward precocity on the racecourse. Current poster girl is 2021 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}), while earlier distinguished alumni include fellow French 1000 Guineas heroine Teppal (Fr) (Camacho {GB}) and Olmedo (Fr) (Declaration of War), who won the colts' equivalent in...