Auctav

The Auctav Winter Breeding Sale concluded on Wednesday, and a 1/50th share in Persian King (Ire) brought €140,000 on a private bid to top proceedings. Sold as lot 8, the share was acquired by Broadhurst Agency. Persian King stands at Haras d'Etreham and has 16 winners worldwide in his first crop. Three other lots made €25,000 or more, with a 1/48th share in Nirvana Du Berlais (Fr) (lot 4) making €50,000 from B & R Consulting. The stallion resides at Haras de la Hetraie, while his eldest foals are 3-year-olds...

A share in French Classic winner Persian King (Ire) (lot 3B) is one of 14 lots catalogued for the Auctav Winter Breeding Sale. The first-season sire has 14 winners to his name. The sale, which features stallion shares, breeding rights, two broodmares, and a 3-year-old filly, is set for Wednesday, Dec. 11 beginning at 3 p.m. local time. Other lots of note are a share in group sire The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (lot 5B), a stallion share in Beaumec De Houelle (Fr) (lot 4B), a share in Nirvana Du Berlais...

The new Auctav January Mixed Sale, catering to the Flat racing market, was announced by the sales company on Tuesday. It will be held at Haras de Bois Roussel, also the site for the company's summer sales, from Jan. 27-30. The sale will be open to foals, yearlings, broodmares, stallion shares, and horses-in-training, all bred for the Flat. "The January mixed sale will be held from January 27 to 30," said Arnaud Angéliaume, general director of Auctav. "The Auctav January Mixed Sale was created to meet demands we've been hearing...

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...

German Derby winner Sisfahan (Ger) (Isfahan {Ger}) will be sold as a wildcard during the upcoming Auctav National Hunt Sale on Friday, Sept. 20. Offered as lot 123B by OH Consignment, the Group 1 winner is being offered as a stallion prospect. From the family of Grade 1-winning jumper and sire Beaumec De Houelle (Fr) (Martaline {GB}), he is out of the winning mare Kendalee (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}). Other stallions set to sell on the platform include lot 1, Morpheus (GB), an Oasis Dream (GB) half-brother to Frankel (GB); and...

Haras de Montfort et Preaux resident Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire} became Europe's latest first-crop sire to get off the mark when his Louis Baudron-trained daughter Moorea (Fr) shed maiden status over six furlongs in in Thursday's Prix des Amarantes at Aix-Les-Bains. Settled off the tempo for the most part, the 16-5 chance made relentless headway out wide in the straight to prevail by a neck from Boujee Filly (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {Ire}). 5th-Aix-Les-Bains, €16,000, Mdn, 7-4, 2yo, 6fT, 1:12.80, sf. MOOREA (FR) (f, 2, Golden Horde {Ire}--Sampaquita {Fr},...

Recent five-length Saint-Cloud maiden winner Golden Belle (Fr) will be offered in the next Auctav Flash Sale on June 14. The three-year-old daughter of the Deep Impact (Jpn) stallion Martinborough (Jpn) was impressive when beating a field of colts on debut to land the Prix Helissio over 2,400m on debut for trainer Mathieu Brasme. Golden Belle is out of the Kendor (Fr) mare Golden Clou (Fr), a winner and black-type performer who is already the dam of six other winners. These include the nine-time Flat scorer Golden Rajsa (Fr) (Rajsaman...

Recent stakes-placed runner Shaini (Fr) (Goken {Fr}) (lot 2B) is one of the highlights of the select Auctav May Sale on Tuesday, May 28. Set for 6-6:30 p.m. French time, the sale has six lots, with Shaini consigned by Ludovic Gadbin. The bay, out of the two-time winner Lingreville (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), was third in the Listed Derby du Languedoc at Toulouse earlier this week. The other five lots are also horses-in-training under both codes, as well as one Standardbred. Three-year-old filly Never Leave (Fr) (Recoletos {Fr}) (lot 1),...

Knowle Racing Stable shelled out €40,000 for the winning Be Sure (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) (lot 5B), the priciest lot at the Auctav February Sale. The three-time winning gelding will start in a 3600-metre hurdle race at Auteuil on Sunday, and will then be sent to trainer Deborah Cole in England. Miami Du Berlais (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) (lot 2) changed hands for €36,000 on the winning bid of BR Consulting on behalf of Haras de Magouet. "It's my birthday gift," explains Patrick Lemarie of lot 2. "I trusted the consigner. I...

Vincent Le Roy has joined the French sales company Auctav as a new member on its team of bloodstock agents. Born in Brittany, Le Roy previously worked at Haras de Gouffern, where, under the guidance of Jean-Pierre de Gasté, he trained Arabians for Sheikh Sultan of Abu Dhabi and Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai. He later spent five years training in the Middle East.  Switching his focus to National Hunt, Le Roy has had stints working with Guillaume Macaire, Willie Mullins, Paul Nicholls, David Pipe and the Reveley family before settling...

Sinnerman (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) (lot 3), a 4-year-old out of Passing By (GB) (Raven's Pass), sold for €18,000 to Damien de Watrigant during the Auctav January Sale on Tuesday. The chestnut is a half-brother to listed winner Sissy Chanel (Tapizar), who was also group placed. Second dam Miss Anabaa (GB) (Anabaa) won the G3 Ballyogan S. A son of Anodin (Ire), Qantiem (Fr) (lot 1) made €11,000 to the same buyer earlier in the sale. The mixed sale also featured shares in a pair of trotting sires, with a share...

Group 1-placed mare Diva Donna (Fr) (Cima De Triomphe {Ire}), who holds an entry in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak on Oct. 29, will be offered during an Auctav Flash Sale on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The sale will last from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the Auctav website. Offered by trainer and co-owner Julien Carayon, the mare was second in the G3 Prix Belle de Nuit last October, and was placed in a Chantilly listed in April. She reached a new career high with a runner-up performance in the G1...