Auctav

The Auctav July Online Sale features a diverse catalogue, with almost half of the 20 offerings broodmares in foal. Five Flat mares are carrying to dual Group 3 winner Chachnak (Fr) (Kingman {GB})-Blue Mood (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 6), Great Trip (Lemon Drop Kid) (lot 13), Peace City (Fr) (Elusive City) (lot 15), Pyramid Street (Street Sense) (lot 16), Aimante (Fr) (Dansili {GB}) (lot 18), and the winner Candinie (Bernardini) (lot 19). Dourada (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), lot 10, is in foal to Triple Threat (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}). The...

Auctav's July 3 Show Sale saw a weanling colt by Ivanhowe (Ger) take highest honours when selling for €33,000 to Nicolas Bertran de Balanda's NBB Racing on Sunday. The chestnut (lot 10), a son of Changing Times (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) herself a full-sister to G1 EBF Mares Champion Hurdle third Karalee (Fr) (Martaline {GB}), was offered by breeder Jean-Marie Callier. NBB Racing was also in action for the second dearest lot on the day, lot 14, another weanling colt bred and presented by Callier. The son of Bande (Ire) and...

Auctav's June Sale catalogue is now online. Slated for June 23, the 13-strong catalogue features a mix of Flat, National Hunt and Trotting horses. The single Flat horse set to go under the hammer is Sean The Legend (Fr) (Born To Sea {Ire}). Consigned by Lara Kovenko as lot 8, the chestnut's dam is a half-sister to black-type winner The Tulip (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}).

Consigned by trainer Daniela Mele, Houka D'Oudairies (Fr) (Gris de Gris {Ire}) (lot 6) topped the Auctav May Sale at €101,000 to NBB Racing on Wednesday. The grey AQPS, who will be trained in England by Gary Moore, had been successful in a pair of bumpers on Apr. 25 and May 20 in France. A share in trotting stallion Boccador de Simm (Rieussec) (lot 3) sold for €23,500 to Christophe Bridault, while Trotting Bloodstock bought a share in Gu D'Heripre (Coktail Jet) (lot 10) for €42,000. "Buyers and sellers are...

New French sales company Auctav has unveiled the entries for its fourth online sale, which is to be held on Wednesday, May 26, from 5pm to 7pm. The mixed sale consists of 14 lots ranging from unbroken young stock, horses in training, trotters and a trotting stallion share.  Among the Thoroughbred offerings is the 5-year-old mare Penjing (Fr) (Olympic Glory {Ire}), who is sold in foal to Kendargent (Fr) and with a colt foal at foot by Galiway (GB). Consigned by Haras des Marais, the unraced mare is a half-sister...

A catalogue of 23 horses--divided between trotting, Flat and National Hunt offerings--has been released for the Apr. 21 Auctav Sale. Among the Flat lots of interest is unraced 2-year-old filly Lanesend (Fr) (Sommerabend {GB}) (lot 3), consigned by P. Van de Poele, who is a half-sister to the SP Lord Achilles (Fr) (Rio de la Plata), while Jane Soubagne will offer lot 17, the winning sophomore gelding Sweeper Chop (Fr) (Goken {Fr}). There are also yearlings by Dariyan (Fr) (lot 4) and Zarak (Fr) (lot 10), a colt and filly,...

Online auction house Auctav held its inaugural sale this week, with 12 lots representing a mix of flat, jumping and trotting stock on offer. Seven lots were sold, with top billing going to a well-bred trotting filly foal by Facetime Bourbon out of Union d'Urzy for €121,000. A breeding right to 2018 G1 Irish Derby winner and first-season Haras d'Etreham sire Latrobe (Ire) was unsold at €12,000. The firm's next sale will be on Apr. 21. Auctav President Louis Baudron said, "This was a successful first for Auctav, and we...

A 2021 breeding right to G1 Irish Derby winner Latrobe (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) is among the 12 lots on offer for the inaugural Auctav online sale on Mar. 31. Racehorses, stallion shares, foals and 2-year-olds from the flat, National Hunt and trotting realms will be auctioned on the platform from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. French time. The offerings also include a broken-in filly from the first crop of Recorder (GB) (Galileo {Ire}).

Auctav has launched its strictly online auction platform for flat, National Hunt and trotting horses. With a team largely based in France, Auctav allows the seller the opportunity to offer their horse at the optimum time based on racetrack performance or pedigree updates, and is accessible to bidders from around the world. Auctav inspects the lots on offer to assure quality and offers secure transactions. The first Auctav sale will be held on Mar. 31 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Auctav is headed up by president Louis Baudron, who...