Emmanuel Talvard

Over the last four decades, Pierre Talvard has developed Haras du Cadran into one of France's foremost nurseries spread across 400 hectares in Normandy. Among those raised on that land in that time are the Group 1 winners Qemah (Ire), The Grey Gatsby (Fr), Pretty Gorgeous (Fr), Marianafoot (Fr) and this season's G1 Prix Jean Prat winner Puchkine (Fr). In recent months Talvard's son Emmanuel has returned from a tenure managing Haras de Beaufay to work alongside his father, with a focus on developing breeding partnerships with domestic and international...

DEAUVILLE, France -- Haras de Beaufay is one of the new names on the list of consignors this August at Arqana and its debut draft of two yearlings is in line with the farm manager's ambition to take things "step by step" as the new team carves out a reputation in a competitive field. The stud, based near Gace in Normandy, was bought in 2016 by Czech breeder Jiri Travinicek, who set about turning it into a semi-commercial broodmare farm for his own mares and those owned by clients. Three...