Gestut Ammerland dispersal

A member of the Gestut Ammerland dispersal, listed winner Sea The Sky (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}--Sanwa {Ger}, by Monsun {Ger}) realized a €1.25 million final bid from Godolphin during the opening session of Arqana's Vente d'Elevage in Deauville Saturday. The €820,000 Baden-Baden September yearling purchase is a full-sister to German Derby victor Sea The Moon (Ger), out of a full-sister to German Classic winners Schiaparelli (Ger), Samum (Ger) and Salve Regina (Ger).

Germany's Gestut Ammerland, famed as the nursery which produced the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and dual French Classic winner Lope De Vega (Ire) (Shamardal), is to disperse all of its breeding stock at the forthcoming Arqana December Sale, which starts its four-day run on Saturday, Dec. 9. Owned by Dietrich and Annabel von Boetticher and founded in 1989, the farm, based just outside Munich, has been widely represented on the global stage by the winners of 17 Group or Grade 1 races in...