Haras de Bouquetot

As expected, Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 200) caused quite a stir in the Arqana ring, and the 2024 G1 Prix de Diane scorer will join the Coolmore partners' fold, after selling to Oceanic Bloodstock on behalf of MV Magnier and associates for €5,000,000. Consigned by Haras de Bouquetot, the bay, also successful in the Prix de Sandringham and third in the G1 Nassau Stakes and G1 Prix de l'Opera, is a full-sister to G3 Jersey Stakes hero Noble Truth (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), who was second in the G1...

Group 1 winner and G1 2000 Guineas third Al Wukair (Ire) will stand at Yeguada La Serreta in Spain, the stud announced on X on Wednesday. The son of Dream Ahead was previously based at Al Shaqab's Haras de Bouquetot. Trained by Andre Fabre, the bay won both of his starts at two including the Listed Prix Isonomy. At three, he added the G3 Prix Djebel, before running third to Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the 2000 Guineas. Second in the G3 Prix Messidor later that summer, he added the...

The eight-strong roster at Haras de Bouquetot will be led by Zelzal (Fr) at €10,000, Al Shaqab racing announced on Friday. A pair of Group 3 winners are among his eight lifetime stakes winners, and the son of Sea The Stars (Ire) has 57% winners to runners worldwide. Both Group 1 winners Wooded (Ire) at €7,000 and Romanised (Ire) at the same fee, have first 3-year-olds next year. The former has nine winners to his name, while the latter has sired 10 scorers. Roster veteran Olympic Glory (Ire), the sire...

Multiple group winner Al Hakeem (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) has been retired and will stand at Al Shaqab's Haras de Bouquetot in 2025. A fee will be announced later. A homebred for Al Shaqab Racing, he won the G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, although an early 2023 injury delayed his return last year. He would go on to finish fourth in both the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. This term, the G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron and Listed Prix de Suresnes went his way while under the...

Godolphin's Diamond Rain (GB) (Shamardal--Dancing Rain {Ire}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}), unraced as a juvenile, opened up with a narrow victory going just under a mile at Ascot in her May 1 debut last time and stepped forward to lay down a Classic marker in Saturday's Haras de Bouquetot Fillies' Trial S. at Newbury. The G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks entry accepted a tow in second for most of this 10-furlong contest. Looming large in the straight, the 3-1 joint-second favourite eased to the front passing the quarter-mile marker and quickened...

Haras de Bouquetot resident Romanised (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) became Europe's latest first-crop sire to get off the mark when his Philippe Sogorb-trained son O Sole Mio (Fr) shed maiden status at the first time of asking over 5 1/2 furlongs in Saturday morning's Prix Jacques Boutier at Tarbes. 1st-Tarbes, €23,000, Mdn, 4-20, unraced 2yo, c/g, 5 1/2fT, 1:07.60, g/s. O SOLE MIO (FR) (c, 2, Romanised {Ire}--Vera Blue {Ire}, by Intello {Ger}) broke sharply from the outside gate and tracked better drawn rivals in third until beyond halfway...

Haras de Bouquetot has revealed its Al Shaqab Stallions fees for the 2024 breeding season as well as a new digital brochure available here. Leading the roster for the joint venture are Zelzal (Fr) and Wooded (Ire), both priced at €10,000 for next season. "Zelzal, thanks to his ability to improve the small number of mares he covered in his early breeding years, was able to cover 189 mares in 2022 and 111 mares in 2023," said Haras de Bouquetot nominations manager, Sebastien Desmontils. "Like many improving stallions, he is...

Haras de Bouquetot has a classy son of Mehmas (Ire) to look forward to in the stallion ranks for 2024 after announcing that the G2 Gimcrack S. winner Lusail (Ire) will join the roster.  Trained by Richard Hannon, Lusail also landed the G2 July S. as a juvenile. He was beaten just a head in the St James's Palace S. as a three-year-old and was also placed in the Prix Jean Prat that same season. He retires to stud aged four and will embark on stallion duties next year as...

Group 1-winning juvenile Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}--Small Sacrifice {Ire}, by Sadler's Wells) has been retired and will stand at Al Shaqab Racing's Haras de Bouquetot in 2023. The 'TDN Rising Star' will stand for €6,000 on their nine-strong roster next season and will be available for viewing at Bouquetot during the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale. Bred by Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien's Whisperview Trading, the colt was named a 'Rising Star' after his debut win at the Curragh and claimed the G1 National S. in his next outing before...

Classic winner Galileo Gold (GB), who spent five seasons at Tally-Ho Stud in Ireland, will move to Haras de Bouquetot in France next year. His fee will be announced at a later date. Co-owned by Al Shaqab Racing and Tally-Ho, the chestnut won the G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. His progeny are led by Ebro River (Ire), who prevailed in the G1 Phoenix S., as well as the multiple group winner Oscula (Ire). He has two other stakes winners, and another four staked placed runners to...

Entries for the 2022 €200,000 Haras de Bouquetot-Arqana Criterium, open to all 2-year-olds that were offered at the 2021 Arqana yearling sales, are now open. The online entry form is now available on Arqana's website, and the entries close on June 1. Conducted over 1600 metres at ParisLongchamp on Saturday, Oct. 1, the race is open to juvenile colts, fillies and geldings. Haras de Bouquetot will award a nomination to one of its stallions to the breeders of the horses that fill the first three places. The entry fee is...

NORMANDY, France--The signs had accumulated two years of dust by the time they were taken out again to point towards the farms taking part in France's Route des Etalons. The many stallions who took up stud duties in the northwestern part of the country last year were deprived the chance to show off their credentials to a large number of breeders. There was, as a result, a palpable feeling of excitement when the gates were swung open for the 2022 renewal of the iconic event. Although Covid restrictions didn't allow...