Trafalgar Square (Fr)

Saturday evening's Arqana Arc Sale is always a boutique affair, and Sumbe's Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) went the way of Vin Cox signing for Lion Rock Bloodstock's Ben Kwok of Hong Kong for €1.5 million to top the sale at Saint-Cloud. He was one of four seven-figure lots to sell among the 40 offered with the gross passing the €10-million mark for the first time. Consigned by Christopher Head, the bay son of Raushan (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) (lot 41) and half-brother to G3 Hoppings Stakes second Rasima (GB) (Iffraaj...

The penultimate lot in the ring at lot 54, Trafalgar Square (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) duly attracted plenty of attention and hammered at €1.15 million to Sheikh Omar Ismil Ghrghar as the fourth seven-figure horse of the night. The 3-year-old gelding, a listed winner in April, also sports a trio of group placings on his record prior to a win in the valuable Arqana Series des 3 Ans on Aug. 15. The Ecurie X-bred was two lengths adrift of Illinois (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when second in the G2 Prix Chaudenay on...

The Arqana Arc Sale will provide the rare opportunity to buy a Classic-winning colt at public auction after it was announced on Tuesday that Deutsches Derby hero Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) is one of 38 lots catalogued to sell at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on Saturday, October 5. Bred by Gestut Fahrhof, Palladium is out of the Listed winner and G1 Premio Lydia Tesio runner-up Path Wind (Fr) (Anabaa), who is now the dam of three winners after Path Of Soldier (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) opened his account at Dusseldorf on Sunday...