Trotting Bloodstock

A 1/50th share in prominent jumps stallion Masked Marvel (GB) (lot 18) made €50,000 as a private sale to Trotting Bloodstock during Auctav's February Sale on Wednesday. The stallion has sired G1 Grand Steeple Chase de Paris winner Sel Jem (Fr), as well as numerous other black-type winners across Europe. Trotting Bloodstock's Florent Fonteyne said, "I bought Masked Marvel's share for a client who is an established breeder who owns young NH broodmares." Fonteyne also snapped up lot 13, 10 shares in young stallion Van Beethoven for €22,000. The Scat...

The number of yearlings offered may have been halved since last year, but the key figures remained largely the same at the Osarus Yearling Sale at La Teste de Buch, with the median of €10,000 slightly up on 2021 and the average of €11,467 virtually the same. From an original catalogue of 150 yearlings, 131 were put through the ring, with 88 sold for a clearance rate of 67%, up from 63%. At the final fall of hammer, the aggregate stood at €947,500. Few of the yearlings sold would have...