DEAUVILLE, France–A member of the first crop of Newsells Park Stud's Without Parole (GB) led the way as trade resumed in the ring at Arqana, with Nicolas de Watrigant going to €160,000 for the filly from Haras de la Louviere (lot 248) out of Pigota (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).
Her dam may have been unraced but she is a daughter of the G1 Preis der Diana winner Penelopa (Ger) (Giant's Causeway) and a half-sister to Listed-placed dual winner Pennymoor (GB), who is by Without Parole's sire Frankel (GB).
The agent confirmed that the filly will be exported to America to race for Madaket Stables.
“She will head straight to the States,” he said. “I haven't seen many by the sire, but he is a son of Frankel and a St James's Palace Stakes winner so there is a lot to like there.”
Without Parole, who was born at Newsells Park and bred by John and Tanya Gunther, owners of Glennwood Farm in Kentucky, had a Tattersalls Book 1 average of 71,333gns for three sold, with another clean sweep of Book 2 yearlings when six sold for an average of 54,333gns. The Gunthers are also the breeders of Triple Crown winner Justify, whose stock continues to rise and is responsible for two of the most exciting juveniles in Europe in City Of Troy and Opera Singer. On Tuesday, it was announced his fee had doubled to $200,000 at Ashford Stud.
Signing under his Mandore International banner, de Watrigant also picked up a Zarak (Fr) filly for €120,000. Lot 246 is the third foal of the Motivator (GB) mare Phoebe Buffay (GB), herself a half-sister to the Listed winner High Heel Sneakers (GB) (Dansili {GB}), whose exploits at stud include producing the G1 Prix Vermeille winner Sweet Lady (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). Consigned by Haras de l'Hotellerie, the filly will race for prolific owner-breeder Jean-Claude Seroul.
Zarak, who notched his first Group 1 winner this season with Zagrey (Fr), continues to be one of the most popular young stallions in France and has had 12 yearlings sold this week for an average of €104,250.
Just 119 lots were catalogued for Wednesday's session to allow for a new wave of horses to arrive and settle in the boxes vacated by the horses in Part I. Of those, 113 were offered and 98 were sold for an aggregate of €3,578,500 (-4%) and average of €36,515 (+3%). The median was down slightly at €25,500. Cumulatively, trade from the first two sessions is running roughly on par with last year, with 60 six-figure lots so far.
Marconi impressed by Chachnak colt
Italian owner Alessandro Marconi has bought three yearlings so far for €340,000 and on Wednesday he plumped for one of only three yearlings from the first crop of the Kingman (GB) stallion Chachnak (Fr) in the sale (lot 264). A son of the G2 Prix Wildenstein winner and Prix de Diane runner-up Tamazirte (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), Chachnak himself won twice at Group 3 level and now stands at Haras de la Gastine in the Orne region south of Normandy.
Marconi bid €110,000 for the colt out of Red Love (Gone West) who was bred by Jean-Pierre Dubois and consigned on his behalf by Haras des Capucines, which offers the final yearling by the stallion on Thursday as lot 454. That colt is a grandson of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Flanders (Seeking The Gold).
Chachnak has 33 yearlings registered with France Galop and another 19 foals, including a full-sister to lot 264.
Skiffington doubles up on New Bay
Amanda Skiffington liked the look of lot 288 enough to recommend her to John O'Connor of Ballylinch Stud who duly gave the agent the go-ahead to try to secure the daughter of New Bay (GB) and Sarbacane (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).
Skiffington made the final successful bid at €120,000 for the filly bred by Framont Ltd and Grove Stud and consigned by Haras de Castillon.
The mare has already produced a four-time winner by Sea The Stars (Ire) and is a half-sister to the G1 Gran Premio di Milano winner Sudan (Ire) (Peintre Celebre).
“I liked everything about her,” said Skiffington, who at the Goffs Orby Sale signed for another New Bay, the full-sister to Group 1 winner Saffron Beach (Ire), at a sale-topping €1.65 million. “I rang John O'Connor as he always supports his stallions.”
Buy of the Day
Lot 293, Almanzor (Fr) – Schlague (Pulpit)
Vendor: Haras d'Etreham
Breeder: Gestut Zur Küste
Buyer: Romain Le Dren Doleuze, €15,000
Local trainer Romain Le Dren Doleuze wouldn't have had to travel far with this yearling to get him back to his stable alongside Deauville racecourse and he looks to have snared a bargain in this colt who will doubtless benefit from a tender approach during the early part of his training.
His dam has been more than useful for breeder Gestut Zur Kuste, who also bred Group 1-winning brothers Bucanero Fuerte (Fr) and Wooded (Ire), as well as this colt's half-brother, the G3 Prix Djebel winner Dice Roll (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}), who was also third in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. Schlague has produced six winners in total, including two to this colt's sire Almanzor. The latest of those is the two-year-old filly Hit It (Fr), who won at Saint-Cloud last month in the colours of George Strawbridge.
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