August Yearling Sale

DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - Less than a fortnight after Power Blue provided Space Blues with a breakthrough Group 1 success by producing a gritty performance from the front to land the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh, the Darley stallion supplied the top lot of the Arqana August V2 Yearling Sale on Wednesday when Ghislain Bozo of Meridian International went to €110,000 to secure a colt by the first-season sire from Haras de l'Hotellerie.  Records were broken during the August Yearling Sale here in Deauville and the 86% clearance rate for the...

DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - Arqana CEO Olivier Delloye says that he is quietly optimistic that the quality the sales company has assembled will result in bustling trade during the August Yearling Sale, before hinting that a number of new buyers could get in on the action over the next few days.  The demand for bloodstock has never been as strong internationally. Records were broken in Japan and, hot on the heels from another bonanza of a sale at Saratoga in America, attention now turns to Arqana for the first European yearling...

By Brian Sheerin and Adam Houghton DEAUVILLE, France - Talk about a fitting finale. After what could only be described as a patchy opening two days to the August Yearling Sale, a St Mark's Basilica (Fr) filly (lot 270) out of Ecurie des Monceaux's blue hen Prudenzia (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) topped Sunday's concluding session at €1.7 million when sold to Coolmore's MV Magnier. Prudenzia is the gift that keeps giving for Henri Bozo's powerful breeding operation in France. Who could forget her daughter Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who became...

By Brian Sheerin, Emma Berry and Adam Houghton DEAUVILLE, France -- Just 24 hours after John Stewart's Resolute Racing lit up Arqana when snapping up a Wootton Bassett (GB) filly for €1.4 million, it was another American-based buyer who commanded top lot status at the August Yearling Sale when bloodstock agents Alex Solis and Jason Litt struck the winning bid of €730,000 for lot 187, a Sea The Stars (Ire) filly out of an unraced half-sister to the multiple Group 1 winner The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}). While Solis and...

By Brian Sheerin and Adam Houghton DEAUVILLE, France--John Stewart has made more of a splash in a year trading in bloodstock than most people will in an entire lifetime and the effervescent character behind the ever-expanding Resolute Racing sent more ripples through the industry by snapping up the €1.4 million Wootton Bassett (GB) top lot (lot 105) on day one of the August Yearling Sale at Arqana. Irishman Gavin O'Connor has been representing Resolute Racing at Arqana this week while Stewart tuned in from his base in America. Bred by...

DEAUVILLE, France--The August Yearling Sale catalogue provides a unique glimpse into the past, present and-perhaps most importantly-the future.  On the cover you have last year's brilliant Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Ace Impact (Ire) alongside what bookmakers deem to be the most likely winner of this year's renewal, Look De Vega (Fr). Both colts were sold at this sale. When you turn the pages, there are over 300 yearlings who could chart a similar path. And the world knows. Not least Japan's superstar trainer Yoshito Yahagi. It was at...

The catalogue for the Arqana August Yearling Sale, which takes place from August 16 to 18, was released on Friday.  The sale has an impressive roll of honour given last year's Prix de l'Arc winner Ace Impact and this year's French Derby hero Look De Vega are both graduates. Add that to the fact top-notchers Unquestionable, Feed The Flame, Ancient Wisdom, Sunway and Bucanero Fuerte were sold at the August Yearling Sale, it's easy to see why Arqana has become and must for many of the top buyers across the...