La Teste de Buch

Intello Colt Brings Top Price At Osarus Breeze-Up Sale

Eric Ventrou presented a 2-year-old colt by Intello (Ger), and the flashy bay brought a sale-topping bid of €49,000 from Mandore International and Stephane Wattel during Thursday's Osarus Breeze-Up Sale in the south-west of France. The May 7 foal is a half-brother to listed winner Zarwaan (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), while second dam Dublino (Lear Fan) won the GI Del Mar Oaks and produced stakes winner Answered (GB) (Authorized {GB}), who was placed three times at group level. Just below lot 42, was an M. C. Thoroughbreds-consigned filly by Night...

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Breezes Held At La Teste-De-Buch For Osarus Breeze-Up Sale On Thursday

The breezes for the Osarus Breeze-Up Sale were held over the training track at La Teste-de-Buch on Wednesday. Just over 50 lots remain in the sale set for Thursday in the south-west of France. Some of the lots of note include a colt by Dark Angel (Ire) (lot 9) consigned by Ard Erin Stud from the family of G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Rosanara (Fr) (Sinndar {Ire}) and a colt by Acclamation (GB) (lot 65) who is kin to multiple group winner Signora Cabello (Ire) (Camacho {GB}); and M.C. Thoroughbreds...

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Osarus Breeze-up Catalogue Now Online

The catalogue for the Osarus Breeze-up Sale is now available online and contains 68 juveniles set to sell on Apr. 27. Among those consigned for the auction will be a filly from the debut crop of Magna Grecia (Ire), who was represented by his first winner at Saint-Cloud last week. Lot 30, offered by Highfield Bloodstock, is out of Bagira (Giant's Causeway), a winning full-sister to the GI Suburban H. winner Frost Giant.  Another with an American stakes winner close up on the page is Lot 8, a Sir Percy...

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Racehorses Evacuated From La Teste de Buch

As parts of Europe continue to be subjected to record temperatures, the large forest fire raging in the Gironde region of south-west France has forced the evacuation of all 370 horses in training at La Teste de Buch racecourse. Though the fire is several kilometres from the track and training centre, the horses have been moved to racecourses in Bordeaux and Mont de Marsan, while others have been given refuge at Haras de Saubouas, largely to protect them from inhaling toxic fumes from the blaze which has destroyed campsites and...

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Almanzor Colt Tops Osarus Opener

A colt from the second crop of Almanzor (Fr) led the first day of the Osarus Yearling Sale in La Teste de Buch and will join the stable of Jean-Claude Rouget after being bought by MAB Agency for €50,000. Lot 102 was consigned by breeder Haras de Saint Vincent and is a son of the listed-placed Dutch Art (GB) mare Passion Blanche (GB), a descendant of the great Meon Valley Stud matron Reprocolor (GB). Her sole winner to date is the 4-year-old Whitehaven (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), who has won...

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Osarus Yearling Sale Catalogue Released

Osarus has released the catalogue for its flagship yearling sale at La Teste de Buch, which takes place on Sept. 14 and 15. A total of 279 yearlings catalogued includes members of the first crops of Recoletos (Fr), Harry Angel (Ire) and Cloth Of Stars (Ire) among 10 freshman stallions to be featured.  The 13 yearlings to be consigned by Haras de la Haie Neuve include lot 88, a half-sister to the GI Del Mar Oaks winner Fatal Bere (Fr) (Pedro The Great) by the stud's first-season stallion Seahenge, a...

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Wootton Bassett Colt Sets New Osarus Record

Having become the first European auction to be staged entirely online in 2020, the Osarus Breeze-up Sale returned to its more usual format this year, selling live at La Teste de Buch racecourse and setting a new record top price of €200,000 in the process. The sale-topper had not originally been intended for this sale but, following the relocation of the Arqana Breeze-up Sale from Deauville to Doncaster, French-based consignor Philippe Prevost Baratte opted to keep his Wootton Bassett (GB) colt at home, sending him to Osarus as lot 45A,...

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Freshman Sire Morandi Off the Mark at La Teste de Buch

Hugues Rousseau and Didier Guillemin's Healey (Fr) (Morandi {Fr}), who ran unplaced in a five-furlong claimer at Chantilly in his May 13 debut, stepped forward to cause an upset in Friday's Prix Hyper U Gujan Mestras, upped to six furlongs at Bordeaux's La Teste de Buch venue, and become the first winner for his Haras du Mont Goubert-based freshman sire (by Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). 1st-La Teste de Buch, €14,000, Mdn, 6-19, 2yo, c/g, 6fT, 1:19.34, sf. HEALEY (FR) (c, 2, Morandi {Fr}--Bashasha, by Kingmambo) ran unplaced in a five-furlong...

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