Virginia Joy

Arqana staged its annual boutique Arc Sale of horses in training at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on Saturday evening following a day's racing at ParisLongchamp, and it was a current star of the German turf that proved the breakout horse, with Virginia Joy (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 24) selling to Michel Zerolo's Oceanic Bloodstock for €975,000. Having raced thus far as a homebred for Gestut Auenquelle, Virginia Joy won the July 12 G3 Mehl-Mulhens-Trophy by a head before finishing third, beaten three-quarters of a length, in the G1 Preis Der Diana...

Three 3-year-olds have been added as wildcards to the Oct. 3 Arqana Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud Racecourse. Gestut Auenquelle homebred Virginia Joy (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) is among the best of her generation in Germany, having won the G3 Mehl-Mulhens-Trophy in July before placing in both the G1 Preis der Diana and G2 T von Zastrow Stutenpreis. She will be offered as lot 24. Yann Barberot offers his 3-year-old colt Step By Step (Fr) (Sidestep {Aus}) (lot 25), a listed winner in June going 2400 metres and most recently second...