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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
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 sale of the year. And what a place for the occasion. He said, “We have had perfect conditions for viewing horses – not too hot but sunny, so we are very lucky. We had a great day yesterday [Thursday] so I think that adds to the positive atmosphere ahead of this sale.” Delloye added, “We had good races [at Deauville], a lot of runners and people were happy to be involved in those [Series] races. There were some good winners, I think, so it is all positive and fingers crossed for tomorrow now.” A number of British and Irish connections reaped the rewards for contesting the Series races given it was Ed Walker's Northern Champion who finished a length ahead of Brian Meehan's River Card (Ire) (Hello Youmzain) in the opening €160,000 two-year-old race over seven furlongs. That winner also provided a timely boost for the breeze-up fraternity given he was an €820,000 graduate at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale with Ed Sackville signing the docket on Roger Marley's Wootton Bassett colt on behalf of TBT Racing. More joy was to come for the breeze-up men and women when Cormac Farrell's graduate Rose Ghaiyyath (Ghaiyyath) scooped the second of the two €160,000 juvenile races when making a winning debut for red-hot trainer Richard Hughes and owner Jaber Abdullah. She had been sold at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale for €110,000 to Ted Durcan. Meanwhile, Alex Elliott and Valmont Racing were also in clover when the €280,000 purchase Cape Operator (Mohaather) landed the €260,000 contest for Ralph Beckett. The fourth Series race went the way of Andre Fabre courtesy of the Qatar Racing-owned Yellow Jersey (Dubawi) and the broad spectrum of winners was viewed as hugely positive with a view towards the middle market by the Arqana boss. He said, “I heard that [this year's bunch of horses are better than last year's] so that is obviously good news. I think it is consistent to when we went to view the horses on all of the farms during the spring. We felt that maybe they were probably a little more mature compared to the same time last year so this has been confirmed around the sales ground, which is good.” Delloye added, “I think we are seeing a few more breeze-up buyers here compared to last year, which is positive, because I am sure there are great opportunities in this sale for breeze-up consignors. But you have to be here and look at everything and that's why it's nice to have them here.” In terms of the top end, the big guns have turned out in their droves. John Magnier, Charlie Appleby, Kenny McPeek and a host of international buyers have made the trip. Among them is a strong travelling party from Japan, with Naohiro Goda revealing that seven or eight different trainers from that country will be making the trip to Deauville. Included in that number is the country's legendary trainer Yoshito Yahagi, who of course sourced Shin Emperor here, along with Mitsumasa Nakauchida and Hiroyasu Tanaka. The prospect of some new names featuring on the buyers' sheet was by no means dissuaded by Delloye, either. “There are a lot of new faces, definitely, and we will see what they do in terms of buying and hopefully we will see a few new names on the buyers' sheet,” he explained. Word on the street is that Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has purchased Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard but is understood not to have bought a single thoroughbred at public auction up until this point, could be about to enter the market. Sheikh Mansour's Wathba Stallions breeding operation is among the leaders in purebred Arabian racing with 900 horses reported to be on the books. Mathieu Legars, who spent six years working at Arqana before joining Sheikh Mansour's operation back in February, has already stated that the intention was for his new boss to get involved in thoroughbred racing. Legars has been busy inspecting the stock at Arqana this week and the potential involvement of Sheikh Mansour is sure to provide another fascinating subplot to action at Arqana from Saturday evening right through to Monday. Delloye concluded, “It is the first European yearling sale of the year so we will see how it goes but we are quite happy to launch a sale on Saturday evening, right after the races. In terms of atmosphere, it's probably something that suits better for the start of a sale. Here in France, sales have been very strong throughout the year. We had a very strong breeze-up sale in May and the horses-in-training sale in July was also very good. The statistics were all up at least 15 per cent on last year. We are coming into this sale with a bit of momentum.” The post Big-Hitters And Prospect Of ‘New Faces’ Getting Involved At Arqana August Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Ahead of next week's York Ebor Festival, a middling Saturday in Britain and Ireland precedes a serious Sunday in France, where the G1 The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois offers a grand spectacle of international flavour. Sponsored by Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard for many moons, Deauville's jewel of their August Meeting is now graced by another huge operation with great prestige to fit what has always been one of Europe's key events. Fortunately this year we get to see how a top Japanese runner can fare against the Euros in a race other than the Arc and it is fair to say that after the wins of Ascoli Piceno (Daiwa Major) in Riyadh's 1351 Turf Sprint and Tokyo's G1 Victoria Mile we should be expectant. A granddaughter of Ballydoyle's Fillies' Mile heroine Listen, she is linked to the past star miler Henrythenavigator and has the raw material to add another worldwide top-level success to her country's growing haul. It seems hard to believe that two of the season's most exciting prospects Rosallion (Blue Point) and Notable Speech (Dubawi) would be winless in six starts between them so far and that the latter would not even have made the frame in his three, so this is a key race for both. Notable Speech is becoming something of an enigma, while Rosallion keeps running his race but keeps getting run out of it in the big mile events. Could it be that this trip is a touch too far? What price would he have been for next week's newly-promoted City of York… Also in the mix is Diego Velazquez (Frankel), first time in the Sangster silks and bidding to become the first winner of the great race in them, and fellow Ballydoyle representative The Lion In Winter (Sea The Stars) who still feels like a top-notcher even though his form this season doesn't back that up. The Aga Khan Studs would love to win it in their first year of sponsorship and the G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil winner Zabiari (Wootton Bassett) is the most likely of their duo to make an impact in a year where the big mile races are enjoyingly unpredictable. More Thunder Forecast? Saturday's action centres around Newbury's G2 Hungerford Stakes, where Saeed Suhail's Wokingham runner-up and Bunbury Cup winner More Thunder (Night Of Thunder) enters a new sphere but one for which he appears tailor-made. Other than him, progressive rivals in the seven-furlong feature are hard to spot and it is probably safe to say that William Haggas will be disappointed if he can't win one of the softest renewals in recent times. Also at Newbury, Colin Keane has some eye-catching rides for Juddmonte, with the St Leger entry Pinhole (Frankel) in the G3 Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes and the unbeaten Skimmer (Kingman) in the closing 10-furlong handicap. Given that the latter is moving back down in trip and bypassing next week's Great Voltigeur, it can probably be taken as read that he won't be following the path of his Leger-winning half-brother Logician but he remains an exciting prospect nonetheless. In between, there is Pinhole's juvenile half-brother Slight Of Foot, another Kingman in the seven-furlong novice who is also a half to Quadrilateral and a full-brother to the smart Thesis. At The Curragh on Saturday, Los Angeles (Camelot) remerges in the G3 Royal Whip, his first run back from a summer freshener and the initial movement of an orchestrated second Arc bid which could well come off in a year lacking a mile-and-a-half standout. Speaking of that race, Saturday's G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville sees Godolphin's Prix du Jockey Club runner-up Cualificar (Lope De Vega) advertise his wares ahead of the autumn showpiece. Aidan O'Brien has his usual irons in various fires throughout the weekend, with the unbeaten Daytona (Wootton Bassett) engaged in a fascinating renewal of Sunday's G3 The Aga Khan Studs Prix Francois Boutin. With setbacks to Albert Einstein and Gstaad and defeat for Italy at Newmarket, the relative of Sendawar wouldn't need to do much to be near the top of the stable's pecking order for the 2026 2,000 Guineas. The post Ascoli Piceno’s Jacques Le Marois Bid Lights Up The Weekend appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The New York Racing Association announced Aug. 15 that Irad Ortiz is the recipient of the 2025 Mike Venezia Memorial Award. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
5th-Dundalk, €18,000, Mdn, 8-15, 2yo, 8f (AWT), 1:38.02, st. PIERRE BONNARD (IRE) (c, 2, Camelot {GB}–Sultanina {GB} {G1SW-Eng, $303,395}, by New Approach {Ire}), one place behind the yard's subsequent TDN Rising Star Montreal when fourth on debut at Leopardstown last month, raced in front of the main pack behind the clear early leader. In front approaching the final furlong, the 6-5 favourite stayed on strongly to score by 2 1/4 lengths from Shaihaan (Night Of Thunder). “He's a lovely horse,” Ballydoyle's representative Chris Armstrong said of the son of the G1 Nassau Stakes winner Sultanina. “Wayne came in off him at Leopardstown and absolutely loved him. He said he's a great mover and he'll handle quick ground and an ease in the ground. On paper, it looked a very good maiden and especially when they were walking around the ring.” “He has got a host of options this year and he's one to really look forward to next year–he should be a lovely middle-distance horse. I asked Wayne if he could drop back to seven for the [Goffs] Million and he said he could. We will see how they all are after the weekend and see where they slot in. It is a good problem to have.” The winner is the seventh foal out of the dam, who also captured the G3 Pinnacle Stakes before securing her career-high at Goodwood. A daughter of the Listed Lupe Stakes winner Soft Centre (Zafonic), she is also a half to the dam of the Del Mar Oaks, Gamely and American Oaks heroine Anisette (Awtaad). Related to the GIII Long Island Handicap winner Dalvina (Grand Lodge) and the G3 Hampton Court Stakes winner Mohaafeth (Frankel), her yearling daughter of Coulsty is due to sell in next month's Goffs Orby Book 1. Sales history: €80,000 Wlg '23 GOFNOF; €280,000 Ylg '24 GOFORY. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $13,757. O-Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg; B-Rathasker Stud; T-Aidan O'Brien. The post ‘One To Really Look Forward To’: Sultanina’s Son Pierre Bonnard Impresses Armstrong At Dundalk appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The New York Racing Association has named multiple Eclipse winning jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. as the recipient of the 2025 Mike Venezia Memorial Award, according to a press release from the track on Friday. Ortiz, Jr., based this summer at Saratoga Race Course, was chosen by a committee comprised of members of the Venezia family, representatives of The Jockeys' Guild and retired Eclipse Award-winning rider Richard Migliore. A ceremony at Saratoga will be held on Friday, Aug. 22. “Joining the list of winners of the Venezia Memorial Award is a great honor and very humbling,” said Ortiz, Jr. “I look forward to thanking the Venezia family here at Saratoga, and sharing this with my family.” The award is presented annually to a jockey who displays the exemplary sportsmanship and citizenship that personified Venezia, who died as the result of injuries suffered in a spill in 1988. The post Irad Ortiz, Jr. Named 2025 Venezia Award Winner By NYRA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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