Arqana Summer Sale Catalogue Offers Something For Everyone

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The catalogue for the Arqana Summer Sale, featuring over 560 horses bred under both codes, is now available online.

Past graduates include Mgheera (Zoustar), a multiple group winner on the Flat, while in the jumping sphere, Game Of Storm (Motivator), Haiti Couleurs (Dragon Dancer), Mambonumberfive (Born To Sea) and Nietzsche Has (Zarak) all won over hurdles in France and across the channel.

Set for June 30-July 3, the sale features 73 Flat-bred 2-year-olds, 160 2- and 3-year-old NH stores, as well as 88 mares and fillies-out-of-training. Juveniles will be put through their paces on June 30 at 1 p.m., and the 10 a.m. July 1 session will feature the Flat-bred juveniles and the stores (lots 1-233). Horses-in-training (lots 234-473) will sells beginning at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 2, with lots 474-572, the breeding stock, going through the ring from 11 a.m. on July 3.

American Grade I winner Chez Pierre (Mehmas) is a graduate of the juvenile portion of the sale, and one of the choice lots is a Starman half-brother to multiple Grade I winner Obviously (Choisir) (lot 35). Among the horses-in-training is the listed-placed Konada (Toronado) (lot 401); while Maupassant (Galiway) (lot 404) was fourth in Thursday's G3 Prix Hocquart; listed winner and group-placed Strassia (Kendargent) is lot 410; and dual group winner Jiulietta Ghia (Kamsin) is lot 468.

Broodmares offered include Grade 2 winner Victoire Des Borde (Antarctique) (lot 527) in foal to Goliath Du Berlais; lot 528, Miss Country (Country Reel), the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Frodon (Nickname), offered in foal to Nietzsche Has; and Suviana (Dandy Man) (lot 562) in foal to Mehmas.

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