Misunderstood Leads Arqana Autumn Catalogue

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The Group 1-placed G3 Prix des Chenes hero Misunderstood (Hello Youmzain) (lot 372) is one of the highlights of Arqana's Autumn Sale catalogue which was revealed on Saturday.

The sale is responsible for top-level graduates under both codes, and in addition to Misunderstood, will also offer group winners Midak (Footstepsinthesand) (lot 374) and Roshvar (Siyouni) (lot 375). Among the stores and NH yearlings are siblings to Grade 1 winners St Donats (Saint Des Saints) (lot 534); Jade De Grugy (Doctor Dino) (lot 540), Ches Demonmirail (Doctor Dino) (lot 603); Stormy Ireland (Motivator) (lot 612); and We Have A Dream (Martaline) (lot 690).

The breeding stock portion of the sale includes foals that are siblings to Grade 1 winner Gaillard Du Mesnil (Saint Des Saints) (lot 721), Stormy Ireland (lot 848) and Pic D'Orhy (Turgeon) (lot 912). Grade 1 scorer Flying Chaser (lot 755) is carrying to Jigme. Stallions Chanducoq (lot 709) and Doha Dream (lot 710) will also be sold.

Set for November 17-20 and beginning at 11 a.m. each day, the sale features 833 lots under both codes. There are 263 Flat and National Hunt horses-in-training, 56 two-year-old stores, 221 NH-bred yearlings, and 241 mares and foals. The Arqana November Yearling Sale is directly before the Autumn Sale, featuring 123 colts and fillies on Saturday, November 15.

The Autumn Sale schedule is as follows: November 17: horses-in-training, November 18: two-year-old stores and NH yearlings, November 19: NH yearlings continued, and November 20: NH breeding stock (fillies and mares, foals and stallions). There are also a handful of horses sold by court order–three horses-in-training, a mare and a foal (lots 141-145) which will sell at the very start of the November 17 session.

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