Bayside Bay Colt Brings Curtain Down on Part 2 of Arqana October

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A Bayside Boy colt from Haras de la Louviere topped Friday's session at Part 2 of the Arqana October Yearling Sale when knocked down to Sebastien Desmontils, on behalf of Chauvigny Global Equine, for €67,000. Lot 538 is out of an unraced daughter of the G1 Preis der Diana heroine Penelopa (Giant's Causeway), whose other offspring include the Listed River Eden Stakes winner Pennymoor (Frankel) and G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas runner-up California Dreamer (Mehmas).

Towards the end of the session, a Zelzal colt (lot 610) offered by the Fairway Consignment nearly stole away with top billing when going the way of Ludovic Gadbin for €65,000. Already named Lisan Al Gaib, he is out of a full-sister to the Listed winner Chartreuse (Lawman), who also filled the runner-up spot in the G3 Prix Chloe and G3 Prix de Lieurey. This is also the family of the Group/Grade 1 winners Ectot, Meditate and Most Improved.

The pick of the remaining lots was a The Grey Gatsby colt (lot 553) whose unraced dam is a half-sister to the G3 Prix d'Aumale winner and G1 Coronation Stakes and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac runner-up Lesstalk In Paris (Cape Cross), plus the G3 Prix Francois Boutin scorer Grey Man (Wootton Bassett). Elias Mikhalides stretched to €60,000 to secure the Haras des Capucines-consigned colt whose second dam, Top Toss (Linamix), also won the Prix d'Aumale, in addition to the G3 Prix de Psyche.

Of the 102 yearlings offered, 87 sold (85%) for a total of €1,784,000. The average was €20,506 and the median was €18,000. On Saturday, the October Yearling Sale concludes with Part 3, with the first of 197 lots catalogued set to enter the ring at 11am (local time).

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