Fairway Consignment Mares Find Favour as New Year Gets Underway at Arqana

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Charles Briere's Fairway Consignment was responsible for two of the top three lots during Tuesday's opening session of the Arqana February Mixed Sale, including the Listed-winning hurdler Elektrix (Gemix), who was knocked down to Hubert Barbe of Horse Racing Advisory – bidding on behalf of Haras de Couëly – for €80,000.

Offered as lot 113, Elektrix enjoyed her career highlight when winning the Listed Prix Gaston Branere at Auteuil in April last year. The five-year-old is out of another talented hurdler in the G3 Prix Pierre de Lassus winner and G1 Prix Renaud du Vivier second La Grande Dame (Daliapour), while this is also the family of the multiple Grade 1 winners Brighterdaysahead (Kapgrade), Caldwell Potter (Martaline) and Mighty Potter (Martaline).

“She was a very good racemare,” said Haras de Couëly's Hubert O'Delant. “She's from a family that has produced some very nice horses, and we have the possibility of choosing many crosses for her. We're delighted to be able to have purchased a mare of this quality to join the stud's broodmare band.”

Early in the session, Haras d'Etreham signed for the other headline lot from Fairway Consignment when the Toronado mare Chiaraniya (lot 9) fetched €67,000. From the extended family of the top-level winners Maranoa Charlie and Tiggy Wiggy, the five-year-old Chiaraniya was placed in a pair of Listed races on the Flat in a career spanning 16 starts for trainer Mickael Seror.

Of the 173 lots offered, 108 sold at a clearance rate of 62%. With 108 fewer lots being offered compared to this day 12 months ago, the aggregate was down by 53% at €1,257,250, whereas the average held up well at €11,641 (-3%) and the median was €4,500 (-10%).

Along with Elektrix, Secret Sky (Camelot) also achieved the session-topping price of €80,000 when going under the hammer as lot 180. Sébastien Desmontils, acting on behalf of Colin and Melba Bryce's Laundry Cottage Stud, emerged on top in the battle to secure the three-race maiden who was third in the Listed Prix de Thiberville as a three-year-old. Offered by Coulonces, the now-seven-year-old is out of the winning Tale of the Cat mare Oh Star who, in turn, is out of the 1,000 Guineas heroine Sleepytime (Royal Academy).

Elsewhere, lot 32, a Siyouni colt from La Motteraye Consignment, proved the most sought-after of the 33 yearlings to go through the ring on Tuesday when picked up by Ronald Rauscher for €58,000. A half-brother to the G1 Preis von Europa winner Aspetar (Al Kazeem), the colt is out of the winning Dansili mare Bella Qatara who, in turn, is out of the triple Oaks heroine Alexandrova (Sadler's Wells). This is also the family of Ecurie des Monceaux's star broodmare Prudenzia (Dansili), the dam of the top-level winners Chicquita (Montjeu), Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica) and Magic Wand (Galileo), among others.

The action at Arqana resumes at 11am (local time) on Wednesday with a final session of breeding stock, stores, two-year-olds and horses-in-training.

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