Summer Sale Catalogue Released

[Wandering Eyes]

Arqana have released the catalogue for their two-day Summer Sale slated for July 3-4. The sale consists of both flat and national hunt prospects and the opening session’s flat offerings consist of 71 catalogued unraced 2-year-olds who will canter up the Deauville all-weather the previous afternoon. Among these that could be likely types on pedigree include lot 4, offered by The Channel Consignment and a son of Mastercraftsman (Ire) out of triple group winner Nasty Storm (Gulch), who is already the dam of Group 3 winner Actress (Ire) (Declaration Of War); while Thomond O’Mara’s Knockanglass Stables offer lot 30, a son of Acclamation (GB) and G2 Debutante S. winner Campfire Glow (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).

Day two of the sale features a selection of breeding stock as well as horses-in-training and some of the choice pedigrees available in the breeding stock section include lot 229 Soltada (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}), a half-sister to G1 Nunthorpe S. winner Margot Did (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) and offered from Haras d’Etreham in foal to Wootton Bassett (GB). Lot 245, Rydale Mist (GB) (Equiano {GB}) from Haras de Castillon also has plenty going for her. The 6-year-old is a half-sister to Group 2 winner Finjaan (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) and is offered in foal to Shalaa (Ire). The largest section in the catalogue is the HIT part with 183 catalogued and these include drafts from many of the leading trainers in France such as Alain de Royer Dupré, André Fabre, Carlos Laffon-Parias, Fabrice Chappet, Francis-Henri Graffard, Freddy Head, Henri-Alex Pantall, Henri-François Devin, Jean-Claude Rouget, Mikel Delzangles, and Nicolas Clément, et cetera.

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