Six Wild Cards Added to Arqana Autumn

[Wandering Eyes]

A pair of flat performers and four jumpers have been added to the Autumn Sale catalogue as Wild Card entries, including 2-year-old Quessigny (Fr) (Recorder {GB}), offered as Lot 367 and Whizz Kid (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}), who is catalogued as Lot 368. The Wild Card offerings will go under the hammer in Deauville Nov. 15 alongside the 184 horses-in-training already catalogued. An additional 15 Wild Cards will be added to this section.

Heading the flat entrants, Antoine de Watrigant's juvenile colt Quessigny most recently won the Coupe des 2 ans at Toulouse over 1600 metres. Also recent winner in France, Whizz Kid won at Saint-Cloud in the colours of Klaus Allofs and Gestüt Fahrhof and trainer Peter Schiergen. A half-brother to Grade I winner Wake Forest (Ger) (Sir Percy {GB}), he is out of the black-type mare Wurfspeil (Ger) hails from the family of Arc hero Waldgeist (Ger).

Over jumps, Donatien Sourdeau de Beauregard offers two lots–Keep Running (Fr) (Turgeon), who will go under the hammer as lot 391 and Ice Coast (Fr) (Coastal Path {GB}), offered as lot 402. A winner by three lengths on his first outing over hurdles at Nantes over 3,500 metres, Particuliere Dream (Fr) (Peer Gynt {Jpn}) is catalogued as lot 392, while High Game Royal (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) will be offered as lot 403. Recently runner-up over 3000 metres on his first start, the latter is a brother to G2 Prix Congress scorer Echiquier Royal (Fr).

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