NH Breeding Stock Session Concludes Arqana Autumn

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Arqana's Autumn Sale drew to a close on Wednesday with a single-session National Hunt Breeding Stock Sale that was highlighted by a pair of mares from the dispersal of Magalen Bryant. Topping trade was the 6-year-old stakes-winning AQPS mare Fabulous Dragoness (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}) (lot 743), who was sold in-foal to Doctor Dino (Fr) to Pegase Bloodstock for €300,000. Rupert Pritchard-Gordon swooped for another 6-year-old mare from the dispersal, Laterana (Fr) (Saint Des Saints {Fr}) in foal to Great Pretender (Ire) (lot 703), and her pricetag was €140,000.

The two others to surpass the six-figure threshold on the day were the 7-year-old mare Black Luna (Fr) (Soldier Of Fortune {GB}) (lot 834) in foal to Masked Marvel (GB), bought by Chauvigny Global Equine for €125,000; and the 9-year-old mare Femme En Or (Fr) (Astarabad) (lot 837) in foal to Buck's Boum (Fr). She was bought by Yeo Barton Bloodstock for €120,000.

The National Hunt breeding stock session of the Arqana Autumn Sale was being staged for the second time, and figures were well up on 2020 with 291-head having changed hands for €9,218,500, at an average of €31,679 and a median of €20,000.

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