Trio of Wild Cards Added to Arc Sale

[Wandering Eyes]

Three wild cards have been added to the Oct. 6 Arqana Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud, will all three winners of their most recent starts. Lot 10, Controvento (Fr) (George Vancouver), was a six-length debut winner at Divonne-Les Bains going 1700 metres last Sunday for trainer Alessandro Botti in the silks of Paolo Zambelli. The juvenile colt’s third dam is responsible for G3 Prix Gladiateur hero Varevees (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}), who was runner-up in the G1 Prix du Cadran. Ardara Belle (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}) (lot 20) won at first asking over 1200 metres at Fontainebleau for conditioner Gina Rarick on Tuesday. Out of a half-sister to SW and GI Clement L. Hirsch S. bridesmaid Rinterval (Ire) (Desert Prince {Ire}), the bay’s third dam, French Group 2 winner Interval (Ire) (Habitat), was third in the G1 English 1000 Guineas in 1987. Rounding out the wild cards is Joel Boisnard’s Bopedro (Fr) (Pedro the Great) (lot 30), who has yet to run worse than second in four starts with two wins, including a one-mile test at Fontainebleau a week ago. A homebred for Daniel Cherdo, the colt is from the same family as 2018 MGSW and G1 Commonwealth Cup S. second Sands of Mali (Fr) (Panis).

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