Taking place Dec. 9-12 at Deauville, the prestigious ARQANA December Vente d'Élevage will offer for sale more than 1000 mares, fillies, and foals.
Each year, the December Vente d'Élevage sees mares and fillies with exceptional pedigrees go under the hammer and have gone on to produce performers at the highest level. These include this season's group 1 winners FEED THE FLAME, SOL ORIENS, GOLD TRIP, INDIA, VIA SISTINA, SERIFOS, IRESINE, and TRUESHAN, all out of mares bought in December at Deauville, in addition to group scorers PROGNOSIS, OTTOMAN FLEET, MILITARY MISSION, ALCANTOR, HONG KONG HARRY, GLORIA MUNDI, LUMIERE ROCK, THE GOOD MAN, ANGERS, ROMAGNA MIA, AMAZING GRACE, SOPRAN BASILEA, GOLDANA, PROTAGONIST, WHITE MARLIN, NEW MANDATE, JUMBY, SEE HECTOR, LORD CHARMING and FANG.
Like each year, among the well-bred fillies and mares cataloged, a number are offered in foal to in-demand sires, which includes Blue Point, Camelot, Churchill, Cracksman, Dark Angel, Dubawi, Galiway, Havana Grey, Justify, Kingman, Lope de Vega, Mehmas, New Bay, Night of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea The Moon, Siyouni, Starspangledbanner, Too Darn Hot, Wootton Bassett and Zarak, as well as the young stallions Alson, Baaeed, Bayside Boy, Blackbeard, Ebro River, Lavello, Marianafoot, Perfect Power, Sealiway, State of Rest, Texas, Thunder Moon and Torquator Tasso this December.
A selection of mares with exceptional pedigrees will be offered to buyers in Part 1, including:
GOOD DONNA (lot 128), the dam of black-types GHISLAINE and GROCER JACK, offered in foal to Starspangledbanner by Ronald Rauscher;
DRAWN TO RUN (lot 149), the dam of Grade 1 winner DALIKA, in foal to Siyouni (Southern hemisphere) and offered from La Motteraye Consignment;
PURE SOUNDS (lot 151), a daughter of Justify out of 1,000 Guineas (Gr.1) heroine VIRGINIA WATERS, consigned by Haras d'Etreham carrying her first foal by Wootton Bassett;
ADLON ROSE (lot 154), a half-sister to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero ACE IMPACT, offered in foal for the first time to Cracksman by Haras des Embruns;
Listed winner and Group-placed JOIE DE SOIR (lot 158), from the family of Group 1 winners ALPINE ROSE and FRAGRANT MIX, offered carrying her first foal to No Nay Never by Haras des Capucines;
ALZUBRA (lot 168), a daughter of Dansili, the dam of three black-types including Tancred Stakes (Gr.1) winner ARAPAHO and Group scorer ATHABASCAN, in foal to New Bay by Haras de Saint-Laurent;
MIRAKOVA (lot 167), a daughter of Lope de Vega and a granddaughter of the Champion GOLDIKOVA, offered carrying her first foal by Siyouni from Wertheimer & Frère;
Group winner LADY FRANKEL (lot 172), a half-sister by Frankel to dual Classic winner LOPE DE VEGA, offered in foal to New Bay from Gestüt Ammerland;
GALIBAWA (lot 179), a daughter of Dubawi out of Group 1 winner GALIKOVA, from the family of the Champion GOLDIKOVA, offered in foal to ST MARK'S BASILICA by Wertheimer & Frère;
PENNINE HILLS (lot 202), a Listed winning and Group-placed daughter of Kodiac and a sister to Group winner GRIZZEL, carrying her first foal by Justify from La Motteraye Consignment;
SIBILA SPAIN (lot 204), a Group winning daughter of Frankel carrying her first foal by Dubawi from Haras de l'Hotellerie;
WILDFEDER (lot 209), a daughter of Galileo and a half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner WALDGEIST, offered in foal to Siyouni by Gestüt Ammerland;
SEA SHEPHERD (lot 211), a half-sister by Sea The Stars to Preis der Diana (Gr.1) scorer SERIENHOLDE from the leading family of SALOMINA & SCHNELL MEISTER, carrying for the first time to Zarak from Haras des Capucines;
Classic winner CHANNEL (lot 215), a granddaughter of Group 1 winner MAGICAL ROMANCE from the family of ALEXANDROVA, offered in foal to Wootton Bassett from La Motteraye Consignment;
See the whole catalogue on arqana.com.
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