Arqana Select Sale Moved to September 8 to 10
Arqana’s flagship sale has had a second date change | Zuzanna Lupa
Arqana has announced that its Select Sale, which had been rescheduled from August to September 24 to 26, will now be brought forward by a little over a fortnight to the new date of September 8 to 10.
The change is a result of the recent imposition of a new 14-day quarantine requirement on travellers to the UK from France, which would not allow participants at the major European yearling sales to attend the three major sales at Arqana, Goffs and Tattersalls.
A statement released by the French sale company on Wednesday read, “Immediately after the announcement by the British government that any person entering the United Kingdom from France would be subject to 14 days of self-isolation, Arqana undertook extensive consultation of vendors represented in the Select Sale catalogue as well as buyers potentially affected by the new constraint. The schedule of premium yearling sales is exceptionally dense this year as a result of the Covid-19 epidemic, and the initial date of 24-26 September would not have allowed buyers to take part in all three major European sales while abiding by the quarantine rule.”
The new dates for the Deauville auction allow sales travellers sufficient time to quarantine ahead of the Goffs Orby Sale on September 29 and 30 and Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, which begins its two-week run on October 6. The Arqana Sale now clashes with the Tattersalls Ascot Yearling Sale, which is being held in Newmarket this year on September 8. Quarantine restrictions remain in place in Ireland for 14 days of isolation for visitors from most overseas countries.
In a joint statement, Arqana’s CEO Eric Hoyeau and Executive Director Freddy Powell said, “The catalogue for the Select Sale is of outstanding quality and we are committed to providing these exceptional young horses with the best possible marketplace. This requires holding the sale at a time that maximises the chances for French and international buyers to be on attendance in Deauville. We wish to pay tribute to the reactivity and adaptability of all our vendors, who have immediately thrown their support behind this unusual change. Arqana will charter private flights from several locations in order to make the trip to Deauville as quick and secure as possible. We are also working day in day out to make remote participation easy. Online bidding will be available via Arqanaonline.com, while all yearlings are currently being filmed on the farms. Videos will be visible on our website, allowing buyers wherever they are to get a foretaste of the extraordinary collection of colts and fillies on offer.”
International Glory For Ghaiyyath
Ghaiyyath | racingfotos.com
Godolphin’s Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) continues to go from strength to strength and only had to go about his usual business to add Wednesday’s star-studded G1 Juddmonte International to his G1 Coronation Cup and G1 Eclipse S. triumphs. Always content on the front end with William Buick holding on to something, the 11-8 favourite was brought up the centre of the home straight and stayed out of reach of Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to win by three lengths, with Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) 1 1/4 lengths away in third. “This horse can do all the things most horses can’t. His high cruising speed, the way he keeps going and at the business end he has another gear just to finish the race off completely,” Buick said. “I love him. He’s a high-class horse and he’s now got everything on his CV. He’s beaten the best around at this trip. He’s the best I’ve ridden without a doubt.”
Despite the line-up being anything but ordinary, this was remarkably uneventful as a race and once Ghaiyyath had shed the attentions of the G3 Musidora S. winner Rose of Kildare (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) soon after the start it was a case of plain sailing. Dubai Millennium (GB) never had the chance to strut his stuff on this pan-flat terrain, but his paternal grandson is making a stellar effort of appearing as his ultimate tribute act in 2020. There were already shades of the extraordinary in his G2 Prix d’Harcourt win at ParisLongchamp last April, but for every big performance during that season there was a drop-off that followed.
Another of his tours de force came in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden in September, where he issued a 14-length beating to the recent group 1 winner Donjah (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}), with another 4 1/4 lengths back to the G1 Deutsches Derby hero Laccario (Ger) (Scalo {GB}), but the downside of that was his subsequent 10th in the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The real test of whether he could stand up to a racing schedule this year came in the Eclipse, with his spellbinding display in the re-routed Coronation Cup at Newmarket June 5 too far away from his 8 1/2-length success in the Feb. 20 G3 Dubai Millennium at Meydan. With Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in opposition there, any faltering would have been punished but Ghaiyyath stayed strong all the way up Sandown’s unforgiving hillclimb to the line.
Presented with a different test here, he was equally at home pounding along on the even strip of green that runs along the Knavesmire and by the time he had reached the two pole it was clear that he had put Magical in just as uncomfortable a place as Enable had in last year’s Yorkshire Oaks. Despite the typically genuine chase of the second favourite, there was no hope to be found for Ryan Moore as the leader continued in his merciless fashion. Connections of the G1 2000 Guineas winner Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) found out in the last half a furlong that a mile is where he needs to be as he cracked and let Lord North by, but this was simply all about the winner who deserves to be placed in the elite on the honour roll.
Charlie Appleby commented, “I’m delighted with that performance today. To have a horse like that on our hands is an honour. It was a fantastic ride by William and a nice race to watch. He got into a lovely rhythm and I knew coming up the straight, once I saw William gather him up and change his hands, I was confident he would gallop on strongly to the line. It has been noticeable post-race this year that we have been dealing with a mature horse. Thankfully, Ghaiyyath has hit every target. It can be challenging at times but he hasn’t let us down at all.”
Appleby has a rematch with Enable on his mind now and added, “The Arc has always been in our mind–we ran him in the race last year because we felt he was an Arc contender–and I think, on what we have seen this season, he seems to have it all in his bag at the moment. I think everyone will agree that it was very soft ground in the Arc last year and we were drawn out in stall 12, so we wanted to get on the front-end because we felt that it was his style. I think we all held our hands up and said it was the wrong decision as he was doing far too much and never finished the race off at all.”
“We always felt that a mile and a half around two turns in the Breeders’ Cup Turf would be his gig, but we are all in the same position in this unprecedented year,” he added. “We don’t know if we will be able to travel or not, so it’s a matter of firstly appreciating today, enjoying it all and making sure Ghaiyyath is fit and well. Then we can start to map out where we might be able to try and get to. I feel he deserves to be up there with the Godolphin greats. Knowing how sporting His Highness is, I would say a percentage call on whether Ghaiyyath stays in training next year would hopefully be yes.”
John Gosden said of Lord North, “He found the ground a little loose–James [Doyle] said when he asked him to quicken he was spinning his wheels a little. It is a little loose out there with the rain on it. He’s finished off well to be third and we’re delighted. The winner is great–if you let him bowl in front you’ll never see him again. We’ll look at the [G1] Irish Champion Stakes next with our horse.” Andrew Balding said of Kameko, “It looked like he didn’t stay. Oisin [Murphy] felt he travelled into the race really well and just didn’t see it out. We’ll go back to a mile. We’ve got limited options, because he wouldn’t want the ground too soft, so we’ll just have to see.”
Ghaiyyath’s dam is the Late Gita Weld’s runaway G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who also produced the GI Man o’War S., G3 Kilternan S. and G3 Blue Wind S. winner Zhukova (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and the listed-placed Sleeping Beauty (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}). The latter is in turn the dam of the GIII With Anticipation S. runner-up Irish Territory (Ire) (Declaration of War), while Zhukova was purchased by Godolphin for 3.7million gns at the 2017 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Nightime’s full-sister Phaenomena (Ire) has produced King of Koji (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), winner of this year’s G2 Meguro Kinen.
The second dam is the Listed Platinum S. winner Caumshinaun (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) who is connected to the GI Sword Dancer Invitational hero King’s Drama (Ire) (King’s Theatre {Ire}). Nightime’s 2-year-old full-brother to Ghaiyyath topped the 2018 Tattersalls December Foal Sale when selling to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 700,000gns and he is named New Kingdom (Ire). At Goffs November, her latest son of Dubawi set a new record when again being knocked down to Godolphin for €1.2million. Her 2020 foal is a son of Kingman (GB).
Wednesday, York, Britain
JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL S.-G1, £275,000, York, 8-19, 3yo/up, 10f 56yT, 2:07.38, gd.
1–GHAIYYATH (IRE), 132, h, 5, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Nightime (Ire) (G1SW-Ire, $299,507), by Galileo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Caumshinaun (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire)
3rd Dam: Ridge Pool (Ire), by Bluebird
(€1,100,000 Wlg ’15 GOFNOV). O-Godolphin; B-Springbank Way Stud (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby; J-William Buick. £155,953. Lifetime Record: Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 11-14, G1SW-Ger, MGSW & G1SP-Fr, GSW-UAE, 12-9-0-2, $969,302. *1/2 to Zhukova (IRE) (Fastnet Rock (AUS)), Hwt. Older Mare-Eur at 9.5-11f, GISW-USA & MGSW-Ire, $499,594; and Sleeping Beauty (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), SP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Magical (Ire), 129, m, 5, Galileo (Ire)–Halfway To Heaven (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. £59,125.
3–Lord North (Ire), 132, g, 4, Dubawi (Ire)–Najoum, by Giant’s Causeway. O-HH Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed Racing; B-Godolphin (IRE); T-John Gosden. £29,590.
Margins: 3, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 1.38, 2.25, 4.00.
Also Ran: Kameko, Rose of Kildare (Ire). Scratched: Aspetar (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Tattersalls Unveils Star-Studded Book 1 Catalogue
Mogul selling for 3.4-million gns at Book 1 in 2018. His full-sister will be offered this year | Tattersalls
A daughter of Newsells Park Stud’s star producer Shastye (Ire) (Danehill) is among the 19 yearlings by Galileo (Ire) set to be offered at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale from Oct. 6 to 8, for which the catalogue was unveiled on Wednesday. The bay filly (lot 436)-a full-sister to dual Group 1 winner Japan (GB) and group winners Mogul (GB) and Sir Isaac Newton (GB) and a half to G2 Middleton S. victress Secret Gesture (GB) and Australian listed winner Maurus (GB)-is the first filly out of Shastye to be offered as a yearling since 2016, when another daughter of Galileo fetched 1.35-million gns.
Other offerings by the perennial champion sire set for the sale include a full-sister to dual Classic winner Capri (Ire) (lot 122); a half-brother to dual Group 1-winning juvenile and promising young sire Shalaa (Ire) (lot 178); a colt out of Classic winner Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}) (lot 444) and a filly out of stakes producer Wannabe Better (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) (lot 520), whose fillies the last two years have made 1.2-million gns and 500,000gns. Young stakes-winning mares with their first foals by Galileo include G3 Prix Imprudence winner and multiple Group 1-placed sprinter/miler Spectre (Fr), who has a colt (lot 454); multiple American graded stakes winner Prize Exhibit (GB), who has a filly (lot 374); and Australian Group 3 winner Dawn Wall (Aus), who also has a filly (lot 117).
Dubawi (Ire) has provided the sale-topping yearlings here the last two years and on paper he has every chance to maintain that reign. His 20 catalogued include a colt out of champion and King George and Arc winner Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) (lot 112); a colt out of the Classic-placed Jacqueline Quest (Ire) who is a full-brother to this year’s Royal Ascot winner Onassis (Ire) and a half to GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf victor Line Of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 229); a half-brother to G1 Investec Oaks victress Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 356); a filly out of Group 1 winner and young stakes producer Seal Of Approval (GB) (lot 422); a half-sister to G1 Deutsches Derby winners Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}) and Weltstar (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 524) and the first foal, a colt, out of G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Intricately (Ire) (lot 225).
Frankel (GB)’s blueblooded lineup of 32 includes a full-brother to his dual group winner Elarqam (GB) (lot 41); a filly out of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor) (lot 108); a half-sister to champion Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and the stakes-winning Eastern Belle (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) (lot 162); a half-brother to dual Group 1-winning sprinter Marsha (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) and dual Group 3 winner Judicial (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) (lot 295) and a half-sister to this year’s G1 Irish Derby and G2 Queen’s Vase scorer Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) (lot 516).
Frankel’s Banstead Manor studmate Kingman (GB) is coming off a stellar weekend in Europe and the U.S. and his 21 on offer include a half-brother to G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James’s Palace S. winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) (lot 174) and a plethora of others out of young, stakes-winning mares.
The Tattersalls October Book 1 catalogue boasts the siblings to 53 Classic and Group 1 winners. Those include a half-brother to last weekend’s G1 Prix Jacques le Marois winner and leading European 3-year-old Palace Pier (GB) from the first crop of Highland Reel (Ire) (lot 55); a Dark Angel (Ire) half-brother to G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches scorer Beauty Parlour (GB) (lot 52); a Muhaarar (GB) colt out of G1 Prix de l’Opera victress Zee Zee Top (GB), and therefore a half-brother to dual Group 1 winner Izzi Top (GB) (lot 5); a Siyouni (Fr) half-brother to last year’s G1 2000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia (Ire) and a full-brother to a colt that made 1.3-million gns last year (lot 74); a Camelot (GB) half-brother to champion stayer Order Of St George (Ire) (lot 28) and a Zoffany (Ire) half-sister to this year’s G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde (Ire) (lot 148). G1 Investec Oaks winner Talent (GB) has a colt by Sea The Stars (Ire) (lot 480), while the Waddesdon Stud dispersal continues with the likes of an Almanzor (Fr) filly out of dual Grade I winner Angara (GB) (lot 24) and a daughter of Le Havre (Ire) out of Group 1 winner and dual stakes producer Spinning Queen (GB) (lot 455).
First-crop sires with progeny on offer, in addition to the aforementioned Highland Reel and Almanzor, will include Aclaim (GB), Caravaggio (Ire), Churchill (Ire), Decorated Knight (GB), Galileo Gold (Ire), Postponed (Ire), Profitable (Ire), Ribchester (Ire) and Ulysses (Ire). Proven American sires represented include American Pharoah, Constitution, Curlin, Distorted Humor, Kitten’s Joy, More Than Ready and War Front. The catalogue also includes the only yearling from the first crop of the late American Horse of the Year Arrogate to be offered in Europe this year.
“Graduates of Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale have enjoyed another stellar year with the likes of this year’s dual Group 1 winner Palace Pier and outstanding global stars Newspaperofrecord and Russian Camelot flying the flag throughout the world,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “The international achievements of Book 1 purchases at the highest level have yet again demonstrated the uniquely global appeal of Europe’s premier yearling sale and this year’s catalogue is yet another in a long sequence of truly exceptional Book 1 catalogues. We have an extraordinary number of yearlings by the very best of an outstanding cast of European sires and, crucially for buyers at every level of Book 1, all 547 Book 1 yearlings can reward owners with the lucrative prize money offered through the £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus scheme. While the prize money for the hugely popular Book 1 Bonus Scheme has been slightly reduced in these uncertain times, it still remains uniquely rewarding and a significant number of the fillies in October Book 1 will also be eligible for the recently introduced Great British Bonus scheme.”
fonte : TDN
