This year, the October Yearling Sale will take place from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 October and will offer a total of 775 lots in the following order:

 

Tuesday 22 October – 11am – Lots 1 to 208

 

Wednesday 23 October – 2pm – Lots 209 to 338

Thursday 24 October – 2pm – Lots 339 to 513

 

Friday 25 October – 2pm – Lots 514 to 614

Saturday 26 October – 11am – Lots 615 to 775

 

Now online on www.arqana.com, the catalogue offers yearlings by leading established sires such as Camelot, Churchill, Dark Angel, Frankel, Galiway, Havana Grey, Invincible Spirit, Kingman, Mehmas, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea The Stars, Siyouni, Soldier Hollow, Starspangledbanner, Too Darn Hot, Wootton Bassett and Zarak. Buyers will also have the opportunity to buy colts and fillies from the first crops of Japan, Palace Pier, Space Blues, St Mark’s Basilica and Victor Ludorum, as well as the second crops of Hello Youmzain, Kameko, Mohaather, Persian King, Romanised, Pinatubo, Sergei Prokofiev, Sottsass and Wooded.

 

The first part of the catalogue that offers 208 colts and fillies will kick off the sale. Underlining the quality of the session, nearly 40% of the yearlings offered are siblings to black-type horses, including 40 siblings to Group winners. In addition, nearly 30% of the colts and fillies offered in Part 1 of the catalogue are out of black-type mares.

 

Of note among the well-bred lots in the catalogue:

• lot 6: the first foal by St Mark’s Basilica out of Group 1 winner TIGER TANAKA;
• lot 13: a son of Kingman out of the black-type VIA PISA, from the close family of the triple Group 1 winner in Japan, ADMIRE MARS;
• lot 22: a son of Victor Ludorum out of Listed scorer ALAKHANA, a half-brother to this season’s Group winner JAYAREBE;
• lot 23: a half-brother by Romanised to 2024 French 2,000 Guineas (Gr.1) hero METROPOLITAN;
• lot 37: a son of Night Of Thunder out of a sister to Group winner BLUE DE VEGA from the family of Group 1 winners BORGIA and BOREAL;
• lot 38: a half-sister by Camelot to Listed winner GALA REAL, a granddaughter of dual Group winner AIGUE MARINE;
• lot 43 : the first foal by Sea The Stars out of Group winner CLOUDY DAWN, from the family of GREY LILAS and GOLDEN LILAC;
• lot 64: a half-brother by Hello Youmzain to this season’s Group 1 winner CHILI FLAG;
• lot 65: a son of Starspangledbanner out of Group 1 winner FOREVER TOGETHER, from the family of LORD SHANAKILL, TOGETHER FOREVER, CITY OF TROY, SPANISH FERN and AL BAHATHRI, all Group 1 winners;
• lot 129: a daughter of Wootton Bassett out of Group 2 winner MISSION IMPASSIBLE, from the close family of Group 1 winners MARGOT DID, MAGIC ATTITUDE and JUSTIN MILANO;
• lot 134: a daughter of Frankel out of Group winner and Group 1 placed MRS. SIPPY;
• lot 135: a half-brother by St Mark’s Basilica to Group 1 winner THE WOW SIGNAL and Group winners UNICORN LION and MATRIKA;
• lot 151: a half-brother by Zarak out of Group winner PACIFIQUE and Group scorer PAIX, from the leading family of MAGIC WAND, CHICQUITA, PHILOMENE and VESPERTILIO;
• lot 170: a son of Galiway out of dual Group winner RESTIADARGENT, a half-brother to Group winner KINGENTLEMAN and the black-type RESTIANY;

 

 

All the colts and fillies offered at the October Yearling Sale are eligible for the four races reserved for two-year-olds in the 2025 ARQANA Series.