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Sea The Stars colt tops day one of Arqana October Yearling Sale
Demand for the progeny of the Aga Khan Stud's Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) continued in Deauville with a colt by the stallion topping day one of the Arqana October Yearling Sale on Monday when bought by trainer David Menuisier for €340,000.
The session topping colt was offered by Haras du Mont dit Mont as Lot 111, and is the first foal out of the Listed winning Shamardal (Giant's Causeway) mare Shamtee. This is also the family of Group 1 winning sire Territories, while the colt's third dam is Group 1 winner Helen Street, dam of Street Cry.
€340,000 from @DavidMenuisier secures lot B and sets a new top price at the #OctoberYearlingSale!
— ARQANA (@InfoArqana) October 17, 2022
Offered by Haras du Mont dit Mont, the colt by #SeaTheStars (@AgaKhanStuds) out of Listed winner SHAMTEE is from the family of Gr1 winner & Gr1-placed TERRITORIES. pic.twitter.com/YY2Newfz92
Lope De Vega filly fetches €310,000
Bidding beside Deauville-based trainer Yann Barberot, Gitte and Philippe Allaire went to €310,000 for a daughter of Ballylinch Stud's Lope de Vega (Lot 200).
Consigned by Coulonces, the Haras de Saint-Laurent homebred is out of Listed winner Alzubra (Dansili), who has already produced this season's Group 3 Premier Cup (2000m) winner Arapaho (Lope De Vega), who is trained in Sydney by Bjorn Baker.
"She's a lovely filly that is very elegant. We really liked her, as did Yann," said Gitte Allaire.
"She's from a great family and a sister to three blacktype horses. We previously bought Bouttemont, that was also bred by Elisabeth and Andre Fabre, so we hope the story continues with her!"
Lot , a filly by #LopeDeVega out of Listed winner ALZUBRA and full sister to Gr3 winner ARAPAHO offered by @AnnaSundstr, goes to @Yannbarberot for @HarasBouttemont for €310,000 at the #OctoberYearlingSale. pic.twitter.com/a52dJQBDim
— ARQANA (@InfoArqana) October 17, 2022
Figures hard to compare with 2021
Demand was strong throughout the first day on Monday, with figures not comparable to the previous edition, which hosted the first part of the catalogue on a single day, compared to a day and a half this year. A total of 81% of the 204 yearlings presented were sold for an average price of €77,479, generating a turnover of €12,792,000.
