The first major sale of the European yearling sales season starts this afternoon in Deauville when the premier French sale gets underway. The catalogue can be viewed online here: http://www.arqana.com/_pur_sangs_/catalogue_virtuel/fbook.php?venid=149&lg=eng And if you wish you can view videos of the yearlings walking by following this link and clicking on the video camera sign next to each horse: http://www.deauville-sales.com/thoroughbred/index.php?pageid=3&venid=149 There are 478 horses catalogued, though 33 have been withdrawn from the sale so far. Stand out lots include: Lot 5 – colt Pivotal/Centreofattention – dam a full sister to HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR Lot 7 – colt Dalakhani/Choc Ice – dam a G1 winner in USA Lot 14 – filly Galileo/Coquerelle – dam G1 winner in France Lot 22 – colt Dansili/Dariena – dam half-sister to multiple G1 winner DARJINA Lot 24 – filly Montjeu/Diebnoise – full-sister to G1 winner RECITAL Lot 29 – filly King’s Best/Elegante – half-sister to G1 winner ÃCLAIR DE LUNE Lot 37 – colt Galileo/Fountain of Peace – dam from outstanding family of MACHIAVELLIAN, DENEBOLA, BAGO, etc Lot 38 – filly Anabaa/Funny Feerie – half-sister to G1 winners FULL OF GOLD & FUISSE Lot 65 – filly Raven’s Pass/Lady Elgar – half-sister to G1 winner GRAND COUTURIER Lot 70 – colt Authorized/Logica – half-brother to 3 time G1 winner DOCTOR DINO Lot 95 – colt Galileo/Miss Bio – half-brother to G1 winner STORMY RIVER Lot 100 – colt Galileo/Monevassia – half-sister to dual G1 winner RUMPLESTILTSKIN from immediate family of MIESQUE. Lot 108 – colt Danehill Dancer/Neartica – dam half-sister to GOLDIKOVA Lot 129 – colt Dubawi/Reine Zao – half-brother to G1 winner REGGANE Lot 158 – filly Danehill Dancer/Straight Lass – half-sister to G1 winner NAAQOOS Lot 192 – colt Danehill Dancer/Yesterday – dam G1 winner Lot 246 – colt Dylan Thomas/Diamond Star – dam half-sister to dual G1 winner GREY SWALLOW And, tucked away towards the back of the catalogue: Lot 392 – filly Slickly/Rumored – half-sister to the weekend’s G1 winner DABIRSIM If anyone has any comments or questions let me know. I will do a separate post for next week's Doncaster Premier Sale later in the week.
The first few lots I've flagged up have sold well: Lot 5 makes €110,000 Lot 7 makes €240,000 Also Lot 10, the first yearling by MOUNT NELSON to sell this year, makes €120,000. An impressive return on his stud fee of £10,000.
I doubt there are any freebies at this sale! Results for the first session are in and the day was topped by Lot 31, an Invincible Spirit colt who sold for €440,000 to agent Michael Goodbody. The top 5 lots were: 31 Invincible Spirit/Elle Galante – Michael Goodbody €440,000 94 Montjeu/Minaccia – Demi O’Byrne (Coolmore) €340,000 65 Raven’s Pass/Lady Elgar – Blandford Bloodstock €300,000 90 Dalakhani/Midnight Angel – KK Eishindo €280,000 87 Monsun/Melodramatic – Charlie Gordon-Watson €270,000 The lots I picked out sold as follows: Lot 5 – colt Pivotal/Centreofattention – Not sold @ €110,000 Lot 7 – colt Dalakhani/Choc Ice – Private Sale @ €220,000 Lot 14 – filly Galileo/Coquerelle – Francois Doumen €200,000 Lot 22 – colt Dansili/Dariena – Pegasus Farm €190,000 Lot 24 – filly Montjeu/Diebnoise – Pegasus Farm €165,000 Lot 29 – filly King’s Best/Elegante – Not sold @ €90,000 Lot 37 – colt Galileo/Fountain of Peace – Chantilly Bloodstock €100,000 Lot 38 – filly Anabaa/Funny Feerie – David Smaga €200,000 Lot 65 – filly Raven’s Pass/Lady Elgar – Blandford Bloodstock €300,000 Lot 70 – colt Authorized/Logica – Masamichi Hayashi €140,000 Lot 95 – colt Galileo/Miss Bio – Demi O’Byrne €260,000 Lot 100 – colt Galileo/Monevassia – Meridian International €45,000 Lot 108 – colt Danehill Dancer/Neartica – Alexander Cole €220,000 Results can be seen in full here: http://www.deauville-sales.com/thoroughbred/index.php?pageid=3&venid=149&afCatalogue_page=1&afCatalogue_order=lot_code The sale continues today.
I thought you had missed off a 0 with lot 100 but I checked on the website! Can't believe he was sold at that price
It seems like a good price but it must be remembered that pedigree is only part of the equation. He might have been an unimpressive looking indivdual for example.
It does happen. Most sellers will be selling at least 5 or 6 yearlings and in the current market they will be hoping that one or two turn a large enough profit to cover the margin on the others. A few years ago in the USA there was the case of the Kentucky Derby winner SMARTY JONES who was retired at the peak of the stallion market with a fee of $100,000. by the time his yearlings reached the sales the recession had hit and the average price his yearlings achieved was just $10,000. Ouch!
Fireworks at yesterday’s second session at Arqana after Michael Goodbody went to €1.7million for Lot 138 a Galileo filly out of a half-sister to SARAFINA on behalf of Australian owners Waratah Thoroughbreds. A little earlier the same connections went to €500,000 for a Galileo colt from the family of ELECTROCUTIONIST. The top 5 lots were: 138 f GALILEO – Sanjida - Waratah Thoroughbreds 1,700,000 125 f MONTJEU – Prudenzia - Badgers Bloodstock 600,000 119 f DANSILI – Platonic - Course Investment Corporation 500,000 133 c GALILEO – Royal Highness - Waratah Thoroughbreds 500,000 187 f MANDURO – Ventura - Demi O’Byrne 400,000 Interesting to see Demi (Coolmore) signing for a yearling by a Darley stallion! This is a picture of the sale topper: please log in to view this image
