Haras de Bourgeauville scored a notable success on day two of the remodelled Arqana October Yearling Sale as a son of Adlerflug (In The Wings) topped trade when secured at €85,000 (approx. AUD$142,175) by Federico Barberini. The Gestut Schlenderhan flagbearer is not a stallion whose offspring are offered at auction too frequently outside of Germany... Read More

The celebrations in Normandy following the victory of Sottsass (Siyouni) in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m) have barely died down but the combination of his sire Siyouni (Pivotal) and his breeder, Ecurie des Monceaux, proved irresistible on day one of the Arqana October Yearling Sale on Monday. Monceaux-consigned colts by the... Read More

Any amount of anxiety would have been perfectly understandable ahead of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, but in the event it would have been almost entirely unwarranted. The three-day auction produced a trio of sessions that can only have surpassed the expectations of even the most optimistic out there, with the year-on-year... Read More

Six-figure bids came thick and fast on Tuesday as Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale continued to buck the market trends seen elsewhere during a sales season that has supplied more than its share of challenges. A session of selling that was widely considered exceptionally strong, not least given the wider financial circumstances, saw... Read More

Pinning down expectations in such uncertain times is not straightforward. Nonetheless, even the hopes of the most optimistic out there are likely to have been surpassed on day one of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Granted the highs may not have been quite so giddy as 12 months ago, when Book 2... Read More