ARQANA August Yearling Sale

[tachyon]

-- catalogue

http://www.arqana.com/catalogue/august_ ... t_2015/198

lot 176
2014 filly(FR) - Motivator(GB) x Trevise(FR)



spitting image!

[tachyon]

Treve's little sister set to sell on Sunday.

[tachyon]

live feed from Deauville

http://live.france-sire.com/vente-live. ... arqana-134

http://www.arqana.com/web/live_sale/index.php?venid=176

[carole]

3/4 brother to Lope De Vega just sold for 720,000 Euros

[tachyon]

Al Shaqab Racing snapped up the first Frankel yearling to go under the hammer in Saturday's opening session of the Arqana August Yearling Sale for €300,000.


photo@SMBloodstock

Lot41. 2014 colt(GB) - Frankel(GB) x Danceabout(GB)
http://www.arqana.com/lots/vente_de_yea ... /198/60355

[tachyon]

Wow! New sales record!!!

Lot 119 Dubawi colt out of Pacifique hammered down at €2.6 million to John Ferguson.

http://www.arqana.com/lots/vente_de_yea ... /198/60433

[carole]

Hip 142 is coming up. This daughter of Galileo is out of the Grade 1 winning Royal Highness who has produced graded stakes winner Free Port Lux

[Flanders]

Wow! New sales record!!!

Lot 119 Dubawi colt out of Pacifique hammered down at €2.6 million to John Ferguson.

http://www.arqana.com/lots/vente_de_yea ... /198/60433

The only other one who went over €1 million, is hip 127 f. by Frankel - Platonic, by Zafonic. She sold for €1.15 million and if a half-sister to Pacfique.

[carole]

Half sis to champion Stacelita by Frankel just went for what seems like a low 450,000 Euros

[ThreeMustangs]

Half sis to champion Stacelita by Frankel just went for what seems like a low 450,000 Euros

Does seem a little low. Was she on the small side or was the handler tall?

[Flanders]

Treve's sister is next.

[Flanders]

Do they ring the bell when a reserve is met?

[Flanders]

Treve's sister is next.

Surprisingly, just €1.2 million.

[carole]

Treve's sister goes for 1.2 million Euros

[carole]

Must say that was rather disappointing, the bidding barely lasted 2 mins. And that awkward silence when no one wanted to bid above 1.2million

[Flanders]

Must say that was rather disappointing, the bidding barely lasted 2 mins. And that awkward silence when no one wanted to bid above 1.2million

Agree. I was expecting more fireworks which is why I was watching. Honestly it felt like a waste of time. When she started at 500,000 I thought she would really go up, but it was slow.

[carole]

Well this is interesting...

RP Bloodstock ‏@rpbloodstock 21m21 minutes ago

Treve sister not sold - a €1.2 million vendor buy back

[carole]

Arqana: lot 185, an Invincible Spirit colt from the family of Vadawina - from Monceaux again! - sells for €1.4 million late in the sale

[tachyon]

I couldn't stay up late last night.
But it looks like the main feature of this sales was not 'Treve' but 'Chicquita''.
Yes, everyone knew she was so talented, haha.

http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/news/b ... s/1936178/

[Treve]

Excited that the Frankel x Platonic filly is going to Ed Dunlop!

It remains to be seen whether prospective buyers will kick themselves in the future, as they did when the Heads took Treve home after she failed to sell for €22,000 at the Arqana October Yearling Sale in 2011.

I did not know she had failed to sell for 22k 1.2 million is an expensive buyback... What I don't get is why people stopped bidding. I mean from a business pov, you wouldn't even need to race her, you could probably make some very good money just by breeding her because the value would then be in the pedigree/genetic combination. Imagine her going to Giant's Causeway, Frankel, Dubawi, Sea The Stars/Galileo/Australia etc. Those yearlings would probably sell like hotcakes.