Trio of six-figure National Hunt yearlings dominate day 2 of Autumn Sale

Colts by Haras d’Etreham’s Saint Des Saints proved in high demand from buyers coming from
both sides of the Channel, with two of them selling for six figures including the day’s top price.
Overall, his six yearlings to sell averaged €58,533, a hefty return on their €7,000 conception
fee. Leading sires Martaline, Blue Bresil and Kapgarde all had at least one offspring above the
€50,000 mark.
The market leader (lot 336) was offered by Carlos de Sousa’s Hamel Stud and will join JP
McManus’s squad after Hubert Barbe paid €125,000 for the bay. He is the fourth foal out of
Monika, a Listed winner over hurdles at Auteuil who has been emulated by her first two
runners, MOMITA HAS and MOCALACATO HAS.
20 lots later, Saint Des Saints’ former trainer Guillaume Macaire offered a final bid of €110,000
for a colt (lot 356) out of Playact, a Listed winner and Group performer on the flat who
previously produced the leading hurdler PIERROT LUNAIRE, winner of the Gr.2 Top Novices’
Hurdle at Aintree and Eclipse Champion Steeplechaser of 2012 after landing three Grade 1
races in America. The colt was bred and offered by Jean-Claude Campos’s Haras des
Brousses.
A bay colt by former Haras de la Croix Sonnet resident Blue Bresil (lot 274) and offered by the
same farm was the first to pass the €100,000 mark early in the afternoon when agent Hervé
Bunel (Agence FIPS) signed the docket at €115,000 on behalf of the Papot family who will
soon complete their fifth consecutive year as leading owners over jumps in France. The colt is
a half-brother to the top class jumpers Or Ou Argent and Golden Silver, who between them
won four Grade 1 events over hurdles and fences. It is a very current family that also includes
the filly Yosille, winner of the Listed Prix Bernard Sécly Hurdle at Auteuil, November 6th.

The sale continues tomorrow at 1:00pm. For catalogues and details visit www.arqana.com