Fillies by Frankel and Kingman among those who catch the eye

a red-hot King George too big an ask, though he didn’t help himself by pulling hard.

The last-named pair are by Sea The Stars, while the trio are all related to another Group performer in Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial second Dean Street Doll, by Oasis Dream.

Soho Rose, a sister to Group 2 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Hanami, was no slouch herself, winning three times for Alex Pantall, including a German Listed race.

There is plenty more class to delve into in the page, with Prix de Royallieu scorer and Prix Vermeille third The Juliet Rose another to feature under second dam Russian Rose.

Lot 91

B f Frankel - Tacitly (Dubawi)

Ecurie des Monceaux

The Frankel - Dubawi nick has worked to potent effect through the likes of Adayar, Mostahdaf, Homeless Songs and Dream Castle, and this filly out of a winning daughter of Falmouth Stakes scorer Timepiece rates an exciting day-one offering.

Tacitly was a winner for Roger Charlton as a three-yearold in 2020 before selling to Horse France for 375,000gns at the following year’s Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

She is out of the high-class

Zamindar mare Timepiece, a half-sister to Group 1 winner Passage Of Time, the dam of Group winners Time Test and Tempus, as well as King Edward VII Stakes victor and St Leger fourth Father Time, both by Dansili.

The January-born filly hails from one of Juddmonte’s leading families and must rate an attractive long-term prospect, hopefully on the track as well as in the breeding shed, for potential buyers.

Lot 116 B f Wootton Bassett - Was (Galileo) Haras de Capucines Wootton Bassett’s ascent towards the top of Europe’s sire rankings continues apace, helped by talent such as the Phoenix Stakes winner Bucanero Fuerte, unbeaten Coventry Stakes winner River Tiber and Derby runner-up King Of Steel, and the progeny of the former Haras d’Etreham sire are highly likely to be a major talking point as the sale gets under way.

Bought by Coolmore as a much-needed outcross for their Sadler’s Wells-line broodmares following nine seasons in Normandy, Wootton Bassett is well represented through the three days.

This filly catches the eye as a

King Of Steel: Derby runner-up is helping Wootton Bassett towards the top of Europe’s sire rankings daughter of Galileo’s 2012 Oaks heroine Was, which makes her a half-sister to Balldoyle’s Weld Park Stakes winner and Irish 1,000 Guineas third Concert Hall, by Dubawi.

Was hails from the bluest of pedigrees as she is out of the stakes-placed winner Alluring Park, a daughter of Irish Champion Stakes winner, the prolific Park Express – making her a half-sister to champion juvenile and Derby hero New Approach, and himself winner of the Irish Champion.

Alluring Park is also related to Group winner and Champion Stakes second Dazzling Park, the granddam of Phoenix Stakes victor Alfred Nobel.

Lot 161

B f Lope De Vega - Birch Grove (Galileo)

Ecurie des Monceaux

A filly out of a stakes-winning Galileo sister to the dam of brilliant July and Commonwealth Cup hero Shaquille – what’s not to like?

Consigned by the sale’s perennial leading vendor Ecurie des Monceaux, this daughter of Lope De Vega is from a family filled with blacktype winners and performers, among them her dam as well as granddam Danehurst, winner of the Flying Five Stakes.

Cheveley Park Stakes winner Hooray features on the page too, as a granddaughter of Belle Et Deluree, herself the dam of black-type horses including the Cherry Hinton Stakes victress and 1,000 Guineas third Dazzle and German stakes scorer and Group 1-placed Baschar. With Shaquille looking the best sprinter around, and as a

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three-year-old hopefully with plenty more to come, updates will likely keep coming. His exciting relative will not be short of suitors.

Lot 172

B c Kingman - Channel (Nathaniel)

La Motteraye Consignment

Nathaniel’s results at an early stage of his broodmare sire career suggests he is well on his way to making a sizeable impact in this sphere.

This colt is out of one of his best daughters, the 2019 Prix de Diane heroine Channel, whose first foal, a filly by Sea The Stars, sold to Larrieu Gerard for €400,000 at this sale last year.

Channel’s dam, the winning Love Magic, is by another brilliant broodmare sire in Dansili, while her now twoyear-old Frankel filly sold to Jessica Harrington at Goffs last year for €230,000. It can be assumed there are still updates to come from her immediate family.

Further down the page are the likes of Cheveley Park Stakes winner Magical Romance, Oaks heroine Alexandrova, German Group 1 winner Aspetar and Prudenzia, the prolific dam of Group 1 winners Magic Wand and Chicquita.

Lot 194

B c Wootton Bassett - Dream

The Blues (Oasis Dream)

La Motteraye Consignment

A colt with a stallion’s page, for this January-born individual is a half-brother to Coolmore’s leading second-season sire and Phoenix Stakes winner Sioux Nation.

The presence of Oasis Dream as damsire serves to underline just what a force Juddmonte’s stalwart is in this division, while Dream The Blues has produced three winners so far.

There is also Sioux Nation’s three-parts brother by No Nay Never, Alabama, who ran a decent race to be fifth in the Windsor Castle Stakes on his second start before going down by a neck in the Listed Tipperary Stakes last time. A victory is surely on its way for this likeable sort.

Under the second dam, Ballyogan Stakes winner Catch

The Blues, is the dual Group 3 scorer My Catch, multiple Italian stakes winner Royal Ashirah and Prix Morny third Vladimir.

Lot 214

B f Dubawi - Frida La Blonde (Elusive City)

Haras d’Etreham

Haras d’Etreham’s daughter of Dubawi arrives in Deauville as the subject of a Group 1 update courtesy of her Wootton Bassett half-brother Bucanero Fuerte.

The juvenile, a fine second in the Coventry to another son of Wootton Bassett in the unbeaten River Tiber, notched up a Group 2 win of his own in the Railway Stakes before tasting top-level success last weekend with an impressive strike in the Phoenix Stakes back at the Curragh.

The duo are out of the placed Elusive City mare Frida La Blonde, meaning they are either full- or half-siblings to Prix de l’Abbaye winner and Haras de Bouquetot sire Wooded, as well as the Groupplaced Beat Le Bon.

While Bucanero Fuerte was a relatively inexpensive yearling at €165,000 from this sale last year when selling to Robson Aguiar, it is a fair bet his year-younger half-sister will command a significantly higher price on day two of Arqana this time.

Lot 228

B f Blue Point - Golden Lilas (Galileo)

Haras du Cadran Blue Point. Darley’s son of Shamardal, has enjoyed a flying start to his stallion career, with Royal Ascot winner Big Evs, Rose Bowl Stakes scorer Action Point and runaway Pat Eddery Stakes

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winner Rosallion among the highlights from his evergrowing list of winners.

The Kildangan Stud resident is well represented at the Arqana August Yearling Sale, including on day three via this filly out of the very well-related Galileo mare Golden Lilas.

The unraced daughter of Coolmore’s late phenomenon is out of Danehill’s Prix du Moulin winner Grey Lilas, making her a sister to Prix de Diane, Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Prix d’Ispahan heroine Golden Lilac, as well as Australian Group winner Grey Lion.

Haras du Cadran’s Marchborn filly has plenty of residual value for when her racing days are over, but in any case the exploits of her sire means she rates an exciting prospect for the track too.

Lot 244

B c Siyouni - Hourglass (Galileo)

Ecurie des Monceaux

Leading French sire Siyouni has long since established his credentials as an elite stallion, but the recent exploits of the exceptional Paddington as well as Irish 1,000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes heroine Tahiyra have shone further light on him.

Ecurie des Monceaux sold one of the Aga Khan stallion’s best progeny in Sottsass at the sale in 2017, for what subsequently proved to be a bargain €340,000. Who knows whether this colt will follow suit, but the fact he is also bred on the powerful SiyouniGalileo nick will no doubt prove mightily attractive to many.

It is a cross that has not only produced Sottsass but fellow Classic winner and champion three-year-old St Mark’s Basilica.

This colt’s dam has already produced a winner in the

Justify gelding Just An Hour, and her pedigree stands out. She is out of Helsinki, making her a half-sister to top-class racehorse and sire Shamardal and Beresford Stakes winner Geoffrey Chaucer.

Helsinki is out of Irish Oaks winner Helen Street, making her a sister to Dubai World Cup winner and influential sire Street Cry.

Lot 267

B c Camelot - Lady Frankel (Frankel)

Gestut Ammerland

Gestut Ammerland’s renowned nursery is a byword for quality, having bred Lope De Vega and co-bred Waldgeist in recent years, and this Camelot colt looks an intriguing offering based on his page.

The son of Coolmore’s multiple Group 1-winning sire Camelot is the third foal out of Lady Frankel, who, as the name suggests, is by Frankel, though her distaff side is of as much interest.

A Group winner in the Prix de Lieurey at three for Andre Fabre, as well as a half-length third to Rhododendron in the Prix de l’Opera, Lady Frankel is out of the Group winner and Prix Marcel Boussac third Lady Vettori, making her a halfsister to Group 1 winner and sire Lope De Vega.

The nine-year-old is also related to Group scorer Bal De La Rose (by Cadeaux Genereux), the dam of German Group 1 winner Danceteria, and Listed winner Lord Of The Land, a Shamardal brother to Lope De Vega.

Lady Frankel’s second foal, a colt by the late Shamardal and therefore a close relation to Lope De Vega, sold to Godolphin for €1,600,000 at Arqana last year. It will be fascinating to see if this fellow can command a similar price.

Lot 308 B c Cracksman - Needleleaf (Observatory)

Haras d’Haspel

Cracksman’s first crop have included a Prix du Jockey Club winner in Ace Impact, as well as Deutsches Derby third and Listed winner Weracruz from five black-type winners overall, so the outstanding son of Frankel should remain a popular option for breeders wanting to get into the Frankel sireline.

Haras d’Haspel bought Needleleaf for 60,000gns from breeder Juddmonte’s draft at the 2015 Tattersalls December Mares Sale – and how the Observatory mare has rewarded them and made that price look a bargain.

A sister to Sprint Cup heroine African Rose, the dam of juvenile Group winner Fair Eva, and to French Group winner and Prix Marcel Boussac second Helleborine, the dam of Coventry Stakes scorer and Group-winning first-season sire Calyx, Needleleaf had the family background to succeed as a broodmare, and she has done just that.

Her son by Oasis Dream, Native Trail, had been a graduate of Arqana’s December Sale and Tattersalls Book 1 before selling to Godolphin for 210,000gns at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale.

He subsequently went on to win all four starts at two, including the Dewhurst and National Stakes, to be crowned 2021’s champion juvenile. He also landed Classic honours in the Irish 2,000 Guineas at three, while finishing second in the Newmarket equivalent to his ill-fated stablemate Coroebus, as well as a close-up third to Vadeni in the CoralEclipse.

ARQANA DEAUVILLE AUGUST YEARLING SALES: previous appearance in sales ring

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HARAS DE L’HOTELLERIE

WHEN JeanPierre Garcon speaks of “a pretty exceptional year” on the track for graduates of the Haras de l’Hotellerie, there is no hint of exaggeration.

The family farm he and wife Isabelle founded in partnership with their son Guillaume just 12 years ago is now home to around 100 broodmares.

Ramatuelle has blazed a trail across the early two-year-old Group races in France and heads to the Sumbe Prix Morny this Sunday as the leading home hope.

Hotellerie also raised Jigme, a son of Motivator who dominated the three-year-old hurdles division at Auteuil this spring and has already been syndicated to stand at stud in France once his racing career is over.

Both were bred by Yeguada Centurion, as was Blue Rose Cen, who carries their increasingly familiar royal blue and white silks and, having knocked off the Prix Marcel Boussac last October, added a pair of Classics in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and the Prix de Diane, a treble achieved previously by Allez France, Divine Proportions and Zarkava.

“For a breeder, days like those are the summit,” says Garcon snr. “It’s what you hope for every horse you breed, but there are not many that get there.

“They were great days and the owner, Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals, shared every part of the experience with us.