A rising star’s high-end dancing prospect Bathyrhon topped the opening day of Arqana’s February Mixed Sale, albeit unusually a 4-year-old Be a nice girl (Lot 63) will stay in France.
The name Allaho appearing on this page seems to attract considerable interest from Anglo-Irish player relations but it was agent Marco Bozzi who put the win at €120,000 ($135,854) for owner Fabien Boson.
Be A Nice Girl was thought of by coach Pierre-Jean Fertillet to make her debut at Auteuil in October, performing well for a long time before being dropped at the end of the year.
And now, Fertillet will guide her young career.
“She’ll stay in training with Pierre-Jean Fertillet for now and then we’ll see,” Bozzi said. “She’s still a newbie and the horse we really love, a beautiful horse and she’s the one we wanted.
“She’s for Fabien Boson, a client of mine who races both ground and flat, and he really wants to buy her.”
Be A Nice Girl lies beyond the mare Turgeon, Turgotine, sister to useful chaser Tarquinius, and Idaho Falls, the dam of Cheveley Park’s Allaho star.
Bathyrhon has just started his sixth season at the Haras de la Hetraie and Monsun’s son has impressed with his first two races, topped by Compiegne class 3 winners Bathyscaphe and Isatis De L ‘Ecu, the 1st grade winner at Merano, while Frere d’Armes has opened his male account in the UK with smooth wins over Huntingdon and Wincanton in recent wins.
“We liked the stallion and this stallion ticked all the boxes,” said Bozzi.
Be A Nice Girl, in the colors of Pegasus Farm, was purchased for €23,000 ($27.219) at the David Lumet 2020 store sale organized by Arqana.
Pegasus Principal Herve Barjot wasted very little time reinvesting the profits from that business, featuring two contrasting lots in the 10-minute interval between sessions.
Pegasus gave €38,000 ($43,020) to Golden Park (Lot 145), a daughter of Walk in the park third place in Auteuil grade 3 to trainer Mickael Seror with the idea of covering her up for resale at the end of the year.
And €41,000 ($46,416) is enough to warrant another bright trading prospect in a 2021 daughter of Wootton Bassett (Plot 148) from one of France’s most vibrant families.
The girl is the half-sister of the fourth-place Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) champion team. Golden trip and her dam, Sarvana is proud to be a sibling to Sarkiyla of the dual group of Aga Khan, who has a son Saiydabad landed the Prix du Prince d’Orange (G3) at ParisLongchamp last September.
Dubai destination for permanent recruitments
Agent Alessandro Marconi had the final say on two of the highest priced lots from flat horses in the first day training offering, both for a growing client. seeks to build its presence in the Middle East.
Marconi made €90,000 ($101,891) for Marynder (Lot 66), 3-year-old son of Pedro the Great out of a not rated Spin hard mare was the winner of one of her three starts for coach Joel Boisnard.
Before that he bought a 5 year old baby Count Rostov (Lot 48) for €60,000 ($67,927), one Oasis dream ooze from a full sister Rajsaman provided by trainer Francis Graffard.
“His recent form has been good and he’s probably high enough to rank here,” Marconi said. “The master plan is Dubai but we’re trying to build a chain that can run year-round, which means Europe. We’ll leave our options open.
“I find the performance between the French field and the Dubai field to be quite consistent.”
Galileo’s Eternal Attraction
As a foundation mare for a breeder new to the means, a Galileo mare should be high on the wish list.
Out of the level 1 dual Dynaformer victory mare Harmony Unsigned Balkis (Lot 154) definitely fits that bill.
Balkis at Arqana
Signed by Haras de Bouquetot in pony cho Bated’s Breath she reached out to persistent Marc-Antoine Berghracht for €80,000 ($90,569).
Her siblings include the mare listed by Al Shaqab Ajayeb, herself the standard head of Galileo who ranks among the stallions in Frankel .
“She is for a new investor who wants to launch a breeding program,” says Berghracht. “She’s Galileo’s and is carrying a fine stallion, while her pony is supposed to be gorgeous so it’s all there.”
With just one six-figure lot, the opening day average (€12,567/$14.227) and median (€6,000/$6,792) were down slightly from last year but a very good clearance rate of 78% and The slightly expanded catalog secured an 8% increase in sales at €1,772,000 ($2,006,117).
The second and final day emphasizes herds, with sales starting at 11 a.m. local time.
