Hipodromos y caballos - Racetracks and horses BloodStockReview2013 | Page 65

B R E E Z E-U P S A L E S

ARQANA

It was Sea The Stars who once again
provided the ‘X factor’ at Arqana when
Marco Botti smashed the sale record by
purchasing a son of the first-season sire for
€520,000 on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed
Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. Out of a Listed
winner from the family of Poliglote, the
colt was a €200,000 yearling purchase but
the pinhooking gamble certainly paid off.
Nicolas de Watrigant’s Mandore
International came off second-best for
the top lot but struck for the second most
pricey just one lot later, paying €230,000
for a Raven’s Pass half-brother to Grade 1
winner Mast Track.
Such lofty purchases contributed to a
2.6 per cent upturn in aggregate, while the
average increased by a fifth.
BBAG, GORESBRIDGE, OSARUS &
BRIGHTWELLS ASCOT

BBAG became the third breeze-up sale
of the season to see a record top lot when
Franck Benillouche paid €180,000 on behalf

racingpost.com/ipad

1 65

MAJOR EUROPEAN BREEZE-UP SALES IN 2013
SALE

AGGREGATE (2012)

Goffs Kempton0
Tattersalls Craven0
DBS0
Tattersalls Guineas0
Arqana0

AVERAGE (2012)

TOP LOT (2012)

£1,506,0 
LM