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A Record-Breaking Day at Arqana December
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3/19/2025
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The 2021 Vendée L'Vache by Arcana started with a record-breaking day, rich with many
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firsts and continuing stories.
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Lot 160 Rougir, who had originally been purchased as a yearling at the Arcana August sales,
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brought the hammer down at 3 million euros.
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The Group 1 Prix de l'Opéra winner did not only set a new all-time record for any
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sale at Arcana, she was also the first protégée of the Cheboub family to ever be sold.
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That emotional for us, but that wonderful adventure, she deserved this prize.
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She was special for us, and finally special for Arcana and a lot of people.
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We are happy that the adventure continued.
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We are just a young company, a family team, and we have a lot of projects for the future.
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That starts with a big sale, and the better days are coming.
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Michel Zerolo of Oceanic Bloodstock secured the three-year-old daughter of Territories
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for a partnership between Coolmore and Peter Brandt's White Birch Farm.
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A memorable day for first-time consignor Soombe, who presented Rougir.
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Soombe ended up top seller for the session, adding to the tally the 1,950,000 euros brought
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by Speak the Devil.
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The four-year-old daughter of Wouten Basset, a close runner-up in the 2020 French 1000
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Guineas, will pursue her career in the United States.
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She's actually a fantastic filly, by a super sire, good pedigree, we bought the dam last
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year, so she'll go to Chad Brown.
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Lot 292 Grand Glory winner of the Group One Prix Jean Romanet sold for 2.5 million euros,
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by far the highest-priced bloodstock agent Anne Sophio ever signed for.
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First time ever, but we are really pleased.
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This is a new owner since one year in the thoroughbred, but he has the most beautiful
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stud for short-jumping and dressage horses in France.
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He would like to invest in thoroughbreds, so we'll see, maybe she will race in February.
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For sure, she will go to one of the best stallions.
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Crispin de Moubray signed the slip at 2,050,000 euros for a full sister to ARC winner Val Geist.
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It was here, in Deauville, that he had spotted his dam, Val d'Alecha, as a yearling.
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To this filly, who is a full sister to Val Geist, I was very keen to buy out our partners,
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who were Coolmore Stud and New Sales Park Stud.
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I think we're all very happy to have something from the family that we can continue with.
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It's a really nice story, and these sort of stories, you shouldn't just stop them.
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Lot 150, the Group One Place Purple Play, also reached the 2 million euro mark.
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The two-year-old daughter of Zahak was purchased for Gretchen and Roy Jackson.
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The future is America for her. She was bought for O'Neill Stables,
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and she will be trained with Arnaud Delacour in America.
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The session reached new heights with an average price of 200,000 euros,
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50,000 more than the highest average ever recorded.
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It was a fantastic session tonight, with fantastic results.
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The aggregate of the sale topped every previous sale.
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It accumulated over 32 million euros, which is unprecedented.
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Four horses were sold for more than 2 million euros,
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and 13 horses broke the 500,000 euro mark, which is also remarkable.
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The results are very staggering and really pleasing for everyone.
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We want to wish a lot of luck and all the success to all the buyers that were here tonight,
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for which we thank as well for their confidence and for coming to Deauville.
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We want to thank all the vendors for their trust,
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which enabled us to achieve such fantastic results.
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