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00:00She's owned by a French football legend, lot 421 Chopie is a logical highlight for day

00:09two of the Arcana Summer Sale, having won the German Guineas in the colours of Antoine

00:13Griezmann.

00:14Bidding started at 500,000 euros for the daughter of Siyouni, who topped the sale at 1.2 million

00:20euros.

00:28Agent Michael Donoghue had the last word for Yulong Investments.

00:31Those fillies, I mean they don't, it's really that a filly of that calibre comes on the

00:35market at public auction, you know, and she was a beautiful physical, she vetted exceptionally

00:39well.

00:40She got a lovely pedigree.

00:41Sam Fairgrave, the manager of Yulong Investments is here, and Mr Zhang.

00:45We're very tempted to maybe send her to California for the Delmar Oaks, that's in the end of

00:50August, or in the middle of August.

00:52She'd be a lovely broodmare addition to the Yulong farm in Australia at the end of her

00:56racing career, but we're very much looking forward to seeing her racing on and seeing

01:00what more she can achieve.

01:01Emmanuel Leceru bought lot 471 Havana Angel.

01:05The group-placed two-year-old brought the hammer down at 320,000 euros.

01:09Yeah, she's going to go to California.

01:11She was purchased for Marsha Neffi in California.

01:14I saw her run in Chantilly the other day, and I was impressed.

01:18She ran very well in a good field.

01:20She had been very impressive at Dieppe before, and she ran in England against some very good

01:24horses.

01:26So we think she has a lot of talent.

01:30Willie Mullins once again will be heading back to Ireland with a group of serious jump

01:34prospect, including lot 493 Spanish Harlem, a winner on his debut over the hurdles in

01:40Otoy, who was bought for Peter Fitzgerald.

01:43We bought the horse tonight for my brother, Peter Fitzgerald of Randox.

01:48We sponsor the Randox Health Grand National.

01:52I'm not saying this horse is for the Grand National, but he's very involved with his

01:56breeding program.

01:58We have about 15 mares here in France and another 15 in Ireland.

02:04So we're very much into our racing.

02:06Strong interest, both international and domestic, boosted the excellent sales result, with an

02:11average price jumping by almost 70% and 90% of the lots sold.