The catalogue for Arqana’s August yearling sale is now online. Similar to last year the French sales company will offer 515 lots.

This years’ catalogue comprises an increased number of yearlings out of black-type mares (one third of total lots). On the first day, regarded as the select session of the sale, almost two thirds of the dams whose first foal is 3 or over have already produced a Black Type horse and half of those mares are dams of a Group performer.

The catalogue also offers 117 brothers and sisters of group performers. On Friday, one third of the 1st dams have already produced at least one group performer. It comprises a large proportion of young dams as one third of the yearlings on offer are a first or second foal.

For the first time Arqana has edited an English version of the catalogue for its international clientele. They have also launched a new web site entirely dedicated to the August sale. www.thesalesparadise.com provides plenty of information about the sale : on-line catalogue (with daily updates, photos of yearlings, etc.), video presentation of the sale, videos of some of the best recent graduates’ successes, list of hotels in Deauville, maps & detailed route indications, key contacts, etc.

The sale takes place from 15 – 18 August and runs in tandem with the Deauville racing festival featuring the G.1 Prix Jacques le Marois on Sunday 17 August.

The catalogue is available here.

The following is a list of some of the more well-bred lots in the sale:

- Lot #7 (f. / Haras du Mezeray), first foal out of Lune d’Or (Premio Lydia Tesio Gr1, Prix de Malleret Gr2, Prix de Pomone Gr2) by Seeking the Gold
- Lot #19 (c. / Watership Down) from the first crop of Oratorio out of the Gr1 winner dam Moonlight Dance (Prix Saint-Alary)
- Lot #25 (c. / Haras du Mezeray), by High Chaparral and Night Petitcoat (Preis der Diana, Gr2); a half-brother to German Gr1 winners Next Desert and Next Gina
- Lot #28 (c. / Haras du Quesnay), half-brother to Rêve d’Oscar (Prix Saint-Alary Gr1) and Numide (Prix Hocquart Gr2), by Galileo
- Lot #35 (c. / Ballylinch Stud), a half-brother to Red Rocks (Breeders Cup Turf Gr1) by Rock of Gibraltar
- Lot #37 (f. / Haras d’Etreham), by Sadler’s Wells and the Gr1 winning mare Race the Wild Wind; she is a half-sister to King Charlemagne (Prix Maurice de Gheest Gr1) and Meshaheer (July Stakes Gr3)
- Lot #40 (c. / Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard), a half-brother to Saddex (Premio Presidente della Repubblica Gr1, Rheinland Pokal Gr1, Grand Prix de Chantilly Gr2) by Cape Cross
- Lot #43 (f. / Haras de la Reboursière et de Montaigu), a half-sister to Belle et Célèbre (Prix Saint-Alary Gr1), Whortleberry (Premio Lydia Tesio Gr2, Prix Jean Romanet Gr2), Ysoldina (3rd Poule d’Essai des Pouliches Gr1) by Dubawi
- Lot #61 (f. Haras de Grandcamp), a half-sister to Amorama (Del Mar Oaks Gr1) by Gone West
- Lot #62 (c. / Knocktoran Stud), a half-brother to Tie Black (Poule d’Essai des Pouliches Gr1) by Shamardal
- Lot #73 (f. / Haras des Capucines) a filly bred in the USA, by Empire Maker and You (winner of 5 Gr1 races in the US incl. The Santa Anita Oaks)
- Lot #82 (f. / Haras du Mezeray), the third foal out of Amonita (Prix Marcel Boussac Gr1, by Anabaa) by Gone West
- Lot #87 (f. / Bugley Stud) by Dubai Destination and Ausherra; a half-sister to Strategic Prince (July Stakes Gr2, Vintage Stakes Gr2)
- Lot #92 (f. / Haras d’Etreham), a half-sister to Silverskaya (Prix de Royaumont Gr3, Prix Minerve Gr3) by Vindication
- Lot #93 (c. / Voute Sales), a full brother to Aqlaam (Jersey Stakes Gr3 at Royal Ascot this year)
- Lot #97 (f. / Haras des Capucines), a half-sister to River Proud (Somervill Stakes Gr3, 3rd Poule d’Essai des Poulains) by Canadian Frontier
- Lot #107 (c. / Haras des Capucines), a Pivotal colt half-brother to Gr1 winner Fraulein (E.P.Taylor St)
- Lot #111 (f. / Haras des Capucines), a half-sister to Dutch Art (Prix Morny Gr1, Middle Park Stakes Gr1) by Tobougg
- Lot #115 (c. / Haras de la Louvière), a half-brother to High Rock (Prix La Force Gr3, Prix de Condé Gr3) by Cape Cross
- Lot #144 (f. / Haras des Capucines), by Footstepinthesand and Pillars of Society, a half-sister to Good Mood (Regret St, Gr3)
- Lot #181 (f. / Haras d’Etreham), a half-sister to Axxos (Oppenheim Union Rennen, Gr2, 2nd Grand Prix de Paris Gr1) by Lando