Arqana-Trot Select Yearling Sale complete

The three session Arqana-Trot Select Yearling Sale is now complete at Deauville, France. 310 lots sold from 469 presented (66.1%) for an average of 33,924€. The gross sales were 10,561,000€ with the 740,000€ sale topper.

Last year 316 lots sold (67.0%) for 10,719,000 with the average 33,348€ and 250,000€ was the sale topper. The 2024 and 2023 sale results exceeded any year from 2009-2022 and only in 2018 was the gross over 10€ million.

The sale top 20 is listed below.

The last two sale sessions did not yield any 100,000€sellers but there were some fine yearlings among lots 170-502. The top two brought 75,000€ and were lot 418 Nitch de Reve d’Or, a colt by Bold Eagle from Forgaria that went to SAS Trotting Bloodstock and lot 347 (Nice Flash Semilly, a filly by Face Time Bourbon from Fancy by Ouragon de Celland) that Thierry Duvaldestin acquired. Both have superb maternal production as shown below.

On the racing from at Vincennes was the Prix Dorado (purse 46,000€, 2850 meters Volt start, 13 three-year-old starters) and it saw the 8/10 odds favorite Lancier du Goutier (3m Ready Cash-Elissi James-Love You-Ma Sissi James-Buvetier d’Aunou) score on the front end timed in 1.14.8kr with Theo Duvaldestin aboard.

This one now shows four wins in six outings with three straight victories and 54,000€ earned. The second dam has produced Jushua Tree a 17-time winner in 23 starts for 789,650€ earned. Ecurie Saint Martin is the owner and Thierry Duvaldestin trains.

The 9/1 Lord Dairpet (3m Quaro-Eclipse Dairpet) was a closing second for Anthony Barrier and trainer Jacques Bruneau with third to 3.7/1 odds Lissandro (3m Ready Cash-Fantasia Dream-Royal Dream) reined by David Thomain for Ecurie des Charmes and conditioner Jean Michel Bazire. Watch the winner in the future,

Arqana-Trot, Paris-Vincennes, Trotteur Francais files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink