Shadai Farm purchase Qemah's dam Kartica

Coronation and Prix Rothschild heroine is first foal out of Rainbow Quest mare

Kartica and her Charm Spirit foal (left) in the paddockCredit: Isabel Mathew

Kartica, a mare whose first foal is this year’s Coronation Stakes and Prix Rothschild heroine Qemah, has been sold to Teruya Yoshida’s Shadai Farm in Japan in a deal brokered by Yoshida's adviser Patrick Barbe.

The nine-year-old daughter of Rainbow Quest won a 1m conditions race at Longchamp at two and finished third in the Group 3 Prix Fille d’Air for trainer Philippe Demercastel.

At the end of her racing career she was bought by Pierre Talvard of Haras du Cadran for €120,000 at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale in 2011.

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Isabel MathewRacing Post Reporter

Published on 4 August 2016inInternational

Last updated 14:47, 7 August 2016

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