Prix de l’Opera heroine Rougir among wildcards for Arqana Breeding Stock Sale

Last month's Prix de l’Opera heroine Rougir headlines three further wildcards to have been added to Arqana's Breeding Stock Sale in December.

The daughter of Territories, who is catalogued as Lot 160, won her first two starts as a two-year-old before finishing third in the Prix Marcel Boussac and then landing the Prix des Reservoirs that autumn.

Trained by Cedric Rossi, Rougir was second in the Prix Chloe this term before finishing fourth to Mother Earth in the Prix Rothschild and third in the Prix de la Nonette. Her Prix de l'Opera triumph saw her emerge victorious over fellow Arqana entry Grand Glory, who struck in the Prix Jean Romanet on her previous start.

Rougir, a €14,000 private purchase from the sale as a foal in 2018, will be offered by Sumbe.

Persona Grata (170), the dam of this season's Kilboy Estate Stakes runner-up Lovely Esteem, will be offered by Haras des Capucines.

A dual Listed winner and Group 3-placed, the daughter of Sir Percy is a half-sister to Kesara, the dam of this year's triple Australian Group 1 winner Zaaki, and from the family of Classic heroine Riverqueen, the dam of the talented Rouvres and Rose Kingdom. She is currently carrying to Night Of Thunder.

The trio is completed by Eudaimonia (200), a multiple Group-placed daughter of Vision D'Etat who was third behind Rougir in the Prix de l’Opera.

Consigned by trainer Edouard Monfort, the six-year-old was also a recent second in the Premio Lydia Tesio and third in last year's Prix du Conseil de Paris.

Eudaimonia is the first foal out of the Listed-placed Elenya, a Lawman half-sister to Jebel Hatta Stakes scorer Seihali.

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