Timely update powers Haras de Perelle's Tamayuz filly to the top at Arqana

The October Yearling sale coincides with a number of potentially informative two-year-old races across the road and the last-to-first success of Rosacea for owner/breeder Jurgen Winter in Tuesday's Group 3 Prix des Reservoirs paid further dividends for his Haras de la Perelle breeding operation 24 hours later.

Rosacea is by crack German miler Soldier Hollow and her year-younger sister by Tamayuz made €125,000 early in the session.

Both fillies are out of the winning Zamindar mare Relizane, whose sister Reggane flew the flag for Winter and trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre, finding only Ghanaati too strong in the 2009 Coronation Stakes before earning her ultimate day in the sun in Woodbine's Grade 1 EP Taylor Stakes the following October.

Mathieu Alex stood alongside John Hammond as the latter struck the decisive blow and the former and current driving forces behind Haras de Montfort et Preaux will each take an interest in the filly

"She's for a partnership between Gerard Augustin-Normand and Nurlan Bizakov," said Hammond.

John Hammond and Mathieu Alex joined forces for the day's highlightCredit: Zuzanna Lupa

"She's a pretty filly who has plenty of residual value, with the nice family and the sister who won yesterday. We hope she can run a bit."

The Tamayuz filly is the second lot from Relizane to realise six figures in the Deauville ring - her Holy Roman Emperor brother Royal Guard having been sold for €110,000 this week two years ago - while she foaled a Soldier Hollow full sister to Rosacea in February

Third dam Raintree Renegade was third in the Prix de Diane for former LA Kings owner Bruce McNall and was one of the foundation mares acquired shortly after Winter began La Perelle in 1995.

Reynier to train highly-prized Le Havre colt

Haras d'Ombreville's Le Havre colt out of the Group 3-placed sprinter Sage Melody was the subject of a fierce battle involving multiple agents on opposite sides of the Arqana ring.

Standing in the passage and taking instruction from John Hammond, Federico Barberini tried valiantly to fight off the attentions of an unseen counter-bidder in the corridor to the right of the rostrum.

At €120,000 they had to give way and it was agents Alain Decrion and Nicolas de Watrigant, along with owner Jean-Claude Seroul, who were revealed to comprise the victorious party.

The colt's Wootton Bassett brother Millau has twice finished second at Listed level over sprint distances this season, while further back on the page can be found Prix Vermeille and Nassau Stakes runner-up Ana Marie and the US Grade 2 winning miler Charmo.

Seroul's silks have been carried to Group 1 success this season by Skalleti and Marianafoot, and their trainer Jerome Reynier will also take charge of the new purchase.

"The mare was a good racehorse and has already proved herself a good producer as well," said Reynier. "Millau looks certain to be a good four-year-old next season at sprint trips.

"This colt is very athletic and we liked him a lot so we hope he can continue the family tradition. He ticked plenty of boxes and we've ended up paying on the nose of what I valued him at. We knew there were several people interested."

Shalaa finds the back of the net for Creighton and Kent

Late in the day Haras de la Hotellerie registered a notable success with a daughter of Shalaa out of the Declaration Of War mare Crystal War, a full sister to Derby runner-up and St Leger hero Rule Of Law's dam Circle Of Gold.

The winning bid was struck at €110,000 on behalf of Daniel Creighton, who reported that the Shalaa was top of his list of fillies for the week

The new owner is Rangers forward Ryan Kent - whose colours were carried at Royal Ascot this year by Royal Emerther in the Windsor Castle Stakes - and she will be trained by Karl Burke.

Hotellerie also posted another significant sale when the penultimate lot through the ring, a Gleneagles filly out of the Sea The Stars mare Douda from the immediate family of Diamond Tango and Desert Skyline, made €80,000.

Tina Rau secured her for regular client Stella Thayer, the owner of Group 1 winner Wonderment and Tampa Bay, and will be trained by Nicolas Clement.

"She is just an awesome mover who is going to chnage lots and develop lots," said Rau. "We love the pedigree, she's the first foal out of a winning mare, you've got Sea The Stars and it's a lovely family."

Perfect Power connection raises profile of Almanzor colt

Breeder Pierre Cornou was reluctant to part with an Almanzor colt brought to market by La Motteraye Consignment and will retain a share after agent Ghislain Bozo gave €100,000.

The Shamardal mare Sagariya was acquired for €120,000 from the Aga Khan draft here in 2009 and the cross has already rung the tills in Deauville once, with the colt's Wootton Bassett brother selling for €125,000 at the 2018 August Yearling sale.

Recent Prix Morny and Middle Park hero Perfect Power appears under second dam Saga D'Ouilly, a full sister to Arc winner Sagamix.

Explaining the deal, Bozo said: "The breeder wanted to keep a part of the horse and so we’ll put together a partnership. He will be sent into training with Edouard Monfort. He may be only of average size but he's a really good-looking colt and the family has done well recently."

Don returns to the source for Recoletos filly

A filly from the first crop of Haras du Quesnay sire Recoletos attracted the attention as darkness fell on Wednesday, with Stroud Coleman Bloodstock leading the bidding at €80,000

Owner Anoj Don signed the docket, having already raced her American Post brother, Pride Of America.

Anoj Don (left) returned to a family he knows wellCredit: Zuzanna LUPA

Don confirmed that the filly would go into training in France, with a trainer to be decided later. He currently has horses in training with Chantilly-based Gavin Hernon.

She is out of the unraced Anabaa mare Atarfe and is from the family of Arasin, who went on to score at Listed level in Hong Kong as Helene Spirit.

Rouget mines family history for Zelzal and Le Havre colts

Jean-Claude Rouget needs no convincing of the quality of Zelzal the racehorse and he also trains the sire's first stakes winner from his debut crop, having sent out the two-year-old filly Zelda to win the Listed Prix Saraca at Chantilly earlier this month.

Rouget went to €80,000 to secure Haras de Castillon's colt out of the winning Sunday Break mare Texalila.

The trainer's Prix d'Ispahan hero Never On Sunday also appears under the third dam. Two lots later Rouget also struck at €57,000 for a Le Havre colt out of Texanne, being Never On Sunday's full sister, while a third member of the same Castllon family, a filly by Almanzor, was knocked down to Anne-Sophie Yoh-Benet for €75,000.

Seabhac on the mark for Haras d'Ellon

Seabhac has now completed three covering seasons at Haras de Saint-Arnoult and the son of Scat Daddy's first runners in France are awaited with plenty of interest next spring.

A filly consigned by Thierry de la Heronniere's Haras d'Ellon encouraged the bidders to come out in force and it was Prime Equestrian who won out at €77,000 for the sister to prolific winner Shinning Ocean, the filly being out of a Medicean daughter of the Sceptre Stakes winner Royal Confidence.

Of the 160 yearlings sold in the ring, 87 per cent changed hands for an average price of €34,130, generating a turnover of €4,744,000.

Arqana's Eric Hoyeau and Freddy Powell said: "The results for the first two parts of the catalogue have been very positive. The figures speak for themselves.

"Results are at levels never seen before in October and buyer appetite has not waned throughout the three days, at all levels. New faces have also appeared in Deauville for the next two days. We hope that this will continue!"

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