Breizh Sky the latest inspiration for bargain hunters at Arqana's V2 offering

Buyers and sellers at Arqana have only a brief respite before nearly 170 more horses return to the ring on Tuesday for the V2 Yearling Sale.

Although regarded as more of a Championship offering after the Premier League of talent catalogued over the recent three days of the August Sale, this is an event which can still claim its share of top-class graduates at a more pragmatic budget and returns to the calendar after a year's absence.

The latest has been Breizh Sky, Alessandro Botti's Pedro The Great colt who was led out unsold at just €14,000 two years ago. He won a Listed race as a two-year-old as well as this season's Group 3 Prix Paul de Moussac but, more significantly, has been placed three times at Group 1 level, including in the French Guineas and last month's Prix Jean Prat. 

The V2 has actually provided three recent winners of France's first two Classics through Olmedo (bought by Jean-Claude Rouget for €100,000), Coeursamba (Rouget, €40,000) and Teppal (Con Marnane, €60,000).

Among the most high-profile sires to have yearlings catalogued is Zarak, who has a filly from Haras de Grandcamp who can trace to blue hen Wind In Her Hair (lot 391) and a colt (410) from Haras de Saint Vincent. There is a colt by Showcasing (393), a filly by Starspangledbanner (454), two Kodiac colts and half a dozen offerings by Mehmas.

One of the first-crop sires with potential to make a splash, alongside Golden Horde and Hello Youmzain, is Haras de Bouquetot's Prix de l'Abbaye winner Wooded. Among his nine representatives is Haras de la Louviere's March-born filly (345) from an incredibly active family. Her dam, Shoot, is a half-sister to the granddam of Derby runner-up and top-class colt King Of Steel, with the family also intertwined with that of last weekend's Hungerford Stakes winner Witch Hunter. 

A Wooded colt (336) from Elevage de Tourgeville is out of a half-sister to the dam of back-to-form Prix de l'Opera winner Place Du Carrousel.

The action gets under way at 11am local time (10am BST).

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