First-Crop Armor Colt Leads Osarus

The first of two days of trade at the Osarus September Yearling Sale concluded with a colt from the first crop of Haras de Bouquetot stallion Armor (GB) leading the way at €34,000.

Sold to trainer Kevin Tavares from the draft of Haras de Montaigu, the session-topper is a half-brother to the juvenile winner Zabriskie Point (Fr) (Born To Sea {Ire}) out of the treble-winning Zafeen (Fr) mare Zabriska (Fr).

A clearance rate of just 57% was the unfortunate feature of the opening day in La Teste de Buch, with only 47 of the 83 yearlings offered finding a buyer. Those sold brought turnover for the session to €438,000, with an average price of €10,012 and median of €8,000.

At a sale which has previously been good to members of the breeze-up crowd, and was the source of Group 1 winners Trueshan (Fr) and Sands Of Mali (Fr), only Con Marnane got his name on the buyers' sheet from that particular group when selecting a colt by Goken (Fr) for €14,000. Marnane bought the aforementioned top sprinter and now first-season sire Sands Of Mali at Osarus in 2016 for €20,000.

The sale continues tomorrow from 12 noon local time.