Group Winner Houquetot Tops 13 Wildcards Added to Arqana Summer Sale

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Last year's G3 Prix de la Rochette winner Houquetot (lot 416) is one of 13 new additions to the catalogue for the Arqana Summer Sale, which takes place between Monday, June 30 and Thursday, July 3.

Trained by Christopher Head, the son of Wootton Bassett and G3 Athasi Stakes scorer Happen (War Front) was last seen finishing sixth in the G3 Prix Paul de Moussac. He will be offered by Haras de Bouquetot, along with fellow three-year-old Zekret (lot 414), a son of Zarak who recently finished fifth in the G3 Prix Hocquart.

Trainer Elias Mikhalides is responsible for the two-year-old Mefie Toi (De Treville), who will be offered as lot 399 after winning his last two starts at Lyon Parilly, while the three-year-olds Boniface (lot 425) and Awaiting Christmas (lot 426) will also be of interest from the stables of Anastasia Wattel and Didier Guillemin, respectively. Make Believe's Boniface was a dual winner as a juvenile, while Awaiting Christmas, a son of Attendu, was Listed-placed at two when third in the Critérium du Languedoc.

That quintet, in addition to eight additional wildcards with National Hunt profiles, will go under the hammer during the horses-in-training section of the Summer Sale, which falls on Wednesday, July 2.

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