Purplepay Among Three Arqana Wildcards

Friday, November 19, 2021 | 8:04 am

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Purplepay (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), the four-length winner of the Criterium Arqana and third in the G1 Criterium International, has been added as a wildcard to the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale and will sell on Dec. 4 as lot 150. The 108-rated filly is from the productive family of Group 1 winners Ectot (GB) and Most Improved (Ire) and Group 3 winner and G1 1000 Guineas third Daban (Ire). Purplepay was offered through an Auctav online sale earlier this month and was bought back at €1.35-million.

Joining Purplepay on the wildcard list are 3-year-old filly Rumbles Of Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) (lot 180), 102-rated and the winner of a pair of listed races this season for Jerome Reynier and a descendant of GI Kentucky Oaks winner White Star Line; and 4-year-old filly Frankel's Magic (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 190), who was second behind Rumbles Of Thunder in the Listed Prix Panacee on Oct. 4 and is from the productive German line of Goonda (GB) (Darshaan {GB}).