Space Blues Filly Tops Osarus Pornichet Breeze-Up Sale

A chestnut daughter of Space Blues topped the Osarus Pornichet Breeze-Up Sale on Wednesday. Sold by Hyde Park Stud, lot 22 went to SAS Raynald Freres for €22,000.

Out of Samba Brazil (Teofilo) who won at Group 3 level in Germany, the filly is from a deep German family. Her dam is a half-sister to G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern hero Seismos (Dalakhani), while another half-sibling, Soberania (Monsun), was placed in the G1 German Oaks and G1 Premio Lydia Tesio. Under the third dam are the trio of German Classic winners Schiaparelli, Samum and Salve Regina (Monsun).

Fillies by Supremacy (lot 8) and Hello Youmzain (lot 25) filled the second and third spots. Both consigned by Hyde Park Stud, the former from the family of multiple group winner and multiple Group 1-placed Leitir Mor (Holy Roman Emperor) caught the eye of Capucines Bloodstock for €20,000. Lot 25, a relation to G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Flotilla (Mizzen Mast), sold to Tavares SARL for €18,000.

Of the 39 lots offered, 30 sold (77%) for a gross of €304,000 (+4%). The average was €10,365 (-19%) and the median was €9,000 (-10%).