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Online auction house Auctav and French auction house Osarus are set to merge, Jour de Galop reported on Thursday. The merger is set for next February, with the two companies working together in a series of joint sales beginning in March. The aim is to strengthen their market position and offer their expertise, innovation and accessibility to more customers. Auctav will specialise in sales of trotters and art, while Osarus will be devoted to Flat and jumps racing, as well as Arabian sales. Said Auctav president Louis Baudron, "This merger...

The Listed Prix Finot runner-up Fee Vivianne (lot 56B) topped Friday's Auctav National Hunt Sale when going the way of BLM Bloodstock, on behalf of Carlos de Sousa's Hamel Stud, for €120,000. The six-year-old daughter of Doctor Dino was offered in foal to Goliath du Berlais as part of a signficiant draft from Ecurie Sagara. She is out of an unraced full-sister to the Grade 1-winning sire Nickname, as well as the Grade 3 winner and sire Nom De D'La. Of the 138 lots offered, 66 sold (48%) for an...

Yearling fillies by Rubaiyat and Ardad led the way during Saturday's Auctav Flat Yearling Sale. The duo each made €20,000 on the bids of Herald Bloodstock and Anna and Moa Sundstrom of Coulonces, respectively. Sold as lot 43, the daughter of Rubaiyat and Kaiserwiese (Sholokhov) was consigned by Haras du Long Champ. She is a half-sister to dual Group 3 winner Kronprinz (Lord Of England) and the group-placed King (Lord Of England. Later in the day, lot 72, a half-sister to the stakes-placed Love Interest (Time Test), went through the...

BURSARD, FRANCE -- Described by sales house Auctav as 'D-Day', the sale of some of the stock of Jean-Pierre Dubois ended up being a little more V-Day after a little over half of the 99 lots on offer were bought back by the legendary owner-breeder. The auction did however draw a bustling crowd to the Haras de Bois Roussel, where Helenium (lot 50), a Frankel half-sister to Calyx, stole the show when sold to Coolmara Stables for €600,000 through agent Conor Quirke. Offered in foal to Calyx's sire Kingman, the...

Frankel's Helenium (lot 50) was knocked down for €600,000 to Quirke Bloodstock on behalf of Coolmara Stables halfway through Autav's Jean-Pierre Dubois Sale on Wednesday. Already the dam of a pair of fillies by Kingman, the 6-year-old half-sister to the late Calyx (Invincible Spirit) is carrying once again to that Juddmonte stallion. Helenium was bred by Juddmonte Farms. Out of the G3 Prix d'Aumale heroine Helleborine (Observatory), Helenium is also a half-sister to the listed winner and GII Distaff Turf Mile second Coppice (Kingman). Under the second dam is G1...

The sales scene in mid-August may usually be focussed on Arqana but just prior to France's premier yearling sale getting underway in Deauville in a week's time, there will be a unique opportunity for breeders and owners of both Flat and National Hunt persuasion to buy into some of the best families of Jean-Pierre Dubois. The sales house Auctav, now in its fourth year, holds its most prestigious sale to date on Wednesday, 13 August when it will offer 108 horses of all ages from yearlings up, to be sold...

French sales house Auctav is set to stage its first solely Flat yearling sale at Haras de Bois Roussel on Saturday, September 13. The 100-lot catalogue, which is now online, includes drafts from Haras de Petit Tellier, Haras de Colleville, Hestia Farm, and Haras du Long Champ and features a Galiway filly (lot 30) who traces back to Shadwell's hugely successful Height Of Fashion family, offered by Haras du Vieux Bourg. Galiway's Group 1-winning son Sealiway has his first yearlings for sale this year and included in the Auctav offering...

The catalogue for the private Jean-Pierre Dubois Sale, set to be conducted by Auctav at Haras de Bois Roussel on August 13, features Sofia (Kingman), a full-sister to 2024 G1 Prix de Diane heroine Sparkling Plenty. In foal to Starspangledbanner, the 7-year-old is from the family of Noble Truth (Kingman), Stacelita (Monsun), Sauterne (Kingman), and Soul Stirring (Frankel), among others. Also among the 108 lots are: Frisella (Frankel) (lot 15), the dam of the stakes-placed Grand Scoop (No Nay Never) in foal to Blue Point; two half-sisters to G2 Prix...

Leading owner-breeder Jean-Pierre Dubois will offer more than 100 horses through the ring at the Auctav on Wednesday, August 13. This sale will include foals, broodmares, yearlings and horses-in-training over both codes.  "This is a landmark event," Arnaud Angéliaume, director of Auctav said. "We are honoured to host Jean-Pierre Dubois' private sale. His life is an extraordinary human and professional journey. He has shaped racing genetics in France and worldwide, across both thoroughbred and trotter breeding. His influence is truly unique." Dubois is without doubt one of the most influential...

Lope De Vega's Ezo Fuji (lot 4) was knocked down to Broadhurst Agency for a sale-topping €50,000 during Auctav's May Sale on Tuesday. The Philippe Sogorb trainee has placed this year at three and is out of the multiple stakes-placed mare Malicieuse (Galileo). Her dam is a half-sister to Group 1 winners and sires Bago and Maxios. A juvenile filly by Sea The Moon (lot 9) caught the eye of BLM Bloodstock for €42,000. Consigned by Al Shahania Stud, the daughter of Meseika (Medaglia d'Oro) is a half-sister to G3...

Five years ago, Jacob Pritchard Webb's career as a jump jockey in France was brought to a close with a fall that changed his life at the age of just 23. Even while coming to terms with his multiple neck and spinal injuries in hospital in Paris, he was already plotting the next phase of his life and from an early stage had his sights set on putting his equine skills to use by becoming a bloodstock agent. Pritchard Webb is now well on the way to establishing himself in...

Devil's Marble (GB) (Territories {Ire}) topped Friday's Auctav April Sale when selling for €50,000 to Haras des Chataigniers. Also consigned by that outfit, the 3-year-old filly is out of Listed Further Flight Stakes heroine Deuce Again (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is also the dam of G1 Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy heroine Golden Ace (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}). Second on the buyers' sheet was Lady Chatterley (Fr) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) (lot 12), who sold for €21,000 to George Baker Racing. Offered by Racing D, the winning 4-year-old filly is a granddaughter...