Beaumec de Houelle

Mícheál O'Brien of Creighmore Stables was in a daze after topping Tuesday's opening session of the Goffs Arkle Sale with a Goliath Du Berlais gelding out of a Muhtathir half-sister to the Grade 3-winning hurdler Raffles Sainte (Saint Des Saints). Offered as lot 201, he was knocked down to Gordon Elliott for €275,000. "It's a serious result for my farm in east Cork. It's not a big place and to turn that sort of money is a big help," said the consignor, who had pinhooked the top lot for €40,000....

Shares in stallion Beaumec De Houelle and Onesto were added to Arqana Online's November Sale set for Thursday, November 27 from 4-6 p.m. A son of Martaline, Beaumec De Houelle won the G1 Prix Cambaceres over hurdles and is one of the leading sires in France with 42% winners to runners. He is based at Haras de Montaigu and has already produced Grade 2 winner Mamisuz De Houelle, and the Grade 1-placed Bellodam among others. G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero and G1 Irish Champion Stakes second Onesto was also...

Haras de Montaigu has released the fees for its stallion roster which is boosted to six for 2025 with the arrival of Cloth Of Stars (Ire) from Haras du Logis. The Group 1-winning son of Sea The Stars (Ire) will stand for a fee of €4,000. The popular National Hunt stallion No Risk At All (Fr), sire of the Champion Hurdle winner Epatante (Fr), leads the Montaigu roster at €20,000. Beaumec De Houelle (Fr), by the late Montaigu resident Martaline (GB), has had his fee reduced to €5,000, while Flintshire (GB)...

France was the forerunner of the stallion trail, its La Route des Etalons having been launched in 2010, catching the rising tide of increasingly sought-after stallions in the country following a spell in the doldrums.  This popular weekend feature of late January was, like almost everything else, interrupted for a few years by Covid restrictions, but there is none of that to worry about now as the two days of touring around some of Normandy's most exquisite stud farms gets underway this Saturday morning.  The bright young things of TDN...

Haras de Montaigu will stand five stallions in 2022, for which the fees were revealed on Wednesday. Montaigu announced earlier this week that the 2019 G1 Prix Royal-Oak winner Technician (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) would join its roster for his debut season, and the former Team Valor International runner will stand for €3,000. The G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin scorer Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) moves to Montaigu after three seasons at Haras de Saint Arnoult, and he will stand for €4,000 with a special rate for National Hunt mares....