hurdlers

Debut hurdle winner Minella Academy (lot 6) has been added to the catalogue for the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday. The Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale will be held in the winners' enclosure immediately after the last race at 3:35 p.m. By Sea The Moon, the three-year-old won an academy hurdle at Cork on Sunday by eight lengths for John Nallen. His addition brings the number of three-year-old horses-in-training to two, which will sell alongside 18 point-to-point horses. There are several debut point-to-point winners set...

Kovanis (Fr) (Tunis {Pol}), one of 10 lots to bring £100,000 or more during Friday's Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale, topped proceedings at £330,000 to Gordon Elliott Racing. Consigned by Gerald Quinn's Caherty Stables, lot 8 won on debut in a Portrush point-to-point and is from the same family as Friday's G2 Cheltenham Schloer Chase hero Jonbon (Fr) (Walk In The Park {Ire}) and Grade 3 hurdle winner Discover D'Auteuil (Fr) (Mistigri {GB}). "He is a nice horse, he has come well recommended and he travelled in his race like a...

Dual winner My Lyka (GB) (Intello {Ger}) is one of four wildcards added to the Arqana Summer Sale on July 4-6 in Deauville. Consigned as lot 449, the 98-rated 4-year-old was most recently fourth in the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly. The other wildcards are lot 495, Full Of Shade (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}), who was second over hurdles in her second start; the placed hurdler Sun Joy (Fr) (Hunter's Light {Ire}) (lot 496); and Le Grande Yves (Fr) (Triple Threat {GB}) (lot 497), a two-length winner over...

One day after a nine-lot catalogue of stallion shares and breeding rights was announced, the Arqana Online January Sale has increased by four more lots, led by a 1/50th share in young Haras d'Etreham stallion Persian King (Ire). The son of Kingman (GB) is a French Classic winner and added two more Group 1s to his resume at four. Slated as lot 10, the share gives the buyer the right to two coverings a year, and Persian King stands for €25,000 this term. Besides the share in Persian King, three...