Nippon Go

Willie Mullins has another classy French recruit to look forward to after Pierre Boulard and Harold Kirk teamed up to buy the Xavier Blanchet-trained Nippon Go (Beaumec De Houelle) for €300,000 on Arqana Online. A winner of a French bumper by over three lengths at Lignieres En Berry earlier this month, the three-year-old will go into training with the dominant Irish Champion National Hunt trainer. Nippon Go was the most expensive horse sold during the latest Arqana Online session.

The catalogue for the Arqana Online March Sale set for 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, is now available. Leading the three-strong group is debut winner Nity Galeste (City Light) (lot 1), who took a 1900-metre race at Chantilly. Related to top-tier winners Potri Pe (Potrillazo) and Mukhalif (Caerleon), he is joined by Nippon Go (Beaumec De Houelle) (lot 3). From the family of AQPS graded winners Hispanic Moon (Spanish Moon) and Jordans (Coastal Path), he has a bumper win and novice victory to his credit. Rounding out the catalogue...