Olivier Delloye

The Breeze-Up Consignors Association and Arqana have united to ensure there is no repeat of the unsavoury behaviour from earlier this month Brendan Holland, head of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association (BUCA), has spoken of his deep embarrassment about incidents of excessive drinking, fighting and damage caused at the recent sales in Deauville making it onto the pages of the national press after complaints made by Arqana president Olivier Delloye were leaked. However, Delloye vehemently stated on Monday that formal complaints made in a letter to BUCA were taken "completely out...

Local breeze-up handler Philip Prevost-Baratte and Arqana President Olivier Delloye share their thoughts ahead of the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale Given the breeze-up market is ruled by stopwatches and split seconds, it would be easy to assume there is no longer a space for old-school horsemanship and taking your time - yet Philip Prevost-Baratte proves otherwise.  The Frenchman does not compete in the breeze. In fact, it wouldn't be uncommon to see all of the Prevost-Baratte horses occupy the slowest times at the majority of the sales. Yet, it proves no...

Nominations are now open for the Arqana Series, which will this year offer a €20,000 bonus to the winners of 20 races in the French Flat racing calendar. The owner of the winning horse in each of these races, provided they are eligible for the Arqana Series, will receive a €20,000 bonus in the form of a voucher, redeemable at the 2026 Arqana sales. Designed to provide more winning opportunities for the connections behind horses qualified for the series, the races will take place between June 15 and October 18,...

In terms of the horses themselves, Americans of due adventure could hardly have more compelling incentives to prospect the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale. Last year's auction was staged immediately after Kentucky-bred Ruling Court (Justify) vindicated his status as the record-breaking sale-topper of 2024 by winning the G1 2,000 Guineas, while GI Preakness Stakes winner War of Will (War Front) is among those American-bred graduates to have excelled back on native soil. But this time round there is a fresh spur to American interest. Because even as sires like Justify have finally...

The Arqana October Yearling Sale concluded with Part 3 on Saturday when another 184 lots went under the hammer, including a Texas colt who achieved the day's top price when knocked down to KGS for €63,000. Consigned by Haras de Bourgeauville, lot 768 is from the family of Group/Grade 1 winners Adayar, Ave and National Defense. Of the 184 yearlings offered, 155 sold (84%) for a total of €1,649,500. The average was €10,642 and the median was €8,000. Over the five days of the October Yearling Sale, 600 of the...

DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - Arqana CEO Olivier Delloye says that he is quietly optimistic that the quality the sales company has assembled will result in bustling trade during the August Yearling Sale, before hinting that a number of new buyers could get in on the action over the next few days.  The demand for bloodstock has never been as strong internationally. Records were broken in Japan and, hot on the heels from another bonanza of a sale at Saratoga in America, attention now turns to Arqana for the first European yearling...

Ten days ago, the Arqana sales company announced the launch of SirePower+, a tailored financing programme which offers breeders the opportunity to have 50% of their 2025 stallion covering fee financed by the Deauville auction house up until the offspring is sold at an Arqana sale. The goal of the programme is to encourage breeders with good mares to reach a little higher to breed to the best French and international stallions, creating more commercially desirable foals. Both French and foreign breeders are invited to participate. The produce will be...

Arqana today announced the launch of SirePower+, a tailored financing programme which offers breeders the possibility of having 50% of their 2025 covering fee financed by the Deauville auction house up until the offspring is sold. The initiative is aimed at French breeders with or without a stud, as well as foreign breeders who have mares in France or are planning to have mares in France, who wish to cover their top Flat mares. The programme will concentrate on the top international stallions that are in demand because of their...

Once again this year Arqana will be fundraising for the François Baclesse Centre in Caen through the Octobre Rose initiative, with all vendors invited to take part in a charity challenge during the October Yearling Sale. 'La Marche Rose' will start on Monday, October 21 and finish on Friday, October 25 when the gavel falls on the final lot. Vendors wishing to take part must form a team with some or all of their employees. At the end of each day, the team will calculate the average number of steps...

After seven years at the helm of France-Galop, the governing body of horse racing in France, Olivier Delloye arrived back at Arqana, and will take up the position of CEO upon the retirement of Eric Hoyeau on April 1. For Delloye, it's a homecoming, as he served for 10 years as their managing director before leaving to fill the same role at France-Galop in 2016. As Delloye got started again at Arqana, we sat down with him to learn what it was like to be back in Normandy, and what...

Olivier Delloye is set to leave his role as Managing Director of France Galop and return to Arqana as Chairman of the Management Board, where he will succeed Éric Hoyeau, Arqana announced on Friday. He will be supported by Freddy Powell, currently employed as the Executive Director but who will become the Managing Director, and by the members of the Executive Committee, including Ludovic Cornuel (Bloodstock Director), Arthur Serres (Technical Director), Sylvain Gosselin (Financial Director), Agathe Capdepon (Communication & Marketing Director) and the rest of the teams. Éric Hoyeau will...

Issues surrounding COVID-19 and Brexit have ruled French trainers Philippe Decouz and Edouard Monfort out of the inaugural Racing League competition. The two trainers were due to comprise one of the 12 teams taking part in the six-meeting fixture starting at Newcastle on July 29. Four Newmarket trainers--George Boughey, James Ferguson, William Knight and Stuart Williams--will instead form a replacement side, with jockeys Nicola Currie, Marco Ghiani and Daniel Muscutt their appointed riders. Olivier Delloye, chief executive officer of France Galop, said, "France Galop is disappointed that Covid and Brexit...