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A quartet of wildcards, including Love Affair (Study Of Man) (lot 520), have been added to the Arqana Summer Sale set for Deauville from June 30-July 3. The 4-year-old filly is in foal to Good Guess, and she is a half-sister to group winners Lazy Griff (Protectionist) who was second in the G1 Betfred Derby on Saturday, and Lambo (Protectionist). The other three wildcards are as follows: listed winner Maturlo (Starspangledbanner) (lot 397); the 89-rated winner Motion (Lope De Vega) (lot 398); and the stakes-placed Alanya (Le Havre) (lot 519),...

A trio of Flat horses-in-training have been added to the Arqana Summer Sale as wildcards. The sale will be held from Monday, June 30-Thursday, July 3. The Satoshi Kobayashi-trained Short Final, who won the G3 Kronimus Badener Meile in Germany last week will be consigned as lot 412. Rated 108, the son of Zelzal will be joined by lot 400, Dioptase. By New Bay and rated 102, Dioptase was runner-up in the G3 Prix Greffulhe and is a winner over 1500m and 2000m. Rounding out the trio is Kirchner (Pinatubo)...

Nine lots have been added to the Tattersalls Online March Sale, which is scheduled to take place between the hours of 11am on Tuesday, March 4 and 11am on Wednesday, March 5. The full catalogue is available to view here. The Olly Murphy-trained Dexterity (Ire) (Shantou) is one of the most notable additions following his seven-and-a-half-length victory in a maiden hurdle at Ffos Las on Friday. The eight-year-old will be offered as lot 103 by Murphy's Warren Chase Stables, while Bletchley Storm (GB) (lot 96), a four-time winner by Night...

Never Risk (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) is one of seven wildcards that have been added to the Tattersalls Online February Sale. Set for Feb. 11-12, the sale now features 137 lots across both Flat and National Hunt spheres. Offered as lot 136, the bay has won two races over hurdles at Pau in his past three starts and is a half-brother to listed-winning hurdler Loquas (Fr) (It's Gino {Ger}), who also ran second in the G3 Grande Course de Haies de Printemps Handicap Hurdle. Other entries include Enjoy...

Three wildcards have been added to the catalogue for the Arqana February Mixed Sale, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 12. The three additions include three-year-old filly Alpine Beauty (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who will be offered by Nicolas Clement as lot 190. The unraced Alpine Beauty is out of the winning Sadler's Wells mare Arosa (Ire), a full-sister to the Group winners Crimson Tide (Ire) and Tamarind (Ire). Arosa is the dam of four winners from eight runners to date, including the G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero...

Group winner Klaynn (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) and the stakes-placed Thiene (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) are the newest pair of wildcards to be added to the upcoming Arqana Vente d'Elevage. The former, sold as lot 210 from Baroda Stud, is unbeaten, and has won the Listed Premio Repubbliche Marinare followed by the G2 Premio Dormello. Rated 104, she is a out of a half-sister to three black-type winners including G1 Derby Italiano winner De Sica (Ire) (Sri Pekan). Thiene, second in the Listed Prix Ceres last weekend, will be offered...

Listed Prix Herod heroine Glamis Road (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 190) is one of two wildcards that were added to Arqana's Vente d'Elevage on Friday. The sale runs from Dec. 7 to Dec. 10 in Deauville. Offered by Baroda Stud, she was a winner in June on debut, and also ran fourth in the G3 Prix Miesque. The daughter of Pass The Moon (Ire) (Raven's Pass) is currently rated 100. This is the family of Grade I winners Vanlandingham (Cox's Ridge) and Funny Moon (Malibu Moon). Trainer Ollie Sangster said,...

Four new additions have been announced for Monday and Tuesday of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. On the opening day, The Paris Shrug (GB) (Manduro {Ger}), whose first foal is the G1 Caulfield Stakes winner Deny Knowledge (Ire) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}), will be consigned through Jamie Railton. The 11-year-old mare is a half-sister to the Group 1-winning stayer Big Orange (GB) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}) and is in foal to King Of Change (Ire). Also on the Monday is Invisible Friend (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a Timeform 95-rated...

Four additional wildcards, led by a share (1/60th) in G1 Prix Jean Prat hero Puchkine (Fr) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) (lot 15), have been added to the Arqana November Online Sale. The sale will be held from 5-7 p.m. local time, excluding extra time, on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The share grants the purchaser two coverings a year in 2025, 2026, and 2027, and one covering per year beginning in 2028. A 1/50th share in Wooded (Ire) (lot 17) will also be offered, with the son of Wootton Bassett (GB) responsible for nine...

The Group 1-placed Westminster Moon (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and 10 other wildcards have been added to the catalogue for the Arqana Autumn Sale, which takes place from November 18-21. The full catalogue is available to view here. Trained by Andreas Wohler, Westminster Moon finished third in the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis - Bayerisches Zuchtrennen won by Calif (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) at Munich in July. Last seen filling the same position in the G2 Premio Roma at Capannelle in October, the four-year-old will be offered by Coulonces as lot 427. Listed...

Listed winner Newlook (Fr) (New Bay {GB}) (lot 443) and three other wildcards have been added to the Arqana Autumn Sale, which will be held on Monday, Nov. 18. This brings the total number of lots over 260, with Flat winner Delire (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) (lot 424) another late addition. He is a brother to group winner Devil (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) and a half-brother to dual group winner Sober (Fr) (Camelot {GB}). Lot 442, Bibe Mus (Fr) (Camelot {GB}), is a winner over 2000 metres at second asking from the...

A quintet of wildcards have been added to the upcoming Arqana Autumn Sale on Nov. 18-21. Led by 1300-metre heroine Lilas Trezy (Fr) (Goken {Fr}) (lot 423), the fivesome will sell on Nov. 18. The other lots are all National Hunt offerings: winning hurdlers La Pagaille (Fr) (Choeur Du Nord {Fr}) (lot 458) and Becasse (Ire) (Yeats {Ire}) (lot 464), placed AQPS hurdler Le Tiep's Sacre (Fr) (It's Gino {Ger}) (lot 465) and Keyreine Du Seuil (Fr) (Masterstroke) (lot 466), third in a listed chase at Auteuil. For the full...