Last year’s Prix du Jockey (Gr.1) and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr.1) hero ACE IMPACT and this year’s French Derby winner LOOK DE VEGA notably have one thing in common, they are both graduates of the August Yearling Sale, which is synonymous with excellence in the ring and on the racecourse.
To name just a few, UNQUESTIONABLE, FEED THE FLAME, ANCIENT WISDOM, SUNWAY, GOLD TRIP, BUCANERO FUERTE and FACTEUR CHEVAL have also upheld the impressive reputation of the sale with their race records, which has become an unmissable event for yearling buyers across the world.
This year, the sale will take place from August 16-18, around the prestigious racing weekend that will hold the Prix Morny and Prix Jean Romanet (Gr.1s). A total of 325 yearlings with exceptional conformation and pedigrees are catalogued in the following order:
Friday 16 August: 2pm – lots 1 to 145
Saturday 17 August: 5.30pm – lots 146 to 235
Sunday 18 August: 5.30pm – lots 236 to 325
Progeny by the leading sires Camelot (13), Dark Angel (3), Dubawi (5), Frankel (8), Justify (3), Kingman (4), Lope de Vega (6), Mehmas (11), New Bay (8), Night of Thunder (6), No Nay Never (10), Sea The Stars (8), Sea the Moon (7), Siyouni (22), Sioux Nation (2), Starspangledbanner (6), Too Darn Hot (6), Wootton Bassett (30), Blue Point (7) and Zarak (17) are catalogued, as well as lots from the first crops of Lope y Fernandez, Lucky Vega, Palace Pier, Space Blues, St Mark’s Basilica, Starman and Victor Ludorum.
Underlining the strength of the catalogue, 40% of the colts and fillies offered are out of black-type mares, with 20 lots out of, or siblings to Group 1 winners. A total of 220 yearlings are French breds or assimilated, which makes them eligible for Owners’ Premiums that are unique to France.
Of note among the pedigrees in the catalogue:
Lot 52: a half-sister to recent Coventry Stakes (Gr.2) at Royal Ascot winner RASHABAR, offered from Haras de Beaufay;
Lot 58: a half-brother by Palace Pier to Groupe 1 scorer ACLAIM out of Group winner QUEEN PICASSO, from the family of MONTJEU, from Haras d’Etreham;
Lot 91: a daughter of Wootton Bassett out of the Classic winner CHANNEL, from La Motteraye Consignment;
Lot 109: the first foal out of Group 1 winner DONJAH by Zarak, from Haras de Montaigu;
Lot 134: a half-brother by Dubawi to Group 1 winners WOODED and BUCANERO FUERTE, from Haras d’Etreham;
Lot 144: a brother to Futurity Trophy Stakes (Gr.1) scorer ANCIENT WIDSOM, by Dubawi out of GOLDEN VALENTINE, consigned by Écurie des Monceaux;
Lot 190: among the final yearlings bred by Gestüt Ammerland and an exclusive offering at Deauville, a son of Siyouni out of Group winner and Group 1 placed LADY FRANKEL;
Lot 200: a filly by Justify, a half-sister to Group winner CHAMPAGNE ANYONE out of a half-sister to triple Group 1 heroine MISS LOREN, from Haras des Capucines;
Lot 229: a half-sister by Wootton Bassett to Group winning juvenile PRIME ART, from the family of Classic winner IMAGINE, herself the dam of six black-type performers including two Group 1 winning two-year-olds, offered from Fairway Consignment;
Lot 250: the first foal by Frankel out of Preis der Diana (Gr.1) winner PALMAS, from Coulonces;
Lot 270: a half-sister by St Mark’s Basilica to the excellent racemares CHICQUITA, MAGIC WAND and PHILOMENE, from Écurie des Monceaux;
Lot 301: a filly by Kingman out of a half-sister to Group 1 scorer SERIENHOLDE from the close family of Group 1 winners SCHNELL MEISTER and SALOMINA, consigned by Applewood Stud;
Lot 312: a daughter of Siyouni out of Listed scorer SOLAGE, from the close family of PLUMANIA, LEFT HAND and DOUBLE MAJOR, from Ballylinch Stud.
