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00:00One of the biggest day of racing in France, followed by an equally important date, day
00:14three of the Arcana August sale.
00:20It didn't take long for the bidding to get serious, with back-to-back lots knocked down
00:28to the same team.
00:29Lot 243, the first colt by Wooden Basset out of an American fair-o-mare, brought 800,000
00:35euros, while it took 2.2 million euros to secure lot 244.
00:42The popular colt by Sioni is out of a Galileo mare, herself a sister to Chamardal.
00:47Yeah, they were two very nice horses.
00:52We actually, interestingly enough, we sold the two dams of the Wooden Basset and the
00:58Sioni a couple of years ago, but we've come back and bought the produce out of them.
01:05Listen, they're China Horse Club, they're very good breeders, Monceau, an incredible
01:11farm they do.
01:13Very good job racing horses and we're lucky to get the two of them.
01:19Japanese trainer Yoshito Yahagi bought two lots, including another coveted son of Wooden
01:25Basset.
01:26Lot 280, out of the group-winning mare Magic America, was the second horse of the day and
01:31fourth of the sale to reach the million-euro mark.
01:34I was very interested in Wooden Basset, so I thought it would be a good match for Japanese
01:45horse racing.
01:46It's a very strong horse.
01:48To be honest, I thought this mare was at its limit, and I think it's a very strong market.
01:56Gisthu Damerlin sold their Lady Frankel Colt by Camelot, lot 267, to Godolphin for €850,000.
02:03We brought the half-brother here last year, we like him, and he's got obviously a stallion's
02:12pedigree, and the team thought he was one of our picks of the sale, so he's a nice staying
02:22horse.
02:23Lot 279, a Colt by Siyouni out of a Frankel mare, sister to treble group one winner Charm
02:30Spirit, was acquired by Ramiro Restrepo and the American Connections of J.R. Ranch.
02:36He will not travel across the ocean though.
02:40It's going to be our first horse here in France, and she'll be trained in Chantilly by Tim
02:44Donworth.
02:45Just this filly has it all, temperament, class, physical, a beautiful head, beautiful pedigree.
02:52We were waiting three days for this filly.
02:55It's going to be a cornerstone, hopefully foundation filly down the line for us.
03:09Yes, first sale of the season, and it was a great sale.
03:30We are very grateful to the breeders and the vendors who brought some really nice yearlings
03:34here.
03:35Some international owners were here in person to appreciate the work of all those French
03:40breeders and agents, trainers.
03:44We would like to be thankful to them as well because they purchased some nice horses, and
03:49we wish them the best of luck.
03:53Nothing would be possible as well without all those hardworking staff on the farms and
04:01the Arcana team who's done a great job at welcoming everyone.