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Godolphin go to €950,000 during opening session of the Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale
A filly by Juddmonte Farm’s Kingman (Invincible Spirit) topped the opening day of the Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale on Saturday when bought by Godolphin for €950,000.
Sold by Haras d’Haspel as Lot 62, the filly is out of the unraced Needleleaf (Observatory) who has already produced this year’s Superlative Stakes (Gr 2, 7f) winner Native Trail (Oasis Dream), who was bought by Godolphin for 210,000gns at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale earlier this year.
Needleleaf meanwhile is a sister to Group One winner African Rose, being out of New Orchid (Quest For Fame).
Godolphin bought two further yearlings on Saturday for a total spend of €1.5 million.
✨A new top lot at the August Yearling Sale as @StroudColeman went to €950,000 to secure lot 6⃣2⃣, a half-sister by #Kingman (@JuddmonteFarms) to Gr.2 Superlative Stakes winner NATIVE TRAIL, from the family of AFRICAN ROSE, HELLEBORINE and CALYX. Consigned by @harasdhaspel pic.twitter.com/3Xk606voMZ
— ARQANA (@InfoArqana) August 14, 2021
Overall on Saturday 57 of the 79 lots offered were sold with the clearance rate sitting at 72 per cent. The aggregate finished at €11,567,000, the average was €202,930 and the median sat at €170,000.
With the format of the 2020 sales changed due to Covid, comparison figures are not applicable. However the 2021 are down compared to 2019 when 50 horses were sold during the opening session for €14,280,000. The average this year was down 29 per cent from €285,600 and the median fell 26 per cent from €230,000.
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