February News

February Newsletter

28 days and 14 winners!!! Not a bad month, 1 more winner than in February last year  with some young talent emerging like HOUBLON DES OBEAUX who could be a good thing for the Triumph hurdle and AL FEROF who will also be among the favorite at Cheltenham. CHELTENIAN justify his expensive purchase of 210 000£ when winning a good bumper in style. He also may go to the festival carrying the honor of being favorite. CRYSTIFOU a son of young successful Sire LE FOU won on the flat a handicap at Angers by 8 lengths in a very impressive style and could be a serious horse when going back over hurdles where he was a very easy winner last autumn.

In the sales ring we top the sales with 15 purchases at The Arqana mixed sales at Saint Cloud. We bought horses for a total of 13 different clients including Danish, English, Irish, and Norwegian and also a lovely horse LANDOLINO to go racing in Jersey.

 Next sales will be the breeze up in May at Saint Cloud, contact us for further details.

5 winners in 4 days

including 4 successful French imports
1st HOUBLON DES OBEAUX (V Williams) at Haydock (GB) - toteplacepot Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle
1st QUARTZ DE THAIX (V Williams) at Hereford (GB) - Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Beginners' Chase
We bought him €25 000 at the 2008 Arqana Automn Sale
1st OLD WAY (V Williams) at Hereford (GB) - Lindley Catering Maiden Hurdle
We bought him €29 000 at the 2009 Arqana Autumn Sale
1st CICERON (V Williams) at Taunton (GB) -  Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle
We bought him €60 000 at the 2009 Arqana Summer Sale


and 1 trained by Richard Chotard
1st ESPLENDIDO (R Chotard) at Fontainebleau - Prix de la société de course de Dieppe (Steeple)

Another LEFOU won by 8 lenghts!!
Tuesday, February 15th
CRYSTIFOU won impressively a good flat race at Angers, Prix Rabelais.

LE FOU is standing at Haras du Hoguenet (Normandy) at 2 000LF.

We topped the Arqana mixed sale:
Monday, February 14th

We was again very active at the Arqana Sales when purchasing a total of 15 lots, one more than he bought at this sale in 2010, the top price of which was for Lot 115  Katioucha (Mansonnien) at €35,000 on behalf of Haras du Berlais. “I was attracted to her for her pedigree,” he explained. “Her pedigree is very strong on her dam’s side and most importantly she is a mare with black type.” Katioucha was placed third on her first start over hurdles in a Listed race at Auteuil and went on to finish third on two more occasions before being  successful on her last start as a four-year-old. She produced a colt by Balingarry in 2009 and a filly by Martaline last year, and was presented not in foal after a covering by Astarabad in 2010.
Lot

 S.

 Prod.

 Name

 Sire

 Dam

 Prices
6 M. CAE PTICOEUR JAVILEX  MAJORIEN VIENS VITE 1 000 € 
23 F. Yls. MAZURIE MARTALINE ARTOFMEN 10 000 € 
44 H. CAE LANDOLINO TREMPOLINO CHAMPAGNE   6 500 € 
47 F. CAE CAWAKIMI DALAKHANI CHORALIST 6 500 € 
78 F. Yls. ALIZEE JAVILEX LE FOU ETOILE DU   5 000 € 
81 F. J. EVENING ENCORE KRIS EVENINGPER  3 500 € 
115 F. J. KATIOUCHA MANSONNIEN KADAINA 35 000 € 
125 F. Yls. LILIANE STAR ANABAA BLUE LA GLORIA 15 000 € 
155 F. P. MYLANE DU CHARMIL SAINT CYRIEN MAHOGANY R  3 000 € 
164 F. J. SMILING SADLER'S W  MEMORY'S GOLD 3 000 € 
170 F. J. DABARATSA ASTARABAD MISS REDDY 14 000 € 
195 F. J. AROLLA SHAREEF DA  OSMOSI 6 000 € 
198 F. P. PALVERA VERGLAS PALMEIRA 1 000 € 
220 F. J. RIVER VAL  RIVER MAJESTY RIVER SANS  17 000 € 
255 F. J. SUMATRA MUKADDAMAH SUMMIT TALK 5 000 € 

The 2011 February Mixed Sale, which for the second year running was held in Saint-Cloud due to the ongoing refurbishment works at Deauville, grossed €980,500 for 166 horses sold. That is an average price of €5,695 for a clearance rate of 68.44%, up 10 points from the previous year

AL FEROF , trained by Paul Nicholls
won the Bet totepool On 0800 221 221 Novices' Hurdle at Newbury
Saturday, February 12th

 Following the succes of CHELTENIAN yesterday at Kemton another succesfull of our yearling purchases was under the sunlight saturday when
AL FEROF won in a canter a useful novice hurdle at Newbury. The son of DOM ALCO will probably also going straight to Cheltenham.

We purchased them both at the Arqana Yearling Sales.

A good day at Sandown
Saturday, February 5th
RUTHENOISE, trained by Nicky Henderson, finished 2nd behind the champion BINOCULAR
in the Totesport 0800 221 221 Contenders Hurdle Listed

BINOCULAR took the Contenders Hurdle for the second season running, but much like last year was solid rather than spectacular, as the reigning champion hurdler beat stablemate Ruthenoise. The ROBIN DES CHAMPS mare was allowed to make the running and quickly went several lengths clear, with Tony McCoy content to sit at the rear of the field on Binocular.

However, between the last two flights, McCoy's m0unt briefly looked in trouble, as the 1-10 shot failed to respond immediately when asked to pass Ruthenoise. But a mistake at the last stopped the mare's momentumand left Binocular in front, and McCoy pushed his mount out to score by a length and three-quarters
We purchased her at the 2007 Arqana Autumn Sales for 14 000€

CHELTENIAN,
Friday, February 11th
trained by Philip Hobbs,  won the Betfair Mobile Maiden Open National Hunt Flat Race at Kempton

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Brightwells sale topper Cheltenian wins - UK Bloodstock News | Racing Post
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 We purchased CHELTENIAN  for 27 000€ as a yearling also at the 2007 Arqana Yearling Sales