Offering 13 stallion shares and four breeding rights, the Arqana Online November Sale took place Nov. 26, and 14 out of the 17 lots were sold for a total of €1,019,000.
Making €250,000 (US$262,500, €1=US$1.05), a share in Hello Youmzain (lot 4) was the top price at the sale when bought by Laurent Benoit (Broadhurst Agency). The leading European first-season sire by winners-to-runners as well as black-type performers, the Haras d'Etreham sire has already produced group winners that include Misunderstood , who was also placed in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (G1).
Wertheimer & Frère had the final say at €180,000 for a share in Kameko (lot 7). The impressive winner of the Futurity Stakes (G1) at 2 and the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) at 3, his first crop of 2-year-olds has produced group 1 scorer New Century as well as group 2 winner Wimbledon Hawkeye .
Bought for €150,000, a share in Persian King (lot 13) was bought by Haras du Chateau. A group winner in England at 2 before taking the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (G1) at 3, he also took the Prix d'Ispahan (G1) and Prix Moulin de Longchamp (G1) before ending his career with a third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1). Standing at Haras d'Etreham, his first 2-year-olds have won in France, England and Ireland.