Close Relative of Country House to be Offered at Arqana
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Lot 9 in the upcoming Arqana breeze-up sale is a half brother to the dam of Country House
There could hardly have been a higher-profile overnight page update than the one received by Lot 9 in the upcoming May 10-11 Arqana Deauville Breeze-Up Sale.
The grey colt, by Three Chimneys Farm's Palace Malice , is now a half brother to the dam of a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner following the controversial success of Country House May 4 at Churchill Downs.
His dam is the Sky Classic mare Shooting Party, whose best performance was a second in the Garden City Breeders' Cup Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park. She shares her mother with Quake Lake, whose mating with Lookin At Lucky produced Country House, the beneficiary of the stewards' momentous decision to demote Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security to 17th place for impeding rivals.
This particular colt, who went unsold for $17,000 when offered by Cara Bloodstock at last year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale, is now in the care of Johnny Collins' Brown Island Stables, a leading consignor in the breeze-up sphere, and will get the opportunity to strut his stuff at Deauville a day before the auction begins Saturday.
"Any updates are always good to hear," Collins said. "He's a big, good-moving horse who goes well. I bought him privately and the pedigree was always quite good, although this is obviously a big update."
Some 160 2-year-olds have been cataloged for the Arqana sale, with notable graduates including the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (G1) winner Teppal and US grade 2 winner War of Will—who was the chief victim of Maximum Security hanging right in the home straight at Churchill Downs before finishing seventh in the Run for the Roses.