500,000€ Tactical Landing colt tops Arqana Trot Session #1

Arqana Trot’s first yearling session was exemplary with gross reaching 7,202,000€ with 102 lots sold from 147 offered (69.4%). The average was 70,608€ up from 58,313€ last year when 99 sold from 150 presented (62.9) for gross of 5,773,000€. Five lots sold for 200,000€ or more that are included in the 23 lots selling for 100,000€ or more.

The sale topper was lot 52 Opera Royal, a Denmark registered colt by Tactical Landing from Bold Eagle’s dam Reethi Rah Jet (by Love You). Ecurie D’Ecouche sold the topper that Courant AB bought with Sabrine Kagebrant signing the ticket at 500,000€.

The top FR bred was lot 117 Papa Bravo (colt by Idao de Tillard from Juliet Papa Bravo-Ready Cash) that brought 270,000€ with Severine Raimond the buyer from consignor Ecurie D’Ecouche. Closely following was third highest lot 61, President Day (colt by Idao de Tillard-Intuition-Brillantissime) that Gaetano Pezone bought for 225,000€ from consignor Haras de L’Etre. The sire Idao de Tillard is the leading two year old sire in France in 2026.

The topper profiles follow.

 

Arqana Trot files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink