The first Dubawi yearling to be offered on the opening night of the European yearling sales season lit up the ring at Arqana on Saturday night when purchased for €650,000.
The filly is out of the G1 Beverley D Stakes winner Royal Highness and is a half-sister to G2 winner Free Port Lux, from the family of Dubai World Cup victor Electrocutionist. The winning bid was made by Koji Maeda.
Also much in demand was a New Approach half-brother to the ill-fated dual G2 winner Permian (Teofilo), whose victories included the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Dante as well as a narrow defeat in the G1 Grand Prix de Paris last month. Offered as lot 85, the colt is also a full-brother to the Royal Ascot-placed Second Wave and hails from the outstanding family of the great Miesque.The colt was knocked down to James Crupi and Marco Bozzi for €420,00.
The only two yearlings in the catalogue by Shamardal saw vigorous bidding during the session. The first offered, a grey filly from Ecurie des Monceaux, was purchased by the American buyer Alex Solis and his partner Jason Litt for €450,000. A half-sister to a G3 winner in Canada, the filly is also a half-sister to a Frankel juvenile who impressed on debut in America recently.
An hour later, another daughter of Shamardal was snapped up by MAB Agency for €400,000. Offered by Haras d'Etreham, the filly is out of a half-sister to this season's Royal Ascot-winning juvenile September, out of the multiple G1 winner Peeping Fawn.
