ARQANA November Online Sale: €180,000 for a breeding right to MEHMAS

Offering 23 stallion shares and breeding rights as well as a Purebred Arabian mare, the ARQANA November Online Sale took place on Thursday 27 November. Following the sale, 18 out of the 24 lots were sold for a total of €871,500.

Sold for €180,000 in favour of Hugo Merry, a breeding right to MEHMAS (lot 1) made the top price of the sale. The sire of 9 individual Group winners and 48 stakes winners from his first five crops, Mehmas is notably the sire of Group 1 winners WISE APPROACH and BELIEVING.

Sold for €152,000, a share in ACE IMPACT (lot 6) was sold to Horse France. Unbeaten and crowned the best three-year-old in the world in 2023, Ace Impact is the only three-year-old to have won the Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr.1s) in the same year. His first foals have sold for €220,000.

Christophe Bridault (Espace Trot) went to €84,000 for a breeding right to GOLIATH DU BERLAIS (lot 2). The winner of four Group races including the Prix Ferdinand Dufaure (Gr.1) and leading chaser in France at four, Goliath du Berlais has become one of the leading sires of three-year-olds right from his first crop.

A share in NIRVANA DU BERLAIS (lot 22) was sold for €80,000 to Highflyer Bloodstock. A son of Martaline, the Haras de la Hétraie stallion has sired Prix Maurice Gillois (Gr.1) winner LEADER SPORT, as well as Grade 1 winner LULAMBA.

Finally, the Purebred Arabian Group winner RAWAH (lot 23), offered as part of a downsizing of Al Shahania Stud, was knocked down for €57,000 to Haras de Thouars. The well-bred daughter of Amer is out of Group 1 PA winner NOUBA AL MAURY and hails from the family of the excellent performers NO RISK AL MAURY and LADY PRINCESS. She has already produced a winner.