HALF a dozen foals sold for six-figure sums and two of them were by Dabirsim, sire of a pair of stakes winners with his first crop racing in 2017. Haras du Petit Tellier sold a half-brother to stakes winners Stone Roses and Straight Right for €260,000 and the colt is now in the ownership of Godolphin.

Mags O’Toole paid €100,000 for a filly by Dabirsim, this one being a half-sister to dual German stakes winner and classic-placed Acadius. She was consigned by Haras du Quesnay. That farm also sold a daughter of leading sire Siyouni, the first foal of a stakes-placed mare, to Haras du Saubouas for €105,000.

Emerald Bloodstock is listed as the purchaser of a Starspangledbanner colt foal out of a stakes-placed half-sister to this year’s Epsom Derby winner Wings Of Eagles. The €165,000 foal is for the Morgan’s Carmel Stud who hope to reoffer him in Book 1 at Tattersalls next October. He was sold by representatives of the late Marquesa de Moratalla.

The two-year-old Zonza won the Group 3 Prix du Bois this year and his Wootton Bassett half-sister sold for €160,000 to Sarl Riviera Equine. Dermot Farrington paid €110,000 and for that secured a daughter of Gleneagles out of a Dansili half-sister to the 2017 Group 3 Prix du Pin winner Karar who has also been twice placed in the Group 1 Prix de la Foret.

Arqana CEO Eric Hoyeau gave his assessment of the overall sale on Tuesday evening: “Trade has been nothing short of phenomenal over the last four days and most importantly demand was strong at every level of the markets.

“We didn’t lose momentum as we progressed through the sale, and this is down primarily to the quality of stock brought to the market by our vendors, as well as to the hard work produced by our international representatives with the skillful support of the Arqana and FRBC teams. Together, we left no stone unturned whether in Japan, America, Australia, New Zealand, eastern Europe, Turkey, northern Africa and of course on both sides of the Channel.

“We wish to thank all the buyers who supported the sale this week and trust that the seeds have now been sown for French bloodlines to continue to produce classy winners across the world and in both disciplines.”