THE record price of €350,000, set at the 2014 renewal of the Arqana October Yearling Sale, was bettered on three occasions at this year’s sale. A strong catalogue with an international sire profile brought a wide variety of buyers to Deauville and trade over the four days of selling was solid.

The catalogue is graded and most of the better prices were achieved at the opening session on Tuesday. A total of 19 lots sold for €140,000 or more and all but one of these were catalogued on day one.