PART 2 of the Arqana Select Sale concluded last Friday, and the day’s clearance rate of 79% must be considered satisfactory in the present climate. The third day’s yearlings averaged €52,433. The overall clearance rate for the three days saw three in every four yearlings sell.

Trainer Yann Barberot saw off the challenge of Michel Zerolo at €290,000 for a daughter of Siyouni offered by Ecurie des Monceaux. She topped the day’s trade and is closely related to star mares Halfway To Heaven, last weekend’s Group 1 winner Magical, and Rhododendron. “I’ve bought her for Normandie Spirit. She’s a lovely filly that’s a real Siyouni,” said Barberot. “She walks well and is from a very current family. We didn’t think she would be so expensive, but she was our favourite.”