A full dispersal of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede’s breeding stock will take place at the Arqana December Sale.

The first crops of this young breeding operation feature the likes of Raffles Sun, Raya Time and Fusil Raffles, and the youngsters retained will be racing for the highly successful partnership.

The dispersal will take place during the final session of the four-day Breeding Stock Sale (December 11th).

There will be 30 young broodmares and fillies in training will be dispersed, consigned by their home base Haras du Lieu des Champs.

DISPERSAL

Three of the mares in the dispersal are in foal to Martaline and four mares are in foal to Saint des Saints.

  • GITANE DU BERLAIS, winner of the Scilly Isles Novices Chase Grade 1 as well as two Grade 3 races over hurdles, at Auteuil and Fairyhouse. In foal to Martaline.
  • MA FILLEULE, one of the very highest-rated UK steeplechase mares of recent times on 162, she won 8 races including the Grade 3 Topham Trophy at Aintree and was placed 2nd in the Grade 1 Ryanair Trophy and Grade 1 Ascot Chase. In foal to Martaline.
  • UNE ARTISTE, winner of the Grade 3 Fred Winter Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival as well as a Grade 3 chase in Ireland. In foal to Martaline.
  • UTOPIE DES BORDES, who took the Grade 1 Prix Maurice Gillois and Grade 2 Prix Jean Stern as well as a Listed hurdle at Sandown.
  • A daughter of Antarctique, she is a sister to three extremely talented fillies in VICTOIRE DES BORDE, BELLE DU BERRY and QUENTA DES BORDES. She is in foal to Balko.
  • LOXLADE, who is by Sholokhov, the winner of seven consecutive races over hurdles and fences for Francois Nicolle, including a listed steeplechase at Enghien. In foal to Saint des Saints.

    • Co-owner Simon Munir commented on the dispersal:

    "We have been very fortunate over the past few years to have had a lot of racing success with our mares and fillies, who have subsequently been retired to stud. This has resulted in the number of horses in our breeding operation and racehorses in training growing far faster than we anticipated.

    We have therefore decided to sell our broodmares to enable us to manage our bloodstock interests more effectively. It is very hard to part with these mares, especially those such as Ma Filleule, Gitane du Berlais, Une Artiste and Utopie des Bordes who are very close to our hearts and have given us wonderful days at the racetrack and have already produced exciting progeny that we are retaining."