TWO sons of Mastercraftsman dominated the 2018 renewal of the Arqana Summer Sale held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both lots were offered on the second day and bloodstock agent Gérard Larrieu bought both.

Jassim Ghazali will take over the training of the three-year-old colts who will have the winter programme in Qatar as their target. The sale topper Esteve had a significant catalogue update as he landed the Listed Derby du Languedoc at Toulouse over a mile and half in mid-June with some authority to complete a hat-trick of wins. He was trained by Jean-Claude Rouget who purchased him as a yearling for €80,000.