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00:00The first day of the Arcana Autumn Sale is traditionally devoted to horses in training.
00:12Offered by the Channel Consignment, the top price of the session was lot 420, Make Me
00:17King.
00:18A Group 3 runner-up in his juvenile season, the now 3-year-old Dark Angel Gelding, trained
00:24by André Fabre, was knocked down for €380,000.
00:29He's out of the listed winner Miss Infinity, herself a half-sister to Primorni Victor,
00:34the Wow!
00:35Signal.
00:36He's very lightly raced.
00:37He's a progressive horse.
00:38I was actually just doing the bidding for Richard Brown, my colleague, so I was taking
00:44instructions from him on the phone.
00:45He's obviously a horse that I know well as well and we discussed.
00:50He's one of those horses that they've been running over seven furlongs, but they've stepped
00:54him up recently.
00:55He's a big stride.
00:56He's got a very big stride on him and he's a very progressive horse.
01:00Blanford Bloodstock also purchased lot 429 Bechtani, the same Gelding who recently denied
01:07Make Me King victory in a conditions race on Chantier Racecourse.
01:12The son of Siyouni is out of a full sister to Grand Prix de Paris winner Bec Abad.
01:16They went to the line together head and head, so he actually won, so you could possibly
01:22say he's good value considering that Make Me King made €380,000.
01:25Sailing out of the yard of France's champion jump trainer François-Nicole, lot 452 Kingsbourg
01:32brought €355,000.
01:36The three-year-old Gelding by Dr Dino is out of a group performer ex-fan this 60s.
01:41He raced twice and won twice.
01:44He's a fine big horse.
01:46He looks like a chaser, so he's done well to do what he's done really at three.
01:50He's a gorgeous looking horse and he's plenty of size about him.
01:55He's by the right sire.
01:56Out of a good broodmare sire probably a lot, so he can't get much better than that.
02:02The expert recruiting trio Pierre Boulard, Harold Kirk and Willie Mullin spent €300,000
02:09to secure lot 401 Zillow, a three-year-old colt by Zoffany from the maternal line of
02:16French Oaks winner Egypt Band.
02:18He's very well bred and physically he's very strong, very correct.
02:22We just love the horse.
02:23We'll go first over the jump and then back on the flat like Willie likes to do.
02:31Really impressive physically and recommended by Christophe Ferrand as well which is a plus.
02:37We've been lucky with him before.
02:39The Mullins team was the top buyer for the day, making five purchases for over €800,000.
02:47We're heading home with lot 433 Kerske de Thay, lot 470 Calistoir, lot 467 Manon and
02:57lot 46 Capagipic.