PREMIO FEDERICO REGOLI-Listed

€50,400, Pisa, 3-7, 4yo/up, 7 1/2fT, 1:29.80, sf.

1--EUSTACHIONE (IRE), 122, h, 5
Desert Prince (Ire)--Vaghezza (Ire), by Persian Bold (Ire).

This is the first stakes winner of the year for Desert Prince, whose leading representative last season was Group Three Premio Carlo Chiesa winner L'Indiscreta. His 68 winners at a 47% strike rate last year saw him second only to Monsun as leading German-based sire in 2009.

Australia, 4 March 2010

Stravinsky colt tops final session as average rises by 46.6%

The upward trend of the 2010 Melbourne Premier Sale continued throughout the final day, with Session II statistics improving by some 50% from 12 months ago.

Australia, 3 March 2010

Average up 30% as first session of Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale concludes

The first session of the 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale came to a conclusion on Wednesday, with a total of 396 horses sold over the past three days, with the gross figure topping $28.4 million. This represents a 21% increase on the figures from 12 months ago, despite 60 fewer horses being offered this year.

Florida, 3 March 2010

Average rises 9.3%, median up 33% as Jackson buys sale topper

The Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected two-year-olds in training on Tuesday was bolstered by the sale of a Distorted Humor colt for $2.3 million. Jess Jackson of Stonestreet Stables outbid Kaleem Shah for the half brother to Grade One winner Mr. Sidney out of multiple Grade One winner Tomisue's Delight, who is a full sister to Mineshaft.

Australia, 2 March 2010

Clearance rate rises to 79%

Led by an improved clearance rate, the 2010 Melbourne Premier Sale continued to evolve at a rapid rate, with two $400,000 Redoute’s Choice yearlings highlighting another strong session of trading in Tuesday's second session.

Australia, 1 March 2010

Exceed And Excel colt tops session with clearance rate of 74%

The 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale got off to a strong start on Monday, with the opening day’s trade up $2 million on the corresponding session from 12 months ago.

BETDAQ THE BETTING EXCHANGE WINTER DERBY TRIAL S.-Listed

£40,000, Lingfield, 2-27, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m (AWT), 2:01.97, stn.

1--GITANO HERNANDO (GB), 132, c, 4
Hernando (Fr)--Gino's Spirits (GB), by Perugino.

Bred by Newsells Park Stud, Gitano Hernando is a half brother to two winners out of five-time stakes winner Gino's Spirits, whose best effort came with victory in the Grade Three Noble Damsel Handicap. The second dam is a winning half sister to the Group One-placed dual Group Three winner Citidancer, out of Group One 1000 Guineas winner Mrs Mcardy.

Along with Casual Conquest, Gitano Hernando was one of two Group/Grade One winners for Lanwades sire Hernando last year, when his European runners mustered 42 wins at a 42% strike rate, placing him 12th on the list of leading British-based sires.

PRIX POLICEMAN-Listed

€55,000, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2-27, 3yo, 1 1/4m (AWT), 2:02.76, stn.

1--PARIS VEGAS, 123, c, 3
Maria's Mon--Tell Seattle, by A. P. Indy

Paris Vegas is out of an unplaced half sister to Grade Three winner Drilling For Oil, Group Three Solario Stakes winner White Crown, Listed winner Dr Caton as well as the placed mare Confidential, dam of Group One Prix de Diane winner Confidential Lady. The second dam Won't She Tell is a Listed-placed half sister to champion Affirmed.

This is the first European stakes winner since 2006 for Maria's Mon, who had six winners from only 13 runners in Europe in 2009, when his yearlings averaged £51,435.

GRAND PRIX DU CONSEIL GENERAL DES ALPES MARITIMES-Listed

€75,000, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2-27, 4yo/up, 1 9/16mT, 2:58.80, hy.

1--TANGASPEED (FR), 121, m, 5
Vertical Speed (Fr)--Fitanga (Fr), by Fijar Tango (Fr).

BETDAQ.CO.UK CLEVES S.-Listed

£40,000, Lingfield, 2-27, 4yo/up, 6f (AWT), 1:10.12, stn.

1--JACONET, 124, m, 5
Hussonet--Radiant Rocket, by Peteski.

This is the second Listed win for Jaconet, who is out of a placed half sister to eigth winners, including the stakes-placed pair Reinhold and Ioya, herself the dam of graded stakes winners Mystery Giver and Ioya Two.

Jaconet is the first European stakes winner for Arrowfield, Australia-based Hussonet, the sire of Weekend Hussler. The former Chilean champion sire had two winners from only three runners in Europe in 2009, when his yearlings averaged £46,124.

Florida, 17 February 2010

Average down with clearance rate of 62%

Hip No. 29, a colt by Tiznow consigned by Bo Hunt, Agent, went to Chuck Sandford, & Maribeth Sandford and Partner for $475,000 to top the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2010 February Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. The dark bay or brown colt, who worked an eighth in :10 1/5 at Friday’s Under Tack Show, is out of stakes placed Six Pack Sally, by Tale of the Cat.

Aggregate and average up at selective renewal of sale

The 2010 Arqana February Mixed Sale returned an aggregate of €1,160,500, up 42% from 2009. The average price settled at €9,024 against €5,663 a year ago (+60%) and the clearance rate was down at 59,17%.

PREMIO ENRICO CAMICI-Listed

€50,400, Pisa, 2-14, 4yo/up, 6fT, 1:12.70, gd/sf.

1--REYKON (IRE), 122, h, 6
Invincible Spirit (Ire)--Realt Dhun Eibhir (GB), by Indian Ridge (Ire).

Reykon is out of a winning half sister to six winners, themselves out of a winning half sister to Listed winning sprinter Medaille D'Or.

Invincible Spirit had 114 winners in Europe and the UAE last year at an impressive 52% strike rate. With 12 European stakes winners headed by July Cup winner Fleeting Spirit (he also had BC winner Vale Of York), he was 13th on the general sires' list, but headed the table of leading sires of sprinters.

BETDAQ.CO.UK LADYBIRD S.-Listed

£40,000, Kempton Park, 2-14, 4yo/up, 1m (AWT), 1:36.88, stn.

1--VIVA VETTORI (GB), 126, h, 6
Vettori (Ire)--Cruinn A Bhord (GB), by Inchinor (GB).

A 6,000 gns yearling, Viva Vettori is a brother to the winner Chess Board and a half brother to the placed runner Zantero, out of a winning half sister to the champion racemare Ouija Board. The second dam Selection Board is a placed own sister to Grade One Arlington Million winner Teleprompter.

Vettori had 27 winners at a 32% strike rate last year. This is his first European stakes win since Solsite took a Strasbourg Listed contest in September 2008, though the son of Machiavellian has had Group One winners in Australia, New Zealand and, most significantly, in Brazil.

GRAND PRIX DE LA RIVIERA COTE D'AZUR-Listed

€60,000, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2-14, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m (AWT), 1:59.20, stn.

1--PALLODIO (IRE), 121, h, 5
Medecis (GB)--Bent Al Fala (Ire), by Green Desert.

A £14,500 DBS yearling, Pallodio sold for €72,000 at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale in 2007 and, by then a Group Three winner, sold to Shadwell for €400,000 at the 2008 Arqana Arc Sale. He is a half brother to a winner out of a winning sister to the stakes-placed winner Touch And Love, herself the dam of Listed winner Bashful. The second dam is a half sister to Group winners Sure Blade and Sure sharp.

Pallodio is the sole European stakes winner thus far for fourth crop sire Medecis, who had 14 winners from only 31 runners last year.

PRIX DE LA CALIFORNIE-Listed

€55,000, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2-14, 3yo, 7 1/2fT, 1:47.98, hy.

1--LILISIDE (FR), 120, f, 3
American Post (GB)--Miller's Lily (Fr), by Miller's Mate (GB)

Liliside is a half sister to the dual Group Three-placed winner The Wise Lady, out of the winning mare Miller's Lily, a half sister to dual Spanish Group Two winner Lymington and herself out of an unraced half sister to four winners, including the multiple stakes-winning jumper Carvinos.

Liliside becomes the fifth individual stakes winner - all at Listed level - for Haras d'Etreham sire American Post. The son of Bering had 24 winners at a 41% strike rate last year, when he was Bering's leading sire son at stud and was seventh on the list of leading second crop sires headed by Exceed And Excel, and he has three winners from 12 runners so far in 2010, headed by Lilisside, who took a handicap earlier at Cagnes sur Mer earlier in the year.

Average and median increase as clearance rate sticks at 53.5%

The dam of Group One Middle Park Stakes winner Dark Angel topped the bill on the concluding day of Goffs February Sale. The Machiavellian mare, who is in foal to Acclamation, is also dam of Group Two Mill Reef Stakes runner up Angel's Pursuit. Con Marnane purchased the Knockatrina House offering for €145,000 on behalf of Angel's Pursuit's owner Malih Al Basti.

Average rises by 34% as February Sale opens

Increases were recorded across the board at Tuesday's opening session of Goffs February Sale, which was topped by a €100,000 son of Montjeu bought by Hugo Merry. Offered by Abbeville & Meadowcourt Studs, the yearling colt is the first foal out of a winning own sister to US Grade Two winner Grande Melody.

Kentucky, 9 February 2010

Buy-back rate increases to 28.9% as Lavender Sky tops sale

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale in Lexington on Monday saw a stronger top market than last year, leading to a 36.9% increase in the average. Overall, 192 horses sold from 270 offered for an aggregate of $3,052,600, a 27.6% increase from last year. The median remained unchanged at $5,000, but the buy-back rate increased substantially from 15.6% a year ago to 28.9%.

New Zealand, 8 February 2010

Successful National Yearling Sale draws to a close

Selling at New Zealand Bloodstock's 84th National Yearling Sales concluded at Karaka on Monday, with the final day of the two-day Festival session rounding off an extremely successful Sales Series.

New Zealand, 5 February 2010

Elusive City colt tops final session of Select Sale

The stellar week of selling at Karaka continued right to the end of New Zealand Bloodstock's three-day Select Sale on Friday with the final figures sailing past last year's results. Overall, 438 yearlings were sold for $22,927,500, a 35% increase in turnover compared with $17,039,000 for 456 sold last year.

New Zealand, 4 February 2010

Select Sale day two average climbs 39% on last year

The momentum continued on Day Two of New Zealand Bloodstock's three-day Select session today at Karaka, with the highlight of the day's trade coming late in proceedings with the $200,000 Elusive Quality colt at Lot 879.

New Zealand, 3 February 2010

Ustinov brother to Vonusti tops first session of Select Sale

The focus at Karaka on Wednesday turned to the opening session of New Zealand Bloodstock's three-day Select Sale, and the strong trade seen during the Premier session continued throughout the day.

New Zealand, 2 February 2010

Sale average up 26% is second highest in history

A $2 million colt by New Zealand's own champion sire Zabeel eclipsed yesterday's millionaire lot to top the final session of New Zealand Bloodstock's Premier Sale on Tuesday.