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00:00The 2021 Vendée L'Vache by Arcana started with a record-breaking day, rich with many
00:09firsts and continuing stories.
00:12Lot 160 Rougir, who had originally been purchased as a yearling at the Arcana August sales,
00:17brought the hammer down at 3 million euros.
00:20The Group 1 Prix de l'Opéra winner did not only set a new all-time record for any
00:25sale at Arcana, she was also the first protégée of the Cheboub family to ever be sold.
00:32That emotional for us, but that wonderful adventure, she deserved this prize.
00:39She was special for us, and finally special for Arcana and a lot of people.
00:47We are happy that the adventure continued.
00:51We are just a young company, a family team, and we have a lot of projects for the future.
01:00That starts with a big sale, and the better days are coming.
01:07Michel Zerolo of Oceanic Bloodstock secured the three-year-old daughter of Territories
01:12for a partnership between Coolmore and Peter Brandt's White Birch Farm.
01:16A memorable day for first-time consignor Soombe, who presented Rougir.
01:21Soombe ended up top seller for the session, adding to the tally the 1,950,000 euros brought
01:28by Speak the Devil.
01:30The four-year-old daughter of Wouten Basset, a close runner-up in the 2020 French 1000
01:34Guineas, will pursue her career in the United States.
01:38She's actually a fantastic filly, by a super sire, good pedigree, we bought the dam last
01:44year, so she'll go to Chad Brown.
01:47Lot 292 Grand Glory winner of the Group One Prix Jean Romanet sold for 2.5 million euros,
01:54by far the highest-priced bloodstock agent Anne Sophio ever signed for.
01:59First time ever, but we are really pleased.
02:02This is a new owner since one year in the thoroughbred, but he has the most beautiful
02:06stud for short-jumping and dressage horses in France.
02:12He would like to invest in thoroughbreds, so we'll see, maybe she will race in February.
02:20For sure, she will go to one of the best stallions.
02:26Crispin de Moubray signed the slip at 2,050,000 euros for a full sister to ARC winner Val Geist.
02:34It was here, in Deauville, that he had spotted his dam, Val d'Alecha, as a yearling.
02:39To this filly, who is a full sister to Val Geist, I was very keen to buy out our partners,
02:44who were Coolmore Stud and New Sales Park Stud.
02:49I think we're all very happy to have something from the family that we can continue with.
02:54It's a really nice story, and these sort of stories, you shouldn't just stop them.
02:57Lot 150, the Group One Place Purple Play, also reached the 2 million euro mark.
03:02The two-year-old daughter of Zahak was purchased for Gretchen and Roy Jackson.
03:07The future is America for her. She was bought for O'Neill Stables,
03:10and she will be trained with Arnaud Delacour in America.
03:14The session reached new heights with an average price of 200,000 euros,
03:1950,000 more than the highest average ever recorded.
03:24It was a fantastic session tonight, with fantastic results.
03:30The aggregate of the sale topped every previous sale.
03:36It accumulated over 32 million euros, which is unprecedented.
03:41Four horses were sold for more than 2 million euros,
03:44and 13 horses broke the 500,000 euro mark, which is also remarkable.
03:51The results are very staggering and really pleasing for everyone.
03:57We want to wish a lot of luck and all the success to all the buyers that were here tonight,
04:04for which we thank as well for their confidence and for coming to Deauville.
04:09We want to thank all the vendors for their trust,
04:13which enabled us to achieve such fantastic results.