Longstanding racing supporter Sir Robert Ogden is the proud new owner of a stand-out daughter of first-season sire Teofilo (pictured) after going to €400,000 to top the second session of Arqana's August Sale at Deauville.
"We've seen plenty of nice Teofilo yearlings and you've got to be prepared to take a chance on first-season sires," said Sir Robert's racing manager Barry Simpson. "She has a wonderful pedigree and she's a lovely mover."
Catalogued as lot 130, the chestnut filly from the Ecurie des Monceaux consignment is out of the Trempolino mare Delicieuse Lady and is a half-sister to three black-type performers including Prix du Jockey-Club winner Blue Canari.
Teofilo's first yearling offered in Europe, a colt out of Zeiting (Zieten), fetched €200,000 on the opening day of the sale, while another colt out of Ailette (Second Set) went through early on Saturday and sold for €210,000. Teofilo ended the four day sale as the leading first-season sire with six yearlings selling for an average of €190,000.
On the day that Shakespearean (Shamardal) landed the G2 Hungerford Stakes in fine style, another son of the European Champion three-year-old miler was impressing onlookers in the sales ring. Lot 144, a colt consigned by Haras des Granges out of Genevale (Unfuwain), was knocked down for €360,000 and was the highest priced of his sex on the day.
Shamardal also enjoyed healthy returns at the sale with six lots selling for an average of €138,333.
Another of Darley's first-season sires, Authorized, has had a colt and a filly pass through the ring in the first two days of the sale. The filly, a half-sister to G2 winner All Is Vanity, was sold to Francois Doumen for €115,000, while the colt is off to the stable of another top French trainer, Jean-Claude Rouget, after realising €75,000.
Retiring to stud as an unbeaten European Champion two-year-old whose victories included the G1 Dewhurst Stakes and G1 National Stakes, where both times he defeated Holy Roman Emperor, Teofilo covered his first southern hemisphere book of mares last season which included G1 winners Tully Thunder and Not Related; the dams of G1 winners Regimental Gal and Blackbean, along with siblings to G1 winners Ambulance, Sports, Curata Storm, Medaaly, Crawl, Flavour, Planet Ruler and Crawl.
Teofilo will stand the upcoming season at Darley Kelvinside at a fee of $22,000 including GST.
