Two-year-old IVORY PEARL knocked down for €77,000 to Sylvain Vidal
The 2010 February Mixed Sale, which was staged this year at Arqana’s Saint-Cloud complex due to ongoing building works at Deauville, returned an aggregate of €1,160,500, up 42% from 2009.
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Diversified catalogue features 27-strong dispersal of the late Zakaria Hakam's stock.
On this occasion, 237 lots will go under the hammer, starting with the dispersal of the late Zakaria Hakam's racing and breeding stock, which comprise 7 fillies and broodmares, 14 horses in training and 6 yearlings...
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Second best annual aggregate ever
The ARQANA sales held at Deauville and Saint-Cloud in 2009 performed admirably in an unsettled international environment. The annual turnover (including post-ring private sales) amounts to €79,5 million, the second highest figure since the two agencies merged in 2006 – only to the outstanding 2007 season, which had taken place in a radically different economic context.
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€39,000 December Yearling Sale purchase VISION D'ETAT bagged the 4th Gr.1 of his career when scoring in the Hong Kong Cup on 13 December at Sha Tin. The  Eric Libaud trainee produced a devastating turn of foot to deny fellow ARQANA graduate COLLECTION, the winner of the Hong Kong Derby earlier this year, by three parts of a length.
A model of consistency, VISION D'ETAT has 8 wins and 3 places to his name in 12 outings, and his bank account holds more than €3 million.

The 2009 December Yearling Sale recorded results on a par with last year's, with the 170 horses sold grossing €1,244,500...
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