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Top-Class Dams Among Arqana Vente d’Elevage Catalog

The sale takes place Dec. 7-10.

French Group 1 winner Metropolitan at Chantilly

French Group 1 winner Metropolitan at Chantilly

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A power-packed Arqana Vente d'Elevage catalog featuring group 1-placed juvenile Daylight; Breeders' Cup victor Unquestionable's dam, Strawberry Lace; and the dam of Sun Chariot winner Tamfana is now online. 

Offering 955 lots, made up of 438 mares, 241 fillies, 273 foals and three stallions, the Dec. 7-10 sale will begin at 10 a.m. local time (9 a.m. GMT) on Saturday and Sunday, and 11 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday.

The opening session is made up of a selection of 227 mares, fillies, and foals with exceptional pedigrees from the most prestigious breeding establishments that include the Aga Khan Studs, Godolphin, Écurie des Monceaux, and Wertheimer & Frere. 

Among them is Prix de Cabourg winner and Cheveley Park Stakes and Prix Morny-placed Daylight, as well as Strawberry Lace, carrying a sibling to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner Unquestionable, and Tres Magnifique, carrying a sibling to Tamfana.

Others to note include Prix Eclipse winner and Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte second Dawn Charger, Prix de Psyche winner and Saint-Alary second Almara, graded winner and group 1-placed Elusive Princess, plus Prix de Psyche scorer and Prix Rothschild runner-up Excellent Truth

Alianza, the dam of this year's French Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Metropolitan who is carrying to the Aga Khan's young sire Erevann, is also up for grabs.

Fifteen wild cards are still to come through Arqana's bloodstock team. 

The catalog can be viewed here