| Horses in training from Magalen Bryant dispersal to be offered on ARQANA Online on March 29 On Tuesday, March 29, ARQANA Online will offer a sale of horses in training as part of a dispersal from the late Magalen Bryant, an owner, breeder and a leading figure in National Hunt world whose colours were carried to victory at the highest level. The auction will start at 2.30 pm for all the lots. It will end at 4.30 pm for lot 1, then with a 4-minute delay (excluding extra time) for each following lot, i.e. 4.34 pm for lot 2, 4.38 pm for lot 3 etc. A total of 28 horses in training will be offered in the sale, including: IAMASTAR (lot 12), a four-year-old AQPS gelding by Balko out of Listed Auteuil winner VICTORIA’S STAR, that was placed in the Prix Congress (Gr.2) and Prix Vatelys (L.) last year; IN LOVE (lot 13), a four-year-old AQPS gelding by Great Pretender, a winner on his debut in the Prix Alfred Torrance at Pau at the beginning of the year; HETRE ROUGE (lot 19), a son of Saddex, a six-time winner over hurdles and fences.  Lot 19 HETRE ROUGE © ScoopdygaAmong the 10 unraced lots are the four-year-old IMAGINARY DRAGON (lot 9) and three-year-old JUST A DRAGONESS (lot 7), both by Kapgarde from the family of the excellent performers BLUE DRAGON and FABULOUS DRAGONESS. The catalogue can already be viewed online at www.arqanaonline.com and will be supplemented by photos and videos of each lot in the coming days. Commenting on the sale, Freddy Powell, ARQANA’s Executive Director, said: “For administrative reasons, the late Mrs Bryant’s estate must be auctioned off, however, some of her family members are determined to keep her silks on French racecourses once the legal issues are resolved. Please do not hesitate to contact the ARQANA team, Richard Powell or the trainers for further information.” |
