American Bloodsucker Agent Liz Crow, best known for sourcing Breeders’ Cup Winners Juvenile Turf, Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) for 280,000gns and British Idiom ( Flashback) for $40,000, Jack Christopher (Munnings) for $135,000 and the powerful Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) for $100,000, says her first trip to Arqana in October was a success after picking up four well-bred canes this week .
Crow bought Aunt Pearl at Book 1 at Tattersalls in 2019 for 280,000gns but, in anticipation of a prosperous deal at Park Paddocks this year, chose to skip the sale that has served her so well in the past past.
Instead, a first trip to Deauville for the October sale was written in the diary and after leaving France was confident she had secured value at a time when prices for purebred fingerlings had skyrocketed. , Crow asserts that Arqana will be factored in. into plans for the near future.
She explains, “I’m really enjoying the discount and I see we’ll be back next year with more customers. I’m trying to think outside the box here. You need to think of ways to keep growing your business and zigzag when others are dominating. This feels so. It felt like an opportunity. “
Crow added, “I wanted to go to Goffs and Tattersalls but the record sales and record prices were there – it was too tough. Our customers love to shop up to $300,000. “
The influx of US buyers in Goffs and Tattersalls bidding to capitalize on the strength of the dollar could be great news for suppliers, but buyers find the situation challenging.
Regretting not being able to pick up any European hybrids to bring back to the US this season, Crow made the belated decision to travel to France, confident that the trip would be a success in the long run.
She said, “I’ve heard that Arqana’s October Sale is a bit like the Fasig-Tipton October Sale in that it has a mixed bag of physicality and pedigree, but, if you’ve been Do the work and be prepared to look at a lot of horses you might find worth.
“I’m so sorry I missed out on my purchases at Goffs and Tatts so I thought, if I want to get some European pedigree, maybe this is the way to do it.”
Crow added, “Freddy [Powell, chief executive at Arqana] good enough to fit me and Lindsay Schultz. She’s a young coach who’s had a quick start in America and she just wants to experience that. We have never been to Arqana before and we really enjoyed it. “Deauville is a beautiful place, full of history and atmosphere. The October sale was mine – lots of horses to learn about and a few good looks and prices that I felt we were worth.
“Everything we buy is between 160,000 and 170,000 euros. That’s great value to me because you still have to spend $20,000 to get them to the US. I feel like I find value for my clients. “
Well-bred fillings are what Crow came to France to make and that’s exactly what she got. From one Siyouni (Fr) small [lot 239] from the mare Montjeu (Ire) Cherriya (Fr), who produced two black type performers, to a stout Waldgeist (GB) from Deauville Shower (Ire) (High Chaparrall), who hails from a family family of Eagle Rise (Ire) (Danehill) and Eye Of The Tiger (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), the pair are amassing four Group 2 winners in Germany between them, Crow thinks she’s filled in summary.
All of the four positions she picked have already been assigned coaches and Crow is excited about the new recruits.
“We bought a Siyouni, who has an average lifespan of €400,000, but we bought one of his sharks for €170,000. She is really beautiful.
“Siyouni did very well in the US and we had Etoile (Fr), whom we sold, by him. I think this demon has the same characteristics as Etoile but has some power and speed. It also reminds me of Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) – that body. “
Crow added, “Almanzor (Fr) is a really interesting male to me. We continue to land on a bunch of those and learn that he is in a ‘wait and see’ phase at the moment. I see he won big [Rajapour (Ire)] on Wednesday. I like his body a lot and was able to buy one [321] for Stuart Grant.
“Wootton Bassett (GB) is another male that has worked well in the US so we have looked at a lot of them and have bid on a few but I’m glad I landed one. It’s dirty [97, signed for by Steven Rocco for €140,000] will go to Christophe Clement. The Siyouni will be for Chad Brown and for Peter Brant.
“We also have a Waldgeist (GB) [260, signed for by NBS Stables for €160,000]. I had a client looking for a two- or three-pass mess and I think that’s her thing. She will be coached by Kelsey Danner. That’s the group. ”
