The first yearlings by LUSAIL are making a promising start in the sales ring. Following a filly who realised 50,000gns at the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale in September, another daughter of the Haras de Bouquetot stallion has attracted attention at Tattersalls, selling for 80,000gns, the equivalent of nearly €100,000. Lusail at Haras de Bouquetot (credit Z Lupa) Consigned by Manister House Stud, the filly out of War Story (Sunday Break) was purchased by Form Bloodstock

Our stallion Al Mourtajez had dominated the last three editions of the Qatar Arabian World Cup (Gr.1-PA), on Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr.1) day, thanks to Al Ghadeer’s consecutive victories in our colours. Al Ghadeer made history by becoming the greatest Purebred Arabian of modern times and has continued to write his story at Haras de Bouquetot since the beginning of the year. His sire Al Mourtajez extended his reign even further this year at ParisLongchamp, not only

Our Purebred Arabian homebreds secured both Group 1 races at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on Friday, October 2, opening in the stellar fashion the prestigious Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr.1) weekend, while also providing our stallion Mister Ginoux with another Group 1 success. MSAIEED got the ball rolling with a strong victory in the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Poulains (Gr.1-PA). A winner at Tarbes on his second start last August, he claimed his first Group 1 victory by a comm

ZELZAL added another Group winner to his record on Thursday as three-year-old SHELZAWA landed the Winter Memories Stakes Gr.3 at Belmont Park, bringing up an 18th Blacktype performance of the year for the Haras de Bouquetot stallion. Zelzal at Haras de Bouquetot (credit Z Lupa) Already featured among ZELZAL's summer winners after opening her account at Saratoga in July, SHELZAWA has made rapid progress since. She returned to Saratoga in late August to win an Allowance Optiona

AL SHAQAB RACING’s homebred Group 1-winning miler SAHLAN, a son of the late Wootton Bassett, will retire to Haras de Bouquetot for the 2027 breeding season following a racing career highlighted by a top-class three-year-old campaign and victory in the Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Gr.1. Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard, SAHLAN produced his career-best performance when landing the Prix du Moulin at three, earning a Timeform rating of 118. Supplemented for the race, he def

Our stallion MISTER GINOUX recorded two Group 3 victories within the space of just a few hours on Friday, September 25, at Janadriah Racecourse, in the heart of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. HNOF ATHBAH was the first to take the honours, crossing the line in front in the 2 000-metre Group 3 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Cup. She had also distinguished herself in France, with three Group performances in the colours of her breeder, Athbah Racing. SAHAB ALRIYADH, meanwhile, defeated 18 riva

September brought success on the racecourse and in the sales ring for ARMOR, whose second crop now boasts ten individual two-year-old winners from just 20 runners — a 50% strike rate — alongside three Blacktype performers, representing 15% of his juvenile runners. Armor at Haras de Bouquetot (credit Z Lupa) After SHIBUYA opened her account at Salon-de-Provence, LA GALOPAZ and BLACK ARMOR added two further victories to round off a productive month for our Haras de Bouquetot re

MNEEFA broke her maiden tag at the second time of asking with a solid victory in the Prix Saint-Laurent, held on 12 September at Bordeaux, France. Aged three, our homebred had made her debut last August at La Teste-de-Buch, France, before showing clear improvement a month later under Iortiz Mendizabal. Always positioned towards the front of the field, our Jean de Mieulle-trained filly took a clear lead halfway down the straight to win by three lengths. Our homebred MNEEFA hai

Our homebreds FARADAY and LOUIZA provided a double in France on Sunday, with victories at Strasbourg and ParisLongchamp representing two different generations of horses bred and raced in our colours. Louiza records a second consecutive victory at ParisLongchamp (credit APRH) The afternoon began at Strasbourg, where two-year-old FARADAY recorded his first career success in the Prix de l’Europe over 1400 metres. Making only his second racecourse appearance, the Henri-François D

ARMOR’s outstanding season on the track was reflected in the sales ring at the Osarus Yearling Sale, where yearlings by our Haras de Bouquetot resident were in strong demand across the two-day auction. Four of his progeny finished among the ten highest-priced yearlings of the sale, including two of the top four lots, while his nine yearlings offered recorded a €32,000 median and €28,500 average – figures well above the overall sale – providing an excellent return for breeders

ARMOR has added another Blacktype performer to his outstanding second crop, with BIG JET PLANE becoming the third from just 20 two-year-old runners this season. The Miguel Blancpain-trained gelding stepped up to Stakes company for the first time in the Prix Arqana - Critérium de l’Ouest L. at Craon, finishing a close second in the 1,650-metre contest, just three-quarters of a length behind the winner. Big Jet Plane, now the third Blacktype juvenile by Armor this season (credi