Sea The Moon daughter Muskoka tops Arqana Arc Sale with 1.3 million euros

The three-year-old Sea The Moon daughter Muskoka achieved the highest price of this auction at the Arqana Arc Sale with a price of 1.3 million Euros, the winning bid was placed by BBA Ireland, who acted on behalf of Yuesheng Zhang.

Muskoka © Marc Rühl

Muskoka, who was profiled as a Group I winner in the Prize of Diana-German Oaks, was bred by Antje and Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten and is a daughter of the Peintre Celebre mare Morning Mist, who is still bred by Gestüt Isarland and is of particular interest as a half-sister to the French Derby winner Brametot. Morning Mist is also a granddaughter of the Isarland Surumu mare Mosella as dam of the champion and German exceptional sire Monsun, who also draws as dam-mare sire of Sea The Moon himself, so that Muskoka 4×3 is inbred to the Surumu mare Mosella, whereby moreover the class mare and Diana winner Majority, who like Monsun is by Königsstuhl, also comes from this line.

The three-year-old Soldier Hollow son Winning Spirit was also sold at the Arqana Arc Sale to Nicholas Clement for 430,000 Euros. The two-time Listed winner as well as Derby Italiano runner-up and fourth in the German Derby was bred by Gestüt Park Wiedingen and is a right-hand brother of the Winter Queen Whispering Angel and to the French Group-placed Listed winner Wangari as well as to the serial winner and Equalisation I winner as well as Group-placed Western Soldier. All's dam is the Park Wiedinger Stud's Shirocco mare Wamika, a half-sister of the multiple Group winner and stallion Wai Key Star, also by Soldier Hollow, who is directly related to the Group I winner and top miler Waky Nao.

For the four-year-old Areion son Calif, bred by the Brümmerhof Stud, Oliver St. Lawrence Bloodstock had the last bid at 400,000 Euros. Calif, who proved himself as a two-time Group winner in the Brunner Oettingen-Rennen (Gr.II) and the Kronimus Badener Meile (Gr.III) this year, is the best offspring of the Group III winner and classically placed Rock of Gibraltar mare Cherry Danon, who produced three more Listed winners and is of interest as a daughter of the Schlenderhaner Monsun mare Sherifa, who in turn is recommended as the right sister of the Listed winner and multiple Stakes dam Sommernacht. Her dam is the Schlenderhaner Windwurf mare Shona, whose offspring includes the Group I winner Sanagas, the successful line of the legendary Schlenderhaner class mare Schwarzgold.

Source: Deutscher Galopp