Toulifaut and Spain Burg sold at Arqana Sales
Saturday 1 October 2016 22:51, UK
Toulifaut was the top lot at the Arc Sale after racing at Chantilly on Saturday, selling for 1.9 million euros.
The daughter of Frankel is unbeaten in three starts for Jean-Claude Rouget and is a leading fancy for the Prix Marcel Boussac, the first race on the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe card.
The Group Three winner fetched a record price for the sale on the first occasion that it had been held at the Pharais Yard at Chantilly, being knocked down to Emmanuel de Seroux of Narvick International on behalf of Japan's Katsumi Yoshida.
She is expected to be allowed to take her chance on Sunday with De Seroux telling the Racing Post: "There's not much to say - she is very good, by Frankel and from an excellent family. She was the one we wanted.
"We will discuss with her new owner as to her future career, but we expect her to run in the Marcel Boussac."
Rockfel Stakes winner Spain Burg also fetched a seven figure sum, being sold for 1.5 million euros.
She was purchased by US owner Dean Reeves of Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and the Sageburg filly is now expected to continue her career in America with the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf her immediate target.
