Pink Panthera, The Last Dance and Chuppy Lead Arqana Vente d’Élevage Catalogue

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The Classic-placed fillies Pink Panthera (Chachnak) and The Last Dance (Iffraaj) feature among the star names set to be offered at the 2026 edition of the Arqana Vente d'Élevage, with the full catalogue now available online for the sale which takes place from Saturday, December 5 to Tuesday, December 8.Saturday's opening session features 237 mares, fillies and foals, with The Last Dance promising to be one of the early highlights when she goes through the ring as lot 181. Trained by Carlos and Yann Lerner, the daughter of Iffraaj was last seen chasing home Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica) in May's G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at ParisLongchamp.Pink Panthera, meanwhile, also filled the runner-up spot behind Diamond Necklace when bidding for Classic glory in the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly. Having later finished second in the G1 Prix Vermeille and third in the G1 Prix de l'Opera, both at ParisLongchamp, she is sure to be another filly in demand when she is offered by Haras de la Beauvoisinière as lot 201.Other names to note from Saturday's session include the G2 T. von Zastrow Stutenpreis heroine Santagada (Soldier Hollow) (lot 192), who will be consigned by Ronald Rauscher; Fairway Consignment's G3 Prix de Flore winner Light The Ghost (Waldgeist) (lot 189); and the G3 Prix Eclipse runner-up Ceramic (Lope De Vega) (lot 206), one of 22 lots from Wertheimer & Frère. In addition, the Aga Khan Studs will be represented by 16 lots, including Dolenja (lot 202), a daughter of Siyouni and the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Dolniya (Azamour).The catalogue will offer mares in foal to a number of leading stallions, including Bayside Boy, Blue Point, Camelot, Galiway, Havana Grey, Lope De Vega, Mehmas, No This Time, Sea The Stars, Sioux Nation, Siyouni, Starman, Starspangledbanner, Too Darn Hot, and Zarak, as well as the young sires Beauvatier, Camille Pissarro, Delacroix, Diego Velasquez, Henri Matisse, Lead Artist, Look De Vega, Maranoa Charlie, Marhaba Ya Sanafi, Rosallion, Shadow Of Light, Topgear, Tribalist, Unquestionable, Vandeek and Whistlejacket.One of the highlights among the mares catalogued is Chuppy (Le Havre) (lot 194), the dam of the dual Group 1 winner Constitution River (Wootton Bassett), offered in foal to Lope De Vega by Haras du Cadran. Another proven mare set to go under the hammer is the Haras d'Etreham-consigned Koubalibre (Galileo) (lot 208), the dam of last year's G1 Prix de la Foret winner Maranoa Charlie (Wootton Bassett). She will be offered in foal to Too Darn Hot, while Écurie des Monceaux is responsible for GII Dance Smartly Stakes scorer Breath Away (Bated Breath) (lot 198), one of the only mares in foal to the leading American sire Not This Time to be offered in Europe.Koubalibre's filly foal by Blue Point (lot 171) will also be offered by Haras d'Etreham during the opening session, with the total number of foals catalogued across the four days coming in at 352. Combined with 412 mares and 224 fillies in and out of training, it brings the total offering at the Vente d'Élevage to 1,022 lots.Among the foals catalogued are the offspring of leading sires Bayside Boy, Blue Point, Camelot, Frankel, Galiway, Havana Grey, Kingman, Lope De Vega, Mehmas, New Bay, Sioux Nation, Siyouni, Starman, Starspangledbanner, Too Darn Hot and Zarak, as well as foals by the young sires Al Hakeem, Auguste Rodin, Big Evs, Big Rock, Bradsell, Charyn, City Of Troy, Fantastic Moon, Gamestop, God Blessing, Henry Longfellow, Look De Vega, Metropolitan, Mill Stream, Puchkine, River Tiber, Vandeek and Zagrey.Potential standouts include lot 191 from Haras de Colleville, a Frankel half-sister to Galiway's Group 1 winners Sealiway and Sunway, plus lot 196 from Haras de la Cour Blanche, a Charyn half-sister to this year's G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Maltese Cross (Sea The Stars).This year, the Vente d'Élevage will also see the complete dispersal of Gestüt Görlsdorf. In total, 35 mares, fillies and foals will be consigned by La Motteraye Consignment on behalf of the historic farm, including a full-sister to its homebred Deutsches Derby hero Sea The Moon in Sea The World (lot 390), who will be offered in foal to Iquitos.Previous graduates of the Vente d'Élevage include Nabatea (Camelot) – the dam of the aforementioned Maltese Cross – while his fellow top-level winners Balantina, Big Mojo, Dardanos, Gewan, Portfolio Duration, Highwayman, Via Sistina, Woodshauna and Zavateri are also out of mares purchased at this sale.The full catalogue for this year's Vente d'Élevage is available to view here.The post Pink Panthera, The Last Dance and Chuppy Lead Arqana Vente d’Élevage Catalogue appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.