What a weekend ! What a stallion !
LUCAYAN (Turtle Bowl / La Vltava) came out the winner in a exciting six horse finish in the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains at Longchamp on Sunday. The François ROHAUT trained colt showed his incredible turn of foot when jockey Stéphane Pasquier found a gap up the centre of the straight and raced up to win by a neck. LUCAYAN who is already a Listed winner, has won or been 2nd in all of his 5 starts. He was bought for € 85,000 by owners Anthony Forde and Ahmed Mouknass at the Arqana Breeze up sale last year. He is TURTLE BOWL’s second Gr.1 winner from his first crop (like top French sire ANABAA), following on from FRENCH FIFTEEN’s Gr.1 Critérium International win and 2nd place in the Gr.1 2000 Guineas a week ago. TURTLE BOWL is currently leading sire of 3-year-olds in France.

The grey and blue colours of Gilles & Aliette Forien were well represented at Chantilly last Friday when their first 2-year-old runner of the year GYRELLA (Oasis Dream / Ysoldina) won the Prix de la Ville de Lamorlaye.
GYRELLA is the third foal from YSOLDINA (Kendor) who was 3rd in the Gr.1 Poule d’essai des Pouliches, and she is a full-sister to Listed placed TORENTOSA, YSOLDINA’s first foal. She is also a grand-daughter of the multiple stakes producing mare ROTINA (Crystal Glitters).
GYRELLA was also the first 2-year-old runner this year for her trainer, Alain de Royer Dupré.

"It was so close" !
FRENCH FIFTEEN (Turtle Bowl x Spring Morning) had our hearts racing in the final stages of the Gr.1 Qipco 2000 Guineas on Saturday when he battled it out against CAMELOT (Montjeu) who won by a neck at the post. FRENCH FIFTEEN showed his great turn of foot when asked to accelerate by Olivier Peslier and he stuck to CAMELOT never backing down and forcing Joseph O’Brien to give his all. Trainer Nicolas Clement has indicated that FRENCH FIFTEEN may now be aimed at the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club or the Gr.1 St. James Palace Stakes.

MARTALINE progeny had another successful weekend at Auteuil : The Guy Cherel trained LASKALINE (Laskadya) won the first race of the day, the Prix Girofla hurdle race for 3-year-old fillies. LUCKY SIX (Katiana) and MARFAUX (Vallée Fertile) gave MARTALINE a 1st and 2nd in the Prix Ex Voto (hurdles). LUCKY SIX was an impressive winner in this race for owner Simon Munir and trainer Guillaume Macaire, who have already been successful with MARTALINE offspring ROI DE TREVE and UCELLO CONTI. ELENIKA (Nika Glitters) who is also a R & M homebred, finished 2nd behind the runaway winner ULYSSIA ROYALE (Poliglote) in the Listed Steeplechase the Prix James Hennessey, again for trainer Guy Cherel.

LUCAYAN (Turtle Bowl / La Vltava) took the Listed Prix FBA Aymeri de Mauléon at Toulouse last Friday for trainer François Rohaut. LUCAYAN has won 2 of his four starts and and finished second twice including in his last race, the Listed Prix Omnium II in March.
The next day the François Rohaut bred and trained BORODINO (Turtle Bowl / Baie) won the Prix du Parc Borély at La Teste de Buch.

ANOTHER SENSATION (Martaline / Powder Card) kicked off his career well when finishing second in the Listed Prix Wild Monarch at Auteuil last Saturday. This was the first outing for the Jean-Paul Gallorini gelding who battled out the finish with stable companion LE GRAND LUCE (Dream Well) and was just beaten by a head. The following day SILVER GRAY (Martaline / Vakarala) took the flat Prix de Toulouse at Auch and KAMELIE (Martaline / Kandis) won the Prix Wolfberger Steeplechase at Strasbourg

PIERROT BAY (Martaline / Peace Bay) finished 3rd in the Listed Prix du Cher at Enghien last Friday. The Thomas Trapenard trained 5-year-old is already Group placed in 2011 and won his other outing this year at Enghien last month.
Also from Thomas Trapenard's yard,  GARLINE (Martaline / Gaspaie) won her maiden  when taking the Prix de Menton on the same day at Enghien.

TOUBAB (FR) (Martaline / Tabachines) finished 2nd behind the Gr.1 Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase winner SPRINTER SACRE (FR) (Network) in the Gr.1 Maghull Novices Steeple Chase at Aintree last Saturday. The Paul Nicholls trained TOUBAB is already a winner this year.

Homebred FLOWER OF FRANCE (Archange D’Or / Maid of Dawkins) won the Prix des Nenuphars at Longchamp yesterday in a tight finish. FLOWER OF FRANCE was sold by R&M for €16,000 to Paul Nataf at the Arqana October Sale 2010.

LITERALIA (Literato / Djayapura) won her first outing, the Prix des Jeunes Filles at La Teste last Sunday, giving Literato his first runner and winner in the same day ! Bred by SCA La Perrigne, LITERALIA was sold by R & M for € 70,000 to Prime Equestrian at last year’s Arqana August sale , and she is a sister to Gr.2 winner CENTIFOLIA (Kendor).

FRENCH FIFTEEN’s impressive win in the Gr.3 Prix Djebel at Maisons Laffitte on April 5th, put TURTLE BOWL well up at the top of the list of 2nd crop sires.
TURTLE BOWL’s best son so far, FRENCH FIFTEEN was just confirming the talent that he showed at 2, which culminated with his win in the Gr.1 Critérium International. He will now be aimed at the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket where he is sure to fly the flag for France and French breeding.
Also from TURTLE BOWL’s 1st crop, the colt ESTEFAN (Ever in Love) was an easy winner of a good D race at Chantilly. The François Rohaut trained colt LUCAYAN (La Vltava) who won a 2, followed that with 2 strong second places which included the Listed Prix Omnium II where he was unlucky not to win.
The filly KEIRA (Nazlia) who is trained by Jean- Claude Rouget, looks to be an exciting feminine prospect with a win and 2 second places under her belt.
TURTLE BOWL’s breeding season is well underway and he continues to have excellent fertility. He has 85 mares booked to date, a number which is sure to increase with the Prix Djebel victory.

FRENCH FIFTEEN (Turtle Bowl / Spring Morning) proved that his 2-year-old racing year was no freak, when taking the Gr.3 Prix Djebel impressively today at Saint Cloud. Running under the silks of his new owner Sheikh Al Thani, FRENCH FIFTEEN beat an impressive field of Classic entered horses. The Nicolas Clement trained colt be aimed at the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

UCELLO CONTI (Martaline / Gazelle Lulu) finished just 1 length behind the talented SAINT PALOIS (Saint des Saints) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Prix Fleuret at Auteuil, gaining 14 lengths on his 2nd place to the the same horse in the Gr.3 Prix Duc d’Anjou 3 weeks ago. After that race UCELLO CONTI had some poor blood results, but he seems to be in back in form and improving.

JESSY ANGEL (Archange d’Or / Queensburg) won the Prix de L’Oust at Loudeac last Saturday. Bought as a yearling by his trainer Joël Boisnard for € 8,500at the Osarus La Teste sale, he was winning for the first time on Saturday for his third outing

LUCAYAN (Turtle Bowl / La Vltava) finished a worthy second in Tuesday’s Listed Prix Omnium II at Saint Cloud, just behind COUP DE THEATRE (Gold Away). LUCAYAN is already a winner and this was his third outing and first black-type.

All eyes were on the favorite QIZWEEN (Muhtathir) in last Friday’s Prix du Val Saint-Georges at Chantilly, as he was making his first outing this year after winning his two races at 2. However, it was the German trained ESTEFAN (Turtle Bowl / Ever in Love) who was the impressive winner under jockey Andrasch Starke. Bred by Mathieu Daguzan-Garros and Ecurie Biraben, and sold as a foal at the Arqana Breeding Sale, ESTEFAN was having his second outing and looks to be an exciting prospect for ‘Arc’ trainer Peter Schiergen

Yesterday’s Prix Quomodo at Enghien finished with a battle between 2 horses, PIERROT BAY (Martaline / Peace Bay) et TOM DE TOUZAINE (Dom Alco) who fought it out 20 lengths ahead of their rivals. Victory went to PIERROT BAY who was having his first outing this year. The Jean-Pierre Dubois bred gelding is already a Group placed horse in 2011 looks to have an exciting future over jumps.

We are very excited about seeing the first Literato 2-year-olds on the track this year. His yearlings averaged  €50,500 in the Arqana August sale and the 2-year-olds are in training with top trainers such as Jean-Claude Rouget, Alain de Royer-Dupré, François Rohaut, Jean-Paul Gallorini, Thierry Lemer, Yann Durepaire etc.

The first ASTRONOMER ROYAL progeny will be hitting the racecourses very soon. His yearlings averaged an excellent €37,000 in the Arqana August Sale and were very well received at the Australian yearling sales, making up to $ 260,000 (Aus) at the Magic Millions Sale. His 2-year-olds are pleasing their trainers such as Jean-Claude Rouget, Mikael DELZANGLES, Eoghan O’Neill, Didier Guillemin, Patrick Monfort etc.

TURTLE GREEN (Turtle Bowl / Love Green) won for his fourth outing, when taking the Prix Montfort at Toulouse last Saturday. Trained, like his sire, by François Rohaut, the 3-year-old gelding is owned and bred by Jacques Eric Strauss. He is TURTLE BOWLS’s fifth individual winner from his 1st crop.

The Willie Mullins trained PIQUE SOUS (Martaline / Six Fois Sept) finished 3rd in the Gr.1 Champion Bumper on Wednesday at Cheltenham, a race which was won by his stablemate CHAMPAGNE FEVER (Stowaway). PIQUE SOUS was bred in France by Elevage Avicole Lozach-Leyan and Mme F le Bars. He won his only other outing this year  when he took a bumper in Leopardstown last month.

Courses & Elevage the French racing and breeding publication, had their annual awards ceremony last weekend for horse of the year. The talented son of Martaline, ROI DE TREVE, was named 3-year-old National Hunt horse of the year. Trained by Guillaume Macaire, ROI DE TREVE had 2 wins and 2 second places for 6 outings in 2011, finishing the year with his win in the Gr.2 Prix Congress. He won his first and only outing so far this year.

Just a week after their victory with another son of Martaline ROI DE TREVE, the owner / trainer team of Simon Munir and Guillaume Macaire were in the winning circle again yesterday as UCELLO CONTI (Martaline / Gazelle Lulu) was an easy winner of the Prince Ubu III at Angers. UCELLO CONTI was having his first outing this year after winning the Listed Prix Roger de Minvielle back in November. He may meet his stablemate ROI DE TREVE in the Gr.3 Prix Duc d’Anjou at Auteuil next month.

Winner of the Gr.2 Prix Congress in November 2011, ROI DE TREVE (Martaline / Dame de Treve) was an easy winner for his first time out this year when taking the Prix Général Marion by 6 lengths at Enghien yesterday. The Guillaume Macaire trained 4-year-old will be aimed at the Gr.3 Prix Duc d’Anjou for his next race.

R & M’s sacred mare Rotina gave birth to her 16^th foal on the 7^th of February when she had a lovely bay colt by Archange D’Or. Despite her age, she had an easy foaling and she certainly doesn’t look like she is ready to go into retirement yet !

VIVA MARIA – Chestnut filly by Astronomer Royal on 01/01/12. Dam of Gr.3 Craven Stakes and Gr.3 Solario Stakes winner, and  3^rd 2000 Guineas, NATIVE KHAN.

ETRANGERE – Bay filly by Archange d’Or on 02/01/12. Etrangere’s dam Harriet Lane is Gr.3 placed and is a ½ sister to Gr.3 winner CACTUS RIDGE.

ANAZEEM – Grey filly by Martaline on 21/01/12. Anazeem is a ½ sister to Gr.1 winner and stallion ASTARABAD, and to Listed winner ASMARA.

CAMILLE’S SECRET – Chestnut colt by Turtle Bowl on 22/01/12. Camille’s Secret is a daughter of Listed winner and group placed MAID OF DAWKINS.

CAUSA PROXIMA – Chestnut colt by Makfi on 30/01/12. Causa Proxima is Listed placed and is a ½ sister to winners BELLE AND CELEBRE Gr.1 Prix St Alary, WHORTLEBERRY Gr.2, APPEL AU MAITRE Gr.3, VALENTINO Gr.3, YSOLDINA 3^rd Gr.1 Poule d’Essai, etc.

VODKA – Bay colt by Turtle Bowl on 01/02/12. Vodka is a ½ sister to Listed winner MASALARIAN.

NIKA GLITTERS – Bay filly by Literato on 03/02/12. Nika Glitters is a ½ sister to Listed winners LOUPY GLITTERS and GREY GLITTERS (also Group placed).

TURTLE BOWL has kicked off the year in winning style continuing where he left off at the end of 2011 ! The R&M raised KEIRA (Nazlia) made her debut a winning one when she took the Prix du Suquet maiden at Cagnes sur Mer yesterday. The Antoine Fontaine bred filly was sold at the 2010 Arqana October yearling sale for € 25,000 to her trainer Jean-Claude Rouget.

The evening of the 1st of January 2012 saw the arrival of the first foal at RM. The mare VIVA MARIA had a chestnut filly, ½ sister to Gr.3 Solario Stks and Craven Stks winner NATIVE KHAN, by RM stallion ASTRONOMER ROYAL.

LUCAYAN (Turtle Bowl X La Vltava) won on his debut, when taking the Prix d’Artix by 3 lengths at Pau yesterday. Trained by TURTLE BOWL’s own trainer François Rohaut, LUCAYAN was a €85,000 purchase by MAB at the Arqana Breeze up sale in May this year.

UCELLO CONTI (Martaline / Gazelle Lulu) took the Listed Prix Roger de Minvielle at Enghien just beating his rival and stablemate MICHTO (Balko).
UCELLO CONTI was easily beaten by MICHTO in the Prix Noiro in October, and he fell in the Gr.2 Prix Congress last month with MICHTO finishing second, so he was a deserving winner yesterday!
3rd place went to EUDEMIS (Martaline/Anazeem), a filly bred by R & M.

DYNASTE (Martaline / Bellissima de Mai) demolished his rivals when he won the Gr.3 Paul Nicolls fixed brush hncp. hurdle at Haydock by an easy 8 lengths on Saturday. The David Pipe trained 5-year-old was winning the same race as his stablemate and top ranked chaser Grand Crus won last year. DYNASTE looks to be another exciting French bred on the English National Hunt circuit.

The Guillaume Macaire trained ROI DE TREVE (Martaline / Dame de Treve) battled home to take the Gr.2 Prix Congress yesterday at Auteuil, beating stable mate and 08/10 favorite MICHTO (Balko) into second place. This was ROI DE TREVE’s second outing and second win over fences, as he won his first outing over fences last month at the Haras du Pin.

Following FRENCH FIFTEEN’S fantastic win in the Gr.1 CRITERIUM INTERNATIONAL yesterday, his sire TURTLE BOWL (DYHIM DIAMOND) has been promoted to Leading 1st crop French Sire and Leading French 2-year-old Sire (prizemoney / wins).

The French fifteen of the French rugby team may have been pipped at the post by the All Blacks in the World Cup, but nobody could steal victory from R&M homebred FRENCH FIFTEEN (Turtle Bowl ex Spring Morning) yesterday when he flew home to win the Gr.1 Criterium International at Saint Cloud. This impressive win puts him amongst the best 2-year-olds in France in 2011 and makes him a classic contender for 2012. Trainer Nicolas Clement (on behalf of owner Raymond Tooth) paid € 30,000 for FRENCH FIFTEEN at Arqana August Sales 2010 from the R & M consignment. His dam SPRING MORNING (Ashkalani ex. Zarzaya) an R & M mare, is a from a prominent Aga Khan family, as she is a descendant of Petite Etoile, and her family includes the champion ZARKAVA. SPRING MORNING does not have a foal in 2011 and is in-foal to R & M stallion MARTALINE. Sire TURTLE BOWL, whose dam is multiple group producer Clara Bow, was himself a Group 1 winner (Prix Jean Prat) for owner Berend Van Dalfsen who continues to support the stallion at stud, sending many of his good mares to him each year.

The 3-yo BERMUDA BEST (Montjeu /Maid of Dawkins) had his second win from just 2 outings when he took the Prix Soledad de Moratalla at Bordeaux yesterday. The 2-yo FLOWER OF FRANCE (Archange d'Or) has already been placed 6 times from 7 outings, incl. 4 second places. His yearling 1/2 brother GOLDEN BOWL (Turtle Bowl) goes through the Arqana ring as lot 376 on the 19th of October.

LOUVIGNY (Lando / Queen Maeve) was the winner of the Prix Boxing day at St. Cloud today. The 2-year-old who is owned by Georges Augustin Normand, now has 1 win and 2 second places for just 3 outings. His 1/2 sister by Footstepsinthesand is lot 445 and sells on Thursday 20/10 at Arqana

07/10
1st - Another Group win for Akarlina (Akaralda), when she took the Gr.3 Prix André Babouin at Lyon, beating the Elie Lellouche trained Agent Secret.
1st - Numéro Un (Numérique) wins the Prix du Rouegue Steeplechase at Enghien
08/10
1st - Domtaline (Doumna Noune) wins over hurdles at Chepstow
09/10
1st - Milord des Aigles (Lady for a Day) a R & M homebred wins the Prix Henri Laforest at Lyon
2nd - Ucello Conti (Gazelle Lulu) finishes 2nd in the Prix Noiro Steeple chase at Auteuil. He already boasts 4 wins (in all disciplines) from just 6 outings.
3rd - Pierrot Bay (Peace Bay) finishes 3rd in the Gr.3 Prix Orcada Steeple chase at Auteuil, behind the excellent Tanais du Chenet.

FRENCH FIFTEEN came back with a fighting finish in the Gr.3 Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint Cloud today  finishing second behind the favorite ABTAAL who won easily in wire to wire fashion.

The 3-year-old filly ZELKOVA (Johannesburg/ Chalouchi) took the Prix de l’Epte at Saint Cloud yesterday, just 2 days after the 2-year-old MY VIRGINIA (Shirocco / Starvalla) flew home in the Prix de Bures sur Yvette at Saint Cloud. Both fillies were bred by the Foriens at R&M and both have siblings in the Arqana October Sale. Lot 3 is a TEOFILO ½ brother to ZELKOVA and lot 181 is a ½ sister to MY VIRGINA by ASTRONOMER ROYAL.
A special mention for DORMELLO (Dansili / Field of Hope) winner of  the Listed Prix Turenne yesterday. He was consigned by R&M at the 2009 Arqana August Sale.
 

AKARLINA displayed her love of soft ground when she took the Listed Grand Prix de la Region Alsace at Strasbourg yesterday. The Nicolas Clement trained filly is already a Group 3 winner, taking  the Coupe de Maisons Laffitte from wire to wire last September.
 

BEWITCHED took the Gr.3 Renaissance Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday . The 4-year-old filly also won the Gr.3 Ballychorus Stakes back in May beating Gr.1 winner ZOFFANY, and she was a double Gr.3 winner and Listed winner in 2010. BEWITCHED was sold by R & M for breeder Jean-Charles Coude at the 2008 Arqana August sale for € 160,000 to Margaret O’Toole.
 

OZETA won her second Listed race on Friday at Auteuil, for her first outing over hurdles. This talented filly who is trained by Elie Lellouche, won the Listed Prix de la Seine at Longchamp in May beating a good field including subsequent Group winner TESTOSTERONE. Her talents seem to extend to jumping and she looks to have a very bright future in that domain also. 

FRENCH FIFTEEN was the impressive winner of the Listed Criterium de l’Ouest at Craon this afternoon, making his sire TURTLE BOWL the first  French sire with a 1st crop to have a stakes winner in 2011. FRENCH FIFTEEN has been going from strength to strength, with this his fourth consecutive win.
 

Despite a tricky beginning for both buyers and sellers on the first day of the sale, the overall results of the August yearling sale were pleasing.
HARAS DE LA REBOURSIERE ET DE MONTAIGU finished the sale in 4^thplace with an average price of €77,821 with 28 yearlings sold from the 32 presented.
Haras d’Etreham topped the sale yet again, followed by Haras de Monceaux in 2^nd place with an exceptional average price of € 204,333 for 15 yearlings sold. Haras de la Perelle sold the sales topper, a gorgeous filly by Galileo ex Sanjida, for a phenomenal €1,700,000 to an Australian syndicate Waratah Thoroughbreds (record price for Arqana).
The sales were particularly satisfying for R&M as not only did we sell a high percentage of our yearlings we also achieved an average price in accordance with our expectations, and the first yearlings by our young stallions LITERATO and ASTRONOMER ROYAL sold very well, finishing up with good average prices. The LITERATO yearlings impressed buyers for their good looks and the ASTRONOMER ROYAL yearlings for their athletic build.
We look forward to seeing their first 2-year-olds on the racecourse next year.
 

Consignor	Sold	Average Price	Total Revenue
Etreham	31	€ 111,290	€ 3,450,000
Monceaux	15	€ 204,333	€ 3,065,000
Capucines	23	€ 102,391	€ 2,355,000
REBOURSIÈRE & MONTAIGU	28	€ 77,821	€ 2,179,000
Perelle	7	€ 306,571	€ 2,146,000
Grancamp	28	€ 67, 875	€ 1,900,500
Coulonces	19	€ 90,579	€ 1,721,000
Mézeray	20	€ 81,250	€ 1,625,000
Quesnay	13	€ 110,308	€ 1,434,000
Louvière	12	€ 116,417	€ 1,397,000

Sent off as favourite, AYUN TARA didn’t disappoint when she won the Prix Standing for Success (B) at Deauville yesterday, for owners Prime Equestrian and trainer X. Nakkachidji. Although she was blocked in during the final furlongs, jockey Gregory Benoist managed steer her around the pack to win by ½ a length.
 

LILY OF THE VALLEY (Galileo X Pennegale) was 3rd today in Prix Jean Romanet (Gr3) beaten by a talented Juddmonte duo.

TURTLE BOWL confirmed his status as a sire of 2-year-olds when FRENCH FIFTEEN won at Lion d'Angers. He is now in second place in the list of leading 2-year-old sires.

The 2-year-old FRENCH FIFTEEN (Turtle Bowl / Spring Morning) took the Prix Président André Saulou at Le Lion d’Angers hier, making it his 3^rdconsecutive win. This colt was bred by the Foriens and was sold to Nicolas Clement at last year’s Arqana August yearling sale.
 

The Arnaud Chaille Chaille trained SARISLAND (Martaline X Island du Frene) won over the jumps at Le Lion d'Angers on sunday 14th, just one week after winning at Granville.

ESQUINADE (Archange d'Or x Estafilade) won the Prix des Poiriers for 2-year-olds at Clairefontaine yesterday.
The Alain Bonin trained filly who has been placed 4 times already this year, was guided home by Ronan Thomas to win by a length.
 

Martaline celebrated a fantastic National Hunt weekend with 3 winners and a Listed 3^rd place.
On Saturday at Clairefontaine, CATHODINE CAYRAS won over fences for her new owner Louise Kemble, and MARTALIN finished 3^rd in the Listed Grande Course de Haies (hurdles). The next day SARISLAND won over fences at Dinan while the mare DELPHES ERIA won over hurdles at Rochefort-sur-Loire.
 

On Thursday 25th of August R&M will be selling lot  443 a colt by top first season French sire, STORMY RIVER out of YES MY LOVE (Anabaa). His sister, YES I DO (KINGSALSA) won at Maisons Laffitte yesterday, just five days after his brother TELBES (GREEN TUNE) won at La Teste, on only his second outing. This is an active family which includes Gr.1 Melbourne Cup winner AMERICAIN.
 

NIKOLINE (Martaline), winner of Gr3 Prix Bournosienne, has just won a steeple chase in Meslay du Maine, after a 10 months break.

FLOWER OF FRANCE (Archange d'Or and Maid of Dawkins w Kendor) had her second 2nd place out of 3 starts in Vichy.
MAID OF DAWKINS has a foal and a yearling by the promissing TURTLE BOWL.

The photos of our Arqana August yearlings are online !
http://www.reboursiere-montaigu.com/ventes.php

ASTRONOMER ROYAL will be leaving us this week to go into quarantine in preparation for his annual voyage to Australia.
He will stand this Southern Hemisphere season at Eliza Park Stud, after standing at Blue Gum Farm for the past two seasons.
Astronomer Royal’s first foals have sold very well in France and in Australia, and a syndicate of breeders have recently bought into this son of Danzig.
Astronomer Royal’s Australian fee has been set at A$8,000.
We look forward to seeing him back at Haras de la Reboursiere et de Montaigu at the beginning of next year.

Every breeder aspires to breed a group 1 horse, so for us at R&M having 2 home-bred runners  in the Epsom Derby is a dream come true.
All our hopes will be riding on NATIVE KHAN (Azamour / Viva Maria) and RECITAL (Montjeu / Dibenoise) to fly the flag for the French breds.
RECITAL is already winner of the Gr.1 Critérium de St Cloud and NATIVE KHAN was a courageous third behind the machine FRANKEL in the Gr.1 2000 Guineas.
RECITAL was born and raised at R&M for Mme Renée Geffroy and NATIVE KHAN is bred by R&M. Both were sold by R & M at the 2009 Arqana August yearling sale.
Both worked well for their trainers this week and are cited as third and fifth favorites for the race.

TURTLE BOWLcontinued his winning streak when ZALABOWL (Turtle Bowl and Zalaniya x Sinndar) won at Salon de Provence on her first outing.
The filly who is trained by Kevin Borgel is a grand-daughter of the top race mare and French 1,000 Guineas winner ZALAIYKA.
With already 2 winners from just 4 runners TURTLE BOWL looks to be a stallion to follow.

R&M stallion TURTLE BOWL had his first 2-year-old winner when the homebred FRENCH FIFTEEN (Spring Morning x Askalani) won at Wissembourg, on his second outing. The chestnut colt was sold by R & M at Arqana August 2010 for € 30,000 to trainer Nicolas Clement, on behalf of his client Raymond Tooth. His dam Spring Morning has Petite Etoile on her maternelle side and so, is herself a cousin of Zarkava.
TURTLE BOWL was a top miler winning the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat , and placed in the Ispahan, Jacques le Marois and Queen Anne Stks. Trained by François Rohaut, Turtle Bowl was a winner at 2 and raced until 5-years-old. He is a physically imposing stallion whose stock are generally of the same build, and have the same characteristics as their sire.
(Info France Sire)

Following the success of Akarlina, Ayun Tara, Broken Kitten, etc... OZETA (Ozely X Rahy ) made her mark on this Guineas day at Longchamp when she took the Listed Prix de la Seine in an easy fashion. The 3-year-old filly had already won her only other outing this year at Compiegne, and looks likely to go onto bigger things judging from her comfortable win today.

TIN HORSE  (Sakhee x Joyeuse Entrée / Kendor)  was the deserving winner of the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2,000 Guineas), offering the first Gr.1 win to his trainer Didier Guillemin. This colt had already proved his worth as a 2-year-old, with 2 wins and 2 places in 5 outings incl. finishing second in the Gr.1 Prix Morny and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. R & M congratulate owner the Marquise de Moratalla, who is a longtime client and friend at the stud; the discreet and talented trainer Didier Guillemin ; and loyal jockey Thierry Jarnet, who has been riding under the Marquise’s red and green silks for many years.
The Marquise’s other runner TEMPS AU TEMPS deserves a mention, finishing an excellent 4th.

TARUMA (Martaline X Vie de Reine – Mansonnien) made an excellent start to his career with a win in the Listed Prix Wild Monarch at Auteuil. He jumped the final hurdle alongside Quart de Lune, and then battled on to victory. TARUMA started out favorite for this Listed for maidens and he didn’t disappoint his trainer Jean Paul Gallorini.

R & M bred RECITAL (Montjeu X Dibenoise) took the Gr2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes under a strong ride from jockey Kieran Fallon.  Fallon had to work hard to keep RECITAL from hanging in the straight and trainer Aiden O’Brien stated afterwards  « I'm happy with that. When he gets in front he's very lazy. All going well the Derby is the plan, that was the reason behind Kieren [Fallon] riding him today." (Info Racing Post)

The R&M bred NATIVE KHAN (Azamour / Viva Maria – Kendor), ran a fantastic race finishing 3^rd  behind the uncatchable FRANKEL, in the Gr. 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. FRANKEL passed the post 6 lengths ahead of his next rival DUBAWI GOLD, who had to battle to the wire with NATIVE KHAN  who finished ½ length behind him. An excellent performance for the only FR in the race.
After the race NATIVE KHAN’s jockey Olivier Peslier said that he ran a great race and could improve over a longer distance. His trainer Ed Dunlop was also delighted with his performance and said that he should go for the English or the French Derby.

Si Tu Viens’ 2011 comeback is proving successful as he took the Prix de Pau at Auteuil just over 2 weeks after winning the Prix St. Maixent (debuting over jumps) at the same racecourse. The gelding had a good 3-year-old career including a second in the Prix Stanley (Listed), but was out on the sidelines for the whole of 2010, due to injury. He looks to be set for a good year both over the hurdles and the fences.
(Info JDG)

NATIVE KHAN (Azamour x Viva Maria by Kendor) was impressive today at Newmarket when he won very easily the Craven Stakes (Gr3) beating dual G2 winner Libranno.
This is very good news for the future and FRANKEL could now be on his way (!)
Ed Dunlop hasn't made a decision about the 2000 Guineas or the French Guineas or the Jockey Club.
"He was only 85 per cent ready today and will improve a lot. He shapes like a French Derby horse and his pedigree is French."

OZETA (Martaline x Ozehy), 3yo filly, won a good B race today at Compiegne.

MARTALINE is still the stallion to follow with 5 winners on flat and over the jumps this week.
At Auteuil, SI TU VIENS (J'y Reste) is back in the game with a nice win on the Steeple;
the one to follow Yannick Fouin's 3 yo KAYLIN (Kayza) wins after recent second place at Enghien;
EUDEMIS (Anazeem), R&M homebred wins her race at Enghien for her second time out over the jumps;
the regular SARISLAND wins his Steeple at le Lion d'Angers;
and FINALLINE (Final Issue) wins on flat over 1400m at Strasbourg.

Ed Dunlop gave some good news of homebred Native Khan.
(Azamour). The Solario Stakes (Gr3) winner should run the Classics said his mentor: « He had a good winter, we are very pleased with his work. He should be running in Poule d’Essai des Poulains
(Gr1) or 2.000 Guineas (Gr1) in Newmarket. He will go straight to one of these 2 Gr1 with no prep race before."
(info JDG)

Email sent to RM Marketing from RM Foaling Department :

"Magnificent bay colt by Montjeu x Dibenoise born last night (24 march) at 22:45.
He's tall with penty of bones and a lovely head. a real champion!"

Dibenoise, you're a dream of a horse !

ARCHANGE D'OR had his first winner of the year when the 3-year-old filly PLASTICIA (ex. Seule a Paris) won on her first outing, on the 21st of March at Angers. Running in the colours of Alexandre de Rothschild, PLASTICIA is a half-sister to the multiple Listed placed HERE SHE COMES (Take Risks).
Best of luck to her entourage in 2011 !

The good-looking colt VASIAS (Motivator ex. Vivacity) won on his first outing this year when he took the Prix Laonnois at Compiègne for owner Stilvi Compania and trainer Carlos Laffon Parias.
VASIAS was born and raised at R&M for his owner, and he is already a winner in 2010. He is certainly an exciting prospect for 2011.

Our star at the stud had a good day today at Enghien with 5 placed out of 6 runners !
POKERDOR 4yo (Becquarette X Nombre Premier) won Prix Avranchin, steeple-chase over 3400m ;
TERCAH GIRL 5yo (Dragey Girl X Snurge) was then second in Prix Strada over hurdles on 3500m ;
then three thirds with the good Isabelle Pacault's SI TU VIENS 5yo (J'y reste X Freedom Cry), ROI DE TREVE (Dame de Treve X Cadoudal), 3yo who was 3rd in Prix d'Essai des Poulains and CATHODINE CAYRAS 4yo(Leeloo X Dr Devious), 3rd in Prix Spumate over 3500m.
With new bookings every day, Martaline will surely have a full book yet again this year.
 

RECITAL (Montjeu X Dibenoise) is second best 2YO in 2010, bred by R&M for Mrs Renée Geffroy !
Roderic O’Connor, winner of Criterium International (Gr1), takes leadership beating stable mate RECITAL.
 

We are delighted with one of our latest foalings at R&M, which is a colt by FALCO ex BOCANEGRA by NIGHT SHIFT.
BOCANEGRA comes from the family of INDIAN ROSE, LE NAIN JAUNE, GROOM DANCER, etc. She is herself a winner and has produced 4 winners from 5 horses of racing age. What is even more interesting about BOCANEGRA is that she is owned by someone who has close ties to R&M, and who is also her ex-trainer : Alain de Royer Dupré !
Alain is taking his first venture in breeding and bought BOCANEGRA at the Arqana breeding sale last December 2010.
He just paid a visit to R&M and was delighted with his first foal, both by his looks and his excellent temperament which he has inherited from his dam.
We hope he has as much success in breeding as he does in training !
  

Spring is in the air and here at R&M we are getting excited about the 2011 racing season. We  are particularly proud of our home breds who are entered for this year’s Classics.
Etendard d'Or (Archange d’Or x Rotina) whose sire and dam are both at R&M, is entered in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) and the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) ;
Native Khan (Azamour x Viva Maria), whose dam is pure R&M (by Kendor and out of Tambura), is entered in the Irish Derby and Guineas, Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the Jockey Club and the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris ;
Recital (Montjeu x Dibenoise), bred at R&M by Mme Geffroy, is already winner of the Gr.1 Critérium de Saint Cloud, and is entered for the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby, the Jockey Club, Grand Prix de Paris, etc..

Haras de la Reboursière et de Montaigu’s whole team was delighted to welcome you all at the farm.
We thank you for your interest and support and we hope you had a nice time with us.
We were all very pleased to show you our stallions, who we strongly believe in.

ARCHANGE D’OR, outstanding son of Champion sire DANEHILL
ASTRONOMER ROYAL, the last DANZIG at stud
LITERATO, true Champion with an enormous heart
MARTALINE, our star at R&M on both rules
TURTLE BOWL, young stallion with a bright future who transmits his excellent conformation to his progeny

You may want to view the Route des Etalons live at R&M...

Another win for CALBUCO (Kendor / Pennegale) at Cagnes sur Mer yesterday.
Bred at R&M for Dunmore Ltd, CALBUCO is a brother of LILY OF THE VALLEY, unbeaten in 2010 and winner of the Qatar Prix de l'Opéra (Gr.1).

Dear Breeders,
Happy New Year ! Wishing you every success in your breeding and racing ventures in 2011.        

Also, our very best wishes to our faithful clients and staff members at R&M. They both play a key role in the victories of RECITAL, LILY OF THE VALLEY and NATIVE KHAN, all of whom flew the flag for French breeding at the highest level in 2010. 

Welcome to our new website www.reboursiere-montaigu.com, where you will find all practical information about R & M as well as the regularly updated news, videos of our stallions, and a new mating program, etc… The new website should prove to be a very useful tool for breeders.

R & M will again participate in the 2nd ‘Route des Etalons / Normandy Studs Open Days’ on saturday 5th of February. Everybody is welcome ! Our 5 stallions will be available for inspection : MARTALINE, the rising star of NH and Flat, ARCHANGE D’OR, sire of the promising ETENDARD D’OR from his first crop, TURTLE BOWL, whose outstanding individuals will be making their first appearances on the racecourse in 2011, ASTRONOMER ROYAL, whose first foals were well supported at the sales, and LITERATO, who is ready to show that the GREY SOVEREIGN blood is always a source of champions. 

Please note that the stud is open to visit at all times with appointment – don’t hesitate to call us !

Aliette Forien

BALAJO (Kendor) won with authority Prix du Docteur Gazagnaire (D), beating several Listed horses.
The race was the first prep' to Grand Prix de la Riviera (L.)
BALAJO ran once at that level, finishing 4th in Grand Prix de Marseille (L.).
Bred by R&M, BALAJO is a son of Dareen (Rahy), who was 4th in a Listed Race. Dareen is also the dam of Wait and see (Montjeu), 2nd Prix Vanteaux (Gr.3) and 6th Prix de Diane (Gr.1).
BALAJO in a grand-son of Golden opinion (Slew O’Gold), winner of Coronation Stakes (Gr.1) and Prix de Sandringham (Gr.3).
 (Info JDG)  

ASTRONOMER ROYAL has just arrived from Australia via Newmarket.
He's in terrific condition and ready to serve european broodmares.
He had a good second season in Australia, with the support of local breeders and he covered 70 mares, among them several Black Type mares; We are very optimistic with his first production.
His 2011 condition is 5000 euros LF.
He's waiting for your visit on Normandy Stallion Tour next 5th of february.  

Our first foal was born this morning at 3:00, a pretty grey colt, first foal of Camille's Secret out of our star at the stud Martaline.
Camille’s Secret's dam is the good Maid of Dawkins (Kendor) (Listed winner and Group placed), her sire is the champion sire Oasis Dream.  

ETENDARD D’OR was the impressive winner of the Prix de Mondeville 2-year-old race on the fibre track at Deauville  today.  He showed a fantastic turn of foot in the straight leaving his rivals  struggling to keep up,  justifying why he was the favorite for the race .
ETENDARD D’OR is out of top R&M broodmare ROTINA, who has already produced numerous Group horses such as BELLE ET CELEBRE, APPEL AU MAITRE, YSOLDINA, WHORTLEBERRY, VALENTINO  etc.  He was sold by R&M for € 200,000 to the Marquise de Moratalla at the 2009 Arqana Yearling Sale.
His trainer Alain de Royer Dupré, and jockey Stephane Pasquier, were very pleased with his race and especially his acceleration in the final straight.

The yearlings, and the foals from R&M stallion TURTLE BOWL were very well received at the Arqana sales this year.
These impressive individuals are of good size, with plenty of bone and have the calm temperament of their sire. 
The future looks very promising for this first crop who we look forward to seeing on the racecourse in 2011.  

ASTRONOMER ROYAL was the sire with the most foals in the 2010 Arqana Breeding Stock sale, with 8 foals presented  from his first foal crop.
 The 8 were an overall good looking bunch and were well supported in the sales ring making an average price of €27,333 and a median of €40,000 (for 6 sold). 

2 top mares to be sold in-foal to MARTALINE (photo) :
The good jumping mare LOUMIE (lot 777) who is a twice Listed winner over hurdles and finished second in the Prix Maurice Gillois (Gr.1) and the Prix Renaud du Vivier (Gr.1).
Also the champion jumping mare PRINCESSE D’ANJOU (lot 850) winner of the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1) and Prix La Haye Jousselin (Gr.1).
   

KRISHMA, a 2-year-old colt by MARTALINE (photo) and KATIANA was sold for € 120,000 to agent Anthony Bromley. He is out of a full sister to KOTKIJET and KOTKITO, and he is to be trained in France by Guillaume Macaire for an English owner.
 (info JDG) 

ACHANGE D’OR celebrated his first winner when the 2-year-old ELLE EST D’OR took the Prix des Hunaudières at Le Mans yesterday, on just her second outing. ELLE EST D’OR was bred by Aliette and Gilles Forien from their mare GAILY ZEST, and she is trained by Alain Couetil. 

RECITAL (photo taken as a yearling) has started his career in the same fashion as his stable mate champion FAME AND GLORY after winning his maiden in Navan followed by the Critérium de Saint-Cloud (Gr.1).
FAME AND GLORY went on to win the Irish Derby (Gr.1) and the Coronation Cup (Gr.1).
Both are sons of MONTJEU.  

RECITAL (MONTJEU / DIBENOISE) provided R&M with its second Gr.1 winner of the year yesterday when he flew home to take the Critérium de Saint Cloud (Gr.1) by 5 lengths. Trained by the master Aiden O’Brien at Ballydoyle, RECITAL was bought by Demi O’Byrne for € 750,000 at last year’s Arqana August yearling sale from the R&M consignment. This was RECITAL’s second outing this year - he won his maiden in Navan in October.
RECITAL was born and raised at R&M for his breeder Mme Renée Geffroy and Caragh Bloodstock. His dam DIBENOISE (KENDOR / BOREALE) is owned by Mme Geffroy and has already produced a Gr.1 winner in CORRE CAMINOS (Prix Ganay Gr.1), a full-brother to RECITAL. Her other progeny include the Gr.2 Prix Muguet winner and triple Gr.3 winner, RACINGER.
DIBENOISE has a filly foal, full-sister to RECITAL and CORRE CAMINOS, and she is back in-foal to MONTJEU. 

We have kept our fees reduced in accordance with the current difficult times that breeders are facing.
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The final Gr.1 on Arc day was certainly the most eagerly anticipated of the day for us at R&M – and we weren’t disappointed ! LILY OF THE VALLEY (GALILEO / PENNEGALE) was very impressive when she flew up in the final yards to beat the courageous Prix de Diane(Gr.1) winner STACELITA, taking  the Qatar Prix de l’Opera (Gr.1).
This was LILY OF THE VALLEY’s 7th consecutive win and her mentor Jean-Claude Rouget announced that she will stay in training at 4 with the 2011 Arc as her objective.
Her dam PENNEGALE has already produced the Listed winner CALBUCO, she has a filly foal and yearling both by HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR and she is in-foal to SHAMARDAL.  

R&M sire MARTALINE (photo) had his first flat group winner when AKARLINA flew home in the Coupe de Maisons Laffitte (Gr.3) yesterday, for owner / trainer Nicolas Clément (watch the finish in Martaline's video).

After a very impressive winning debut, the 2-year-old and R&M homebred NATIVE KHAN (Azamour / Viva Maria) took the Solario Stakes (Gr. 3) at Sandown on Saturday for trainer Ed Dunlop. NATIVE KHAN was sold by R&M for € 70,000 to Malcolm Bastard at the 2009 Arqana August yearling sale. Malcolm Bastard then went on to sell him at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up sale for 180,000 gns to owner Vefa Ibrahim Araci. NATIVE KHAN is from the family of the black-type horses VERBA, XIMB, and WELCOME MILLENIUM.
(info JDG)