Katsumi Yoshida rounds off US$25 million overseas spree with two more mares at Arqana
Katsumi Yoshida took his 2022 overseas spend to more than US$24 million with another two high-profile purchases in France, while fellow Japanese breeder Shadai Farm paid1.55 million euros (US$1.63 million) for a Group 2 winner.
Katsumi Yoshida’s spending spree across Europe and the United States extended to France on the weekend, with the Northern Farm principal paying 1.1 million euros (US$1.16 million) for Group 3 winner Thunder Drum and another 850,000 euros (US$893,000) for Miss Extra, a Group 2-winning mare in foal to Frankel, at the Arqana December Mares Sale.
Yoshida has made a major mark on the overseas sales in 2022, spending nearly US$20 million on mares, foals, yearlings and two-year-olds in the United States and also investing in Ireland and England, where he recently purchased the Group 1 winner The Platinum Queen.
His French purchases were in partnership with agent Narvick International. Thunder Drum won the G3 Prix de Royaument at Chantilly in 2021 for her trainer Jerome Reynier and is a daughter of Dubawi out of the G1 Irish Oaks winner Great Heavens, who herself is a sister to multiple Group 1 winner and successful sire Nathaniel.
The value of Miss Extra, whose career includes a victory in the G2 Prix De Sandringham at Chantilly for trainers Pia and Joakim Brandt, was bolstered by the fact she is carrying a foal to global star stallion Frankel.
The Arqana purchases take the Japanese breeder’s total overseas investment over the past four months past US$24 million.