Lot 327:
this colt by the Group 2 Flying Childers winner Caturra makes 28,000gns, bought by Glencoole Stud from Houghton Bloodstock.
He is out of the Iffraaj mare Fourth Way, who was a 6f winner at two, finished third in the 7f Radley Stakes (L) and was BHA rated 93 at her best. She is he dam of one winner from two runners.
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Lot 298:
the first colt to sell at Tattersalls by first-crop sire Space Traveller is bought by WB Bloodstock for 20,000gns.
His dam is the winning and Listed-placed mare Dance Legend (Camelot) and his grand-dam is the winning and Listed-placed mare Syvilla (Nayef).
The foal was sold by Nuthurst Farm Stud.
Space Traveller is by Bated Breath and won the Jersey Stakes (G3) and the Boomerang Stakes (G2). He was also three-times Grade 1 placed in the US in the Frank E Kilroe Mile, the Woodbine Mile Stakes and the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational.
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Lot 271:
the first foal in the ring this week by young sire Al'Ali makes 40,000gns, sold by Barton Stud for Saxtead Livestock Ltd to Yeomanstown Stud.
The colt is a first foal out of the three-year-old-winning homebred Aclaim mare Kelapa, a three-quarters sister to Rocky Ground (Acclamation) and a Listed winner of the Leisure Stakes.
The stallion's first crop are yearlings of this year and they averaged 30,857gns at Tattersalls this autumn. The top price of 200,000gns was given by Stroud Coleman for a colt out of Royal Empress and sold by Yeomanstown Stud in the October Book 2 Sale, the colt previously a December Foal Sale 67,000gns pinhook purchase.
This sale is the best result in the ring for Bob and Fiona Temple of Saxtead Livestock, who not only have had great success today but also won one of the legs of the A'Ali Sporting Chance promotion competition, a trip last October to Paris for the Rugby World Cup final.
"We bred the mare and raced her ourselves," said Fiona Temple. "We have a breeding right in the stallion, and we have had two nice colts by him this year. Our mares tend to be quite big and he is a neat stallion, and was a speedy."
Of the trip to the rugby, she added: "We had an amazing time in Paris for the rugby, it was something we would never have done so it was a thrill to have gone and it was brilliant."
Of this sale, she said: "We did not think he'd make that much, but he has always been nice, came through his prep really well and has showed here well. We are over the moon that Yeomanstown have bought him – it is so important that the horses go on to good homes, especially as he is a first foal out of the mare, he will get every chance now."
The couple are selling four colts this week, having deciding to offer them as foals rather than as yearlings.
"They were all nice sorts and, as we do all the work ourselves, it is easier to deal with the colts as foals rather than yearlings," continued Temple. "We have a Stradivarius to sell on Saturday and we think he is the nicest of the lot."
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Lot 235:
by Iffraaj and sold by Ashbrooke Stud, this colt is bought by WHO Bloodstock for 24,000gns. He is out of the Invincible Spirit mare Lady Gabriela, a half-sister to Treasure Isle, a Listed winner and a Group 3 placed son of No Nay Never.
It is the further family of the Group race winners Dress Rehersal, Muthmir, My Titania, My Oberon and My Propsero.
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Lot 211:
the sale of this filly by Ubettabelieveit did not break any Tattersalls price barriers, but the auction will live long in the record books, and in the memory of all observers – Tattersalls' Shirley Anderson-Jolag taking to the rostrum for the first time. The filly was the first horse sold by a female auctioneer at Tattersalls and at a public thoroughbred sale in Britain or Ireland.
The filly's successful sale produced a round of applause and, when Anderson-Jolag emerged from the rostrum after selling her draft of five lots, after initially being at a slight loss for words and a little overcome with emotion, she explained: "When I decided that this is what I wanted to do, it has been two years of practising, with a good solid year of practice with Edmond [Mahony].
"Harvey Bell has been really helpful, too, and I have sold cattle, antiques, sold after auction races and at charity events. About a year and a half ago it was Hannah Wall and David Redvers who gave me my first charity auction at a hunt ball – they kind of made me do it, which was great as I would probably have said no."
She smiled, adding: "It has been nothing but positive from everyone, and I am glad I have finally done it. Standing behind Edmond to go up to the front of the rostrum I felt as sick as a dog, but I knew I had the support of people and, once I saw people coming into the ring, that made me really happy, it was lovely. Once I got that first lot under my belt, I was okay."
Anderson-Jolag returns to the rostrum on Saturday for a stint on the last day of foals and she added: "Hopefully, in five years it will be norm, and loads of women will be doing this. It did weigh on me a bit coming into day, but only for positive reasons because I wanted to be good for other women coming through."
(11:58)
Tune in today for the sale of Lot 211
for a momentous event in European thoroughbred auctioneering history.
(08:59)
It is a beautiful sunny morning
here at Park Paddocks, looking forward to the first day of the four-day December Foal Sale. Selling starts today at 11am, the rest of the week at 10am.
(08:58)
Tattersalls December Yearling Sale
Sale statistics:
+/- compared with last year
Catalogued: 198 (188)
Offered: 168 (162)
Sold: 138 (127)
Turnover: 7,170,000gns (+50%)*
Median: 30,000gns (+50%)*
Average: 51,957gns (+38%)*
% Sold: 82 per cent
Top lot:
Lot 63: Dark Angel (IRE) / Entreat (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Clara Stud, Ireland >> Henry Lascelles >> 900,000gns*Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Clara Stud, 2. Barton Stud, 3. The Castlebridge Consignment
Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Henry Lascelles, 2. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 3. Willingham
Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Dark Angel, 2. Sea The Stars, 3. Blue Point
Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Dark Angel, 3. Blue Point
Top five lots
Lot
63: Dark Angel (IRE) / Entreat (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Clara Stud, Ireland >> Henry Lascelles >> 900,000gns
Lot
53: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Crimean Queen (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Norelands, Ireland >> Jamie McCalmont Bloodstock >> 400,000gns
Lot
46: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Cloudy Dawn (IRE) B.C. (GB) Barton Stud >> Willingham >> 375,000gns
Lot
140: Sea The Stars (IRE) / My Timing (GB) Ch.F. (IRE) >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> William Haggas >> 360,000gns
Lot
18: Blue Point (IRE) / Achnaha (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Plantation Stud >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 240,000gns
* record price / statistic
The top four lots sold this year are in the top six best prices ever at the December Yearling Sale
(17:03)
Lot 168:
could this be another successful December Yearling Sale purchase for Glending Stables?
In 2022, Roderic Kavanagh and his team bought a colt by Havana Grey for 42,000gns and sold him for 625,000gns at the 2023 Craven Sale. He went on to be named Vandeek and went on to win the Group 2 Richmond Stakes, the Group 1 Prix Morny, the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes.
In 2023, Kavanagh spent 125,000gns on the Galileo colt out of Manderley, sold by The Caslebridge Consignment. At this spring's breeze-up the colt, one of just a dozen in the last crop of the champion sire, was bought by Godolphin for 1,000,000gns.
Today, Kavanagh went to 68,000gns for this colt by Mohaather, sold by Shadwell Estate Company Ltd. He is a half-brother to the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes winner Tajaanus, the Listed-placed pair Motafaawit and Al Shibli, and is a grandson of the champion juvenile filly Naragora.
This has also been a successful sale for the colt's first-season sire Mohaather – he is sire of the Group 2 Molecomb Stakes winner Big Mojo, bought at this sale last year by Quirke Bloodstock for 175,000gns.
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Lot 148:
the only colt catalogued in today's sale by Zarak is bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 130,000gns.
Out of the three-year-old winner Oceanie (Dansili), and a half-brother to La Mehana, winner of the Waya Stakes (G3) and placed third in the Prix de Royalieu (G1), and to Ocean Fantasy, a 2019 champion two-year-old in Germany, he was sold by European Sales Management.
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Lot 140:
"She is for one of my owner breeders," said William Haggas after going to 360,000gns for this daughter of Sea The Stars and out of the Street Cry mare My Timing, adding: "I know the family well, all of them have been more than useful, the first [Sea On The Time] was the best. This is a nice, straightforward but backward filly and it will be three or four before she comes good."
Sold by The Castlebridge Consignment, it is the further family of Time Charter, the champion older mare of 1983, winner of the Coronation Cup (G1), hte King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1), the Champion Stakes (G1), the Oaks (G1), the Sun Chariot Stakes (G2) and the Prix Foy (G3).
(15:01)
Lot 215:
is bought by David O'Callaghan of Yeomanstown Stud for 100,000gns, and is another six-figure sale today for Norelands.
The chestnut colt by Night Of Thunder is out of the German Listed winner and Group 3 placed mare Mambo Light (Kingmambo), dam of six international winners, including Le Juge, a Group 3 winner in Australia, Frankel Light, a French Listed winner, and Via Serendipity, a Listed winner in Britain.
Second dam, the Group 1-placed Piquetnol, an own-sister to Chimes Of Freedom, is dam of the Group 3 winner Dietrich and ancestress of seven black-type winners.
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Lot 68:
by Palace Pier, out of Favulusa (Dansili) and sold by Hillwood Stud, this filly is bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 120,000gns.
The March-born filly is a half-sister to Regional, a Group 1 winner of the Haydock Sprint Cup and runner-up in the King Charles III Stakes (G1), and to Al Maktoum Challenge (G1) runner-up Franz Strauss. Her 2022 Too Darn Hot half-sister Toon Much Heaven finished second on her only start to date.
(13:31)
Lot 63:
fetches a December Yearling Sale record price – the Dark Angel filly, a half-sister to the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup winner and sire Golden Horde, and this year's Group 1 Prix Jean Luc Lagardere (G1) winner Camille Pissarro, is bought by Henry Lascelles for 900,000gns.
"She has got an amazing pedigree, two of her siblings will be stallions, there is a lot of Pivotal coming through," said Lascelles. "She is not going to be an early type, she will be a broodmare of the future and has been bought for a British owner-breeder. She will be in trained in England, plans are not made yet. She is a big girl and she will take a bit of time, but the mare is an amazing producer. We thought with that pedigree, and with the underbidder, we would have to get to that sort of price."
The smiling breeder and consignor James Cloney said: "She was due to sell in Book 1, but, typically, just as you get the update [Camille Pissarro], you get a set back – she got cast in her box two days before her sale date. These things happen, it is great for Tattersalls to put on today and deliver this result."
He added: “She’s some mare, she just pours pure class into her stock. It’s an emotional rollercoaster with her but when she does it, she does it so well. As breeders, we’re all dreamers and you do kind of dream for this to happen. It’s unbelievable that it just keeps happening with this mare. It’s kind of exciting, especially because Entreat has travelled to Justify so we’re expecting a nice foal by him in early January. She’s back with me now, she came back home in May, so she’ll be getting an extra scoop of nuts this evening!
“With her, I feel she’s so unique. Sometimes you get mares who produce good racehorses but they don’t perform at the sales. But in my eyes, and I think in a lot of peoples’ eyes, she ticks every box because she’s able to throw the stock and then they go and back it up. There’s not too many mares with two Group 1s winners under their belt, or four stakes winners, especially all by different stallions.
“She stamps her stock no matter what stallion she goes to. This is a big strong filly and I’d draw a lot of comparisons with Camille Pissarro. I know I might sound biased but I actually thought she might be that little bit stronger at the same stage."
Of plans, he added: "Of next year's cover we will think about now, we wanted to wait and see what happened today. That has let us shop around and wherever we like. She is very versatile and we are not tied in any kind of way, we have to put the thinking hats on, but she is a family pet and a complete star."
This filly is the second-most expensive yearling sold out of the mare so far – Camille Pissarro was bought at the 2023 October Book 1 Sale by MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 1,250,000gns.
The 18-year-old Entreat has been an absolute gold mine for the farm, the daughter of Pivotal bought here in 2016 by BBA Ireland for Cloney for just 14,000gns.
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Lot 53:
Jamie McCalmont, bidding from the stair well, goes to 400,000gns for this filly by Sea The Stars consigned by Norelands. She is out of Crimean Queen (Iffraaj), a half-sister to the Group and graded race winners Bronze Cannon, Across The Stars and Valiant Girl.
"She has been bought for Marc Chan," said McCalmont. "He has the brother Seacruiser who we hope will be a really nice horse for next year. We bought Sir Dinadan from Norelands last year and Seacruiser, and Green Impact was raised there. It was a farm that was founded by Harry [McCalmont] and my grandfather, there is a lot of sentiment, and, more importantly, it seems to be working."
Of this filly, he added: "She is a lot short-coupled than her brother, he looks like a real 1m4f horse. Marc wants to start breeding horses and Sea The Stars is a a great broodmare sire and if the brother ends up really good, it will be really nice to have a sister. Marc is really happy, he really wanted this filly."
(12:26)
Lot 46:
a number of interested parties were involved in the bidding for this son of Sea The Stars, but in the end it was Yulong the successful purchaser, the organisation's general manager Vin Cox signing as Willingham at 375,000gns.
Cox said: "We felt he is a very likeable horse, by a stallion who is doing a particularly good job and he is out of a race mare. He fits the plans we are trying to put together to get a good batch of horses to go to the races. We will break him in and we will worry about a trainer further down the line."
Of international plans, he added: "We will start him off in the UK and obviously we have an enterprise in Australia and if he fits the bill further down the line that is a possibility, but the short and medium term is in Europe."
(12:03)
Lot 35:
offered by Foston & Norton Grove Studs, this Churchill filly is bought by Simon Hodgson Racing / P C F Racing for 75,000gns.
Out of the Oasis Dream mare Beta Tauri, the filly is a half-sister to the Australian Group 3-placed filly Coco Jamboo
(11:44)
Lot 18:
sells for 240,000gns, the son of Blue Point bought by Godolphin signed by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock.
"He is for Mark and Charlie Johnston," said Stroud after purchase. "He is by Blue Point and a very nice horse, Mark likes him."
The colt is out of the Haatef mare Achnanha, a winner of the Listed Eyrefield Stakes and third in the Park Express Stakes (G3), the Waya Stakes and the Orchid Stakes (G3) and was sold by Plantation Stud.
"We are delighted with that ," said manager James Berney, "a good start to the week, hopefully it will continue. He missed his earlier slot, that might have worked out for the best, he has done very well through the autumn. The mare's first runner has been placed and looks like she should win, and it is a good start for the mare. She is in-foal to Ardad."
(11:19)
Lot 7:
becomes the first at this year's December Sale to sell for a six-figure sum, the Make Believe colt out of the top class mare Unaccompanied sold for 125,000gns to Thady Gosden, John Gosden in charge of bidding from the stair well.
"Thady came and found him," reported Gosden. "He is a lovely sort, scopey, a good mover and, of course, we know the sire well through Mishriff. We will put together a syndicate to own him."
The colt was bred by Moyglare Stud and initially purchased by today's consignor Dermot Cantillon of Tinnakill Stud for €30,000 in February.
"I don't pinhook too many foals, but I am a big admirer of that family and when I saw him in the ring in February, I just took a liking to him and bought him," recalled Cantillon. "I like stayers and I like late foals, when everyone else is going the other way, I like to buck the trend.
"It was always the plan to come to this sale because he was a May foal and he looked like he was going to need every day. It was always the plan – and he has made way more than I was expecting."
The Moyglare mare Unaccompanied won the Listed Alleged Stakes and two grade 1 races over hurdles – the December Hurdle and the Spring Juvenile Hurdle. She was also placed in the Triumph Hurdle (G1). She comes from the leading Moyglare Stud family of the farm's current staying star, Kyprios.
She has bred three winners from four runners, including Keep In Touch, a winner at two and twice Listed placed.
(10:39)
Good morning
and welcome to the Tattersalls December Sale, kicking off today with a single session of yearlings.
Selling starts at 10am, find all the details you need here on sales day live.
(09:29)
Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale
Chairman's Statement
“As ever this unique fixture, the largest and most popular of its type in the world, has attracted an extraordinarily diverse collection of buyers from all corners of the world. Australian buyers have enjoyed outstanding success purchasing at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale with graduates winning 48 Group/Listed races in the last three years, and they have again played a significant role, buying in excess of 30 lots for more than 6,000,000gns.
“They have been joined by the typically enthusiastic group of buyers from the Gulf region, whose respective carnivals have buoyed the market in the Middle East for quality tried horses from Britain and Ireland. We have also welcomed a large contingent of European buyers, especially from Spain and Italy, who have made a significant contribution to the sale, and it was equally encouraging to see such strong domestic demand from both the Flat and National Hunt fraternities.
“A record price at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale for Delius and sale turnover that has only narrowly fallen short of the wide margin record set in 2022, have provided a fitting finale to what has been a remarkable month of sales at Tattersalls in October.
“However, against this backdrop of positivity we can only express concern regarding the government’s budget announced on Wednesday. The implications of it will have far-reaching effects not only on all businesses in the racing industry but more long term on breeders and trainers, who could now be liable for inheritance tax on their assets. The effects of these changes are surely going to have a negative impact on the whole racing and breeding sector in this country.”
“We now look forward to the Tattersalls December Foal & Breeding Stock Sale, which annually showcases the very best of European bloodstock to a global audience.
(13:47)
Sale statistics:
+/- compared with last year
Catalogued: 1,639 (1,756)
Offered: 1,172 (1,258)
Sold: 1,020 (1,089)
Turnover: 35,654,200gns (+6%)
Median: 16,000gns (+7%)
Average: 34,955gns (+13%)
% Sold: 87 per cent
Top lot: Lot
1356: Lyric (IRE) 2021 B.C. BY Too Darn Hot (GB) EX Gala (GB) >> The Castlebridge Consignment > Stroud Coleman Bloodstock / O'Neill Racing >> 85,000gns
Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. The Castlebridge Consignment, 2. Coolmore, 3. Baroda Stud
Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock, 3. Go Bloodstock / De Burgh Equine / Waterhouse & Bott Racing / McKeever Bloodstock
Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Frankel, 2. Kingman, 3. Sea The Stars
Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. James Garfield, 2. Frankel, 3. Territories
Top five lots
Lot
749G: Delius (GB) 2021 B.C.Wildcard >> Coolmore >> Go Bloodstock / De Burgh Equine / Waterhouse & Bott Racing / McKeever Bloodstock >> 1,300,000gns
Lot
752: Caviar Heights (IRE) 2021 B.C. >> Spigot Lodge Stables (K. Burke) Hurworth Bloodstock >> 520,000gns
Lot
733: Hutchence (GB) 2021 Ch.G. >> Imperium Sales >> Chris Waller Racing >> 460,000gns
Lot
1129A: La Bellota (IRE) 2022 B.G. >> John Ryan Racing >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 425,000gns
Lot
734: Mr Monaco (GB) 2021 B.G. >> Imperium Sales >> Astute Bloodstock / Ciaron Maher >> 410,000gns
(11:00)
Day 4 session statistics:
+/- compared with last year
Catalogued: 157 (250)
Offered: 106 (162)
Sold: 87 (132)
Turnover: 715,500gns (-34%)
Median: 6,000gns (+33%)
Average: 8,224gns (+1%)
% Sold: 82 per cent
D5's top five lots
Lot
1491: >> Melon (GER) 2021 Ch.G. BY Adlerflug (GER) EX Mrs Miller (GER) >> Stockton Hall Farm >> Stockton Hall Farm Racing >> 68,000gns
Lot
1531: >> Facoulty (IRE) 2022 B.F. BY Coulsty (IRE) EX Nafa (IRE) >> Induna Stables (K. Philippart De Foy) >> Five Star Transport >> 27,000gns
Lot
1581: >> Love Warrior (IRE) 2021 B.C. BY Saxon Warrior (JPN) EX In The Mist (GB) >> Baroda Stud, Ireland >> Omar Falah Alajmi >> 26,000gns
Lot
1481: >> I Can Imagine (IRE) 2022 B.F. BY U S Navy Flag (USA) EX Memyselfandmoi (IRE) >> Baroda Stud, Ireland >> Jack Jones Racing >> 25,000gns
Lot
1499: >> Nebrook Dream (GB) 2022 B.C. BY Mayson (GB) EX Sadiigah (GB) >> Amy Murphy Racing Jassim Hamad Al-Atteya >> 24,000gns
(13:33)
Lot 1563:
trainer Charlie Fellowes will be taking Sense Of Reason back across town to his yard at Bedford House Stables after buying the colt by Iffraaj for 21,000gns.
The three-year-old, who has been in training with Fellowes, was sold by previous owner Promenade Bloodstock Limited through RMM Bloodstock.
A head second last-time-out at Nottingham on October 24, he looks ready to win.
(12:24)
Lot 1531:
Facoulty is heading home – the two-year-old filly by Coulsty, who was bred by Rathasker Sud's Maurice Burns and sold by the farm at the Tattersalls October Book 3 Yearling Sale 2023 to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock / K P F Racing, has been bought back today by Rathasker (through Five Star Transport) for 27,000gns.
The filly, a half-sister to four winners and from the family of the Anshan, is heading back to Ireland with a win by her name – she won over 5f at Newcastle on October 18.
(11:30)
Lot 1499:
Amy Murphy Racing sells the juvenile colt Nebrook Dream (Mayson) to Jassim Hamad Al-Atteya for 24,000gns.
The colt has picked up both a win and a third placing in October, both runs coming over 6f
(11:23)
Lot 1491:
Melon is sold by trainer Ollie Greenall's Stockton Hall Farm, and bought by Greenall for 68,000gns who explained: "There has been a change of ownership, and, luckily, we have got some people together as we really want to go hurdling with him. He is so tough and genuine – he has actually grown recently and he is big enough to go jumping. He has had a mini-break since his win at Haydock, has schooled already so he is ready to go and should be out soon."
Melon, a three-year-old by Adlerflug, won over 1m6f and on soft ground at the end of September off a BHA mark of 65. He was bought by Dan Astbury at last year's Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale for 45,000gns.
(10:34)
Lot 1481:
trainer Jack Jones goes to 25,000gns for the US Navy Flag filly I Can Imagine.
"She has been bought for Daniel Daley, he is a fairly new owner to the yard," said Jones. "We ran his first horse Gordon Norse at Wolverhampton the other day and he ran well to finish third. We will put him away now and this filly has been bought to race for Daniel through the winter. She looks ready to win, is a nice sort and I liked her."
I Can Imagine, who has been in training with Joseph O'Brien, has run three times since the catalogue was published, and finished a length and a half second last time at Gowran Park.
(10:23)
Good morning
and welcome to the last day of the Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale.
(09:25)
Day 4 session statistics:
+/- compared with last year
Catalogued: 282 (326)
Offered: 195 (239)
Sold: 168 (211)
Turnover: 1,945,000gns (-24%)
Median: 8,000gns (-6%)
Average: 11,577gns (-4%)
% Sold: 86 per cent
Top lot: Lot
1356: Lyric (IRE) 2021 B.C. BY Too Darn Hot (GB) EX Gala (GB) >> The Castlebridge Consignment > Stroud Coleman Bloodstock / O'Neill Racing >> 85,000gns
Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. The Castlebridge Consignment, 2. Coolmore, 3. Baroda Stud
Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock, 3. Go Bloodstock / De Burgh Equine / Waterhouse & Bott Racing / McKeever Bloodstock
Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Frankel, 2. Kingman, 3. Sea The Stars
Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. James Garfield, 2. Frankel, 3. Territories
D4's top five lots
Lot
1356: Lyric (IRE) 2021 B.C. BY Too Darn Hot (GB) EX Gala (GB) >> The Castlebridge Consignment > Stroud Coleman Bloodstock / O'Neill Racing >> 85,000gns
Lot
1359: Native King (GB) 2021 B.C. BY Kingman (GB) EX Butterscotch (IRE) >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> Blandford Bloodstock / Annabel Neasham Racing / Go Racing >> 85,000gns
Lot
1330: Beauty By My Side (IRE) 2022 B.F. BY Kodiac (GB) EX Chantaleen (FR) >> Imperium Sales>> J P Racing >> 50,000gns
Lot
1358: The King's General (IRE) 2021 Ch.G. BY Dubawi (IRE) EX Daphne (GB) >> The Castlebridge Consignment>> Ed Stapleton For Alsihan Stable >> 45,000gns
Lot
1254: Bishopton (IRE) 2022 B.G. BY Invincible Spirit (IRE) EX Edaraat (USA) >> Warren Chase Stables (O. Murphy) Dan Astbury / Natalie Lupini Racing >> 40,000gns
(16:51)
Lot 1419:
Dark Rosa (Dark Angel), offered by The Castlebridge Consignment, makes 40,000gns. She was bought by trainer Mark Rimell.
The filly has won since the catalogue was published, winning her maiden in September over 6f at Pontefract off a BHA mark of 72. She backed up that performance with a good fourth place over in a 0-80 handicap over course and distance in October.
She is out of Rosa Gialla, a Diamond Green half-sister to Orange Grouse, who won the Knockaire Stakes (L) and was placed in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes.
(15:39)
Lot 1416:
this two-year-old gelding by Blue Point is heading to Qatar, bought by Qatari-based trainer Ahmad Kobeissi for 26,000gns.
Named Sapphire Valley and Timeform rated 79, he has been in training with George Boughey for Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd.
He has run three times, was a winner on debut and finished fourth over 7f at Newcastle on October 22.
"He is a nice horse, he vetted clean and he has some good form," said Kobeissi of the gelding out of the Oasis Dream Group 3 winner Mystic Dawn.
(15:32)
Lot 1359:
Native King (Kingman) is a 14th horse bought by Stuart Boman this week, and like the majority, is heading to Australia for trainer Annabel Neasham Racing, though in this instance Go Racing is also part of the new ownership group.
"I has bought 13 horses before this chap so I though it was unlucky and I had better try for another one!" joked Boman after spending 88,000gns. "He is a stunning horse, and very well bred. I am good friends with Rob Speers, and Ibrahim Araci bred this horse and raced him. I had a good chat with Rob yesterday and trainer Hugo Palmer and they recommended the horse, who will benefit from gelding.
"He has got a big engine and a big turn of foot – at the start of the year he came from last at Chester to win. It was not a great race but the turn of foot he showed that day is what you need in Australia. He will also get a faster pace to run at and some firmer ground in Australia, which will suit. Kingman works in Australia.
"i have been working this sale for 15 years, and it has been Blandford's best-ever Autumn HIT Sale – the most amount horses bought and for the biggest outlay."
(14:34)
Lot 1356:
"He has been bought for Jonjo and AJ O'Neill, who were looking for a dual-purpose type," reported Matt Coleman after spending 85,000gns on Lyric. "This horse has got some good form, and he won a nice novice at Windsor in the spring. He ran quite well in the Listed Cocked Hat at Goodwood in May, only beaten a neck by stable mate Pappano, who made 200,000gns last night [Lot 1061, bought by Harold Kirk/Willie Mullins].
"Then he had a bit of a break and he ran quite well on Saturday behind Iron Lion and a few others who made a lot of money this week.
"His sister is black-type over jumps, and the O'Neills will probably run him over hurdles this winter and then pop him back on the Flat on some soft ground in the spring. The first job, though, will probably be a gelding operation!"
Timeform rated 89, Lyric was bred and raced by Denford Stud Ltd. He is out of the winning Galileo mare Gala, while his half-sister Pretending (Make Believe) is a dual winner over hurdles and has been placed seven times, including in the Junior Fillies' Juvenile Hurdle (G3) at Cheltenham.
(14:23)
Lot 1330:
trainer Joseph Parr goes to 50,000gns for Beauty By My Side, a juvenile filly by Kodiac and sold by Imperium Sale for Jayar Investments.
Parr, who was sat in the seats to bid, said:"She is a lovely filly nice size, she ran a good race first time at Yarmouth, we liked that. She won at Wolverhampton over 7f. I don't think she is such a typical Kodiac, she has a bit of size and scope about her. I think she will get a mile and will develop into a nice filly next year. She has been bought for a new syndicate – we sold a horse last year and they were looking to go again.
"She will have a break now, have a bit of time off and some time to catch up with herself."
After her last time win on her third career start, Beauty By My Side, who has been in training with Kevin Philippart De Foy, has been given a handicap mark of 75. She is out of the Falco mare Chantaleen, a half-sister to Spoil The Fun, who won the Premio del Piazzale (G3) and was placed a number of times in European Group races.
(13:39)
Lot 1329:
"She has been bought to go jumping," said trainer Thomas Gibney after spending 37,000gns on Turn Up The Heat.
"She is a winner now, so has shown some ability and she has proven form on soft ground, which is important for us. We will see how she gets on, if she does not take to it we can always run her back on the Flat," he added.
The three-year-old is by Gleneagles, and won on her last start at Leicester on heavy ground over a mile. She has run seven times nd also finished fourth twice and seond once. She was sold by Valmont through Imperium Sales having bene in training with Ralph Beckett.
(13:29)
Lot 1296:
Dr Khaled Salami's KGS buys again... the team making an eighth purchase this week when going to 24,000gns for Come On You Spurs (Zoffany).
The three-year-old filly was sold by The Castlebridge Consignment for trainer Richard Spencer and the Flying Spurs Partnership.
Bred by Chasemore Farm, the filly is out of the Sixties Icon mare Summer In February, a dam of four winners from four runners and five foals, and a half-sister to the Lennox Stakes (G2) winner and Group 1-placed Dutch Connection and Grand Alliance, who won the John PorterStakes (G3). Second dam is the Montrose Stakes (L) winner La Vita E Bella.
The consistent Come On You Spurs is now the winner of three races and has only finished out of the first four places four times in 13 starts.
(12:36)
Lot 1213:
the well-named Media, a two-year-old filly by Make Believe, is bought by Stefano Botti for 24,000gns. The filly has run twice to date over 7f for trainer Richard Fahey, with a fourth at Newcastle last time out over 7f.
The filly is out of Model, whose best run came when second in the Listed Prix Six Perfections (L).
(12:01)
Lot 1254:
"He has been bought for Natalia Lupini and Craig Bryson," said Dan Astbury after going to 40,000gns for Bishopton (Invincible Spirit). "He looks a lovely horse and should make up into a nice three-year-old, he is improving, he looks like he has plenty of scope. I think they will give him a break now and bring him back in the spring."
Already a gelding, Bishopton, who was bred and owned in training by Aiden Murphy, is out of Edaraat (Rahy), a daughter of the 1994 champion three-year-old Mehthaaf (Nureyev).
Trained by Murphy's son Olly, the two-year-old gelding has run three times, finished third on his last two starts at Ffos Las and at Ripon.
(11:30)
Lot 1204:
the Camelot two-year-old colt Wolf Rayet, who has had three runs with Donnacha Aidan O'Brien, bred and raced by Flaxman Stables, is bought by Creighton Schwartz Bloodstock for 32,000gns
Consigned by Baroda Stud, the colt is out of Martini Glass (Kitalpha), the winner of ten races, including the Azeri Stakes (G2) and the Royal Delta Stakes (G30. She was placed six times in stakes races, the best results coming when second in the Delaware Handicap (G1) and the Spinster Stakes (G1).
(10:52)
Lot 1189:
Phoebus, who has run twice for trainer Stuart Williams, is bought by Ahmed Hassan Al Jehani for 38,000gns.
The juvenile colt by Earthlight, and out of the Invincible Spirit mare Earth Goddess, from the family of the 2007 champion Irish two-year-old filly Listen, the 2,000 Guineas winner Henrythenavigator, the champion older horse Magician, Ascoli Piceno, a champion in Japan.
(10:18)
Day 3 session statistics:
+/- compared with last year
Catalogued: 402 (385)
Offered: 292 (277)
Sold: 264 (246)
Turnover: 9,935,000gns (-16%)
Median: 22,000gns (-6%)
Average: 37,633 gns (-22%)
% Sold: 90 per cent
Top lot: Lot
749G: Delius (GB) 2021 B.C. BY Frankel (GB) EX Whatami (GB) >> Coolmore >> De Burgh Equine / McKeever Bloodstock / Go Bloodstock / Waterhouse / Bott Racing >> 1,300,000gns
Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Coolmore, 2. The Castlebridge Consignment, 3. Baroda Stud
Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock, 3. Go Bloodstock / De Burgh Equine / Waterhouse & Bott Racing / McKeever Bloodstock
Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Frankel, 2. Kingman, 3. Sea The Stars
Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. James Garfield, 2. Frankel, 3. Territories
D3's top five lots
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1129A: La Bellota (IRE) 2022 B.G. >> Mehmas (IRE) EX Sagittarian Wind (GB) >> John Ryan Racing Blandford Bloodstock >> 425,000gns
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1069: Amphius (GB) 2021 B.C. >> Kingman (GB) EX Trojan Queen (USA) >> Juddmonte >> Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock >> 380,000gns
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1117: Hawk Power (IRE) 2021 B.C. >> Gleneagles (IRE) EX Lyric of Light (GB) >> Godolphin >> Blandford Bloodstock / Annabel Neasham Racing >> 300,000gns
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1068: Task Force (GB) 2021 B.C. >> Frankel (GB) EX Special Duty (GB) >> Juddmonte >> Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock >> 260,000gns
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1129D: High Season (GB) 2022 B.C. >> New Bay (GB) EX Dark Promise (GB) >> Kingsley Park >> Ramzi Alghul >> 250,000gns
(20:55)
Lot 1129A:
La Bellota, a juvenile colt by Mehmas, is bought by Blandford Bloodstock for 425,000gns. Tom Biggs was in charge of bidding, acting on behalf of Richard Brown who is travelling to Del Mar for the weekend's racing.
The colt, winner of the Prospect Stakes (L), runner-up in the Mill Reef Stakes (G2) and fourth in the Cornwallis Stakes (G3), was sold by John Ryan Racing, Ryan having purchased him this spring at the Tattersalls Guineas Sale for just 52,000gns from breeder Tally-Ho Stud
"He is the best 'freelance' two-year-old on the market at the moment, and is 105 rated," said Ryan. "He has performed better than most out there, to be honest it is bitter-sweet to lose him. But, at the end of the day, we bought him well and have sold him well."
He added: "He is a superstar, a lovely horse to train, and anyone would love to have this horse in their yard – but he will carry the name La Bellota and we can follow him, I think he is a very special horse. I hope he goes on to be what I think he could be."
Ryan explained the origin of the name La Bellota: "Owner Gerry McGladery named the horse after his villa in Marbella. La Bellota means acorn, and from acorns big things can grow."
(20:18)
Lot 1117:
"This the one we wanted," said Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock after going to 300,000gns for Hawk Power (Gleneagles) on behalf of trainer Annabel Neasham.
He added: "He is a lovely horse – we have bought a couple of others along the way, but this the horse I wanted to buy and we have been patient.
"I think he will be better on top of the ground – he has been running on soft ground and ran in a bog when third to Fast Tracker, who was sent off favourite for the French Derby, on his last start in the Listed race at Chantilly. It was bottomless ground that day and he had had a long year. He is a very well-bred horse from a pedigree that has worked in Australia. and he is out of a Street Cry mare, which was attractive, too.
"He shows up every week, he travels well, he has a good turn of foot. He is a very simple horse to like and genuinely was the horse I really wanted."
Hawk Power, who has been racing in France for trainer Andre Fabre, is out of Lyric Of Light, who won the Fillies Mile (G1) and is a daughter of Suez, who finished second in the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1).
(19:32)
Lot 1092:
Cracksking, a son of Frankel and out of the German Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Calyxa, a daughter of Pivotal, is bought by SackvilleDonald for 190,000gns from James Fanshawe's Pegasus Stables.
The four-year-old gelding, who has been owned by Alison Swinburn and Mark Sartori, has run 13 times. He has made it it to the racecourse seven times this year and has won, finished second twice, third twice, fourth once and fifth on his seasonal debut in a field of 18.
(18:43)