Lot 543: Harvard Sound (Ten Sovereigns) ex Music And Dance (Galileo) is bought by JS Bloodstock for 50,000gns, the gelding previously trained by Tom Clover for Clipper Logistics.
The three-year-old has run twice – he finished second on his debut in May, before going on to win a 7f Lingfield maiden by an easy 7l.
The gelding, bred by Norelands Bloodstock and M Gilsenan, is from the extended family of Hasili and her black-type-winning progeny – Banks Hill, Cacique, Champs Elysees, Intercontinental, Heat Haze and Dansili. (15:44)
Lot 505: Syd Hosie buys a third horse today, a second son of Frankel and the most expensive of the trio going to 150,000gns for Victory Shout, who is a winner over 1m4f since the catalogue was published and was trained by Karl Burke at Spigot Lodge Stables.
Sat by the back wall, alongside assistant Tony Charlton, Hosie said: "We both liked this horse and we have bought him on spec. This was the plan from the offset to come to this sale and buy some hurdling types – we can get them home and into a routine in good time before the NH season."
The colt is a half-brother to two winners and is a grandson of Cloud Castle, winner of the Prix Vermeille (G1), and dam of three black-type winners and ancestress of seven, including the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) winner Queen's Trust, and the three-time US Grade 1 winner Domestic Spending. (14:50)
Lot 497: a bid of 80,000gns secures the four-year-old Mr King (Kingman) sold by The Castlebridge Consignment to trainer Iain Jardine.
The Kingman gelding is a two-time winner, last time successful at Naas in June over a mile and off a rating of 84. He is now rated 91.
He is a half-brother to the Night Of Thunder filly and Munster Oaks (G3) winner Thunder Kiss, and it is the extended Group 1 family of Last Second, Aussie Rules and Allegretto. (14:25)
Lot 495: Surfers Paradise (Ten Sovereigns), a winner four days ago at Naas, sells for 62,000gns and is bought by Mohammed Hamad Khalifa Al-Attiyah, hsi second purchase this week.
The three-year-old gelding, now rated 92 and in training with Joseph O'Brien, is a close relation to Visualisation, winner of the Mooresbridge Stakes (G2), and Asking, runner-up in the 1000 Guineas Trial. Dam Roselita is an own-sister to Group 2 winner Precious Gem and the 2002 European champion three-yera-old Rock Of Gibraltar. (14:14)
Lot 464: Rapid Mission has also been bought to go jumping, trainer Syd Hosie the successful purchaser of this gelding by Frankel at 45,000gns.
Hosie said: "He won well last time over 1m4f at Limerick, and has been bought for Mr and Mrs Kenyon."
Previously in training with Joseph O'Brien and now BHA rated 86, the three-year-old is out of the Dark Angel mare Midnight Crossing, a Grade 3 winner in the US and the dam of two winners from two runners. (13:25)
Lot 428: the first on Day 2 to hit a six-figure sum is the Zoustar gelding Star Runner, bought for 105,000gns with a jumping future ahead of him
Gary Bannon, assistant to William Durkan and standing at the top of the back stairs, was responsible for bidding and explained future plans for the three-year-old.
"We have bought him to go juvenile hurdling,"said Bannon. "We were very lucky at this sale last year buying from Jamie Railton, we bought Eagle Fang who ran at Cheltenham and has been a good juvenile for us."
He added: "He was unlucky on is last run, he was up after the line on his last run. We have been following him and were happy that he came up for sale – we have had to push the boat out a little bit but we are pleased to have him.
"We will get him home and get him jumping, and he is for the boss. "
Star Runner, who is still a maiden, is a half-brother to the good four-year-old filly Running Lion, winner of the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot.
Bannon added: "He is a big scopey and rangy horse so should jump a hurdle and is out of a Dansili mare so should stay and, hopefully, do us justice."
Last year's purchase Eagle Fang, a two-time winner over hurdles and last successful when winning at Punchestown in May, finished third in the Grade 3 juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse in December and finished mid-division in the Boodles Juvenile Hurdle at The Festival. (13:01)
Lot 412: Rosy Kiss, who is a three-year-old filly by Calyx, is bought for 43,000gns.
Consigned by Marco Botti's Prestige Place, the daughter of Calyx won over a mile at Leicester on her last start, just her fifth career outing. The Racing Post reporting after the race that the filly "found plenty" and there should be "more to come".
She is a half-sister to the Group 3-placed Cribbs Causeway (Rip Van Winkle) and her dam Bristol Fashion (Dansili) is a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Coronet, the Group 2 winner and Group 1 Irish Derby-placed Midas Touch and the Group-placed Streetcar To Stars.
Third dam is the Sun Chariot Stakes (G2) winner Last Second, the dam of ten winners, including the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (G1) hero Aussie Rules. (12:00)
Lot 380: the unraced Twilight Hours goes to Blandford Bloodstock for 30,000gns, sold by Barton Sales.
The Night Of Thunder filly is out of the Listed placed White Bullet and from the leading family of the British Champions Fillies/Mares Stakes (G1) winner Wonderful Tonight and the champion two and three-year-old Camelot . (11:38)
Lot 347: Keady Town, a three-year-old by Make Believe, makes 20,000gns bought by AR White.
He was sold by Richard Hughes' Weathercock House Stables as a maiden with a number of good placed efforts to his name. He is a half-brother to Maliparmi (Ribchester), a Listed winner in Italy and fourth placed in the Prix Fille de l'Air (G3). (10:57)
Lot 333: an early morning result for Consign Ltd, sells Extra Beat for 30,000gns to Ed Bailey Bloodstock / Harry Derham.
The Zoffany colt, trained by James Horton for Artemis Thoroughbred Racing, won in May at Haydock over 1m2f, and off a BHA mark of 70.
He is out of Ladys First, winner of the Atalanta Stakes (G3) and the dam of First Street, winner of the Gerry Fielden Hurdle (G3) and third in the Christmas Hurdle (G1). (09:58)
Day 2 withdrawals: 322,  324,  325,  326,  327,  328,  330,  331,  334,  335,  336,  337,  339,  342,  343,  346,  350,  351,  352,  353,  357,  362,  364,  367,  368,  369,  373,  377,  378,  392,  398,  407,  408,  410,  416,  421,  423,  424,  427,  429,  430,  435,  436,  437,  440,  441,  443,  444,  446,  451,  453,  456,  459,  461,  463,  467,  469,  472,  476,  478,  482,  485,  486,  488,  490,  494,  496,  498,  502,  509,  510,  512,  514,  515,  516,  517,  518,  522,  524,  525,  526,  528,  533,  541,  542,  544,  545,  551,  553,  560,  562,  563,  567,  569,  574,  575,  577,  578,  584,  585,  589,  590,  591,  593,  594,  596,  607,  610,  612,  615,  621,  622,  624,  625,  640,  642,  643,  647 (09:15)
Morning and welcome to Day 2 of the Tattersalls July Sale (09:06)
Day 1
Tattersalls July Sale Day 1 Statistics: (+/- sold compared to last year)
Catalogued: 323 (300)
Offered: 222 (215)
Sold: 188 (188)
Aggregate: 5,107,700gns (029%)
Median: 10,000gns (-38%)
Average: 27,169gns (-29%)
Lots sold for 100,000gns+: 11
% Sold: 85% (87%)
Leading consignor (by agg): 1. Godolphin, 2. Baroda Stud, 3. Barton Stables
Leading purchaser (by agg): 1. BBA Ireland, 2. Newsells Park Stud, 3. Sheikh Abdullah Almalek Alsabah
Leading sires (by agg): 1. Dubawi, 2. Galileo, 3. Night Of Thunder
Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Galileo, 2. Dubawi, 3. Siyouni
Top five lots
Lot 248: Whispering Words (IRE) 2020 B.M. >> Godolphin >> BBA Ireland >> 280,000gns
Lot 249: Art of Magic (IRE) 2020 B.M. >> Godolphin >> Newsells Park Stud >> 270,000gns
Lot 242: Hope Diamond (IRE) 2019 B.M. >> Baroda Stud, Ireland >> Gestüt Fährhof >> 250,000gns
Lot 246: Menuetto (GB) 2015 B.M. >> Godolphin >> JS Company >> 150,000gns
Lot 138: Topanga (GB) 2021 B.F. >> Kingsclere Training Stables (A. Balding) >> McKeever Bloodstock >> 135,000gns (19:19)
Lot 308: Sheikh Abdullah Almalek Alsabah goes to 110,000gns for Pack Ice, a three-year-old filly by Postponed sold by Jamie Railton (Agent).
She is the winner of one race from three starts having finished second and third on her first two career outings. The form of her 1m2f June win at Chepstow is working out well – the second-placed Warren Greatrex-trained Mighty Bandit won his maiden today at Pontefract.
She is from the family of the 16-time winner Potemkin, whose collection of victories include the Group 1 Premio Roma, and Paita, winner of the Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) and with Group 1 placed form in the Prix de Diane and the Prix Vermeille. (19:12)
Lot 304: another good result today for consignor Baroda Stud – sells Shepperton Lodge (Lope de Vega) to Abubaker Sideek Abdullah Ibrahim Kadoura for 95,000gns.
The three-year-old colt has raced once since the catalogue was published when fourth of 18 in a 1m2f maiden at The Curragh at the end of June. He is out of Saltanat (Duke Of Marmalade), a half-sister to Qualify, winner of the Oaks (G1).
It is the further family of the Park Hill Stakes (G3) winner Eva Luna, the St Leger winner Brian Boru, Loving Dream, winner of the Prix de Royallieu (G1), the champion stayer in Australia, a two-time Group 1 winner in Germany and winner of the Group 1 Caulfield Cup in Australia, as well as the Derby (G1) winner and champion Workforce. (19:02)
Lot 249: the three-time winner and dual Listed race runner-up Art Of Magic (Invincible Spirit), consigned by Godolphin, is bought by Newsells Park Stud for the farm's breeding syndicate at 270,000gns.
"We just think she is a lovely mare and the nicest mare we saw as an individual," said Julian Dollar of Newsells Park. "She has a very commercial mating to Blue Point, which is attractive as he looks very exciting and has gone on with his three-year-olds, so that definitely appealed.
"Graham [Smith-Bernal, owner Newsells Park Stud] asked me what her value was and I said probably around 250,000gns, but I thought that, as she was going to be in the sweet spot for people as she is such an attractive mare, she might make more.
"At 250,000gns plus a bid, it gives us room to play. She is an outstanding individual and Darley is great to buy from."
She is from a long-developed Godolphin pedigree – her third dam is the Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Helen Street, the dam of Street Cry, granddam of Shamardal, and great grand dam of Victor Ludorum.
Under the second dam is the Darleys sire Territories, winner of the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat.
Newsells Park Stud Bloodstock has three mares and two fillies in training, including You Got To Me, who is part-owned with Valmont. She won the Lingfield Oaks Trial (L), finished fourth in the Oaks (G1) and then went on to finish in the same position in the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot.
She has entries in the Irish Oaks (G1), the Lillie Langtry Stakes (G2), the Yorkshire Oaks (G1) and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1).
Dollar added: "She’s been bought for Newsells Park Stud’s breeding fund. We also have You Got To Me and Sibila Spain as part of that and the idea is to give people an opportunity to get into breeding and to come with us in what we’re doing. Some of the people who have been involved in the racing partnerships have got involved on the breeding side and they’ve really enjoyed being able to see that side of the business." (17:44)
Lot 248: Whispering Words by Dubawi, in-foal to Kingman and from the Godolphin draft is bought by Charles Shanahan, signing under the BBA Ireland banner, for 280,000gns.
She has been bought on behalf of Timmy Hyde Snr and his father Paul Shanahan.
"She is has a great pedigree and is by Dubawi, which is very important as he is doing great things as a broodmare sire. It is very exciting and being in-foal to Kingman, he is having such a good year and I think she is good value at that," said Shanahan.
A winner as a three-year-old, Whispering Words is out of the New Approach mare Hadith, winner of the Montrose Stakes (G2), and is a granddaughter of the Sweet Solera Stakes (G3) winner Discourse and a great granddaughter of the US Listed-placed Divine Dixie.
Hadith had fillies by Dubawi and Wootton Bassett in 2022 and 2023. (17:20)
Lot 246: a winner of two races as a four-year-old in France, Menuetto (Dubawi) from Godolphin is bought online by the Japanese-based JS Company for 150,000gns.
She has had one runner and one winner, her first foal Magnum Opus, who was successful as a two-year-old last year and won a mile handicap on July 1 at Pontefract off a BHA mark of 84. He is now rated 91 and has an entry in a mile handicap at Ascot on Friday.
Menuetto had colts by Mastercraftsman and Palace Pier in 2022 and 2023, and is in-foal to Teofilo on a February 21 service date.
Her dam is the Listed winner Measured Tempo (Sadler's Wells), a daughter of Allez Trois, the dam of the Prix du Jockey Club winner Anabaa Blue and ancestress of Los Angeles, who finished third in the Derby (G1) to City Of Troy and won the Irish Derby (G1) on June 30.
It is also the family of the Prix Jean Prat (G1) winner Tamayuz and the 2020 Irish Derby winner Santiago.
A regular purchaser at Tattersalls, JS Company's biggest spend so far at Park Paddocks has been 1,600,000gns given at the 2022 October Book 1 Yearling Sale for the Fittocks Stud-consigned colt out of Willow View and by Dubawi. (17:15)
Lot 242: Hope Diamond, a daughter of Galileo is sold with her first foal, a filly by No Nay Never, for 250,000gns bought by Gestüt Fährhof in a private sale.
A daughter of Danedrop, Hope Diamond is a half-sister to three black-type winners, including the champion Danedream (Lomitas). She was the winner of eight races, five of which were Group 1s, headlined by the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Hope Diamond was sold back in-foal to No Nay Never and was consigned by Baroda Stud. (17:08)
Lot 230: the two-year-old winner Rare Jewel (Exceed And Excel), a half-sister to the Listed winner Noble Title , is bought by Yeomanstown Stud for 125,000gns.
She is out of the Listed winner and Group 3 third-placed Fashion Queen (Aqlaam), a half-sister to the dam of the Richmond Stakes (G2) winner and Prix Morny (G1) third-placed Asymmetric and Mill Stream, winner of the Duke Of York takes (G2). (16:46)
Lot 194: the two-year-old winner Swift Victory (Saxon Warrior) sold by trainer James Tate's Jamesfield Stables to Sheikh Abdullah Almalek Alsabah for 100,000gns.
The three-year-old colt is out of the Listed placed Swift Campaign (Intikhab) the dam of three winners from four runners, including the two-year-old Transcending, who won at Leopardstown in June, a winner for new sire King Of Change. (15:56)
Lot 193: Sunny Street is heading to Indonesia on stud duties, bought by King Halim Stable. The three-year-old colt is by Exceed And Excel and is a half-brother to Excellent Sunset, who was placed third in the Robert J Frankel Stakes (G3).
The stable's owner Kusnadi Halim is at Tattersalls with his racing consultant Sennet Ho, who said: "We have bought this horse for stud duties, and we liked him for his his conformation, everything is well proportioned. We want to increase the breeding population in the region and we are looking for new bloodlines. As Indonesia is so big it is hard to travel so studs use stallions for their own private purchase."
With changes to racing scene in the region, racing having come to an end in Macau and in Singapore, Ho is keen to explore new opportunities that could open up saying, "Macau so close and there is plenty of potential." (15:18)
Lot 157: consigned by Imperium Sales, the 98-rated four-year-old gelding Davideo (Galileo) is bought by New Zealand-based trainer Shaune Ritchie Racing with De Burgh Equine for 130,000gns.
Ritchie has enjoyed success buying at Tattersall before – he purchased Mahrajaan at the Autumn Horses In Training Sale 2022 for 75,000gns. The son of Kitten's Joy has gone on to win the New Zealand and Auckland Cup (G2) and is now being aimed at the Melbourne Cup.
Ritchie, who is based at Cambridge, is hoping he can repeat the feat with Davideo, and said: "He was my number one pick here. He has a big frame to fill out and he looks as though he goes on all types of going and he has a pedigree to back it up. We will get him home and try take him down the same route as as we did with Mahrajan – if he can successfully do that then we will take him to Australia as well, it is easy from over the 'ditch' to get there."
Of immediate plans, he added: "He will be on the next flight Down Under – we have quarter acre paddocks at home and every horse gets into a paddock through the day and a horse with a big frame like that will really suit that style of training."
He added: "Mahrajan has a strong chance of being the New Zealand Stayer of the Year, and it is really on the back of his success that we have been encourages us to come back again."
And of ownership plans, he outlined: "Last year I bought Mahrajan with 50 per cent sold and I have done the same again. You can buy a nice yearling at home in Australia or New Zealand and they are hard to move, whereas you buy a horse here and start mentioning the Cup races and everyone wants to get involved." (14:44)
Lot 138: bought by Johnny McKeever of McKeever Bloodstock for Australian owner and breeder Gary Johnson, Topanga has been purchased with a southern-hemisphere covering to Darley's Too Darn Hot in mind.
McKeever said: "Gary has seven broodmares in Europe because he likes our staying bloodlines. The mares are kept at New England Stud and Gary is here on his annual July visit.
"We are gradually buying mares who we cover on southern-hemisphere time – they stay in England for a year or so, and then join Toby Liston of Three Bridges, and she will be covered by Too Darn Hot, although we might keep her in training for a few months just to see if there is a chance of grabbing a bit of black-type somewhere. We'd probably keep her with Andrew [Balding] and in the routine she is used to. She has an amazing back family and is a beautiful filly that was important a good physique was paramount."
Explaining the attraction of sending the mare to visit Too Darn Hot, McKeever added: "He looks as though he could be an absolute breeding-changing stallion. It is so unusual that a sire can operate in both hemispheres."
The daughter of Siyouni cost her new connections 135,000gns. (14:25)
Lot 116: Naturelle, sold by Norris Bloodstock, is bought by the Japan-based Paca Paca Farm for 55,000gns.
By Night Of Thunder and placed once as a three-yer-old last year, she is out of the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes winner Nahoodh (Clodovil) and a half-sister to Hawkesbury, a Listed winner in Dubai, and Etes Vous Prets (Too Darn Hot), winner of the Hochi Hai Fillies Revue (G2). She is trained in Japan by Kenichi Fujioka for Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed. (13:27)
Lot 115: the Frankel filly, A Gift of Love, is bought by Norelands Bloodstock for 55,000gns.
Bred by Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd, the four-year-old is out of the Galtres Stakes (L) winner Our Obsession and is an own-sister to Frankellina, runner-up in the Musidora Stakes (G3).
The family has further links with Juddmonte's champion sire – Our Obsession is a half-sister to Frankly Darling (Frankel), winner of the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) and third-placed in the Oaks (G1).
It is the stud's leading family of the Group 1 winner Rebecca Sharp and the Derby winner and champion three-year-old Golden Horn.
Norelands Bloodstock, of course, has been successful buying this pedigree from Hascombe before, notably when the farm, through BBA Ireland, purchased Fleche D'Or at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale for 62,000gns – the mare's Cape Cross colt born that spring was Golden Horn. (13:19)
Lot 96: consigned by Jamie Railton, Matwana makes 60,000gns bought by Ed Bailey Bloodstock / Harry Derham.
The daughter of Galiway was placed at Deauville over 7f on her one run to date for trainer Christopher Head and owner Qatar Racing and breeder Guy Pariente.
She is a half-sister to seven winners, including three black-type winners, including the Group 3 victor Batwan (Kendargent), and two black-type performers. (12:35)
Lot 64: a first-strike this week for Tally-Ho Stud – the farm spends 42,000gns on the unraced mare carrying to Bayside Boy. She was sold by Ballylinch Stud, which stands the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) winner.
The three-year-old mare by Showcasing is out of the Group 3 winner Normandel (Le Havre). She is the dam of one winner from one runner and is a half-sister to the Grand Prix de Paris (G1) winner Mont Ormel, and to La Pyle, the dam of the dual Group1 winner Pyledriver. (12:07)
Lot 55: Excellent View (Shamardal), the dam of the Dubai Dash (L) winner Mutaraffa and sold in-foal to Camelot, by The Castlebridge Consignment is bought by Martin Wanless on behalf of an Irish-based client for 75,000gns.
A daughter of the Empress Stakes (L) winner and Cherry Hinton Stakes (G2) runner-up Pearl Grey. (11:39)
Lot 41: Opulence Thoroughbreds goes to 46,000gns for Liberty Breeze, a six-year-old three-time-winning daughter of Equiano and sold by Simon Whitaker Racing for Grange Park Racing. She was sold in-foal to Aclaim on a March 28 service date.
The syndicate's director George Gill was in situ at Tattersalls and doing the bidding and he said: "We know this family very well as we own her half-brother Purosangue, who was second in the Coral Charge at Sandown on Saturday, and Teme Valley Racing, our partner in him, also owns the other half-brother Tropical Storm, who was second at Royal Ascot in the Norfolk Stakes."
He added: "We are looking to expand our broodmare band, she is in-foal to Aclaim, who is sire of Purosangue. She will go to Galiway Stud at Woburn from here.
"She has a good family and good updates and she is an exciting prospect."
Of the reason behind buying at broodmare prospect, he said: "We have two broodmares, it is a long term thing but it is something that is slightly different, it is an exciting thing to do in the UK, and it is where my interest lies and a lot of the clients have followed suit.
"We have two foals on the ground by New Bay and Lope De Vega. We have changed our strategy a little bit to buy fillies with residual value. Obviously in our game it is all about keeping your money alive for the long term, and we are focused on fillies with a good page – even if they are moderate racehorses they still have some value."
The syndicate has around 50 horses in training and is looking to target the Qatar Goodwood Festival with a number of horses, and with Purosangue likely to run in the Stewards' Cup. (11:15)
Today's withdrawals : 5,  6,  7,  14,  19,  20,  26,  27,  36,  38,  42,  51,  52,  54,  56,  57,  65,  78,  81,  86,  87,  89,  103,  104,  106,  107,  110,  112,  117,  118,  121,  124,  141,  143,  145,  146,  148,  149,  151,  152,  153,  154,  161,  165,  167,  168,  170,  173,  176,  178,  179,  180,  182,  187,  191,  196,  197,  198,  199,  200A,  202,  207,  211,  216,  217,  222,  226,  227,  228,  231,  243,  252,  261,  267,  270,  272,  273,  274,  275,  279,  281,  282,  283,  285,  287,  288,  296,  300,  302,  303,  312,  313,  318,  321 (08:34)
It is a little damp, but warmer than it has been of late. Selling starts at 9.30am (08:33)
Morning and welcome to Park Paddocks for Day 1 of the July Sale. (08:30)
Tattersalls Guineas Horses In Training Sale and Breeze Up
Tattersalls Guineas Sale statistics: (% + /- compared to last year)
Catalogued: 400 (358)
Offered: 305 (267)
Sold: 250 (226)
Aggregate: 7,959,000gns (+7%)
Median: 20,000gns (-17%)
Average: 31,836gns (-4%)
% Sold: 82% (85%) (11:00)
At the conclusion of the 2024 Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented:
“Demand in the Horses in Training section of the 2024 Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training Sale has without doubt exceeded expectations, with domestic British and Irish buyers competing strongly with their international counterparts to produce record-breaking trade comfortably surpassing the previous records for turnover, average and median as well as the number of lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more.
"The clearance rate for the horses in training was a remarkable 94 per cent, yet again demonstrating the sustained global appetite for British and Irish horses in training sold at Tattersalls, and the horses belonging to Coverdale Stud and Titanium Racing were particularly sought after with buyers from throughout Europe, the Gulf region and Australia all making their presence felt.
"Nevertheless, the strong and diverse demand that produced the wide-margin record-breaking Guineas Horses in Training Sale was not matched in the Breeze Up section of the sale and, while the combined turnover for the Breeze Up and Horses in Training is a record, and the breeze up average and median prices have held up well in relation to last year’s record-breaking sale, the clearance rate has been well below par.
“In the months leading up to both the Tattersalls Craven and Guineas Breeze Up Sales members of the Tattersalls team have made promotional visits to a host of international markets including America, Australia, Bahrain, Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Sweden and the two sales continue to attract considerable numbers of overseas buyers, but as has been noted at the earlier Breeze Up Sales, there is a selectivity to the market which has been reflected in clearance rates that have not matched the impressive levels achieved last year.
"It is clear that there are challenges in the current marketplace, challenges which reflect wider economic realities, but it should also be recognised that competition for quality British and Irish bloodstock remains robust and diverse.
"The breeze up consignors have as ever done an outstanding job, there have been some spectacular pinhooking successes today and there is no doubt that this year’s renewal of the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale will further enhance the sale’s reputation as a consistent source of Group 1 horses." (10:00)
Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale
Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Statistics: (+/- sold compared to last year)
Catalogued: 202 (203)
Offered: 163 (168)
Sold: 117 (141)
Aggregate: 4,943,500gns (-17%)
Median: 27,000gns (-10%)
Average: 41,894gns (-1%)
Lots sold for 100,000gns+: 11
% Sold: 72% (84%)
Leading consignor (by agg): 1. Lackendarra Stables, 2. Knockanglass Stables, 3. Longways Stables
Leading purchaser (by agg): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. Highflyer Bloodstock, 3. Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock / B Smart
Leading sires (by agg): 1. Mehmas, 2. King Of Change, 3. Oasis Dream
Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. King Of Change, 2. Mehmas, 3. Sergei Prokofiev
Top five lots
Lot 322: King of Change (GB) / M'Selle (IRE) B.F. (GB) >> Donovan Bloodstock, Ireland >> Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock / B Smart >> 180,000gns
Lot 367: Mehmas (IRE) / Raincall (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Lackendarra Stables, Ireland >> JS Bloodstock / Opulence Thoroughbred >> 160,000gns
Lot 253: Mehmas (IRE) / Camisole (USA) B.C. (GB) >> Yeomanstown Stud, Ireland Blandford Bloodstock >> 150,000gns
Lot 270: Hello Youmzain (FR) / Dream Dreamer (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Longways Stables, Ireland >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 150,000gns
Lot 232: Quality Road (USA) / Alice Springs (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Mocklershill, Ireland >> Colm Sharkey Agent >> 140,000gns (19:43)
Lot 368: the pinhook result of the session goes to Anderson Bloodstock's sale of this filly by sire of the day King Of Change – purchased as a yearling for €8,000, she sold today for 120,000gns to Alex Elliott / Amo Racing.
It is a debut mission at Tattersalls for Anderson Correa, who said: "This is the first year we have done this by ourselves we are delighted. I have so many people to thank including Robson Augair, Roger O'Callaghan and my brother who has helped so much. I am delighted that she has been bought by such a good judge.
"We bought four yearlings last autumn and sold two today, we have another to sell at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up [Lot 178]." (18:57)
Lot 367: the Mehmas colt from Lackendarra Stables makes 160,000gns, bought by Billy Jackson-Stops.
A beaming consignor Eddie Linehan, who bought the colt as a yearling for 55,000gns at the October Book 2 Yearling Sale, said: "He did a very good breeze, we gave a good throw for him in Book 2, but we targeted this sale specifically in the hope that he might stand out a bit. He is a very nice horse looked the part and vetted well.
"The good ones are always easy to sell. He stood out all along for us, the day we bought him we thought we'd got a bit of value. We have been lucky with Mehamas before and we are delighted."
It has been a good day for Lackendarra – the consignor is leading the field at the moment by turnover having sold four lots for a turnover of 347,000gns.
"We bought four to the sale and sold all four, and all have sold for a bit more than expected, we are delighted," smiled Linehan.
Billy Jackson-Stops, purchaser of the Mehmas, said: "He is for Andrew Balding and Opulence Thoroughbreds. He is by the right sire, he did a lovely breeze and a good time. We wanted to buy something that would be active this year and on that front he is everything that we wanted. We loved his attitude, know the consignor well and he always does a good job." (18:48)
Lot 341: the already-named Nobler by the German-based sire Amaron is bought by Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock and the southern hemisphere-based Go Racing for 120,000gns.
The transaction was another successful sale at Tattersalls for the Craven Sale-topping Glending Stables – Roderic Kavanagh's stable having sold the Galileo top lot at last month's sale for 1,000,000gns.
This colt was bought as a yearling by Glending for €26,000 in Germany last autumn.
The 15-year-old Amaron (Shamardal) stands at Gestut Etzean at a fee of €4,500. (18:20)
Lot 322: Donovan Bloodstock turns a £20,000 purchase into a 180,000gns sale, this filly by first-season sire King Of Change increasing her valuation today when bought by Oliver St Lawrence with trainer Bryan Smart.
"We liked the filly, she breezed really well, we will get her home and see where we go," said Smart. "Everything we have seen by King Of Change has breezed well. Her new owner was keen to have a filly and if she could get some black-type then she will be a breeding prospect."
Understandably, Danny O'Donovan, alongside his ownership team of Adam Potts and Brian Sheerin, were all smiles after the sale.
"It is incredible – I thought she might make about 130,000gns but to get to 180,000gns is incredible, it is life-changing money," said O'Donovan. "King Of Change has been fantastic to me all year, I have had three of them and have got life-changing money for them. It is an incredible feeling, and it can help put things on the up."
Potts added: "We knew she was very quick, and we thought she would do a good time, we were hopeful that she would deliver and she did. We really liked her when we bought her, she did nothing but improve, get stronger and faster, and it was in March we thought she might be quick."
Donovan laughed: "The pressure is off now, I am just grateful that everything has come together this year, King Of Change is my hero now!
"He was not on many radars, but he was a very good racehorse himself and we liked the stock we saw and knew they would be affordable to buy. This filly was £20,000 and she has just thrived all the way through and tuned into a really nice filly.
"Adam and I buy physicals, we work hard at the sales and we buy physicals over pedigrees and we just liked them all. We had three by the sire and there was nearly a fourth as we underbid another!
"About seven or eight weeks ago, when we started to stepped them up, I texted Micheal Orlandi [stands King Of Change] and said that this stallion is going to come up with a good one because from the first bit of work when we stepped up the gears they showed the class. They were all a bit different, hopefully, they can all go on and do it on the track."
King Of Change, who is by Farhh and stands at Starfield Stud at a fee of €5,000, finished second in the 2,000 Guineas (G1) and won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. (17:31)
Lot 270: Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock strikes again, this time going to 150,000gns for the colt by Hello Youmzain from Longways Stables.
"I seem to be cornering the market in Hello Youmzains, that is the third one I have bought this breeze-up season," laughed Brown. "I guess I like his stock.
"I have bought him for Sheikh Juma, and he was particularly keen on him from the start. I put a list together, and when this horse was there, the Sheikh seemed fairly excited about the horse.
"This horse looks a lovely sort, he did a vey good breeze, I don't know much about the stallion but he has the credentials to be a good stallion. I hope he does – I have spent too much on an unproven stallion!"
When asked to compared his Hello Youmzain's three, Brown said: "They all have great muscle, and balance, and got a bit of class and style about them. I'll be honest, at the yearling sales, he was not on my radar at all, but he has stepped up here to be very much on my radar."
The colt, who is out of the two-year-old winner Dream Dreamer (Dream Ahead) and was bought at the October Book 2 Yearling Sale by Longways Stables for 35,000gns, goes into training with James Tate.
Hello Youmzain, a son of Kodiac, won the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes and the Sprint Cup Stakes (G1) . He was also twice Group 1-placed in sprints and was a Group 2 winner as a juvenile. He stands at Haras d'Etreham at a fee of €22,500 and is owned in partnership with the New Zealand-based Cambridge Stud. (15:19)
Lot 253: the Yeomanstown Stud-offered son of Mehmas is bought by Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock, standing down the back stair well, for 150,000gns.
"He has been bought for Sheikh Rashid, and he goes to Richard Fahey, obviously been very successful for Sheikh Rashid – Pretty Crystal, the filly supplemented for the 1,000 Guineas on Sunday, is out of a breeze-up filly whom we purchased, so it is all coming around with progeny now starting to come forwards."
Brown added: "This horse did a very good breeze, he was very green and came across the track with his ears pricked. Watching it live I loved it, but he is going to have to sharpen his act up a bit as he was fairly babyish.
"I love the stallion – he is a very serious sire of two-year-olds. This horse looks a real two-year-old and though he has the sire's best attributes." (14:41)
Lot 248: the Masar colt out of Bournemouth Belle (Canford Cliffs), a winner at two and third in the Empress Stakes (L), is bought by Middleham Park Racing for 130,000gns, the colt going into training with Archie Watson.
"He is a lovely horse, a very good physical, he is the sort of horse we love to buy," said Watson. "He did a very good breeze for a horse of his type – he is certainly a 7f / miler type but his times and what he did stood up against sprinter type horse, We had to stretch a bit to get him.
"He has got a chance of being a Chesham horse. We'll get him home and see how he fits in with the others, if he could be Royal Ascot sort then we will look at that, if not I am sure he will still be a lovely horse." (14:32)
Lot 232: the well-bred Mocklershill Stud-consigned colt by Quality Road out of the multiple Group 1 winner and Group 1 placed Alice Springs (Galileo) is bought by Colm Sharkey for 140,000gns.
Sharkey said: "He is for a Dubai-based client, he was pretty keen to get him, he had the horse ear marked for weeks, he loves the pedigree. Th horse will ship to Dubai and will get all the time he needs. By Quality Road, the Dirt pedigree works out there and h has had success. This is a big strong horse who vetted well, there are not many negatives."
The colt is a half-brother to Prettiest, three-times placed in European Group 3 races, and to Fleetingly, a three-year-old filly by Justify who recently finished second in a maiden at Naas on her second career start. (14:01)
Tattersalls Guineas Horses In Training Sale
Guineas Horses In Training Sale Statistics: (+/- compared to last year)
Catalogued: 198 (155)
Offered: 142 (99)
Sold: 133 (85)
Aggregate: 3,016,000gns (+97%)
Median: 15,000gns (+25%)
Average: 22,677gns (+26%)
% Sold: 94% (86%)
Top five lots
Lots 89: Kingman (GB) / Life of Pi (GB) 2022 B.F. (GB) >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> A C Elliott, Agent / JS Bloodstock >> 130,000gns
Lots 168: Supreme Beauty (IRE) 2021 B.F. >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> J & A Young (Leicester) >> 130,000gns
Lots 146: Thunder Blue (GB) 2021 B.C. >> Baroda Stud, Ireland Barratt Racing >> 110,000gns
Lots 198: Blanchland (IRE) 2020 B.C.Wildcard >> Jane Chapple-Hyam Racing >> De Burgh Equine >> 110,000gns
Lots 169: Twisting Physics (GB) 2021 B.C. >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> Fitri Hay >> 100,000gns
Lot 92: Chilli Zing (IRE) 2021 B.C. >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> Philip Kirby >>100,000gns
Leading consignors (by agg): 1. The Castlebridge Consignment, 2. Baroda Stud, 3. Jamie Railton
Leading purchasers (by agg): 1. J & A Young (Leicester), 2. Philip Kirby, 3. Hurworth Bloodstock (13:24)
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