Altior’s Sister Shines At Derby Sale

A 3-year-old half-sister to seven-time Grade 1 winner Altior (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 301) was the star of the show during the second and final session of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale on Wednesday when fetching a final bid of €300,000 from Aidan O’Ryan and Gordon Elliott. That sum is the second-highest price ever paid for a filly at this sale.

Progeny of Walk In The Park proved popular on the day, with Gallagher Equine and Russell MacNabb paying the day’s second-highest price of €195,000 for a gelded 3-year-old (lot 273) from the Redpender Stud draft. Kevin Ross spent €170,000 on Castledillon Stud’s gelded son of Getaway (Ire) (lot 240) who is the first foal out of the unraced La Scala Diva (Ire) (Milan).

Day two of the sale saw €4,675,000 added to the coffers for a two-day aggregate of €9,015,700 for 220 horses sold. The cumulative average wound up at €40,980, and the median €32,000.

“Having completed the two-day 2020 Derby Sale, we share with the majority of our valued clients a sense of relief that the sale has been able to take place,” said Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive Officer Matt Mitchell. “We have placed emphasis on a substantial level of pre-planning to ensure that the registration process and the protocols were of the highest standard for all those present on the sales complex. We acknowledge with gratitude the very high compliance levels for the protocols.

“Overall trade has been remarkable, given the difficulties of Covid-19. Whilst the market is down, the quality is still very much in demand. In this exceptional year, it is appropriate to highlight part of the Derby Sale took place in Doncaster, with sales of £2,205,000 and an average of £64,853. The €300,000 achieved for the full sister to Altior reflects the demand for quality, and also rewards the vendor Paddy Behan for his belief in the Derby Sale.

“Despite the backing of Brian Kavanagh, HRI and ITM whose efforts we acknowledge with thanks, the protocols proposed by Tattersalls Ireland and Goffs to allow purchasers to attend from outside Ireland did not succeed. By providing videos of each entry in the sale we sought to assist purchasers outside Ireland who were unable to attend, with approximately 19% of the total sale purchases being made via live internet bidding from non Irish-based purchasers.”

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Monmouth Park Unveils Ky Derby Day Packages

Monmouth Park will offer special dining packages that include guaranteed entry as part of the GI Kentucky Derby simulcast and live racing program Saturday, Sept. 5. Entry will be limited according to state-approved regulations for attendance capacity restrictions. Derby Day guaranteed entry tickets cost $10, with patrons receiving a $10 food voucher upon admittance. Parking and admission are free. A Derby Day Picnic Party will take place in the trackside picnic area. The package includes all-you-can-eat food and soft drink service from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Advanced reservations will also be available for the Kentucky Derby Clubhouse Dining at Lady’s Secret Cafe. All food and drink is a la carte beginning at 11 a.m. Monmouth will also host a Derby Day Best Dressed Contest, with the winner receiving a $100 Kentucky Derby wager.

For more information on the Kentucky Derby Day dining and events, visit www.monmouthpark.com.

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Donna Veloce Back in Kentucky Oaks Picture

Considered one of the leading members of her division before she went to the sidelines this spring Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo) has reemerged as a serious candidate for the Sept. 4 GI Kentucky Oaks.

After finishing second as the favorite in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and again in the GI Starlet S., Donna Veloce began her 3-year-old campaign with a win over Speech (Mr. Speaker) in the GIII Santa Ysabel  S.Mar. 8 at Santa Anita. Sidelined with what trainer Simon Callaghan called “a little minor thing,” she has not run since the March race.

“She is a possibility for the Oaks,” Callaghan said. “She will have an important breeze on Friday [at Del Mar]. We are actually planning on doing it just before the races begin and [jockey] Flavien Prat will breeze her. That will be a pretty good indicator of whether we think the Oaks is the right race for her or whether we go in the [Sept. 4 GII] Eight Belles [S.]. I am pretty sure she will be coming to Churchill for one race or the other.”

Donna Veloce worked three furlongs at Del Mar July 10, her first work since Apr. 4. Since her return she’s had six works, the last two at five furlongs.

Whether she goes in the Sept. 4 Oaks or the seven-furlong Eight Belles, Donna Veloce will face the difficult task of having to face top competition after a layoff of nearly six months. Callaghan said his filly is up to the task.

“Typically, this obviously would be a big ask for any horse,” he said. “This filly does seem to fire really good races fresh. She is that type of filly. She broke her maiden first time out after a relatively light breeze campaign. When we gave her some time off and brought her back this year for the Santa Ysabel she came back and won off a layoff. She gets herself pretty fit in the morning and she puts a lot into her breezes. She’s extremely clean winded and is definitely the type of filly that can get herself ready.”

Should she go in the Oaks, she’ll also have to prove she has the ability to beat what may be two of the best fillies to come around in years in Gamine (Into Mischief) and Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil)

“They are two super talented fillies,” Callaghan said. “There’s no doubt about that. Gamine might have some distance limitations. I’m not saying she does but she could, But she is insanely talented and so is Swiss Skydiver. It is without question a very, very deep field.”

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