Trade continued in strong fashion at the inaugural Tattersalls August Sale with international participation and live internet bidding both featuring strongly on the second day. The top four lots were bought by buyers from Bahrain, Qatar, Hong Kong and the U.S., with two of the four falling to internet bids. The clearance rate was a spectacular 95 percent.
The high-class sprinter Swindler topped the second day of the Tattersalls August Sale after Oliver St Lawrence saw off the attentions of underbidder Steven Hillen to secure the gelding on behalf of Fawzi Nass for 150,000 guineas (US$206,930).
“He is to go to Bahrain, that will be his base,” commented Nass. “He is a very talented horse; he goes on fast ground and can sit off the pace. There might be a race for him on our International Day but he could make up to be good enough to go to Dubai or Saudi.”
The 97-rated Swindler is a dual winner from the family of French 2,000 Guineas winner Make Believe and was fourth last time out in the Stewards' Cup for trainer Ed Walker and owner breeder Bjorn Nielsen.
U.K.-based agent Jamie Lloyd secured the highly rated three-year-old Poet's Voice colt Whisper Not for 90,000 guineas (US$124,158) from the draft of Richard Hannon's East Everleigh Stables.
“He is for Chris Dunn for whom we bought Lady Prancealot, so he will be going to the U.S.,” said Lloyd. “This horse has got a lot of pace and is lightly raced – Richard Hannon said there is some more improvement to come. We have not finalized plans in the U.S. yet – West Coast or East Coast, probably west – but he will come back to the farm first.”
The colt has won his last two starts and was offered with a 'Timeform' rating of 94p, and Lloyd added: “He won that first race by 20l on a slow track at Pontefract and then won again on the faster track at Lingfield. I think he could drop back to a mile in the U.S.”
Owned in training at East Everleigh by owner Michael Pescod, the colt was bought by Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock for 20,000 euros (US$23,647) at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale in 2018.
The Tattersalls August Sale continues at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26 with the third and final session.
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