Four Six-Figure Lots On Opening Day Of Tattersalls October Book 3

Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale got off to a strong start with honors split amongst four yearlings who all realized 130,000 guineas (US$176,093).

The first of the four yearlings to sell for 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) was the Mehmas filly out of the Street Cry mare Araajmh who was knocked down to Blandford Bloodstock's Tom Goff. Araajmh is a daughter of the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes winner Rajeem and a half-sister to last year's Group 2 Duke of York Stakes winner Invincible Army.

“I saw her in the rain yesterday and again this morning, and she is an absolute star. Ed Dunlop rang me early this morning from Warren Hill and asked if anything was in early, these things happen fast. She is a lovely mover, I bought one by the sire on Monday and he is an absolute revelation,” said Goff.

Mehmas, who stands at Roger O'Callaghan's Tally-Ho Stud, has been enjoying a stellar year with his first runners which have included the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Supremacy, the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner Minzaal and the Listed winners Acklam Express and Method.

The chestnut filly was sold by Loughmore Stables' Kitty Fitzpatrick who commented: “She was bought in partnership with Luke Barry for €11,000 (US$12,880), she is a lovely filly and we were delighted from the day we bought her. Obviously Mehmas has done what he has done, which is a huge help. She behaved like a queen and all the right lads were on her.

“I have a mare in-foal to the sire on the back of this filly, so hopefully she is lucky for new connections.”

Of coming into this sale, Fitzpatrick added: “Book 2 was very strong, when you see what is going in the world, it was amazing. We have to be grateful that we are here at all trading, long may it last!

“I was always confident there would be a turn in her, but I didn't think she'd make that sort of money! I liked her a lot, so I am not gobsmacked as I have thought a lot of this filly all the way through. She was a lovely foal, had a big walk, strength and was always a very strong powerful filly.”

Explaining how the pinhook buying works with Luke Barry's Manister House Stud, she said: “We spilt the foals up 50/50 with Manister House, and the lads at home have done a great job. It couldn't be done without them.”

Hazelwood Bloodstock's Night Of Thunder Colt Sells for 130,000 Guineas

Adrian and Philippa O'Brien's Hazelwood Bloodstock were responsible for the second six-figure yearling of the day when their Night of Thunder colt out of the Duke of Marmalade mare Dominike sold for 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) to the bid of Brendan Holland's Grove Stud.

The sale represented an impressive pinhooking profit for his owners, who had purchased him via agent Troy Steve for 20,000 guineas (US$27,091) at last year's Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

“He has been bought to breeze. He is by a leading sire, he is a good type and I have been lucky with the sire,” commented Holland. “This is a lovely clean-limbed horse with plenty of scope, I think he would have matched up with the horses sold earlier this week.

“The strong market gives everyone confidence for the foal market and for the spring too, this has helped.”

Hazelwood Bloodstock have previously topped Books 1 and 2 of the October Yearling Sale and principal Adrian O'Brien was very pleased with their decision to target Book 3 with this colt.

“It is all about Night of Thunder. He has been sensational on the track this season and we brought this horse to Book 3 as we thought he'd stand out a bit. It's a good sale and you get well paid if you bring the right horse.”

Farhh Colt Stars for Car Colston Hall Stud

The third of the four lots to realize 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) was the Farhh colt out of the Nathaniel mare Fair Daughter. Consigned by Nicholas and Jane Forman-Hardy's Car Colston Hall Stud, the pedigree is full of Group 1 winners bred by the Nottinghamshire nursery including the Racing Post Trophy winner Crowded House, the American Oaks winner Ticker Tape, the Middle Park Stakes winner Reckless Abandon and the Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Brando.

The February-born colt was purchased by Stroud Coleman's Matt Coleman to race in France.

“It is a wonderful family, Car Colston is a fantastic breeder and a stakes horse seems to pop up on this page every year so we are delighted to get him, and he has been bought for a client to race in France,” said Coleman.

“He is just a lovely moving horse, and obviously Farhh's statistics are incredible. He is a lovely staying prospect and will be more a three-year-old than a two-year-old, but we were looking for a really nice middle-distance type.”

Stud manager Jonathon Smithers was all smiles, commenting: “We are delighted, it is a first foal out of the mare, the penultimate daughter out of the foundation mare Weiner Wald. It is a fantastic chance to get the mare off and running, Farhh's page is fantastic and we wish the colt's new owners the best of luck.”

Whilst the pedigree hardly needs any updates, there was a new stakes winner for the family just last week when the two-year-old colt Erasmo, out of Sant Elena, a granddaughter of Weiner Wald, won a listed race at Chantilly on just his third start.

“He is a big strong foal, just glad he made that. He showed himself really well here,” added Smithers.

Clipper Logistics Buys Sister to Main Desire

The fourth and final lot to realize 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) for the day was the Churchill half-sister to the dual Listed winner Main Desire. Consigned to the sale by Keith Harte on behalf of Max Ervine, the filly was knocked down to Ballyhane Stud's Joe Foley on behalf of Steve Parkin's Clipper Logistics.

“The filly is lovely, she looks very fast, the mare was very fast,” said Foley.

“We bought Main Desire at Fairyhouse and she was very fast. She was second favorite for the Queen Mary but broke her cannon bone, and had a good character to come back from that and win the Listed Westow Stakes on her next start.

“The mare comes from a high-class US tap root family and, though she has gone to 'distancey' stallions, she has bred very fast horses by the likes of High Chaparral, New Approach and Mastercraftsman. We have followed them all and they have all been big, rangy horses.

“We love Main Desire, she is one of our favorites. She has got a Frankel foal and is in-foal to Churchill. We were very interested to see this filly this morning, and we loved her, she looks like a speedball and has a lot of Churchill quality about her.”

The daughter of the Orientate mare Purple Glow was consigned by Keith Harte, who in the last year has bought a farm near Finchingfield, North Essex.

“This is the best yearling result we have had so far from the new farm, which is around 25 miles from here,” said Harte. “Max has been selling with us for years, he is a great breeder. We sold Wichita for him.”

Harte added: “I am delighted that Joe has bought the filly as he has made the family. The filly came to us a couple of weeks ago from Max's farm and she has been straightforward and easy to do. Everyone who has seen her has loved her and she looks a two-year-old, just like her sister. She has a big back-end on her, has a good attitude but wants to get on with the job, I am sure she'll want to run. The mare has only had the one filly and she was a stakes horse.”

Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continues at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16.

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Kitten’s Joy Filly, Dialed In Colt Top Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale

The relocated Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale, transferred from its original venue and date at Fairyhouse in May to Park Paddocks, Newmarket in July due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, saw sustained healthy and strong trade throughout the one-day session.

Overall, 125 horses were sold for an aggregate of €3,816,490 (US$4,448,506), an average price of €30,532 (US$35,588), an improvement of 9 percent compared with 2019, and a median price of €21,978 (US$25,617), an increase of 22 percent. The clearance rate was 85 percent.

The sale was conducted in sterling and four lots sold for six-figures with the Grove Stud consigned filly by Kitten's Joy fetching the top price of £220,000 (US$281,623) (Lot 74).

Her sale was a serious pinhook result for consignor Brendan Holland of Grove Stud – she cost just $27,000 as a yearling last summer.

“I bought her off my pals at Hunter Valley. She has done really well, she is a lovely, lovely filly, she has loads of quality. She was always very natural, I am delighted it is a great result,” said Holland.

The filly's sale was 2020's penultimate breeze up offering from Grove Stud and Holland added: “It is a great end to the season. I look forward to relaxing and watching Goodwood next week, but we have got yearlings in and we are starting to prep them.”

Another of the pinhook results of the day came late in the day – the colt by Dialed In, named Onesmoothoperator, purchased by Ger Kennedy of Sherbourne Lodge last autumn for $5,000, sold for £140,000 (US$179,217) today (Lot 244). He was bought by Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock, standing on the stairs with trainer David Simcock.

He didn't do a fast time at all, but he is bred to be a [mile and a quarter] horse so you would not expect it – he is out of a Medaglia D'Oro mare from Stormy Atlantic's family,” said Brown. “He is a phenomenal mover.  he has a wonderful way of going. He has been bought for our Never Say Die re-sale syndicate. We will put him in a field for two weeks now and he will probably go to David's in September.”

“Ger found him late on in the U.S. at the Fasig October Sale,” said Yvonne Kennedy. “Buying yearlings in France and the U.S. has been good to us this year, and there has been a lot of interest in the horse this spring.”

Ger added: “The sale companies have all been brilliant with everything this year, and there is no place like an auction ring to find the true value of a horse.”

At the conclusion of the sale, Tattersalls Ireland Director Simon Kerins commented:

“Firstly, I would like to thank the vendors who have risen to the challenge of today's sale being relocated to Park Paddocks at the 11th hour. Like many in the bloodstock industry, the breeze up consignors have had to deal with difficult circumstances in the run up to the 2020 Breeze Up season, notably with today's sale original dated in May and they have met the change in date and venue with tremendous positivity and it was pleasing to see several vendors have excellent results.

“The bloodstock industry is truly resilient, and this was evident today by the strong demand for the choice lots. It was immensely satisfying to sell the second highest price ever for a two-year-old at the Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale with Grove Stud's Kitten's Joy filly selling for £220,000 (US$281,623) to David Simcock. There were considerable increases in the average of £27,284 (US$34,919) (up 9 percent from €27,992 (US$32,627) in 2019) and median of £20,000 (US$25,596) (up 22 percent from €18,000 (US$20,980) in 2019) considering that the numbers offered were down significantly on 2019, while the high clearance rate of 85 percent also needs to be acknowledged. We can now look forward to the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale returning to Fairyhouse Racecourse and Tattersalls Ireland respectively in 2021.

The Tattersalls Ireland team look with positivity to hosting our Derby Sale and May Store Sale on Aug. 18-20, followed by the August NH Sale on Aug. 27-28 in Ireland.”

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Excelebration Colt Tops Rescheduled Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale

Two lots sold for 100,000 guineas (US$132,471) or more at the postponed Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale. Alan King and Highflyer Bloodstock secured the top lot whilst 13 lots sold for 50,000 guineas (US$66,250) or more.

Highflyer Bloodstock's Anthony Bromley and trainer Alan King have been long standing supporters of the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale and the pair purchased four lots at this year's renewal for 258,000 guineas (US$341,854) including the sale topping Excelebration colt at 140,000 guineas (US$185,510).

“We don't go on times, but unfortunately he did a good time which increased interest in him, and pushed his price,” said Bromley. “We just like to look at them as individuals, their strides and general way of going.”

“This is the horse we really wanted and we had to really push the boat out to get him,” added the agent.

King, fresh from his three-timer at Royal Ascot, added: “Delighted and he is for two long-standing supporters of the yard in Max McNeill and Niall Farrell.”

The colt, who is out of the Mark of Esteem mare Open Book, was consigned by Meadowview Stables who purchased him at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale for just 18,000 euros (US$20,405).

Dolmen Bloodstock, the partnership of Justin Timmons and Danny O'Donovan, were celebrating after their Make Believe filly out of Olivia Pope was knocked down for 105,000 guineas (US$139,134) to Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown after he saw off the efforts of David Redvers. The filly received a significant boost on the weekend when her sire's son Mishriff won the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club.

“It was massive!” commented Timmons on the classic victory on Sunday.

“She has an engine and we were very happy with her breeze. She has been very busy, but it is always hard to gauge,” said Timmons. “We had the right people on her.”

The Kildare-based Dolmen Bloodstock team enjoyed a mighty pinhooking touch, having purchased the filly out of the mare Olivia Pope for just 10,000 euros (US$11,335) at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale.

At the conclusion of the 2020 Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“In the current climate we are all looking to accentuate the positives and I think we can reflect on solid if unspectacular trade at this year's renewal of the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up. This is, however, a year where 'solid if unspectacular' is a positive outcome and we would like to thank all those who have participated at today's sale for their contribution. The buyers have worked incredibly hard and the Breeze Up consignors have had to endure uniquely difficult conditions in the run up to the 2020 breeze up sales season, but ultimately everyone can look back on sales which have largely exceeded expectations.

“It has been challenging staging events of this nature with the prevailing COVID related regulations still in place but, despite continued travel restrictions, today's Guineas Breeze Up has seen demand from throughout the world including Australia, Bahrain, Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Qatar and Spain. The international demand has been accompanied by spirited bidding from the domestic British and Irish buyers and has resulted in some notable pinhooking successes, while the overseas buyers have made use of every possible means at their disposal to participate in the sale, including extensive use of our new live internet bidding platform as well as telephone bidding. It is a tribute to the resilience of the global bloodstock market that we continue to experience this level of international demand and we expect to see further widespread use of the live internet bidding platform at our two-day July Sale which commences tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.”

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American Pharoah, Hard Spun Juveniles Strike Big At Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale

A colt by exciting young sire Night Of Thunder was the star turn at the sun-drenched Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale when selling for 575,000 guineas (US$748,927). A total of 70 lots sold for 6,649,500 guineas ($8,660,855) at an average of 94,993 guineas ($123,728) and a median of 61,000 guineas ($79,457).

Brown Island Stables' Johnny Collins was celebrating after his Night of Thunder colt lit up the ring when selling for 575,000 guineas ($748,927) to Tom Biggs of Blandford Bloodstock. It was a notable pinhooking triumph for Collins who had purchased the colt for £72,000 ($89,319) as a yearling.

“I had one by Night Of Thunder last year and really wanted to get another to join the team,” said Collins after the sale. “He went through very early, looked like an April 28 foal, and was only 15hh high – he is a 16hh horse now! The time delay this spring has probably helped him, but he has always been a powerful galloper.”

Of his sire, Collins added: “Who could have foreseen what he would achieve? He has got better books coming forward and he really is taking himself up into the higher brackets.”

Tom Biggs saw off the efforts of underbidder Mark McStay and David Redvers after an intense bidding battle to secure the colt and explained;

“He will stay in Newmarket. It was a little more than we had wanted to spend, but you have to pay for this sort of horse. He is a lovely horse, he did a very nice breeze and his sire is doing so well.”

The sale-topping colt is out of Thurayaat, a granddaughter of the Oaks and 1,000 Guineas winner Midway Lady who also produced an Oaks winner herself in champion 3-year-old filly Eswarah.

Internet Bid Triumphs for American Pharoah Colt

Bids rained in from outside the sale ring from the socially distanced Tattersalls audience for Star Bloodstock's American Pharoah colt but it was an internet bid that won the day at 400,000 guineas ($521,050). The successful purchaser was Simon Chappell, who said;

“I know the guys at Star Bloodstock and they've been telling me this colt is a good horse all year. At 400,000 guineas there was no way I was letting a horse like him slip through the net. He's by the sire of the moment in American Pharoah, he did the third-fastest breeze and has a massive stride, so I used the internet bidding system and bought the horse. He'll be going into training with Simon Crisford.”

The colt was bought as a yearling by Byron Rogers and Newminster Pinhook for $170,000 and was prepared for Star Bloodstock by Johnny Hassett.

“He has always shown us a lot,” said Rogers. “When we let them off in March and asked the draft to point their toes a little bit, he always went well. He is a very quick horse, he breezed as we expected he would.”

The colt is from the second crop of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, already the sire of seven stakes winners, and is the second foal out of the stakes winning mare Harlan's Honor whose only runner to date has been stakes-placed in the U.S.

Cool Silk Partnership Strike for Hard Spun Filly
 
The Cool Silk Partnership and Peter Swann have enjoyed great success buying at the breeze up sales with Stroud Coleman's Matt Coleman and the team struck the winning bid of 375,000 guineas ($488,476) for Mocklershill's popular Hard Spun filly.

“We really liked this filly and waited for her. She is a lovely horse and travelled over well. She has only done her prep since March and has handled it well,” Peter Swann commented. “She might end up going abroad, we have just sent Midnight Sands to Brendan Walsh in the U.S. This filly will have some resale value too.”

Of the breeze-up sales, Swann added: “We like to buy at the breeze up sales as you get to see how the horse is mentally dealing with training. At the sale we look at times and strides and everything really, we have Matt with us and James Given to vet, but we also like to see the horses in the yard and see their characters. I think the market has been quite strong, we were underbidder on the Twilight Son filly. As the breeze ups have been so late this year we have had to be patient, but we hope we have bought a classier type.”

Consignor Willie Brown of Mocklershill said: “I am flabbergasted! She is a lovely filly, a seriously good filly, and has been very busy since we got here. She has been training well and only arrived with us on March 2. Then the only sale open was Goresbridge, but with the delays, and as she was working so well, we entered her here on a wild card.”

The filly is out of the Grade 3 placed Lemon Drop Kid mare Lemonette from a deep American family.

Chairman's Statement

At the conclusion of the 2020 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“First and foremost we would like to pay tribute to each and every individual who has worked so hard to make sure that the 2020 Craven Breeze Up Sale took place under almost normal conditions, albeit more than two months later than intended. In particular we should recognise the patience and commitment of the Breeze Up consignors who have worked with us every step of the way and have adapted to the challenges that the global pandemic has thrown at people in every walk of life. None of us can pretend that the past few months have been easy, but in these times of adversity it has been even more pleasing than usual to see so many of the consignors well rewarded. A clearance rate of 83 percent, an average price nudging 100,000 guineas and a top priced colt matching last year's highest priced colt, are very respectable statistics and reflect the outstanding professionalism of the Breeze Up consignors who, as ever, brought a fine collection of 2-year-olds to the Craven Breeze Up Sale.

“We should equally recognize the huge contribution made by today's purchasers. They have yet again demonstrated the enduring appetite for quality European thoroughbreds and the esteem in which the Craven Breeze Up is held. Even in these extraordinary times we have had buyers active from all corners of the world including Australia, Bahrain, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Qatar and Spain and the domestic demand has also exceeded expectations. Obviously the highlight was Johnny Collins' spectacular pinhooking triumph with his outstanding 575,000 guineas sale – topping Night Of Thunder colt, but there were numerous other success stories and we can be confident that there will be plenty of 2020 Craven Breeze Up graduates performing at the highest level.

“We are expecting international travel restrictions to be eased in the near future, which will be a great relief, and as we look forward to the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and July Sale it has also been encouraging to see the new internet bidding facility being widely used by buyers at all levels of the market. We have done our best to explore every possible way for buyers to participate at our sales in these unusual times and it has clearly been well received.”

The next sales at Tattersalls are the Guineas Breeze Up Sale and July Sale which takes place from July 8 – 10.

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