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Tattersalls March Sale Catalog Now Online

A total of 197 lots have been cataloged for the Tattersalls March Sale which takes place at Park Paddocks in Newmarket on Wednesday, March 31. The catalog for the Tattersalls March Sale can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com and will be available from Tattersalls and Tattersalls representatives from Friday, March 12.

Comprising 64 fillies and mares in/out of training, 116 colts/geldings in/out of training, 12 yearlings and 5 2-year-olds, the catalog features consignments from many of the world's leading owner-breeders including Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates, who have 15 lots cataloged between them. The catalog also contains attractive drafts from several of Britain's leading trainers, with the largest consignment in the catalog being the team of 12 consigned by Richard Fahey's Musley Bank Stables.

Buyers looking for horses in training with smart form will have plenty to choose from with the potential highlights including the promising 3-year-old Glentaneous who boasts a Timeform rating of 91p following an impressive win on his second start for Brian Meehan. The well-bred son of Gleneagles is out of a sister to the joint champion European older horse Youmzain and to the Group 1 winner and dual classic runner-up Creachadoir.

Other eye-catchers include the progressive 4-year-old Dark Pine, rated 103 by Timeform following wins on both his starts for David Loughnane, and Shadwell Estates' Huraiz, a smart performer for Mark Johnston who placed in the Group 3 Sirenia Stakes at two and has a current Timeform rating of 104. Horses-in-training offered by Juddmonte Farms are always much sought after and amongst their consignment is the high-class Bugle Major. Placed in the listed Prix Lyphard in November and runner-up behind the group performer and two-time listed winner Magny Cours on his most recent start, Bugle Major holds a Timeform rating of 108.

Well-bred fillies also feature prominently including daughters of leading sires Dark Angel, Frankel, Invincible Spirit, Lope de Vega, No Nay Never, and Siyouni. The Castlebridge Consignment will offer the smartly bred 3-year-old filly Countessa on behalf of Hugo Palmer's Kremlin Cottage Stables. The twice-raced daughter of Camelot was placed on her latest start and is out of a half-sister to Group 1 winners Alpha Centauri and Alpine Star from the exceptional family of Miesque.

Godolphin has been a perennial source of top-quality breeding stock and will offer two well-bred fillies in Arabian Romance and Fresh Snow, from the immediate families of champion 2-year-old Pinatubo and dual Group 1 winner Raven's Pass respectively. Other well-bred fillies in the catalog include Dramatista, a winning daughter of Group 1 winner Aoife Alainn by Lope de Vega who will be consigned by Roger Fell's Arthington Barn and Eltham Palace, a daughter of Invincible Spirit out of the Group 3 winner and Group 1 placed Moment in Time who will be offered by David Simcock's Trillium Place Stables.

Pinhookers also look well catered for with yearlings cataloged by proven sires Camacho, Charm Spirit, Cityscape, Kuroshio, and Twilight Son as well as exciting first crop sires Gustav Klimt, Massaat, Rajashinge, and Unfortunately.

Commenting on the 2021 Tattersalls March Sale, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“The addition of the Tattersalls March Sale to our 2021 sales calendar came in response to the COVID-related disruption to the February Sale and we have a catalogue which has all the ingredients to appeal to the customary mix of domestic and international buyers. Strict COVID protocols will continue to be in place, but we are looking forward to welcoming registered participants to Park Paddocks for the March Sale, and those unable to attend in person will as ever be able to use our live internet and telephone bidding platforms.”

To view the online catalog, click here.

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Runhappy 3-Year-Olds Making Joyful Cadence Toward Winner’s Circle

Champion Runhappy was represented by his first Oaklawn winner when Joyful Cadence ($6.40) broke her maiden by 8 ¾ lengths in Thursday's seventh race for fillies and mares, 3 and up, under apprentice Joshua Morales. It was her second career start.

Joyful Cadence, 3, is from the first crop of Runhappy, an Eclipse Award winner (male sprinter) in 2015 for colorful owner James “Mattress Mack” McIngvale who now stands at historic Claiborne Farm in Kentucky.

According to a news release from Claiborne, Joyful Cadence was the 11^th winner this year for Runhappy to lead the country's second-crop sires. Runhappy got off to a pedestrian start at stud, known more in 2019 and 2020 for a seemingly nonstop marketing push that tied the horse's name to stakes races, a race meet and six-figure bonuses for his progeny breaking their maidens in unrestricted races at a handful of major venues. Joyful Cadence is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Country Grammer, who finished fifth in the $1 million Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) for 3-year-olds last August at Saratoga.

“I had high hopes for her from the very beginning,” said John Ortiz, who trains Joyful Cadence for WSS Racing (William Simon). “I just thought patience with these Runhappys was going to be a key and that turned out to be correct. A lot of Runhappys that are now running as 3-year-olds, they had a good month. Again, everybody's tracking them. I knew it was going to be an older-horse thing and we're lucky to have one.”

Simon, a former Walmart executive who has a home in Rogers, Ark., purchased Joyful Cadence for $235,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Ortiz said the filly made the short list of WSS's bloodstock agent, Jared Hughes, adding “she was one of the most beautiful yearlings we saw at the sale.”

“She was just athletic from Day 1,” said Ortiz, who has trained for Simon for approximately four years. “That's the biggest investment that we have made so far, in the hopes of finding that nice Grade 1 filly, or horse, period.”

Ortiz said he stopped on Joyful Cadence last summer to give her time to mature for a 3-year-old campaign. Joyful Cadence, in her career debut, finished seventh over a synthetic surface Jan. 15 at Turfway Park. Ortiz said he used the sprint for “education” and “fitness” purposes.

“I was not disappointed in that race at all,” Ortiz said. “That race, actually, showed me what I actually had. She wasn't 100 percent fit to run that day, but she didn't look like a loser. The track was very heavy on the rail. First time, going 6 ½, and on a dead rail, I think, took a lot out of her. Even then, she came back on her toes and I kind of got an idea what she had to do now and I think that's when she put it together. We brought her to Oaklawn right away.”

Racing over a fast track Thursday, Joyful Cadence covered 6 furlongs in 1:09.95 to earn a 93 Equibase Speed rating. Ortiz said Joyful Cadence came out of the race in “great shape” and he'll probably point for a conditioned allowance event and “see where that takes us.” Joyful Cadence, Ortiz said, is the only offspring of Runhappy he now trains.

“If anybody out there has one, send the Runhappys,” Ortiz said with a laugh.

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First Mare Confirmed In Foal To Grade 1 Winner Gift Box

New to Lane's End for 2021, Grade 1 winner Gift Box had his first mare confirmed in foal, the farm announced today.

The first confirmed mare is Chelsea Road, by Speightstown, and is owned by Ro Parra's Millennium Farm. She is a half to stakes-placed Aces High, and hails from the immediate family of Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old Point Given.

The first son at stud by Twirling Candy, Gift Box retired as the highest earning colt by his sire. He was among the leading older horses in America in 2019 after a string of graded stakes performances including a Grade 1 victory in the Santa Anita Handicap and a second consecutive win in the G2 San Antonio Stakes.

Gift Box stands for $10,000.

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First Mare Confirmed In Foal To Champion Game Winner

Lane's End announced today that champion Game Winner, new to the farm's roster for 2021, has his first mare confirmed in foal.

The first confirmed mare is Desire Street, owned by Machmer Hall. She is a half to stakes winner and graded-stakes placed Abraham, as well as Grade 1-placed Beat the Benchmark. Her first foal by Into Mischief ran second first-time out at Fair Grounds this year.

In his undefeated champion 2-year-old season, Game Winner put away three Grade 1 victories in the Del Mar Futurity, American Pharoah Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The son of perennial leading sire Candy Ride added another graded stakes win as a 3-year-old in the G3 Los Alamitos Derby, tallying over $2 million in earnings by the end of his racing career.

Game Winner stands for $30,000.

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