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Ruidoso Horse Sales Move 2020 Events To Oklahoma

The 2020 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, the 2020 New Mexico-Bred Sale and the Foal In Utero Sale will be conducted at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., on Aug. 27 , 28 and 29.

After weighing several factors relating to the annual horse sales, specifically the current New Mexico Public Health Order which limits mass gatherings, All-American Ruidoso Horse Sale will partner with Lazy E Arena, located just north of Oklahoma City, to hold the sales.

The two long-standing sales will also be combined into a single event. With a start time of 10 a.m. each day, the Thursday session will feature approximately 200 New Mexico-bred yearlings. The Friday/Saturday sessions will offer approximately 400 select Quarter Horse yearlings, 20 select foals in utero, and the partial R.D. Hubbard dispersal.

The live sale event will be streamed online at RaceRuidoso.com at no charge. Interested buyers will be able to bid onsite and via phone only. Horses will arrive on site at the Lazy E and will be available for inspection beginning Aug. 25. A single catalog will be produced for all three days and will be available the first week of August. A catalog can be requested at RaceRuidoso.com.

The sale dates are the weekend after the All American Futurity and Derby Trials which occur at Ruidoso Downs Aug. 21 through 23.

“We will not have the magic of Ruidoso this year, but the Lazy E arena is a nice air-conditioned facility that is used to hosting big events and will accommodate our specific needs. We look forward to returning to Ruidoso in 2021,” said Lowell Neumayer, general manager of the All-American Horse Sale Co. “The All-American Ruidoso Horse Sale Co. is very grateful to Gary and Micah McKinney and Dan Wall of the Lazy E, and the Ruidoso Downs owners and management for their assistance in helping to arrive at this solution.”

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Godolphin Draft Highlights Strong Opening Day Of Tattersalls July Sale

The opening session of the Tattersalls July Sale saw demand across the boards with the ever-popular Godolphin draft the highlight on a day that saw a remarkable clearance rate of 96 percent.

Kalagia provided one of the highlights of the opening day of the Tattersalls July Sale when the half-sister to exciting first-season sire Prince of Lir was knocked down to Tim Lane for 130,000 guineas (US$172,087).

“I was rung up by a top-class British breeder and asked to bid on his behalf,” reported Lane. “I am not sure of plans, but she has an exciting pedigree and obviously Prince Of Lir is flying.”

The daughter of Kodiac was sold by Highclere Stud and is also a half-sister to the Listed winner Nitro Boost from the family of the Group 3 Sprint Stakes winner Resplendent Glory.

Blue Diamond Stud Secure New Jazz for Decorated Knight

New Jazz was the first lot in the ring from the Godolphin draft and made 130,000 guineas (US$172,087) when knocked down to Tony Nerses on behalf of Imad Al Sagar's Blue Diamond Stud.

“We always wanted a Scat Daddy!” smiled Nerses. “She is a lovely individual, we saw her as a yearling but she was beyond our pocket then. Glad to get her back now. She is a winner and has a decent page, we are very happy! We hope to cover her with our own stallion Decorated Knight, she should suit him.”

New Jazz was sold in-foal to champion 3-year-old sprinter Harry Angel on a February cover. The 4-year-old daughter of Scat Daddy is out of a half-sister to Traffic Guard, runner-up in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes.

Roger Varian Strikes for Gentlewoman

There was also spirited competition for the well-bred Gentlewoman from the Godolphin draft. Taking instructions on the phone, Roger Varian made the winning bid at 125,000 guineas (US$165,471) for the daughter of Shamardal to see off underbidder Kevin Buckley.

“She is for someone who could not travel due to the current restrictions, and I have just helped out,” said Varian. “It is likely she will be going abroad. She is from a good family.”

Gentlewoman was also sold in foal to Harry Angel, and is a half-sister to the black-type performers Interlocuter and Spellwork, out of Satin Kiss, an own-sister to Godolphin's Group 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Lujain.

The Tattersalls July Sale continues at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 10.

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Darby Dan Farm’s Flameaway To Shuttle To Chile’s Haras Dadinco

Flameaway, Darby Dan Farm's multiple graded stakes-winning son of Scat Daddy, is shuttling to South America to stand at Haras Dadinco in Chile for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season, it was announced today.

In the deal brokered by Matt Bowling Bloodstock and Sullivan Bloodstock, Flameaway will stand alongside Aragorn, Newfoundland and Van Nistelrooy, among others.

“We are thrilled to partner with Haras Dadinco,” said Ryan Norton, stallion director at Darby Dan Farm. “Flameaway was a versatile racehorse and he has a stallion's pedigree. He generated a lot of interest in this, his first season at stud, and we believe it's an exciting situation for our young stallion, as well as for Southern Hemisphere breeders.”

An ultra-consistent near-millionaire earner of $911,634 for owner John Oxley and trainer Mark Casse, Flameaway was a stakes winner each year he raced from ages two to four, winning on traditional dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces at distances from 4 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. All told, he won five stakes, including the Grade 3 Dixiana Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland and Saratoga's Skidmore Stakes at two after breaking his maiden on debut.

The following season, he captured the G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, defeating subsequent Grade 1 winners Catholic Boy and Vino Rosso. He also won the Kitten's Joy Stakes on turf at Gulfstream Park and the Challenger Stakes at Tampa, retiring having finished first or second in nine of 18 lifetime starts.

At stud, Flameaway proved popular at Darby Dan, breeding 183 mares in his first Northern Hemisphere season.

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Tattersalls Ireland Postpones Derby, May Store Sales Due To COVID-19

It is with regret that owing to continued COVID-19 related travel restrictions in Ireland, Tattersalls Ireland has taken the decision to postpone the Derby and May Store Sales which were due to take place from Tuesday, July 14 – Thursday, July 16. It is intended that the Derby and May Store Sales will now take place at Tattersalls Ireland in Ratoath on Aug. 11 – 13, prevailing government regulations permitting.

Commenting on the postponement, Tattersalls Ireland CEO Matt Mitchell said:

“Despite every effort being made to give all the normal participants an opportunity to attend the sales next week it became clear during the course of yesterday that the current obstacles in our way are insurmountable. It was reconfirmed that all attendees; be they vendors, purchasers or employees who were due to arrive in Ireland from the U.K. are required to self-isolate for 14 days without exception and therefore their attendance at the sale would not be possible.

“The extremely difficult decision to postpone the Derby and May Sales has been made in the context of the unprecedented and unpredictable COVID-19 related circumstances and in the best interests of our vendors, purchasers and staff. We are very conscious of the impact that this decision will have on our valued clients, but we are also at all times mindful of our wider social responsibilities and the prevailing government guidelines.

“Many businesses in Ireland who are dependent on international customers have faced the very same issues and we will continue to explore every avenue that will allow sales to take place in Ireland as soon as the current restrictions have been eased. We must all hope that the outlook improves, and at this stage it is our intention to hold our flagship Derby and May Store Sales in Ireland on Tuesday, Aug. 11 – Thursday, Aug. 13 as our first preference, or in the U.K. on those dates if necessary. Revised dates for the August National Hunt Sale will be announced in due course.”

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