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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Tatts Launches Internet Bidding For Craven Sale

Tattersalls kicked off live internet bidding for the upcoming Craven and Ascot Breeze Up Sale in Newmarket June 25. Buyers are required to register (click here) at least 48 hours prior to the start of the sale and will receive account verification from Tattersalls before the sale begins. Telephone bidding will also be available.

“We first trialled live internet bidding back in 2008, but there is no doubt that the challenges posed by the global pandemic have made the technology an essential additional service for potential buyers who are unable to attend our sales,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “Starting with the Craven and Ascot Breeze Up, live internet bidding will now be a regular feature of sales at Tattersalls and we are confident that it will be welcomed by buyers throughout the world.”

For additional  details of Tattersalls Live Internet Bidding, click here.

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Combined Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up And July Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the 2020 Tattersalls July Sale can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com and will be published on Monday, June 22.

The July Sale, numbering 572 lots, will commence on Thursday, July 9,  the day after the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale, and comprises 488 horses and fillies in/out of training and 80 broodmares, four of which have foals at foot. Taking place Wednesday, July 8 – Friday, July 10, in addition to the 157 high-class Guineas Breeze Up 2-year-olds, the three-day sale features high quality consignments from many of the world's leading owner/breeders including Cheveley Park Stud, Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, Shadwell Estates and The Royal Studs.

Long established as Europe's premier midsummer sale, the Tattersalls July Sale has produced the dams of an impressive 13 individual Group 1 winners since 2016, including the 2019 Group 1 winners Ten Sovereigns, Fairyland and Watch Me for 32,000, 65,000 and 75,000 guineas respectively. The dam of last year's impressive Group 2 Richmond Stakes winning two year old Golden Horde, twice placed in Group 1 company, was also purchased from the sale for only 14,000 guineas.

The major owner/breeders Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates have 106 lots catalogued between them, while the 80 broodmares include mares in foal to proven Group 1 sires Dutch Art, Iffraaj, Intello, Kodiac, New Approach, Oasis Dream, Showcasing, Tamayuz, Zoffany and Zoustar. Young sires are equally well-represented with mares in foal to exciting Group 1 winners Blue Point, Caravaggio, Cracksman, Expert Eye, Golden Horn, Harry Angel, Masar, New Bay, Night of Thunder, Profitable, Ribchester, Territories, Twilight Son and Ulysses.

Eye-catching lots amongst the broodmares include the Shadwell consigned Raasekha, a listed-placed half-sister to Champion sprinter Muhaarar in foal to Tamayuz, and Juddmonte's beautifully bred Group 3 winner Sense of Joy, in foal to the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club winner New Bay who has already been represented by two exciting 2-year-old winners.

Also likely to attract attention is the Jamie Railton consigned Storming Sioux, the dam of dual Group 3 winner Prince of Arran, in foal to Group 1 winner Mondialiste, whilst the Listed scorers Tunkwa and Go Angellica form part of a typically strong Godolphin consignment and are offered in foal to Golden Horn and Harry Angel respectively.

Other mares from high profile families include Cheveley Park's Heavenly Bliss, a daughter of the two-time Group 3 Dahlia Stakes winner and multiple Group 1 placed Heaven Sent, from the excellent family of dual Group 1 winner Megahertz, and Classic Code, a Galileo daughter of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Saoire offered by the Castlebridge Consignment in foal to Harry Angel and with a filly foal by Muhaarar at foot.

Opportunities also abound for buyers amongst the 488 horses and fillies in/out of training with proven group and listed performers including the smart Momkin, runner-up in the Group 3 Craven Stakes last year and with an official rating of 106. Jim Bolger's talented duo of Geometrical and Agitare, placed in the Group 2 Futurity Stakes and Group 2 Golden Fleece Stakes respectively in 2019 also look certain to attract attention. Winning, unexposed performers from the Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates consignments will as ever attract plenty of interest and other notably promising horses in training include Repaupo, the winner of two of his four starts for John Gosden.

In addition to highly rated colts and geldings in training the July catalog also features an abundance of well-bred fillies in and out of training. Juddmonte Farms consign Contestant, the own-sister to Group 1 Matron Stakes winner Emulous, as well as At Ease, a daughter of the Grade 1 American Oaks winner Jostle. Shadwell Stud consign Monya, a half-sister to Group 2 winners Hawksmoor and Royal Dornoch, whilst Godolphin offer Euphemism, a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Criticism. Roger Varian's Carlburg Stables present A Day at the Races, a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Best Solution, whilst Owen Burrows' Kingwood House Stables consign Eadlibb, a daughter of the Group 1 Nassau Stakes winner Zahrat Dubai.

Commenting on the 2020 Tattersalls July Sale, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“The Tattersalls July Sale has been a remarkably consistent source of Group 1 producers and performers on the global stage and 2019 was an exceptional year with six individual Group 1 winners produced by graduates of the sale. Alongside fillies and mares from outstanding international families, the July Sale offers an abundance of progressive and proven horses in training that look set to appeal to a broad cross-section of buyers from throughout the world.”

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Tattersalls Announces New August Mixed Sale

Tattersalls is to stage a new mixed sale to be held at its Park Paddocks base in Newmarket on Tuesday, Aug. 25 and Wednesday, Aug. 26. Similar to the ever-popular Tattersalls July Sale, the August Sale will primarily comprise horses and fillies in training, but will also be open to all other categories including breeding stock.

Commenting on the decision to stage a new fixture, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“The decision to stage an August Sale is entirely in response to the unique COVID-19 related circumstances we all find ourselves facing. We were acutely aware as we took entries for the July Sale that the absence of racing was posing major difficulties in terms of assessing the merits of stock and what was suitable for entry in the July Sale. We spoke with a wide cross section of vendors and it became clear that there was significant demand for an extra fixture to accommodate requirements related to the impact of the global pandemic which has caused so much disruption in every walk of life.

“In a normal year, there would be a major yearling sale in the week we have chosen for the August Sale, but with that sale moving to a later date, we have been able to react positively and collaboratively for the benefit of all concerned.”

Entries are now being taken for the Tattersalls August Sale and should be made online at www.tattersalls.com. The closing date for the sale is expected to be Monday, July 20, but will be finalized at a later date.

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