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Group 2 Winner Aloha Star Heads Initial Entries For Tattersalls Online August Sale

Tattersalls are pleased to announce the launch of the Tattersalls Online August Sale, the second online sale to be run by Europe's leading bloodstock auctioneers.

Bidding will open on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at midday (BST) and conclude at midday (BST) on Friday, Aug. 14.

The Fozzy Stack-trained Aloha Star, winner of the Group 2 Airlie Stud Stakes over six furlongs at the Curragh is the star attraction at the initial entry stage. The progressive daughter of champion sprinter Starspangledbanner shed her maiden tag at Bellewstown in good style in July before stepping up to Group 2 success at the Curragh.

Also included in the initial entries, consigned by Fernham Farm, is Akhania, a 7-year-old mare by Dalakhani, in foal to Golden Horn with a colt foal at foot by the 2,000 Guineas winning sire sensation Night of Thunder. The Feb. 16 foal is bred on the same cross as this year's Group 2 Dante winner Thunderous who is also by Night of Thunder out of a Dalakhani mare. Akhania is out of Fidelite, the winner of the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary stakes at Longchamp.

Meaningful Vote, a 3-year-old son of the great Pivotal, will also be offered for sale on the online platform by Fozzy Stack's Thomastown Castle Stables. The 89-rated colt ran out the winner of a Premier Handicap over a mile at Naas in July two starts ago.

Mirror Kisses, a winning 2-year-old daughter of Requinto, will be offered by Mick Channon's West Ilsley Stables. She ran out the winner on her latest start of the Maiden Stakes at Pontefract on July 31 after showing significant promise on her debut behind subsequent Glorious Goodwood winner Miss Jingles.

The Johnny Murtagh-trained Measure of Magic will be offered as Lot 5. The daughter of exciting first crop sire Kodi Bear is the winner of two races and placed third in the Listed Marwell Stakes on her latest start.

Recent Glorious Goodwood scorer Junkanoo, a progressive 3-year-old son of Eepaulette trained by Gary Moore, will be offered for sale, as well as the Kinglsey Park consigned Themaxwecan a 4-year-old son of Maxios who is officially rated 101.

Completing the initial entries is Inner Beauty, a 2-year-old daughter of Starspangledbanner consigned by Ken Condon's Osborne Lodge Stables. She impressed in winning her maiden at Limerick over 6 ½ furlongs before finishing a close fourth in the Group 2 Airlie Stakes, behind Aloha Star.

The TattersallsOnline.com platform features photos and videos of each horse, details of where the horses can be inspected, as well as links to veterinary information including x-rays and endoscopes.

Further entries will be added to the catalog as they are accepted and published on Monday, Aug. 3 at 5 p.m. (BST).

Final entries for the sale will close on Monday, Aug. 10 at 5 p.m. (BST).

To view the online catalog, click here.

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Fasig-Tipton Catalogs 662 For Selected Yearlings Showcase

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 662 yearlings for The Selected Yearlings Showcase, the company's 2020 selected yearling sale.

The sale will be conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 9-10, after the Kentucky Derby at the company's Newtown Paddocks facility in Lexington, Ky. Each sale session will begin at 10 a.m.

Hips 1-330 will be offered on Wednesday, and Hips 331-662 will be offered on Thursday. The sale will begin with a group of New York-bred yearlings, which are cataloged as Hips 1-164.

“We have been overwhelmed with the support we have received for this sale from our consignors, and that support is reflected in both the quality – and quantity – offered in this catalog,” said Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning. “This is a very exciting catalog, loaded with strong sire power and quality individuals at a variety of price levels. Any serious yearling buyer needs to make plans to participate in this sale.”

All yearlings cataloged for the sale have been approved on pedigree and conformation by Fasig-Tipton's inspection team.

“Our selection process is proven, and the results speak for themselves,” noted Browning. “Our traditional selected yearling sales annually produce the highest percentage of Grade 1 winners and graded stakes winners of all major North American yearling sales. All yearlings in this catalog were inspected via that same process and meet our traditional standards.”

Browning also expounded on how the Selected Yearlings Showcase concept came into being, and the makeup of the catalog.

“We have all had to adjust our lives in 2020 as we deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Fasig-Tipton was forced to cancel its three traditional selected yearling sales – July, Saratoga, and the New York-Bred Sale – and regroup by putting together this single selected yearling sale to be held after the Derby in Lexington. This sale combines the best of our traditional selected yearling sales.”

The catalog's front and back covers feature recent graduates of these traditional Fasig-Tipton selected yearling sales. Presented on the front cover are Kentucky Derby contenders Tiz The Law (Belmont Stakes-G1) and Honor A. P. (Santa Anita Derby-G1); Kentucky Oaks contender Speech (Ashland Stakes-G1); Breeders' Cup winners Sharing and Four Wheel Drive; leading female turf horse Rushing Fall; as well as Grade 1 winning 2-year-olds Bast and Perfect Alibi.

The Selected Yearling Showcase will also mark the debut of Fasig-Tipton's newly updated Enhanced Catalog platform – historically utilized for the company's November and July Horses of Racing Age sales. The Enhanced Catalog will be available beginning in late August. Walking videos will be featured for all yearlings and available for viewing beginning Sept. 2.

Online bidding, successfully utilized at Fasig-Tipton's recent Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training and July Horses of Racing Age sales, will also be available for the Selected Yearlings Showcase.

The catalog for the Selected Yearling Showcase may now be viewed online. It will also be available via the equineline sales catalogue app. Print catalogs will be available this week.

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Tattersalls, Goffs Announce New Policies For Corticosteroids And Bronchodilators

Tattersalls and Goffs are to introduce new restrictions relating to the use of corticosteroids and bronchodilators, including Clenbuterol, for all yearlings, and horses in and out of training including breeze up 2-year-olds, sold at sales conducted by the two sales houses.

The new restrictions will be introduced with effect from the start of the UK and Irish yearling sales season beginning on Sept. 1 with the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale.

The new Conditions of Sale will allow buyers to have post-sale testing for corticosteroids and bronchodilators (Clenbuterol), with a positive test for undeclared use of corticosteroids, or any trace of bronchodilators (Clenbuterol) resulting in the subject horse being returnable to the vendor at the option of the purchaser under the Conditions of Sale.

The new conditions are in addition to long standing restrictions on the use of anabolic steroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, as well as the ban on the use of Bisphosphonates introduced in 2019.

In a joint statement, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony and Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby said:

“Both Tattersalls and Goffs are united in maintaining the highest standards of integrity and horse welfare at all of our sales and the new policies relating to the use of corticosteroids and bronchodilators reflect our shared commitment to addressing issues which threaten in any way to undermine confidence in the marketplace.”

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Aisle Runner Tops R.D. Hubbard Thoroughbred Dispersal; Stallion Attila’s Storm To Remain In New Mexico

The R.D. Hubbard Complete Thoroughbred Dispersal was a resounding success. With 54 horses offered in the online auction by ThoroughbredAuctions.Com, all 54 found new homes.

The auction grossed $1,560,350 and averaged $28,895, while median was $17,500. The online auction had 246 registered bidders and 100,339 page-views at the close of the auction.

The high seller, bringing a final bid of $91,250 was also the high-selling racehorse. Aisle Runner, a New Mexico-bred 2-year-old gelding by Attila's Storm, out of the Bernardini mare Garter, was already a winner, and qualified for the $134,632 Rio Grande Senor Futurity, where he will race in the colors of the new owner, Ray Willis.

The second-highest seller and high selling stallion was leading New Mexico sire Attila's Storm. The 18-year-old stakes-winning son of Forest Wildcat brought $90,000 from buyer Jimmy Vasquez after staying in extended bidding for over 30 minutes. Attila's Storm is the sire of 22 stakes winners, and will remain in New Mexico, standing at Double LL Farms.

The high-selling broodmare was Garter, a multiple stakes-producing daughter of Bernardini who fetched a final bid of $80,250 from buyer Victory Crossing, LLC. The 12-year-old mare is a half-sibling to sires Stravinsky and Moscow Ballet. Garter sold pregnant to Attilla's Storm.

Leading the yearlings was a filly by Attila's Storm out of the multiple stakes-producing mare, Hang Glide. The New Mexico-bred filly, purchased by Doug May of Fort Stockton, Texas for $62,250, is a half-sister to six stakes horses and earners of over $1 million.

The top weanling was a filly by Attila's Storm out of Hang Glide. The filly realized a final price of $55,250 from buyer B-4 Farms.

The R.D. Hubbard Complete Thoroughbred Dispersal had originally been scheduled during the Ruidoso Sale in August. After Ruidoso opted to move the live auction to the Lazy E Ranch in New Mexico, ThoroughbredAuctions.com partner Tim Jennings was contacted by R.D. Hubbard's grandson, Shaun Hubbard. From the first phone call, to the close of the auction, was a mere 22 days.

“We are grateful to Shaun Hubbard for having a vision, and trusting us to sell the fruits of his grandfather's legacy,” Jennings said. “We are also fortunate to have a proven platform where people in the Thoroughbred business have a place to market their horses from the safety of their homes.“

Tim and Cathy Jennings of ThoroughbredAuctions.com are the pioneers of internet horse auctions in the United States. They started holding internet horse auctions in 2012. Their previous auction experience was through their family owned company, Professional Auction Services, Inc., the largest show horse auction company in the U.S.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

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