Dawn Approach’s Poetic Flare In Charge At Leopardstown

Back at the Leopardstown venue at which he had won the G3 Killavullan S. in October, Jim Bolger's homebred Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) proved best in Sunday's Listed Ballylinch Stud “Red Rocks” 2000 Guineas Trial S. Sent off the 3-1 second favourite, the bay was quickly in an ideal spot in second under Kevin Manning and when committed approaching the furlong pole gave generously to score by 1 1/2 lengths from Ace Aussie (Ire) (Australia {GB}), with Monaasib (GB) (Bobby's Kitten) a short head away in third. “He is a very uncomplicated horse who is very switched off and goes up through the gears nice,” his rider commented. “He only does what he is asked to do and is one of those you enjoy riding–he can do it from anywhere. I think he'll benefit even more when he steps up another furlong. There were plenty in there that were well-fancied and it read like a proper trial.”

Poetic Flare, who was off the mark on day one of the 2020 Irish turf flat season at Naas last March, was remarkably next seen taking part in the G1 Dewhurst S. at Newmarket off a near seven-month absence and fared respectably when 10th appearing to tire late on. A week later, he was here for the Killavullan putting 2 1/2 lengths between him and the smart filly Zaffy's Pride (Ire) (Pride of Dubai {Aus}) who would run so well to be fourth in the G3 1000 Guineas Trial 30 minutes later. Bolger has a strong hand in the Guineas with the G1 Futurity Trophy winner Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) also in the mix and his daughter Una Manning had some news on that matter. “I'm told he could go anywhere. He hasn't decided which of the Guineas, he'll go to Newmarket or the Curragh but the two of them won't run in the same race,” she said. “He hasn't been away anywhere this year for a gallop, so he's absolutely delighted. We were confident he wouldn't have any problems handling the ground. Last year we just had to play the cards we were dealt and he had to run on soft ground, but he's not ground-dependent.”

Poetic Flare is out of Maria Lee (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), whose dual listed-winning filly Glamorous Approach (Ire) is by Dawn Approach's sire New Approach. She is a full-sister to Bring Back Matron (Ire), who in turn produced the Listed Eyrefield S. winner Dubai Sand (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and hails from the family of the Listed Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial S. winner Speirbhean (Ire) (Danehill). She achieved fame by producing the aforementioned champion and successful sire Teofilo and the G2 Cape Verdi scorer Poetic Charm (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Maria Lee's 2-year-old Frazil (Ire) is a full-brother to Poetic Flare, while she also has a yearling filly by U S Navy Flag.

BALLYLINCH STUD RED ROCKS 2,000 GUINEAS TRIAL S.-Listed, €42,500, Leopardstown, 4-11, 3yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:28.02, gd.
1–POETIC FLARE (IRE), 131, c, 3, by Dawn Approach (Ire)
1st Dam: Maria Lee (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
2nd Dam: Elida (Ire), by Royal Academy
3rd Dam: Saviour, by Majestic Light
O-Mrs J. S. Bolger; B/T-Jim Bolger (IRE); J-Kevin Manning. €25,500. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire, 4-3-0-0, $75,333. *1/2 to Glamorous Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), SW-Eng, SW & MGSP-Ire, $224,182.
2–Ace Aussie (Ire)
, 131, c, 3, Australia (GB)–Queenscliff (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (€125,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR). O-Zhang Yuesheng; B-Longfield Stud (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. €8,500.
3–Monaasib (GB)
, 131, c, 3, Bobby's Kitten–Mullein (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). (£65,000 Ylg '19 GOFFPR). O-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd; B-Landmark Racing Limited (GB); T-Kevin Prendergast. €4,250.
Margins: 1HF, NO, 1. Odds: 3.00, 18.00, 5.50.
Also Ran: Notre Belle Bete (GB), Laws of Indices (Ire), Magnanimous (Ire), Horoscope (Ire), Charterhouse (GB), Matchless (Ire), Merchants Quay (Fr), Snapraeterea (Ire), A Case of You (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result.

 

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Knockout Year For Teofilo

Though 2020 will go down as a dreadful year for many, it can be regarded as an annus mirablilis for Darley stallion Teofilo (Ire).

To an extent, every son of Galileo (Ire) at stud has to make do with seeking glimmers of light within the long shadow cast by the 12-time champion sire. Last year, Teofilo came closest of any stallion to Galileo's tally of Group 1 winners by being responsible for six of his own, in France, Germany, Australia and Hong Kong.

Now 17, Teofilo also played a lead role in establishing Galileo as a stallion on the up in the minds of the bloodstock cognoscenti. It didn't take long. 

In 2006, several members of Galileo's first crop made Classic breakthroughs. Nightime (Ire), who would go on to arguably even greater things as the dam of Ghaiyyath (Ire), won the Irish 1000 Guineas under Pat Smullen, while Sixties Icon (GB) led home a 1-2-3 for Galileo in the St Leger when beating The Last Drop (Ire) and Red Rocks (Ire). The latter won the GI Breeders' Cup Turf on his next start. 

Alongside all this, the juvenile Teofilo was proving to be the standout of his sire's second crop, cruising unbeaten through a succession of races which his trainer/breeder Jim Bolger would utilise with the same outstanding results the following year with another son of Galileo, New Approach (Ire). Alas, after winding up his 2-year-old season with victories in the G1 National S. and G1 Dewhurst S., Teofilo would never be seen on a racecourse again. Knee trouble in the spring of his 3-year-old year meant he would sit out his Classic season awaiting his place at Kildangan Stud.

It is probably fair to say that his own stud career has been something of a slow burn, but overall it is one which has generated some significant heat. His 12th crop of runners is currently being prepared to take to the track, among them being the juvenile half-sister to the champion 2-year-old Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal), who has been assigned to Charlie Appleby. The stand-out of his 2-year-olds last year was Gear Up (Ire), bred and sold by one master trainer, Jim Bolger, to another, Mark Johnston, who nurtured him to victories in the G3 Acomb S. and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Bolger's own Group 1-winning juvenile of 2020, the Vertem Fututity victor Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), has Teofilo as his broodmare sire, his dam Halla Na Saoire (Ire) being an unrated half-sister to Halla Siamsa (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), the dam of Teofilo's Dewhurst S. winner Parish Hall (Ire).

Bolger's prints are all over recent generations of this family: the 3×3 inbreeding to Sadler's Wells of Parish Hall, the 2×3 inbreeding to Galileo in Mac Swiney. And, just as Bolger can be credited with having played a significant role in the early days of Galileo's stud career, so too has he been important for Teofilo. Another of the Group 1 winners of 2020 was the Bolger-bred Twilight Payment (Ire), his sire's second winner of the Melbourne Cup in three years. 

This alone should reinforce his merit in the minds of Australian buyers when they come to Europe and encourage them to greet his stock with the same enthusiasm with which they do the offspring of Camelot (GB). Earlier in his stud career Teofilo spent five shuttle seasons in Australia which yielded the Group 1 winners Kermadec (NZ), Happy Clapper (Aus), Humidor (NZ), Sonntag (Aus) and Palentino (Aus). The classy miler Kermadec is now a Darley Australia stallion with the dual Group 1 winner Montefilia (Aus) among his first crop 3-year-olds.

The studs of Europe are not exactly awash with sons of Teofilo. Tweenhills Stud's Havana Gold (Ire), out of the crack sprinter Jessica's Dream (Ire) (Desert Style {Ire}), was himself a Group 1-winning miler and his best offspring is the G1 Flying Five winner Havana Grey (GB), who is now resident at Whitsbury Manor Stud. Elsewhere, Mickley Stud, where Havana Grey was born and raised, now stands the substantial Massaat (Ire), who was runner-up in the both the 2000 Guineas and the Dewhurst. Diplomat (Ger) is on the LM Stallions roster at Dorset's March Hare Stud and Jim Bolger stands Parish Hall at his own Redmondstown Stud. 

Teofilo's list of Group 1 winners was boosted to 21 last season with the addition of Gear Up, Twilight Payment, Subjectivist and the fillies Donjah (Ger) and Tawkeel (GB). Furthermore, his highest earner, the Hong Kong-trained Exultant (Ire), won two Group 1 races in 2020 to take his tally to five top-level wins. 

A runner to follow with interest in 2021, along with Pintaubo's half-sister, will be the Preis Von Europa-winning mare Donjah, who has left German champion trainer Henk Grewe to join Chad Brown's stable in the U.S. And while Gear Up holds entries for the Derby and Irish Derby, his juvenile brother is bound for overseas having set a new record for the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale when sold by Clare Manning's Boherguy Stud for £325,000 to the Hong Kong Jockey Club. His sterling price tag is owing to the fact that the sale had to be moved from Fairyhouse to Newmarket because of Covid restrictions. 

As this elite snapshot shows, Teofilo's strength is perhaps that he cannot be pigeonholed. Certainly his offspring tend to be later-maturing middle-distance types, but he is clearly able to get classy runners across a range of distances—and durable ones at that—at a highly respectable rate of 10.4% black-type winners to runners.

Teofilo has had seven three-figure crops of foals since he retired to stud but Gear Up is a product of one of his smallest crops of 64. His 2021 book is restricted in number and, judging by his exploits last year, it seems safe to assume that demand will outstrip supply.

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Racing Review of the Year: Part 2  

The Juveniles

The dark clouds had gathered come Ireland’s opening turf fixture of the year at Naas in March, with the meeting held behind closed doors and giving rise to now customary scenes. As the curtain was raised, an oft-repeated sketch unfolded with Jim Bolger homebred Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) annexing the first juvenile event of the year, a feat which the trainer had previously achieved on multiple occasions including with Poetic Flare’s sire in 2012. Normal service resumed but, then again, not. The global pandemic soon tightened its grip and a wide-ranging lockdown left much of Europe at a standstill, Scandinavia being a notable exception, until Germany set the powerhouses rolling again in May.

Germany doesn’t schedule early juvenile contests as a matter of course and so France led the way in that sphere. Haras de la Gousserie and Guy Pariente’s Sealiway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) registered a comfortable two-length score over six furlongs at Saint-Cloud in the first such event as the season, belatedly, geared up once more. He’d go on to claim an emphatic eight-length tally in ParisLongchamp’s G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere on Arc day before posting a commendable fifth in Keeneland’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. One day later, Haras de Colleville-based Goken (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) became Europe’s first freshman sire off the mark when subsequent Listed Prix La Fleche and G3 Prix du Bois victrix Livachope (Fr) annexed a five-furlong dash at Chantilly.

Fellow freshmen Dariyan (Fr) and Bow Creek (Ire), both sons of Shamardal, followed suit at Lyon-Parilly and Baden-Baden, respectively, before the year’s breakout star Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) notched a quickfire double in early June. Bridge Dress Me (Ire) became the Tally-Ho Stud resident’s first-of-many at Rome’s Capanelle venue and fellow Goffs graduate Muker (Ire) repeated the dose, within the hour, at Newcastle. Chemeh (Ire)‘s Boxing Day victory over 8 1/2 furlongs at Siracusa extended his European record haul to an astounding 56 individual first-crop winners for the shortened season.

The usual run to early June heralds last calls for Royal Ascot preparations, but this year became the hunting ground for gameday time and many heats were oversubscribed and primed for splitting. In a welcome move, the Royal meeting’s 2-year-old contests were scheduled for the latter part of a subdued week and opportunity knocked in the Listed Windsor Castle S. for The Queen’s Tactical (GB) (Toronado {Ire}), who added Newmarket’s G2 July S. before finishing off the board in three starts at the highest level. Listed Chesham S. victor Battleground (War Front), the first foal out of Arc heroine Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Ballydoyle’s lone juvenile success of the week, fared better in the aftermath by annexing Goodwood’s G2 Vintage S. in some style and running second in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Dandalla (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), another Karl Burke diamond mined for little outlay, produced the younger generation’s best Royal performance with a six-length G3 Albany S. win, doubling up in Newmarket’s G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. and closing her campaign with a G1 Cheveley Park S. fifth.

“I think he’d look better running in someone else’s silks,” joked trainer Michael Bell after The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) provided his Ballyhane Stud freshman with a first winner in the process of lowering the all-aged track record at Great Yarmouth at the beginning of June. He franked that form and emulated his sire’s 2016 G2 Norfolk S. success, doing so in the Qatar Racing colours second time out. Runner-up finishes in the G2 Prix Robert Papin and G1 Phoenix S. followed and preceded off-the-board efforts in the G1 Middle Park S. and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.

Frequent flyer Wesley Ward is usually outta there come former ‘Heath Day’, but his enforced delay was rewarded with a fourth renewal of the G2 Queen Mary S. when Stonestreet Stables’ Campanelle (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) backed up a Gulfstream Park debut score in the five-furlong dash. She also annexed Deauville’s G1 Prix Morny and closed out the year with a fourth in Keeneland’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Marie McCartan’s Nando Parrado (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) had given little indication of future highs when a debut fifth at Newmarket earlier in the month and outstripped that form, and then some, by claiming G2 Coventry S. glory at the meeting’s new record high odds of 150-1. Tried at the highest level in two subsequent starts, he ran second to Campanelle in the G1 Prix Morny and then to Sealiway in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.

Royal Ascot winners claimed three of the six Newmarket July and Glorious Goodwood juvenile fixtures, with outliers headed by subsequent G1 Vincent O’Brien National S. fourth Master of the Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G2 Superlative S. at HQ and subsequent G1 Middle Park S. hero Supremacy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) making all in the G2 Richmond S. at Goodwood.

Richard Hannon trainee Ventura Tormenta (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) tarnished The Lir Jet’s record in the G2 Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly while Laws of Indices (Ire) (Power {GB}) subdued Lucky Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the G2 Railway S. at The Curragh. Lucky Vega exacted revenge, three weeks later, in the G1 Phoenix S. over the same six-furlong course and distance. The Co. Kildare venue also played host to a hot renewal of August’s G2 Futurity S., which went the way of Jim Bolger’s newest standardbearer Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) at the expense of subsequent G2 Golden Fleece S. winner Cadillac (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and Golden Fleece runner-up and G1 Criterium International hero Van Gogh (American Pharoah).

Other August highlights include the G3 Acomb S. win of subsequent G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud victor Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}); the G2 Gimcrack S. score for subsequent G1 Middle Park S. third Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}); the G2 Prix du Calvados victory of subsequent G1 Prix Marcel Boussac unlucky-in-running fourth Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}); and the early rounds of the Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) versus Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}) ding-dong, with the former, trained by Donnacha O’Brien, drawing first blood in the G3 Silver Flash S. and the Joseph O’Brien-trained latter gaining revenge in the G2 Debutante S. at The Curragh. They’d meet again down the line with Shale reasserting in September’s G1 Moyglare Stud S. and Pretty Gorgeous levelling up in October’s G1 Fillies’ Mile.

September presented an informative edition of the G1 Vincent O’Brien National S., with Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) exhibiting rare acceleration to rise above a hot field featuring subsequent G1 Dewhurst S. first and second St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Wembley (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), as well as the aforementioned Master of the Seas, Lucky Vega, Laws of Indices and Mac Swiney. Thunder Moon closed his year with a third in the Dewhurst.

In common with Thunder Moon, Jeff Smith’s Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) had not appeared until August and backed up a Newbury debut score for the Andrew Balding stable with a second to the battle-hardened dual sales-race winner Happy Romance (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) in early September’s G3 Dick Poole Fillies’ S. at Salisbury. She reversed that form at the end of the month when defeating G2 Lowther S. victrix and subsequent GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf third Miss Amulet (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) in the G1 Cheveley Park S., with Happy Romance fourth.

Other notable performances during the month included George Strawbridge’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Indigo Girl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a homebred full-sister to G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares heroine Journey (GB), snagging Doncaster’s G2 May Hill S. en route to a second in the G1 Fillies’ Mile; Michael Pescod’s G1 Dewhurst ninth Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) securing a third G2 Champagne S. for Richard Hannon; and the G2 Beresford S. victory of the hitherto unbeaten ‘TDN Rising Star’ High Definition (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

Suffering just one reversal in her first seven starts, Charley Rossi trainee Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) notched a trio of claiming scores in the provinces and scaled the heights when steered by Rossi’s partner Jessica Marcialis to a popular success in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac on Arc day. She closed her year with a fourth to Gear Up in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud later in October. Best of Lips (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}), who had saluted in Cologne’s G3 Preis des Winterfavoriten, was another left in Gear Up’s wake at Saint-Cloud. Elsewhere in Germany, Manfred Schmelzer’s Noble Heidi (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) edged Baden-Baden’s G3 Preis der Winterkonigin and entered winter quarters having won three of her four races. Sealiway, Pretty Gorgeous, St Mark’s Basilica and Van Gogh also enjoyed their elite-level moments during the month, but, with ever-tightening controls coming into force, the season concluded as it began and resumed: under something of a cloud.

However, Jim Bolger trainee Poetic Flare opened up the year in style and was on parade in the final days, winning Leopardstown’s G3 Killavullan S. a week before Mac Swiney’s G1 Futurity swansong. Thus, Bolger bookended the season with a hint of nostalgia and the Coolcullen maestro once again has a live contender for the Derby. Maybe, just maybe, hope of a return to some form of normality is not forlorn.

Dark Horses

Britain: Michael Tabor’s Star Seeking (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) was a shade testy during the preliminaries when making her debut in a seven-furlong novice fillies’ heat at Leicester in September. However, she displayed an impressive turn of foot before being heavily eased for a one-length win in the process of earning ‘TDN Rising Star’ status. The Sir Michael Stoute trainee, unseen since and light on entries, hails from a family featuring MG1SW sire Linngari (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Mont Ormel (Fr) (Air Chief Marshal {Ire}) and 2020’s G2 King Edward VII S. and G2 Great Voltigeur S. victor Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}).

Ireland: Coolmore’s Santa Barbara (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), a half-sister to GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}), is another once-raced ‘TDN Rising Star’ and posted a highly encouraging 2 1/2-length debut score in a mile maiden at The Curragh in September. Held in high regard by rider Seamus Heffernan, the March-foaled bay retains entries for the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Irish Oaks. She is a granddaughter of GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare and GI Matriarch S. heroine Starine (Fr) (Mendocino).

France: Juddmonte homebred Petricor (GB) (Frankel {GB}) caused something of a stir when powering to a taking 1 1/2-length success in a 7 1/2-furlong debutantes’ heat at Deauville, but has remained under wraps since that ‘TDN Rising Star’ display in August. The Andre Fabre trainee hails from a family featuring MG1SW sires Brian Boru (GB) (Sadler’s Wells), Workforce (GB) (King’s Best) and Best Solution (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).

Germany: The dying embers of Germany’s turf schedule yielded two late-season efforts of note. Klaus-Henning Schmoock’s homebred Wintermond (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) encountered testing conditions in a nine-furlong maiden at Hoppegarten in November and made light of soft-to-heavy going en route to an impressive eight-length rout. The Stefan Richter trainee is kin to MGSW G2 International Topkapi Trophy victor Wonnemond (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) from the family of MG1SW sire Windwurf (Ger) (Kaiseradler {Ger}) and 2019 G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}).

No less impressive was Stall Lucky Owner’s Kir Royal (Ger) (Lord of England {Ger}), who also caught the eye on debut in November and outclassed his rivals in a seven-furlong maiden on soft ground at Munich. One of eight winners for his stakes-placed dam, the Henk Grewe trainee is from the family of G2 German 1000 Guineas heroine Kali (Ger) (Areion {Ger}).

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Tattersalls Ireland Concludes Sale Season

The new yearling section of the Tattersalls Ireland November Flat Foal and Breeding Stock Sale provided the highlight lots during the rescheduled single-session sale at Fairyhouse on Wednesday, with a pair of fillies leading the way. Taking top honors at yet another yearling auction in 2020 was a Jim Bolger-bred, this time a Dawn Approach (Ire) filly out of the placed My Fere Lady (Mr Greeley) who was bought by Clongan House for €45,000. Her 3-year-old full-sister Feminista (Ire) is the lone winner from three runners for the mare. The chestnut was consigned by Boherguy Stud as lot 925.

Belardo (Ire) has gotten off to a promising start at stud this year, and his filly out of the winning Fashion Line (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) (lot 1004) from Ballybin Stud fetched €33,000 from BBA Ireland. The third foal from her dam, she is a sibling to a winner and from the family of G2 Prix de Royallieu scorer Princess Yaiza (Ire).

The session’s highest-priced yearling colt was a son of standout first-season sire Mehmas (Ire) (lot 922) who commanded €21,000 from Con Marnane. Consigned by Collegelands Stud, the bay is the second foal out of the nine times placed Midnight Destiny (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

The top-priced foal was Kilmore Stud’s colt from the first crop of the 2017 G1 Prix Morny and G2 Prix Robert Papin winner Unfortunately (Ire). Lot 1046, who is a half-brother to the Grade 3-placed chaser The Last Marju (Ire) and a grandson of G1 Nunthorpe S. winner Lochangel (GB), was bought by Ivor Andray Bloodstock for €25,000.

Trade overall was plagued by a low clearance rate, with just 53% of the horses that went through the ring finding new homes-that was down slightly from 55% last year. In all, 72 horses found new homes on the day for an aggregate of €439,700. The average dipped 5% to €6,107, while the median remained steady at €3,000.

Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive Officer Matt Mitchell said,  “Today we concluded the 2020 sales season at Tattersalls Ireland. Reflecting on the year, 2020 has been one of the most challenging to date for all of us. That said, we have been able to conclude a successful season working closely with our colleagues at Park Paddocks and in tandem with HRI, ITM and Goffs. A heartfelt thank you must go to our loyal clients, who even in the most uncertain times continued their commitment to Tattersalls Ireland and for that we are extremely grateful.

“The year may have been testing, but the resilience of the bloodstock market is a testament to the industry. The market leading Derby Sale produced the second highest priced filly for the sale on record when the half-sister to Altior was sold for €300,000 to Gordon Elliott and Aidan O’Ryan. The September Yearling Sale saw a record price of £325,000 as well as the Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale seeing a 9% increase in average and a median price of €21,978, an increase of 22%. The November National Hunt Sale achieved its own records with the highest average on record and a record price for a mare when Laurina was sold for €290,000. This year we also saw the implementation of Live Online Bidding which is a perfect example of how the industry is evolving and has adapted to circumstances.

“I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a safe and happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you next year, in what we hope will be a more positive outlook.”

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