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Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Catalogue Now Online

The catalogue for the 2023 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, which is set to take place on Sept. 19-21, is now available to view online. The auction will have 506 lots on offer for Part I on Sept. 19-20, with 256 more lots selling during Part II on the final day.

The September Yearling Sale has produced 53 individual 2-year-old winners to date throughout Ireland, UK, France, Italy and Hungary, as well Group 3 and listed success at home and abroad. Last year, trainer Stefano Botti purchased G3 Premio Primi Passi winner Folgaria (Ire) (Due Diligence), who remains unbeaten in three career starts, for €10,000. Other graduates from a year ago–all purchased for under €27,000–include listed winners Myconian (Ire) (Magna Grecia {Ire}), Man With The Plan (Ire) (James Garfield {Ire}) and Tiger Belle (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}).

Some of the many highlights of the 2023 catalogue include a Dandy Man (Ire) full-brother to Group 2 winner Dandalla (Ire) (lot 68); a Churchill (Ire) half-brother to multiple Group 1 winner Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) and Group 3 winner Venice Beach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 95); a River Boyne (Ire) half-brother to multiple Group 1 winner A Case Of You (Ire) (Hot Streak {Ire}) (lot 222); a Profitable (Ire) half-brother to Group 2 winner Sir Busker (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) (lot 459); an Earthlight (Ire) filly out of G2 Queen Mary S. winner Gilded (Ire) (Redback {GB}) (lot 174); and a Kingman (GB) filly out of G2 Lowther S. winner Lucky Kristale (GB) (Lucky Story) (lot 272).

Sires with yearlings catalogued includes proven Group 1 sires Acclamation (GB), Bungle Inthejungle (GB), Churchill (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Fastnet Rock (Aus), Galiway (GB), Havana Gold (Ire), Iffraaj (GB), Mastercraftsman (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire), Wootton Bassett (GB) and Zoustar (Aus).

All yearlings catalogued will be eligible for the €250,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales S. held at the Curragh during the 2024 Irish Champions Festival. The seller of the winning horse will also drive away in an Overlander R240 2-stall horsebox. Over 85% of the yearlings catalogued are IRE-qualified and eligible to win a sales voucher of €10,000 per qualifying race in Ireland and Britain. The sale will get underway every day at 10:00 a.m.

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Group Winners Lastotchka and Speirling Beag Entered In Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale

New group winners Lastotchka (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}–Muthla {Fr}, by Muhtathir {GB}) and Speirling Beag (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}–Starscape {Ire}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) have been added to the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale catalogue. They are set to sell during the opening session in Deauville on Dec. 3.

Saturday's G3 Prix Belle de Nuit heroine Lastotchka races for Ecurie Noel Forgeard, P Bonnier et. al. and Jean-Marie Beguigne and was already a winner of the Listed Prix de Thiberville earlier this year. Bred by Ecurie Touchstone, she was second to 'TDN Rising Star' Raclette (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the G2 Prix de Malleret in July, two starts prior to her Belle de Nuit score. The April foal is from the same family as G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Linda's Lad (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Rail Link (GB) (Dansili {GB}).

Ennistown Stud's homebred Speirling Beag graduated at Gowan in September and was third in the G3 Staffordstown Stud S. at the Curragh on Oct. 8. She was game in Leopardtown's G3 Eyrefield S. on Saturday, winning by a short head over Hiawatha (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). Her second dam is a full-sister dual Group 2 winner Land Of Dreams (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), herself the dam of crack sprinter, quintuple Group 1 winner and Group 1 sire Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}).

Slated for Dec. 3-6, the sale's catalogue will be published on Oct. 31.

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Mastercraftsman’s Speirling Beag Too Strong In The Eyrefield

There were only six runners in Leopardstown's nine-furlong G3 Eyrefield S. on Saturday, but more than a minor share of drama as the Ennistown Stud homebred Speirling Beag (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}–Starscape {Ire}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) prevailed in a renewal marked by an early-straight incident.

Held up in rear by Rory Cleary after a tardy start, the Jim Bolger-trained chestnut who had been third a fortnight earlier in The Curragh's G3 Staffordstown Stud S. over a mile had to swing four-wide into the home turn as the Ballydoyle trio got in each other's way on the inner.

It was the 7-4 favourite Hiawatha (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) who was the chief sufferer in the scrimmaging caused by the hanging Gulf Of Mexico (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), but after he had muscled his way into the clear Speirling Beag had got first run approaching the furlong pole. Carried right late by that rival as they drew away on the run to the line, the 25-1 shot was headed by the imposing Ballydoyle colt but showed grit and determination to get back up in the dying stride and score by a short head.

“I had a very game filly underneath me,” the winning jockey said. “It got tight on the inside and it ended up meaning I got there too soon. If I'd got beaten I would have been kicking myself. She's a lovely, easy filly to anything with and showed her honesty there today.”

Pedigree Notes

Speirling Beag, who had broken her maiden at the fourth attempt when beating the Staffordstown Stud S. winner Lumiere Rock (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) over a mile at Gowran Park Sept. 17, is the second foal out of the unraced Starscape who is kin to two black-type performers including the G3 Supreme S. and G3 Acomb S.-placed Zumbi (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). She is a granddaughter of the G3 Molecomb S. winner Sahara Star (GB) (Green Desert), who produced the G2 Flying Childers S. winner Land Of Dreams (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) who is in turn the dam of the five-times Group 1-winning sire Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}). She is also the second dam of the G1 Cheveley Park S. and G1 Flying Five heroine Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third Now Or Never (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}). Starscape's yearling colt by one of Bolger's brightest stars in Teofilo (Ire) was a €66,000 purchase by Boherguy Stud at last year's Goffs November Foal Sale.

Saturday, Leopardstown, Ireland
EYREFIELD S.-G3, €52,500, Leopardstown, 10-22, 2yo, 9fT, 2:03.05, sf.
1–SPEIRLING BEAG (IRE), 128, f, 2, by Mastercraftsman (Ire)
             1st Dam: Starscape (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire)
             2nd Dam: Star Studded (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB)
             3rd Dam: Sahara Star (GB), by Green Desert
   1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Ennistown Stud
(IRE); T-Jim Bolger; J-Rory Cleary. €31,500. Lifetime Record:
6-2-0-2, $46,933. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the
   eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or click for the
   free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Hiawatha (Ire), 131, c, 2, Camelot (GB)–Attire (Ire), by
Danehill Dancer (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK
   TYPE. (€1,200,000 Ylg '21 GOFOR). O-Mrs J Magnier/M
Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg; B-B V Sangster (IRE); T-Aidan
O'Brien. €10,500.
3–Village Voice (GB), 128, f, 2, Zarak (Fr)–Sensible Way, by
Street Sense. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE.
(38,000gns 2yo '22 TATBRG). O-Mrs P K Cooper; B-Malih Al
Basti (GB); T-Jessica Harrington. €5,250.
Margins: SHD, 2 3/4, 1 3/4. Odds: 25.00, 1.75, 14.00.
Also Ran: Gulf of Mexico (Ire), Mister Mister (Ger), Hippodrome (Ire). Scratched: Keep In Touch (Ire). VIDEO.

Speirling Beag noses ahead when it matters to land a dramatic renewal of the Group 3 Eyrefield Stakes under the guidance of @RclearyRory for trainer Jim Bolger pic.twitter.com/Z1Q6sEIwHt

— Leopardstown RC (@LeopardstownRC) October 22, 2022

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The Grey Gatsby’s Fee Hiked To €12,000

Group 1 winner The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) will stand for an increased fee of €12,000 in 2023, Jour de Galop reported on Tuesday. The long-term Haras du Petite Tellier resident's book will be limited to 120 mares.

Responsible for four black-type winners, led by group scorers Mylady (Ger), Atomic Blonde (Ger), and Master Gatsby (Fr), the stallion stood for €8,000 this term. Mylady was third in the G1 Preis der Diana, while Atomic Blonde was second in the G2 Oaks d'Italia.

A winner of both the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Irish Champion S. at the highest level, the grey was placed another five times in Group 1 company. His eldest foals are just 3-year-olds.

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