The March foal is out of Heavenly Bliss (GB) (Intello {Ger}), herself a daughter of G3 Dahlia S. winner and triple Group 1 placegetter Heaven Sent (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), a full-sister to U.S. turf star and dual Grade I winner Megahertz (GB) (Pivotal {GB}).

Mandore was also the name on the ticket for lot 2, a son of Profitable (Ire), who made €47,000 after bringing €20,000 during the Tattersalls Ireland September Yealing Sale. His granddam is Pomology (Arch), twice successful at group level and second in the G1 Prix Vermeille. The colt's New Approach (Ire) dam Teikei (Ire) is a half-sister to G3 Zetland S. hero Goldspur (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}).

The third juvenile from Mayfield Stables was a filly (lot 40) by last year's leading first-season sire Blue Point (Ire), who caught the eye of Jean-Claude Rouget and Capucine BDT. Knocked down for €35,000 as a private sale, the filly is from the extended family of Classic winner and sire Camelot (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}). She sold for €27,000 at the 2023 Goffs February Sale.

The fourth horse to make €30,000 or above was a filly by Aclaim (Ire) from John Bourke's Hyde Park Stud. The daughter of Impressionable (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) was also a Mandore International acquisition. Her second dam, the Bertolini mare Appealing (Ire), was second in the GII Yellow Ribbon H. and third in the GIII Oak Tree S.

Overall, 36 sold (59%) from 61 offered for a gross of €579,000. The average of €16,919 was down 2% from 2023, while the median decreased 13% to €13,000.

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Some of the lots of note include a colt by Dark Angel (Ire) (lot 9) consigned by Ard Erin Stud from the family of G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Rosanara (Fr) (Sinndar {Ire}) and a colt by Acclamation (GB) (lot 65) who is kin to multiple group winner Signora Cabello (Ire) (Camacho {GB}); and M.C. Thoroughbreds offers a Night Of Thunder (Ire) filly out of a daughter of Group 3 winner Zantenda (GB) (Zamindar).

For the full catalogue, please visit the Osarus website.

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Among those consigned for the auction will be a filly from the debut crop of Magna Grecia (Ire), who was represented by his first winner at Saint-Cloud last week. Lot 30, offered by Highfield Bloodstock, is out of Bagira (Giant's Causeway), a winning full-sister to the GI Suburban H. winner Frost Giant. 

Another with an American stakes winner close up on the page is Lot 8, a Sir Percy (GB) colt, consigned by Barry Davis Bloodstock, and whose full-sister Consolida (GB) won the California Oaks.

The Osarus Breeze-up Sale has recently been represented by a star graduate over jumps in the G2 Cleeve Hurdle winner Gold Tweet (Fr). The Gabriel Leenders-trained son of On Est Bien (Ire) was picked up at the 2019 edition for €14,000.

Horses for this year's sale will breeze at La Teste de Buch racecourse after the race meeting on Wednesday, Apr. 26, with the gallops being shown live on the Osarus website.

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The French-based consignor was also responsible for the second-highest lot to go under the hammer on Tuesday, a Starspangledbanner (Aus) colt (lot 8), who fetched €58,000.

However, despite securing a healthy profit and heading the sale with two of his three offerings, Prevost-Baratte revealed that he was disappointed that the Zelzal filly didn't command a juicer price tag.

He explained, “It was a bit disappointing for Emmanuel Viaud [director of Osarus] because we trust him and send him better horses every year. That's why I was a little bit disappointed, because he deserves to get better horses at this sale.”

Prevost-Baratte added, “We see some more Irish guys coming over here, which is great, because this is a really nice sale in a lovely place and the track was fantastic-none of the horses came back lame or stiff after the breeze–so, for that reason, I'd like to see this sale do better.”

Prevost-Baratte admitted that he expected the Zelzal filly, a €29,000 pinhook for a syndicate of friends at Arqana last October, to fetch a higher price but described himself as happy to have topped the sale.

The session-topper is out of Falcolina (Ire) (Falco), who won seven times, while the Starspangledbanner colt is out of an unraced daughter of Tamayuz (GB), named Lady Tamayuz (Ire).

He said, “We liked the Zelzal filly very much. We picked her up at Arqana along with some friends and decided to bring her to Osarus to support Emmanuel and, while we were expecting her to make €80,000 or more, we were happy with the result.”

On the Starspangledbanner colt, Prevost-Baratte explained that the €56,000 price tag was a triumph for patience.

He explained, “The Starspangledbanner was bred by David Salabi of Thenney Stud and he wanted to sell him [as a yearling] but he was a funny colour and he wasn't that commercial. He is almost blonde, a very light chestnut, but he did such a nice breeze and looked like such an amazing horse galloping by, that made the difference. Many people were excited by him.”

Prevost-Baratte added, “We have done well. I know what horses to bring to this sale and that is quite important. We had a good result but I just feel the result could have been even better.”

A total of 67 lots went under the hammer at the Osarus La Teste Breeze-Up Sale, of which 46 were sold at an average of €16,705, down from €19,742 in 2021.

The percentage of horses sold was also down marginally year-on-year, from 70% in 2021 to 69% this year,while the total spend was just €685,500 compared to €798,500 last year.

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Featuring among the group are the only representations of U S Navy Flag (lot 39) and Tasleet (GB) (35) while their fellow first-season sires Kessaar (Ire) (62), Recoletos (Fr) (11) and Cloth Of Stars (Ire) (18) also form part of his draft.

U S Navy Flag has made a blistering start to his career at stud with three of his four horses to have hit the track winning first time up, of which the Wesley Ward-trained Love Reigns (Ire) created a big impression when winning a Keeneland maiden by just under 10 lengths.

Tasleet has also made a bright start to his stud career with his two runners, Texas Hold 'Em (Ire) and Carmela (Ire), winning convincingly on their respective debuts.

Bourke's U S Navy Flag colt is out of the Pretty Polly S. winner Take The Hint (GB) Montjeu ({Ire}), while the Tasleet filly is out of Spirit Of Sound (Fr) (Invincible Spirit ({Ire}).

The Juddmonte-owned Breeders' Cup Mile winner Expert Eye (GB), who got off the mark in his first season to have runners when Sunny Orange won a Leicester maiden for Ralph Beckett in the same colours of his sire, is also represented by a filly (37) out of Sugar Mill (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}).

Along with Recoletos, French-based first-season sires Chemical Charge (Ire), Mekhtaal (GB), Seabhac and Seahenge are represented at the sale.

With the breeze having taken place on Monday, a total of 61 lots will go under the hammer from 1pm on Tuesday.

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