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ITBA National Breeding and Racing Awards Announced

The 2020 Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association National Breeding & Racing Awards will be announced via a virtual ceremony at 7:30 p.m. local time on Jan. 30. The virtual ceremony will be released on all ITBA social media channels, as well as the ITBA website. This is the first time the ceremony will be conducted virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

ITBA chairman John McEnery said, “Despite all the many challenges facing the industry in 2020, Irish breeders and Irish bred horses continued to excel on both the national and international stage. We are indebted to our loyal sponsors without whom we would be unable to stage these awards. I would encourage you all to be part of this innovative celebration by joining via all social media platforms to acknowledge the wonderful people and horses who made 2020 such a memorable year for the Irish breeding industry.”

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Tattersalls February Sale Goes Virtual

Tattersalls will be holding its first sale of 2021 as a “live virtual” event as strict lockdown measures remain in place in Britain and Ireland.

Scheduled to run on Feb. 4 and 5, the mixed sale of almost 500 lots will take place online, with bids being taken through the live internet bidding platform or via telephone to a member of the Tattersalls team. No horses or vendors will be at Park Paddocks. Tattersalls also plans to stage an extra sale on Wednesday, Mar. 31 and Thursday, Apr. 1 to cater for any vendors who prefer to take part in a conventional sale on site.

“The decision to stage the Tattersalls February Sale in a live virtual format has been taken in the best interests of all concerned and reflects our commitment to providing the best possible working environment for participants at all of our sales, in whatever capacity they may be attending,” said Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony.

“The decision also recognises the increased difficulties surrounding domestic and international travel and it was felt that the prudent option was to stage the February Sale in a manner which allows vendors and purchasers alike to participate with confidence and in full compliance with prevailing rules and regulations. Our live internet bidding platform proved to hugely popular with buyers throughout last year, particularly at mixed sales similar to the February Sale, and we are confident that this live virtual format is the best option under the current difficult circumstances which we all continue to endure. In addition to promoting the February Sale to as many prospective buyers as possible, our bloodstock sales team will liaise with vendors with regard to the requirements of the live virtual sale model.”

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to play havoc with the bloodstock sales calendar, Goffs has already announced that its February Sale in Ireland on Feb. 9 and 10 will be an online sale for breeding stock, older horses and 2-year-olds, with a session of weanlings scheduled to sell at its Kildare Paddocks on Tuesday, Mar. 2. The Goffs UK January Sale will offer National Hunt mares and horses in training online on Tuesday, Jan. 26, and the National Hunt weanlings and point-to-pointers will now be offered at the Doncaster sales complex on Wednesday, Feb. 17.

The Tattersalls February Sale will begin each day at 1oam and the catalogue can now be viewed online.

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Profitable Favourite To Be Champion Freshman

The start of the Flat season may be more than two months away but there is already plenty of interest in the freshman sires of 2021, and Darley's Profitable (Ire) has been made 3/1 favourite by Fitzdares to take the championship.

Ed Guiver, Head of Racing for Fitzdares, said, “We love pricing this market, which would be impossible to price were it not for the Weatherbys Stallion Book used alongside the Weatherbys Return of Mares.

“It was hard to split the front four in the market but Profitable by the sire of sires in Invincible Spirit (Ire) has got the nod. That said, the sector is not without a bevy of shrewd judges, so market movers will be telling.”

The betting company makes the Coolmore duo of Caravaggio and Churchill (Ire) joint-second favourites at 4/1, with Cotai Glory (GB), who hails from Tally-Ho Stud, home to 2020 champion first-season sire Mehmas (Ire), third favourite at 5/1. All of the first four in the betting have at least 124 foals from their first crop.

Guiver added, “Ulysses (Ire) is a dark horse, jungle drums suggest he's produced some early types, and we suspect Ribchester (Ire) will have his fans. If he had more on the ground, Time Test (GB) would have been shorter odds for sure,” added Guiver.

Kelsey Riley examined the full quota of European first-season sires in her Value Sires feature in Monday's TDN.

Fitzdares first-season sire betting

Profitable (Ire) 3/1
Caravaggio 4/1
Churchill (Ire) 4/1
Cotai Glory (GB) 5/1
Aclaim (Ire) 8/1
Ribchester (Ire) 10/1
El Kabeir 12/1
Ardad (Ire) 20/1
Galileo Gold (GB) 20/1
Highland Reel (Ire) 20/1
Postponed (Ire) 50/1
Time Test (GB) 50/1
Almanzor (Fr) 100/1
Decorated Knight (Ire) 100/1
National Defense (Ire) 500/1
Zarak (Fr) 1000/1

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Free Nominations To Barraquero

Thirty free nominations are being offered to the 2017 G2 Richmond S. winner Barraquero (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), who stands at Padraig and Paul Moroney's Claremount Stud in Ireland.

Now six, the Manton Thoroughbreds-owned Barraquero retired to stud last year at a fee of €4,000 and his advertised fee for 2021 is €2,500.

“On behalf of the owners, we are offering 30 nominations to Barraquero free of charge,” said Sam Sangster, who bought Barraquero as a yearling for £30,000 and sent him into training with Brian Meehan at Manton.

“In the event the resultant foal or yearling realises over €10,000 we would charge a fee of 15% of the sale price. The impressive G2 Richmond S. winner continues to be well supported by his owners as well as outside mares. We are very excited to see his first foals due any day now.”

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