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Tally-Ho Lands 125k Top Lot On Day For Commercial Breeders At Tattersalls

If Tuesday's remarkable Sceptre Session was dominated by the high-end buyers, the commercial breeders took over on a lower- key Wednesday where Tally-Ho headlined the action when signing for Gifted Master (Ire) (Kodiac {GB})'s sister Miska (Ire) for 125,000gns.

Miska was bred by Tally-Ho and was consigned by the leading stud at Book 2 here last year when knocked down to Gainsborough Thoroughbreds for 210,000gns.

A winner of a Nottingham maiden in June for Simon and Ed Crisford, Miska failed to build on that and, just over a year after her Book 2 sale, is set to head back home to the County Westmeath-based farm.

That the O'Callaghans were keen to snap up Miska for their broodmare band won't come as a surprise. The family has been good to them, highlighted by the fact the yearling sister made 475,000gns to join Godolphin at Book 1 last month.

Indeed, Gifted Master is the horse who has put the pedigree in lights. He won 11 times for Hugo Palmer, including two Group 3 successes, and reached a career-high rating of 116. He was also Group 2 placed.

Tally-Ho bought 16 fillies and mares at Tattersalls this week for a total spend of 1,461,000gns and Wednesday's top lot hailed from the Godolphin draft which saw 63 sell for 3,053,500gns.

Godolphin also supplied the second most expensive lot on the day when the twice-raced Angel's Point (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) sold for 90,000gns to Michael Swinburn's Genesis Green Stud.

Out of the Montjeu (Ire) mare Madonna Dell'Orto (GB), Angel's Point is a half-sister to I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who won four times and placed in three Group 1s for Aidan O'Brien, as well as black-type performer Viscount Barfield {GB}).

Swinburn said, “Andrew [Balding, trainer] thought a lot of Angel's Point, but she had a few training issues. We do have a filly foal by Fastnet Rock out of the mare, a full-sister to I Can Fly, and we have had enquiries about her. We'd love to keep her and race her, but with prize-money the way it is, we may end up selling her.”

He added, “If so, we have no other daughters out of Madonna Dell'orto so it made sense to buy Angel's Point back. We have no plans as yet regarding stallions.”

While the average was up 10% on last year's figures to 21,236gns, the aggregate fell 3% to 4,226,000gns while the median was up 36% to 15,000gns. The clearance rate of 88% represented a 1% rise on last year.

Royal Studs Draft Proves Popular

Not for the first time this week, the draft from The Royal Studs captured the attention of buyers, with Alex Elliott paying 75,000gns for the winning Motivator (GB) mare Stimulate (GB).

The Derby winner is best known for being the sire of dual Arc winner Treve (Fr) but he also has a good record as a broodmare sire, highlighted by Japanese star Titleholder (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Ottoman Fleet (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and A'Ali (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}).

Stimulate is out of a sister to group performer Shamanova (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and was sold in foal to Space Blues (Ire).

Elliott said, “I'm a big fan of Motivator as a broodmare sire. Obviously the dam of Ottoman Fleet made 750,000gns at the Sceptre Sessions. She is a young mare who Michael said had a lot of talent and she won on debut for him. Little bits and pieces went wrong after that but she's on an early cover and carrying a colt to Space Blues. It's a good Aga Khan family and she was one we really wanted. Fingers crossed, but I think we have got some good shopping done.”

John Bourke of Hyde Park Stud bought Fresh Fancy (GB), a sister to Champion Hurdle contender Pied Piper (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) from the same draft for 47,000gns.

Pied Piper was bred by The Queen and was snapped up by Joey Logan at last year's Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale on behalf of Andrew and Gemma Brown of Caldwell Construction Ltd, who have seen their red and white colours carried to victory twice already this season by the 4-year-old. Gordon Elliott's charge is a 33-1 chance to win the Champion Hurdle and his sister won first time out for Roger Charlton.

Shimmering Light (GB), a daughter of Dubawi (Ire) who is carrying a foal to the Derby winner Masar (Ire), was another to sell well with Selwood Bloodstock going to 60,000gns to secure the mare.

All told, six fillies and mares were sold from the Royal draft for a total of 259,000 gns on Wednesday.

Elliott went on to buy Qatar Queen (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), in foal to the 2000 Guineas winner Kameko, on behalf of Laundry Cottage for 80,000gns.

He said, “She is a very attractive mare and made 400,000 as a yearling. She is carrying a Kameko colt and we are big fans of the stallion. I was lucky enough to have a client buy a stallion share in him and was very happy with the foals that I saw by him so it made a lot of sense.

“She is a sister to Barney Roy and there is a Dubawi in the family that made a lot of money at Book 1 [half-brother sold for 750,000gns to Godolphin] so there's lots happening. Hopefully she will be a good one.”

Asked if he had looked towards next year's mating, Elliott added, “She has two Zoustars on the ground and is in foal to Kameko. I'd imagine that she will be quite an easy one to mate.”

 

 

 

BUY OF THE DAY
Lot 2155: Fine Balance (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr})
Consignor: Godolphin
Buyer: Hurworth Bloodstock 38,000gns

Sam Haggas and George Boughey are a deadly combination when it comes to buying horses in training and it could be the case that they have unearthed another gem at the December Mares Sale.

The pair were standing in the front of the bidders area when the hammer fell at 38,000gns for Fine Balance (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), a 220,000gns yearling purchase at Book 1 in 2020, who has had a stop-start career for Simon and Ed Crisford.

As per the Godolphin notes, Fine Balance has not encountered any major training problems for the Crisfords, who actually remarked that there should be lots to come from the filly given she raced just the once.

That sole start was a promising one, too. On her belated debut as a 3-year-old, she showed distinct promise to finish third in a Wolverhampton maiden, beaten just a length. The run can be further upgraded for the fact she was short of room in the closing stages.

Fine Balance has not run since and, while there is a fair amount of speculation involved in predicting that she will emerge as the buy of the day at Tattersalls, there is clearly a level of ability there and Boughey has proved himself at being one of the best in the business with second-hand horses.

Missed The Cut (Quality Road) and Inver Park (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) illustrated this fact to a nicety in winning at Royal Ascot this season after beginning their careers elsewhere so, in short, there are few better hotels that Fine Balance could have joined.

There will always be some residual value in Fine Balance given she is a daughter of Siyouni and hails from the family of Star Catcher (GB) and Cannock Chase. The page could look a whole lot better come this time next year if Boughey can work his magic and few would bet against that.

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Dual Group Malavath To Sell At Arqana

Group 2 winner and Breeders' Cup runner-up Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) has been confirmed for the Vente d'Elevage, an auction that will take place from December 3-6 at Arqana in Deauville. 

The Tally-Ho Stud-bred filly, who chased home Pizza Bianca (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf last year, was a £29,000 purchase by Star Bloodstock at the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale in 2020.

She was then sold to a partnership that includes David Redvers, Everest Racing and Barbara Keller for £120,000 at Arqana's Breeze-Up Sale in Doncaster the following spring. 

Trained by Francis Graffard, Malavath was placed on her first two starts at two before breaking her maiden at Chantilly that September.

She then went on to win the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte before running that creditable second at the Breeders' Cup. 

A Group 3 winner earlier this season, Malavath was last seen finishing second in the G1 Prix de la Foret. 

The page could get even better as the talented filly is set to run in the G1 Breeders' Mile in Keeneland on November 5.

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Hollie Doyle Keeps Ride On Breeders’ Cup-Bound The Platinum Queen 

Hollie Doyle will maintain the partnership with The Platinum Queen (Ire) as the pair bid to follow up on their brilliant Prix de l'Abbaye success with victory at the Breeders' Cup.

Oisin Orr, who joined The Platinum Queen's trainer Richard Fahey earlier this year, does most of the work with the speedster. However, Orr was unable to do the weight about the daughter of Cotai Glory (GB) in France.

With the Middleham Park Racing-owned youngster set to carry just 8st 7lb in the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland, the Irishman will once again be forced to sit the big race out. 

Fahey told Sportinglife, “I feel sorry for Oisin as he's done so much work with The Platinum Queen at home, but he can't do the weight.

“The owners Middleham Park very much want him to have the ride when he can, but unfortunately that won't be in America.

“Hollie has done a fine job on her twice before, including when winning the Abbaye, so she knows her well.”

 

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October Book 1: ‘The Cream Of The Crop’

NEWMARKET, UK-It is going to require a Herculean effort to plunder the best of what is on offer at Tattersalls, according to leading bloodstock agent Alex Elliott who, on the eve of the eagerly-anticipated Book 1 session, described the stock on offer as being “the cream of the crop”. 

With Sheikh Mohommad, Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum, Aidan O'Brien, John Gosden, Yoshito Tahagi, Chad Brown and a host of American and foreign buyers in attendance at Newmarket on Monday, Elliott is expecting more mayhem in the sales ring this week. 

Elliott, who spent almost £4 million on 13 horses at Book 1 alone last year, said, “There's a hell of a selection. It will be very hard to buy them. People have been talking about this sale for a while and I think it's going to be every bit of what people were expecting and more.”

He added, “I'm buying for a domestic person so it's going to be hard for me to buy exactly what I want. It's always hard to buy what you want but it's going to be even harder this time. Between the prize-money, the weakness of the pound and the amount of people here–it just won't add up as well for us as it will for the Americans for example. That's going to make things extremely difficult. 

“There's more American buyers here than I have ever seen before. There are people here who I don't even recognise. This is the cream of the crop. They are the best turf horses that get brought to the market in Europe, if not the world, and it's going to be a challenge.” 

A mouse in a room full of hawks would have enjoyed a more peaceful afternoon than Sir Mark Prescott did at Tattersalls with the local legend met with a hero's welcome after Sunday's Arc heroics achieved with Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}). 

Concurring with Elliott, the in-demand trainer said, “The stock is very good. It's a strong catalogue–we'll be short of money but we've enjoyed seeing them!”

He added on the reception, “My team are quite unhappy with me as we are taking too long and not seeing enough yearlings. I've had nothing but trouble! Too many 'thank yous' and 'not at alls' and so on. It's been marvellous.

“I'm very surprised by the reception. It's been extraordinary. It was just a great day and everything went right. I was saying to Aidan [O'Brien] that, if I hadn't trained the winner, I'd have enjoyed watching the race as she always seemed to be so well-placed. It just went perfectly well.”

The yearlings assembled at Tattersalls also came in for high praise from leading Irish trainer Paddy Twomey, who is expecting the demand for young stock to soar this week.

He said, “Tattersalls have attracted a lovely bunch of horses and you'd imagine that the strong trade from Goffs can carry over into the next two weeks.”

Barton Stud Bring A Big Draft

He may be one of the youngest stud managers in Britain but that infectious enthusiasm should stand Tom Blain in good stead as Barton Stud offer 22 yearlings in Book 1.

It is one thing bringing a big draft and something altogether different to offer up quality and, with two colts and a filly by Frankel (GB), a filly by Dubawi (Ire) and a filly and a colt apiece by the great Galileo (Ire) among the 22 on offer, expectations are high.

Blain said, “All of the right people are here and it was lovely to see Sheikha Hissa looking at a few of our yearlings and I understand Sheikh Mohammed is here. There are plenty of people here from America as well so there's huge interest.”

He added, “The pound is as weak as it's been for a while so, while that's not great for the country, it will help buyers. People vote with their pocket. You'd like to think that there are plenty of people who still have plenty to buy and that they will get stuck in so let's hope there's enough horses to go around.”

Barton has already earned a reputation as a proven source of top-notch talent with recent G2 May Hill S. winner Polly Pott (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) the latest graduate.

Not only is this Barton's biggest draft of yearlings to offer up at public auction but the 34-year-old thinks it's the best.

He said, “I am really pleased with our draft. I've never sold anything by Galileo before and we've got a Dubawi filly who is very nice. There are three Frankels as well, one of which is particularly nice, and he sells on the last day [lot 436]. 

“This is what we do it for, isn't it? Try and be here competing at the top level and, most important of all, let's hope they go on and become good racehorses.”

Tally-Ho Out To Build On Dream Results

Whether it's buying, breezing or consigning, Tally-Ho Stud has an unrelenting ability to produce top-class winners, further evidence of which was seen on Sunday when homebred The Platinum Queen (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) became the first juvenile since 1978 to win the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye.

She also became an important first at the highest level for the stud's up-and-coming sire Cotai Glory, not that Sunday's victory came as much of a surprise to Roger O'Callaghan, who is keen to build on the momentum with a 15-strong draft to offer this week. 

Trained by Richard Fahey and ridden to that momentous victory by Hollie Doyle, The Platinum Queen was bred and then breezed by the team at Tally-Ho, realising 57,000gns at the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-up Sale last year.

Her success comes hot on the heels of the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Lezoo (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) and G1 Beresford S. hero Crypto Force (GB) (Time Test {GB}), both of whom were breezed by Tally-Ho.

“It's the pinnacle, isn't it?” O'Callaghan says, nonchalantly. “You want to be good at your job, don't you? It's very satisfying but, today's headlines are tomorrow's fish and chips papers and we're concentrating on this week. But it's gratifying and, also, it's good for the breeze-ups as well.”

He added, “All I want to do is sell good horses. Lezoo was a very nice filly with a bad front leg. She just looked like she'd run and she did. I liked the Red Clubs (Ire) mare in the pedigree as well and she'd a great temperament.

“In fairness to Dad [Tony], he bred the dam of The Platinum Queen and he got 460,000gns from Niarchos. She didn't turn out to be much good but he bought her back for nine grand and this is the first foal out of her. Richard Fahey and Robin O'Ryan have done a fabulous job with her.”

Crypto Force represented something of a different theme for the Tally-Ho team when landing the G2 Beresford S. over a mile at the Curragh last month. 

However, that victory, according to O'Callaghan, proves that the renowned producers of equine talent can cater for every market, which could be seen with John Gosden, Kevin Ryan, Michael Donohoe and Mr Zhang, Hugo Palmer and Alice Haynes all busy inspecting the stock on Monday. 

O'Callaghan said, “Crypto Force was satisfying. He was a good-looking horse and I told everyone to buy him. Michael O'Callaghan out-bid Federico Barberini and the rest is history. “He's a different type of beast for us but we try to cater for everyone we can. We've a lot of races that we haven't sold the winner of.”

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