Tattersalls Launches New Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus For Craven Breeze Up Sale

Owners of 2-year-olds bought at the 2021 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale look set to be rewarded with unprecedented bonuses as Tattersalls launches a new £250,000 (US$346,212) Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus in addition to the lucrative and widely acclaimed £15,000 (US$20,773) Craven Breeze Up Bonus scheme.

The new £250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus will offer a £125,000 (US$173,108) bonus for the first Craven Breeze Up winner of any of the six 2-year-old races at the Royal Meeting, with £100,000 (US$138,488) being paid to the owner and £25,000 (US$34,622) to the vendor of the horse. An additional £125,000 bonus, with the same £100,000/£25,000 split, will also be paid to the first Craven Breeze Up winner of any of the 15 European Group 1 races open to 2-year-olds, including the all-age Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York and the Group 1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp.

Commenting on the new £250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“The new £250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus reinforces our commitment not only to the flagship Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, but also to rewarding owners in as many innovative ways as we can. The £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus immediately captured the imagination of owners and trainers and the new £250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus further enhances the appeal of a sale which annually produces a consistent flow of high class precocious Royal Ascot two-year-olds as well as Group 1 performers throughout the year. The multiple bonuses will reward numerous owners and in addition, the prospect of an owner winning a £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus, followed by the £125,000 Royal Ascot Bonus and ultimately the £125,000 Group 1 Bonus is also very real.”

Endorsing the new £250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus, trainer Richard Hannon added;

“We have bought some serious two-year-olds from the Craven Breeze Up with Peter and Ross Doyle over the years and the combination of the new £250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus with the £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus will make it a compelling prospect for our owners. Mehmas springs to mind, although we will have to do better this time. He finished second in the Coventry at Royal Ascot, second in the Group 1 National Stakes and third in the Group 1 Middle Park.”

The 2021 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale will take place April 12-14, with all 2-year-olds breezing on the morning of Monday, April 12 on the Jockey Club Estates' watered gallop at Newmarket's Rowley Mile Racecourse.

£250,000 Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus Qualifying Races:

ROYAL ASCOT RACES FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS

Group 2 Coventry Stakes
Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes
Group 2 Norfolk Stakes
Group 3 Albany Stakes
Listed Chesham Stakes
Listed Windsor Castle Stakes

UK GROUP 1 RACES FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS

Nunthorpe Stakes
Cheveley Park Stakes
Middle Park Stakes
Fillies' Mile
Dewhurst Stakes
Futurity Trophy

IRELAND GROUP 1 RACES FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS

Phoenix Stakes
Moyglare Stud Stakes
National Stakes

FRANCE GROUP 1 RACES FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS

Prix Morny
Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp
Prix Marcel Boussac
Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
Critérium International
Critérium de Saint-Cloud

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Tattersalls Breeze Up Sales Schedule Confirmed

The 2021 breeze-up sales scheduled was announced by Tattersalls on Tuesday. The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale (Apr. 12-14) and the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training Sale (Apr. 29-30) will be conducted in Newmarket. Fairyhouse will host the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale from May 20-21. The Tattersalls Ascot Breeze Up Sale will not be held next year. Nominations for all three sales are now open and inspections will begin in January.

“It will be a huge relief for all concerned to have the Tattersalls Breeze Up Sales return to their traditional dates after this year’s COVID-related disruption,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “Obviously the possibility of further disruption in both Britain and Ireland still exists, but the recent news that we can expect limited crowds to be allowed back to racecourses in Britain in the very near future gives us all optimism as we look forward to next year.

“Between the three Tattersalls and Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sales we will be aiming to accommodate very similar numbers to the total catalogued in 2020, but without staging the Ascot fixture which this year took place alongside the Craven Breeze Up owing to the calendar changes. Rationalizing the number of Breeze Up sales should alleviate the demands placed upon all participants in this important but congested sector of the bloodstock market and we are confident that the 2021 Tattersalls portfolio of breeze-up sales will allow us to accommodate the requirements of consignors and buyers better than ever.”

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American Pharoah, Hard Spun Juveniles Strike Big At Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale

A colt by exciting young sire Night Of Thunder was the star turn at the sun-drenched Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale when selling for 575,000 guineas (US$748,927). A total of 70 lots sold for 6,649,500 guineas ($8,660,855) at an average of 94,993 guineas ($123,728) and a median of 61,000 guineas ($79,457).

Brown Island Stables' Johnny Collins was celebrating after his Night of Thunder colt lit up the ring when selling for 575,000 guineas ($748,927) to Tom Biggs of Blandford Bloodstock. It was a notable pinhooking triumph for Collins who had purchased the colt for £72,000 ($89,319) as a yearling.

“I had one by Night Of Thunder last year and really wanted to get another to join the team,” said Collins after the sale. “He went through very early, looked like an April 28 foal, and was only 15hh high – he is a 16hh horse now! The time delay this spring has probably helped him, but he has always been a powerful galloper.”

Of his sire, Collins added: “Who could have foreseen what he would achieve? He has got better books coming forward and he really is taking himself up into the higher brackets.”

Tom Biggs saw off the efforts of underbidder Mark McStay and David Redvers after an intense bidding battle to secure the colt and explained;

“He will stay in Newmarket. It was a little more than we had wanted to spend, but you have to pay for this sort of horse. He is a lovely horse, he did a very nice breeze and his sire is doing so well.”

The sale-topping colt is out of Thurayaat, a granddaughter of the Oaks and 1,000 Guineas winner Midway Lady who also produced an Oaks winner herself in champion 3-year-old filly Eswarah.

Internet Bid Triumphs for American Pharoah Colt

Bids rained in from outside the sale ring from the socially distanced Tattersalls audience for Star Bloodstock's American Pharoah colt but it was an internet bid that won the day at 400,000 guineas ($521,050). The successful purchaser was Simon Chappell, who said;

“I know the guys at Star Bloodstock and they've been telling me this colt is a good horse all year. At 400,000 guineas there was no way I was letting a horse like him slip through the net. He's by the sire of the moment in American Pharoah, he did the third-fastest breeze and has a massive stride, so I used the internet bidding system and bought the horse. He'll be going into training with Simon Crisford.”

The colt was bought as a yearling by Byron Rogers and Newminster Pinhook for $170,000 and was prepared for Star Bloodstock by Johnny Hassett.

“He has always shown us a lot,” said Rogers. “When we let them off in March and asked the draft to point their toes a little bit, he always went well. He is a very quick horse, he breezed as we expected he would.”

The colt is from the second crop of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, already the sire of seven stakes winners, and is the second foal out of the stakes winning mare Harlan's Honor whose only runner to date has been stakes-placed in the U.S.

Cool Silk Partnership Strike for Hard Spun Filly
 
The Cool Silk Partnership and Peter Swann have enjoyed great success buying at the breeze up sales with Stroud Coleman's Matt Coleman and the team struck the winning bid of 375,000 guineas ($488,476) for Mocklershill's popular Hard Spun filly.

“We really liked this filly and waited for her. She is a lovely horse and travelled over well. She has only done her prep since March and has handled it well,” Peter Swann commented. “She might end up going abroad, we have just sent Midnight Sands to Brendan Walsh in the U.S. This filly will have some resale value too.”

Of the breeze-up sales, Swann added: “We like to buy at the breeze up sales as you get to see how the horse is mentally dealing with training. At the sale we look at times and strides and everything really, we have Matt with us and James Given to vet, but we also like to see the horses in the yard and see their characters. I think the market has been quite strong, we were underbidder on the Twilight Son filly. As the breeze ups have been so late this year we have had to be patient, but we hope we have bought a classier type.”

Consignor Willie Brown of Mocklershill said: “I am flabbergasted! She is a lovely filly, a seriously good filly, and has been very busy since we got here. She has been training well and only arrived with us on March 2. Then the only sale open was Goresbridge, but with the delays, and as she was working so well, we entered her here on a wild card.”

The filly is out of the Grade 3 placed Lemon Drop Kid mare Lemonette from a deep American family.

Chairman's Statement

At the conclusion of the 2020 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“First and foremost we would like to pay tribute to each and every individual who has worked so hard to make sure that the 2020 Craven Breeze Up Sale took place under almost normal conditions, albeit more than two months later than intended. In particular we should recognise the patience and commitment of the Breeze Up consignors who have worked with us every step of the way and have adapted to the challenges that the global pandemic has thrown at people in every walk of life. None of us can pretend that the past few months have been easy, but in these times of adversity it has been even more pleasing than usual to see so many of the consignors well rewarded. A clearance rate of 83 percent, an average price nudging 100,000 guineas and a top priced colt matching last year's highest priced colt, are very respectable statistics and reflect the outstanding professionalism of the Breeze Up consignors who, as ever, brought a fine collection of 2-year-olds to the Craven Breeze Up Sale.

“We should equally recognize the huge contribution made by today's purchasers. They have yet again demonstrated the enduring appetite for quality European thoroughbreds and the esteem in which the Craven Breeze Up is held. Even in these extraordinary times we have had buyers active from all corners of the world including Australia, Bahrain, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Qatar and Spain and the domestic demand has also exceeded expectations. Obviously the highlight was Johnny Collins' spectacular pinhooking triumph with his outstanding 575,000 guineas sale – topping Night Of Thunder colt, but there were numerous other success stories and we can be confident that there will be plenty of 2020 Craven Breeze Up graduates performing at the highest level.

“We are expecting international travel restrictions to be eased in the near future, which will be a great relief, and as we look forward to the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and July Sale it has also been encouraging to see the new internet bidding facility being widely used by buyers at all levels of the market. We have done our best to explore every possible way for buyers to participate at our sales in these unusual times and it has clearly been well received.”

The next sales at Tattersalls are the Guineas Breeze Up Sale and July Sale which takes place from July 8 – 10.

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Tattersalls In Spotlight As Breeze-ups Begin

NEWMARKET, UK—The first British breeze-up sale will be staged in Newmarket on Thursday when the curtain rises on the Tattersalls Craven Sale, which will be swiftly followed that same afternoon by the Tattersalls Ascot Breeze-up.

Horses catalogued for both sales breezed on the Rowley Mile on Monday and extended, staggered viewing periods have been in operation at Park Paddocks over the last few days to allow agents, trainers and other prospective purchasers ample time for inspections within the confines of social distancing.

Earlier in the week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the two-metre distance rule between people in Britain has been reduced to one metre, and steadily businesses are opening, with many pubs and restaurants serving take-aways but not yet fully operational. Strict health protocols remain in place at Tattersalls, where visitors to the sales grounds have their temperature checked on arrival having submitted medical questionnaires in advance.

As one of the largest companies in Newmarket, Tattersalls, which has been in operation for more than 250 years, has withstood the ebb and flow of financial tides over those years, but it is fair to say that such a juddering disruption to its business has not been seen before. It is a great credit to the respective teams behind its Newmarket, Ascot and Irish sales that the breeze-ups are taking place at all, as well as to the flexibility shown by its fellow sales houses Goffs UK and Arqana, which stage a combined breeze-up sale in Doncaster next Wednesday.

At the Craven Sale last year, traditionally held over two post-racing evening sessions in mid-April, a total of 85 juveniles were sold for a total of 10,343,000gns and at an average price of 121,682gns. The breeze-up consignors, whose restocking accounted for more than £20 million of expenditure at last year’s yearling sales, are generally relieved to be able to hold sales at all following the bleak outlook earlier in the spring. Many have been proactive in selling horses privately ahead of the delayed sales, meaning that the number offered through the ring is significantly down. Indeed, 65 have been withdrawn from the original 145 catalogued for the Craven. The mood now is, understandably, one of nervous anticipation ahead of Thursday’s results and for the trading fortnight to come.

“Tattersalls have done a great job and there are some nice horses here but we just have to hope that it’s going to be sensible trade,” said long-time consignor Malcolm Bastard. “They are trying to be safe so it spreads everyone out and gives people more of a chance when it comes to seeing the horses, which is sensible. There have been a lot of viewings, especially on Monday after they breezed, and it’s been trickling on ever since. But we’re going into the unknown and no-one knows what is going to happen [on Thursday].”

Of his eight originally catalogued, Bastard has brought five to Newmarket, including a colt with one of the most eye-catching pedigrees in the catalogue, the Kingman (GB) half-brother to the dual Group 1 winner Poet’s Word (Ire), who is offered as lot 42.

The Craven also includes one son of American Pharoah, a $170,000 Keeneland September purchase out of the Colleen S. winner Harlan’s Honor (Harlan’s Holiday). Offered by Star Bloodstock as lot 51, the March-born colt was one of the fastest breezers on Monday.

Tom Whitehead of Powerstown Stud has one colt remaining in each of the Craven and Ascot sales, from six originally catalogued, including a colt by Iffraaj (GB) (lot 75) out of a half-sister to the G1 Prix Jean Romanet runner-up and listed winner Princess Loulou (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}).

He said, “There have been plenty of local people viewing horses and the local agents are working hard. The few top horses are busy and I would say the rest of the market is going to be tricky but I don’t think anyone is expecting anything else. The middle to lower end is going to be very difficult, I would imagine, that’s the feeling I’m getting. That’s not Tatts’ fault, it’s not anyone’s fault, it’s just the world we’re in at the moment. We didn’t even expect to be able to hold a sale at one point and Tatts have done well to get a sale organised.”

The Ascot Breeze-up, first held in 2016, has become the traditional starting point for the season in early April and generally includes a more precocious type of horse. The Tattersalls Ascot wing can enjoy some reflected glory in the fact that its original catalogue included last week’s G2 Norfolk S. winner The Lir Jet (Ire) within the consignment of Aguiar Bloodstock. He was sold on privately by pinhooker Robson Aguiar, who still has four 2-year-olds to sell on Thursday. There are also another five by The Lir Jet’s first-crop sire Prince Of Lir (Ire).

He is just one of 17 freshman sires with juveniles in the Ascot section of the sale, including Cheveley Park Stud’s Twilight Son (GB), who is represented by lot 9, a colt out of a half-sister to the storied GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Belvoir Bay (GB) (Equiano {Fr}).

The Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale gets underway at 11am, and is followed by the Ascot Breeze-up at 3pm.

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