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French Flair On Show At Tattersalls’ Park Paddocks

NEWMARKET, UK–The Arqana Breeding Stock Sale may not start until Saturday but there is plenty of French-flavoured fare to be served up at the Tattersalls December Mares' Sale this week in Newmarket.

The partial dispersal from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani's select band of broodmares based at Haras des Cruchettes in Normandy provides an obvious point of interest, with two young Group 1 winners among the eight mares to be sold through the Newsells Park Stud draft.

“The connection was natural because Newsells has been boarding all our mares for the breeding season since the start of Al Shahania and we always have eight or ten mares in the UK every year. It was obvious to go with them as they have been doing such a good job for us for such a long time,” said Bertrand Le Metayer, racing manager to Al Shahania Stud.

Blond Me (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), a star on the track for Barbara Keller and Andrew Balding with her six victories including the GI EP Taylor S. and G2 Middleton S., is offered as lot 1837 and is carrying a foal by leading French sire Siyouni (Fr). Out of the winning Docksider mare Holda (Ire), the 9-year-old hails from a family with its recent roots in Lord Weinstock's Ballymacoll Stud and includes the European champion 3-year-old Conduit (Ire) and Irish 2000 Guineas winner Spectrum (Ire).

“Blond Me's first foal is a nice, scopey 2-year-old by Dubawi (Ire) with Francis Graffard,” said Le Metayer. “We purchased the mare privately before she won the EP Taylor and then she returned to the farm as a broodmare. Her yearling filly is also by Dubawi and will be trained in France. That Weinstock family is awesome and she is a scopey mare who performed extremely well over 10 furlongs, which is exactly what you want if you are looking to breed a Classic winner, and with her pedigree she is very easy to mate.”

Immediately preceding Blond Me in the Newsells Park Stud draft is Flotilla (Fr) (Mizzen Mast), an outstanding filly in her racing days when winning the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches for her owner/breeder. Now 11, Flotilla (lot 1836) is in foal to Sea The Moon (Ger), who enjoyed yet more decent results at last week's foal sale, with 14 weanlings sold for an average in excess of 50,000gns.

Le Metayer continued, “Flotilla is a very imposing mare. We have an exciting Dubawi filly in training with Francis Graffard called Safaria. He has been raving about her so let's hope he's right. And we also have her mother, Louvain. That family has been very kind to Sheikh Mohammed as we also had Big Five, a brother to Flotilla, and we have another Frankel out of Louvain. Flotilla also a very nice American Pharaoh foal and yearling.”

There has been plenty happening in Flotilla's family in recent seasons, with Crossfirehurricane (Kitten's Joy), out of her half-sister Louvakhova (Maria's Mon), having won last season's G3 Gallinule S., while Mangoustine (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}), out of another half-sister, has provided a Group 3-winning update since the publication of the catalogue.

“It's a family which has loads of speed and has been very active,” added Le Metayer.

Breeders looking for a young daughter of Galileo (Ire) to add to their broodmare band will doubtless inspect 4-year-old Listentome (Ire), who is in foal for the first time to Al Kazeem (GB), whose sire Dubawi has crossed so well with Galileo mares. Furthermore, Listentome (lot 1495) is out of the Group 2-winning Monsun (Ger) mare Longina (Ger), from the family of multiple Group 1 and Japan Cup winner Lando (Ger).

“We sold Listentome's yearling half-sister through Newsells for 800,000gns to Juddmonte at Book 1,” said Le Metayer. “The big farms have an appetite for this family and she's a winning daughter of Galileo from a top German family. The reason we have used Al Kazeem is that we stayed on board as partners even with his low fertility and we have always had great luck with him. The first mare we sent to him bred us Aspetar (Fr), so we have bred a Group 1 winner by him. Oakgrove Stud have done a very good job with him and we are very fond of the horse.”

He added, “We have been quite careful over the years to have some outcrosses in the broodmare band. Sheikh Mohammed is the world's leading owner of Arabian horses and with his success in that field he has had incredible success with homebreds. With the lines we are using with Thoroughbreds and Arabians he has always tried as much as possible to use outcrosses.”

Galileo's fine record as a sire and broodmare sire needs little recounting here but one of his young sons who has been making quite an impression in France in recent seasons is Galiway (GB), the sire of G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere and G1 Champion S. winner Sealiway (Fr). Only one mare in the catalogue is in foal to him and her eventual offspring will be bred on the same cross as Sealiway as Queenhope (Fr) (lot 1814) is a daughter of Kendargent (Fr), whose is also emerging as a broodmare sire with promise.

Galiway will have had more opportunity than most stallions to cover daughters of Kendargent as both sires stand at Haras de Colleville and their owner Guy Pariente, breeder of both Sealiway and Queenhope, has no shortage of Kendargent mares. Even so, it is encouraging at this early stage in Galiway's career that four of his eight stakes winners are bred on that cross.

“Her female line is very strong as it goes back to Flame Of Tara,” said Patrick Barbe, who bought the dual winner Queenhope as a yearling at Arqana. The 4-year-old mare's full-sister, the Group 3 winner Kenhope (Fr), is already proving her worth as a broodmare in Japan, where she is represented by the G2 Hochi Hai Revue winner Pourville (Jpn) (Le Havre {Ire}) and Grade 2-placed Super Hope (Jpn) (Quizzing {Jpn}).

Barbe added “I think Queenhope would have gone to Galiway anyway but Sealiway winning the Champion Stakes has confirmed that it is a super cross. There are only two Kendargent mares in the sale and he is really making it as a broodmare sire even though he is still quite young.”

Queenhope features as one of ten well-credentialed young mares to be consigned by European Sales Management, which routinely offers a select group of broodmare prospects with broad international appeal at the December Mares' Sale. This year that team includes the Group 2 winner Plainchant (Fr) (Gregorian {Ire}) (lot 1818) and Russian Camilla (Ire) (Camelot {Ire}), a winning sister to the dual Australian Group 1 winner and young sire Russian Camelot (Ire) who is in foal for the first time to the Arc winner Sottsass (Fr). She sells immediately after Queenhope as lot 1815.

Haras la Cour Blanche, a first-time consignor at Tattersalls, makes quite an entrance at the Newmarket venue with a Group 1-winning filly in its draft of two. The 3-year-old Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) has won six races, headed by her Group 1 strike in the Prix Marcel Boussac last year on Arc weekend, providing a memorable first win at the highest level for her jockey Jessica Marcialis. Offered on behalf of Miguel Castro Megias, Tiger Tanaka is catalogued on Tuesday as lot 1822.

A strong draft from Haras d'Etreham, which includes mares in foal to the stud's young stallions Persian King (Ire) and Hello Youmzain (Fr), also features the 8-year-old Mondelice (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}). The unraced grand-daughter of champion 2-year-old Damson (Ire) (Entrepreneur {GB}) is already a Group 2 producer but that could be upgraded as early as Dec. 12 when her son Dubai Honour (Ire) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}) lines up for the G1 Hong Kong Cup in a bid to go one better than his runner-up finish to Sealiway in the Champion S.

Mondelice (lot 1756) is in foal to New Bay (GB), who was represented by his first Group 1 winner this season in Saffron Beach (Ire).

Selling begins each morning at 9.30 from Monday to Thursday for the final sale of the year at Park Paddocks.

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December Delights As Tattersalls Gears Up For Glittering Finale

In what feels like the blink of an eye, we are now embarking on the final sale of the year at Tattersalls. The Newmarket auction house generally doesn't do things by halves and, if recent sales are anything to go by, the next two weeks at Park Paddocks will include plenty of show-stopping moments, with the mares' catalogues in particular being bolstered by several significant dispersals.

Before we get to that, however, we have one final day of yearlings to contend with. The December Yearling Sale can offer a second chance for a saunter round the ring for those who may have encountered a setback at earlier sales, but plenty of vendors opt to be included in this catalogue from the outset, whether to stand out in a smaller book, or to give a little extra time to a later-maturing yearling.

The sale has been streamlined somewhat over the last few years to include around 200 yearlings–the exact number catalogued this year.

Last year's topper at 300,000gns was a son of Sea The Stars (Ire) and the Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and it is not a stretch to think that the same sire might top the sale this time around as among the eight yearlings catalogued by Sea The Stars is a full-brother to Sea Of Class (Ire). Offered as lot 30 by Oak Lodge & Springfield House Stud, the June-foaled colt is not just kin to the late Irish Oaks winner but also to four other Group winners, with the tremendous breeding record of her dam Holy Moon (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}) taking up almost the entire catalogue page.

There will doubtless be interest, too, in lot 47, consigned by New England Stud as the sole Galileo (Ire) yearling in the catalogue. With the same birthdate as the aforementioned colt of June 8, this fellow is a son of the G2 Prix de Sandringham winner Laugh Out Loud (GB) (Clodovil {Ire}) and his full-brother Platinum Warrior (Ire) is both a Grade II winner in the States and a Group 3 winner in Ireland.

Feast your eyes on the foals

There's almost nothing the bloodstock crowd loves more than to get a good look at the first batch of foals by each year's freshman sires. Opinions are quickly drawn, and sometimes have to be revised at a later date, but the acceptance or otherwise of a stallion's first crop by the foal pinhookers can play a big part in his future success at stud.

The group that retired to stud in 2020 included a quartet of Classic winners, comprised of Godolphin's homebred Derby hero Masar (Ire), Coolmore's 2000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia (Ire), who is in danger of being usurped by his high-flying half-brother St Mark's Basilica (Fr), Irish 2000 Guineas winner Phoenix Of Spain (Ire), and the Niarchos-bred Prix du Jockey Club winner Study Of Man (Ire).

Prospective buyers can hardly have failed to notice the worldwide success this season of graduates of Kirsten Rausing's Lanwades Stud, which stands Deep Impact (Jpn)'s son Study Of Man and offers a weanling by the stallion under the operation's St Simon Stud banner. The colt, lot 859, is the first foal of the treble winner Quintada (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) and a grandson of the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio victrix Quiza Quiza Quiza (GB) (Golden Snake).

Masar's first batch of foals catalogued include a half-brother to the G2 Railway S. winner Beckford (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), offered by Brook Stud as lot 890, while Norelands Stud, where Magna Grecia was born and raised, consigns a colt by him (lot 948) out of the listed winner Twitch (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) and from the family of Hong Kong champion Viva Pataca (GB).

Waldgeist (GB) was a Group 1 winner at two and missed out by just a short-head when aiming for Classic glory in France but he more than made up for it by winning three more Group 1 races during his four seasons of racing, culminating in the Arc. Having had all nine of his Goffs November foals sell last week for an average of €54,278 and top price of €180,000, Waldgeist has six weanlings on offer at Tattersalls. These include two fillies from his co-breeder, Newsells Park Stud, with lot 695 being a half-sister to listed winner and Group 2 runner-up Aljezeera (GB), who is by another son of Galileo in Frankel (GB).

The long list of freshman sires with first foals at Tattersalls is completed by Advertise (Ire), Blue Point (Ire), Calyx (GB), City Light (Fr), Crystal Ocean (GB), Eqtidaar (Ire), Flag Of Honour (Ire), Inns Of Court (Ire), Invincible Army (Ire), Land Force (Ire), Le Brivido (Fr), Portamento (Ire), Sogann (Fr), Soldier's Call (GB), Ten Sovereigns (Ire) and Too Darn Hot (GB).

Last week brought the sad announcement of the death of Cheveley Park Stud's celebrated stallion Pivotal (GB). The 28-year-old was pensioned last year and there are two chances to acquire members of his final crop at Tattersalls. A colt out of Royal Seal (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a full-sister to the Breeders' Cup winner Queen's Trust (GB), is among the Cheveley Park Stud draft as lot 589, while Drumroy Farm offers a filly from the family of multiple Group 1 winner Starcraft (NZ) as lot 1024.

Magnificent mares in abundance

We have already seen high levels of demand for quality breeding stock in America and Ireland in the last few weeks and that is unlikely to change as the sales season concludes in Britain and France.

A sad element of sales over the last few months has been the significant downsizing of the Shadwell racing and breeding operation, though as ever, dispersals and reductions of this nature offer tremendous opportunities for breeders to buy into bloodlines that do not regularly come onto the market. Sizeable drafts from major breeders are not unusual, however, though this year's offerings can perhaps be described as supersized. Furthermore, this year's catalogue includes 24 mares and fillies in a dispersal from Sir Robert Ogden and another eight from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani's Al Shahania Stud.

“Particularly enticing for breeders from all over the world are not just the specific dispersals but effectively we have a dispersal numbering 224 lots from Godolphin, Juddmonte and Shadwell,” said Tattersalls marketing director Jimmy George. “These are not specifically referred to as dispersals but numerically it's bigger than ever and there are some really smart mares and fillies in there from these teams from some of the best families in the world.”

On the equine front, the bloodstock world has been dealt a great blow in 2021 with the deaths of Galileo (Ire) and Pivotal (GB), and there have also been the losses of some major owner/breeders.

George continued, “There were a very sad few months at the beginning of this year when we lost three such significant contributors to the industry in the shape of Prince Khalid Abdullah, David Thompson and Sheikh Hamdan.”

Among the 93 lots on offer from Shadwell is the unraced 2-year-old Shomooly (GB) (Frankel {GB}) whose dam Riqa (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1298) was bought at Goffs last week for €550,000 by Barronstown Stud. Listed-placed herself, Riqa's best offspring is the dual Group 3 winner Tantheem (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}).

Tuesday as dusk falls tends to be the time that the sale ring at Park Paddocks truly lights up during the week of mares. There's stiff competition to be the queen of this year's proceedings but one who has justifiable claims to top honours is Newsells Park Stud's Waldlied (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), who is owned in partnership with her co-breeder Gestut Ammerland.

Waldlied (lot 1839) really does have everything one could desire in a top-class breeding prospect. A superior performer herself, she won the G2 Prix de Malleret, and she is foal to Kingman (GB), by whom she has a yearling colt and who is also the sire of her Group 3-winning half-brother Waldkonig (GB). Her foal this year is a filly by Siyouni (Fr).

Then there's the back story. Waldlied's three-parts brother is the Arc winner and young stallion Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). Their dam Waldlerche (GB) (Monsun {Ger}) was herself a Group 3 winner, while grandam Waldmark (Ger) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}) was Group 2-placed and is the dam of the Classic winner Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}). Skip back another generation to the third dam and there appears the influential Wurftaube (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), who is also the dam of the German Derby winner Waldpark (Ger) (Dubawi {Ire}). In short, this is a family brimming with class.

In what will be a frenetic couple of hours, Waldlied enters the ring two lots after the Group 1 winner Blond Me (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), who is lot 1837 and is included in the aforementioned partial dispersal from Al Shahania Stud, which will be featured in more depth in a future issue of TDN.

Another appealing dispersal comes from Sir Robert Ogden, who has been a stalwart supporter of both Flat and National Hunt racing in Britain for decades, with such luminaries as Voy Por Ustedes (Fr), Exotic Dancer (Fr) and Sans Frontieres (Ire) having carried his famous pink-and-mauve checked colours.

The 24 fillies and mares to be offered by Barton Sales on Sir Robert's behalf are led by his homebred dual Group 1 winner Amazing Maria (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who is lot 1876 and is in foal to Oasis Dream (GB), with two Galileo youngsters still to run for her. Amazing Maria's 3-year-old half-sister Turandot (GB) (Frankel {GB}), the winner of three races this year, is another member of the family to be included in the draft (lot 1874).

Earlier in the session comes one of the hardiest mares in training over the last few years, the 8-year-old globetrotter True Self (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}). She has plenty of stamps in her passport, having twice won the G3 Queen Elizabeth S. at Flemington for Willie Mullins as well as this year's Neom Turf Cup on the Saudi Cup card in Riyadh. On a diverse CV, her 11 victories also include three listed wins on the Flat and three bumpers, as well as a victory over hurdles. She has certainly given her owners in the Three Mile House & OTI Partnership plenty of fun over her five seasons of racing and is consigned by Baroda Stud as lot 1671.

One of the notable elements of this season has been the run of success for Nick Bradley Racing, particularly with some classy fillies. Three black-type winners will be consigned to the December Sale, led by the Oaks runner-up Mystery Angel (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), who is lot 1746, and will be followed 12 lots later by the 1000 Guineas third and Group 2 winner Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) (lot 1758). The juvenile G3 Six Perfections winner and Group 1-placed Oscula (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) has also recently been added to sale as a wildcard, lot 1823A.

Another of this year's leading juvenile fillies with obvious Classic claims for next season appears in Tuesday's list as lot 1798, and is the G1 Cheveley Park S. runner-up Flotus (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). She is consigned by her trainers Simon and Ed Crisford of Gainsborough Thoroughbreds.

Meanwhile a mare with a proven track record will be offered by Goldford Stud and should have transatlantic appeal. Sunday Times (GB) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) is the 12-year-old dam of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) as well as the listed winner Classical Times (GB) (Lawman {Fr}). Back in foal to Lope De Vega on a Mar. 10 cover, she is slated as lot 1810 and hails from a family which also includes the Irish Derby winner Latrobe (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). A little later in the day, her daughter Daily Times (GB), a juvenile winner by Gleneagles (Ire), will go through the ring also carrying to Lope De Vega (lot 1829).

Looking ahead to a fortnight of what is certain to be brisk trade at Park Paddocks, Jimmy George added, “The market has proved to be incredibly resilient throughout the course of 2021 and it has been a great boost to everybody. The December Sales at Tattersalls are always very much a fitting way to bring the curtain down on the British and Irish sales season and it is regarded as a must-attend fixture for many breeders, not just from Britain and Ireland but throughout the world.”

He continued, “It is widely regarded by a lot of people as the most international bloodstock sale in the world and this year's catalogue definitely looks set to attract the overseas buyers in numbers, especially now that the vast majority of them are able to travel more freely. We staged last year's December Sales under pretty extraordinary conditions and people responded magnificently. It has been great to have been able to stage sales under pretty well normal conditions throughout this autumn and we are looking forward to doing that again for the foals and mares.”

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Tattersalls December Mares Sale Catalog Now Online

Significant top-quality consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates are likely to be amongst the premier attractions at the forthcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale which takes place Monday, Nov. 29 to Thursday, Dec. 2. The catalog for Europe's premier breeding stock sale, which also features the dispersal of Sir Robert Ogden's 24 high class mares and fillies, numbers 1,168 lots and can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com.

Widely regarded as the world's most international bloodstock sale, the Tattersalls December Mares Sale has consistently featured major consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates, and the three drafts catalogued for the 2021 renewal total 224 lots comprising 101 from Godolphin, 30 from Juddmonte Farms and 93 from the late Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell Estates.

The Godolphin team features mares in foal to leading proven sires Dark Angel, Dubawi, Night of Thunder, and Siyouni as well as the listed and group winning duo Sarinda and Under the Stars who are both in foal to champion sire elect Frankel. Also amongst the Godolphin mares are the Group and Listed winners Dancing Sands, Lady Liberty, and Yellow Rosebud in foal to their young sires Cracksman, Earthlight, and Too Darn Hot respectively, as well as the stakes producer Zam Zoom in foal to world champion Ghaiyyath.

The 93 Shadwell fillies and mares are equally eye-catching with mares in foal to exciting young stallions Blue Point, Masar, Mohaather, Persian King, and Pinatubo likely to prove popular alongside those in foal to proven Group 1 sires including Dark Angel, Invincible Spirit, Kingman, Lope de Vega, Night of Thunder, Oasis Dream, and Siyouni. Shadwell fillies have long been highly sought after at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and amongst this year's regally bred fillies are those tracing back to the direct families of Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's outstanding homebred Champions Alhaarth, Bahri, Eswarah, Ghanaati, Lahudood, Mehthaaf, Nashwan, Shadayid, Taghrooda and latest superstar Baaeed.

The Juddmonte consignment is another perennial December Sale highlight and young mares in foal to Frankel and Kingman from top Juddmonte families are joined by regally bred fillies including half-sisters to Group 1 winners Epicuris, Quadrilateral, and Winsili, as well as Not in Doubt, the winning 3-year-old Sea the Stars daughter of multiple Grade 1 winner Intercontinental, herself one of the five Group/Grade 1 winners out of the legendary Juddmonte broodmare Hasili.

In a catalogue of real depth, proven dams of Group winners include Sunday Times, the dam of champion Newspaperofrecord, in foal to Lope de Vega, Mondelice, dam of 2021 Group 2 winning rising star Dubai Honour, in foal to New Bay and Vadariya, dam of 2021 Group 3 winner Waliyak, in foal to Pinatubo, while Group 1 winning mares in foal include Sir Robert Ogden's Amazing Maria, in foal to Oasis Dream, as well as Blond Me, Flotilla, Penelopa, and Temida in foal to Siyouni, Sea the Moon, Mehmas, and Sea the Moon respectively.

In addition to Group 1 winners Blond Me and Flotilla, an outstanding draft of 21 fillies and mares from Newsells Park Stud also includes a rare jewel in the form of six-year-old Group 2 winner Waldlied, the New Approach three-parts sister to Arc winner Waldgeist, in foal to Kingman. Also guaranteed to be amongst the highlights of the Newsells Park consignment and the sale is the 4-year-old Group 2 Blandford Stakes winner Cayenne Pepper. The classic placed daughter of Australia hails from the direct family of Galileo and Sea the Stars.

While outstanding Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner up Flotus is the star 2-year-old in the catalog, she is joined by an illustrious band of Group winning 3- and 4-year-old fillies in/out of training, most notably last year's Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Tiger Tanaka, who ended her 2-year-old career as the joint highest rated 2-year-old filly in France alongside Group 2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte winner Plainchant, who is one of a typically strong 11 lot team from French based consignors European Sales Management, which also includes Group and Listed winning fillies Feel Glorious, Madeline Must, and See the Rose.

Having enjoyed a stellar year, Nick Bradley Racing will be offering a quartet of Group and Listed winning fillies in training headed by the Group 2 winning three-year-olds Dandalla and Fev Rover, both of whom also boast Classic or Group 1 form. They are joined by Listed winning Oaks runner up Mystery Angel, the Group 3 winning 2-year-old Corazon and the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes fourth Guilded.

The beautifully bred Group 3 Sceptre Fillies' Stakes winning 3-year-old Just Beautiful, beaten only twice in seven lifetime starts for trainer Ivan Furtado, is another filly with massive international appeal as are the Group 3 winners Axana, Have a Good Day, Lullaby Moon, Santosha, Stella Star and the Listed winning, Group 1 placed trio of Que Amoro, Measure of Magic, and Es La Vida.

Commenting on the catalog for the 2021 Tattersalls December Mares Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony;

“The Tattersalls December Mares Sale is an annual highlight of the global bloodstock sales calendar and this year's catalogue, which features the dispersal of Sir Robert Ogden's broodmares and fillies and major consignments from both Godolphin and Shadwell Estates, looks set to bring the Tattersalls year to an exciting conclusion. With buyers from the vast majority of countries now able to travel easily to Britain we look forward to welcoming the uniquely international cast of buyers for whom the Tattersalls December Mares Sale is an unmissable event every year.”

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Dam Of Breeders’ Cup Winner Newspaperofrecord To Be Offered At Tattersalls December Sale

Outstanding broodmare Sunday Times, the dam of American superstar filly Newspaperofrecord, is to be offered for sale at the forthcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale which takes place Nov. 29 – Dec. 2.

The 12-year-old daughter of Holy Roman Emperor is carrying a Lope de Vega own sibling to Newspaperofrecord whose unbeaten 2-year-old career culminated in a breathtaking seven-length romp in the 2018 Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Churchill Downs. Purchased at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and trained by Chad Brown, Newspaperofrecord raced in the colors of Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and added to her Grade 1 tally with another effortless win over a mile in last year's G1 Just A Game Stakes at Belmont Park.

Quoted after Newspaperofrecord's extraordinary Breeders' Cup performance Chad Brown said; “Today she showed how good she really is and for her to win as easy as she did is remarkable,” while Thoroughbred Daily News columnist Bill Finley wrote that “her performance might well be regarded as one of the best in the history of the series.”

Newspaperofrecord is the third foal out of Sunday Times, herself a top-class race filly who won the G3 Sceptre Stakes at Doncaster for her owner Allan Belshaw as well as finishing second in the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes. Her first foal Classical Times, by Lawman, who was also raced by Belshaw, won the Listed Cecil Frail Stakes at Haydock beating the high-class Group 2 and Group 3 winners Raven's Lady and Different League, before being sold to Juddmonte Farms, and her fourth foal, the winning Gleneagles filly Daily Times, in foal to Lope de Vega, will also be amongst the highlights of the forthcoming December Mares Sale.

Sunday Times' Listed placed Shamardal half-sister Question Times is equally illustrious, having produced six winners to date including 2018 G1 Irish Derby winner Latrobe, the G3 Gladness Stakes winner Diamond Fields and the Listed winner Pink Dogwood who was second to Anapurna in the 2019 Oaks and third in the Irish Oaks.

Both Sunday Times and Daily Times will be offered on behalf of Allan Belshaw from Richard and Sally Aston's Goldford Stud. Commenting on the sale of Sunday Times, Richard Aston said

“Sunday Times is a truly outstanding broodmare with a great future. She was a very smart race filly, she has produced a champion 2-year-old, she has a current classic pedigree which will appeal to breeders from all over the world and she is gorgeous. It is a rare combination and Mr. Belshaw will be racing Newspaperofrecord's yearling own sister and this year's Kingman filly foal which is why he has decided to sell both Sunday Times and Daily Times.”

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