Last Call For Breezers At Goresbridge In Newmarket

NEWMARKET, UK—A little later than scheduled, the European 2-year-old sales season will conclude on Thursday with the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-up, which has returned to Newmarket for a second year owing to ongoing Covid travel restrictions.

What was already a bumper catalogue for a one-day sale of more than 200 horses has been beefed up still by the inclusion of 16 wild cards that have been rerouted from other recent sales for a variety of reasons. They include horses with some pretty starry pedigrees, so be prepared for some of the major action to take place late in the day.

Indeed the last three catalogued all have plenty to recommend them on paper. Lot 241 from Mayfield Stables is the American Pharoah colt out of the Irish champion 2-year-old filly Damson (Ire) (Entrepreneur), who has already produced a smart juvenile in the form of G2 Flying Childers S winner Requinto (Ire) (Dansili {GB}).

He will be followed by a son of Kingman (GB), offered by Kilbrew Stables and sold for 300,000gns when he was offered in the same ring as a foal. Lot 242's dam Patsy Boyne (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a three-parts sister to High Chaparral (Ire) and recent updates to an already lovely page have come in the form of the G1 Prix de Diane victory for Fancy Blue (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), whose dam Chenchikova (Ire) is High Chaparral's full-sister. 

Both of the above were withdrawn from last week's Arqana Breeze-up Sale at Doncaster, the latter with a stone bruise, but the final lot through the ring on Friday, 243, was bought back at £150,000. The son of Dark Angel (Ire) is the second foal of the Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) and is consigned by Star Bloodstock. 

Among those in the original line-up for the Goresbridge sale, Folistown Farm's Dandy Man (Ire) colt (lot 51) could be in line for an update come Friday as he is a half-brother to the dam of Mystery Angel (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), who was supplemented for the Oaks earlier this week by her trainer George Boughey.

Plenty of this season's leading freshman sires are represented, including Galileo Gold (Ire), who sired his first stakes winner, Ebro River (Ire), last Thursday. That colt was bred by Tally-Ho Stud, which stands Galileo Gold, and offers one of his juveniles for sale at the breeze (lot 44), as well as four by his fellow freshman Cotai Glory (GB) and four by leading second-season sire Mehmas (Ire), himself a former breeze-up graduate.

Hyde Park Stud features early with lot 4, an Invincible Spirit (Ire) first foal of the Frankel (GB) mare Elphin (GB). The colt's dam hails from the Juddmonte family that includes Mandaloun (Into Mischief) who could yet be named as this year's winner of the Kentucky Derby following confirmation on Wednesday that the B-sample taken from Medina Spirit (Protonico) has also tested positive for the prohibited corticosteroid betamethasone.

Ardglas Stables has a draft of five juveniles for the final sale of the year, including the sole breezer by Claiborne Farm's Blame in the catalogue. Offered as lot 162, she is a half-sister to the American listed winner Touch Magic (Lion Heart) and five other winners, and is from a family which includes GI Hopeful S winner Sky Mesa.

Mary Reynolds, who runs Ardglas Stables with Ambrose O'Mullane, noted that she was pleased by the level of activity on the sales grounds at Park Paddocks over the last few days.

“I'm getting a good vibe about the sale and we've been very busy,” she said. “We've an Oasis Dream (GB), an Aclaim (Ire) colt, and fillies by Acclamation (GB) and Blame, and they have all been very busy. We couldn't have been happier with the job they've done on the ground for the breeze this morning. We know Newmarket inside out by now.”

Reynolds added, “We've more expense added to it by travelling them over from Ireland, which wasn't easy with the way things are, but the simple fact is that the sale has moved to the UK because nobody can travel to Ireland. 

“I'm sure ITM and Tattersalls Ireland are all doing their bit in trying to bring people in for the sale. We've had a long winter, myself and Ambrose, we did all of the horses ourselves with no help, so it will be great to have a little break after this before we get going again with the yearlings.”

The catalogue also features 11 fillies who are eligible for the Great British Bonus Scheme, which celebrated its first anniversary this week and has thus far paid out just shy of £2.5 million in bonuses for Flat and National Hunt fillies and mares.

One of the scheme's multiple winners this season is the George Boughey-trained Beautiful Sunshine (GB), a daughter of the prolific first-season sire Ardad (Ire) who was withdrawn from the Tattersalls Craven Sale. Her two wins have netted £40,000, the majority of which is paid to her owner Amo Racing. Bred by Jocelyn Targett, Beautiful Sunshine is now on course for a step into stakes company at Royal Ascot.

The Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-up Sale gets underway in Newmarket at 10.30am.

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Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale Catalog Now Online

A quality selection of 2-year-olds make up the 2021 Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale catalog which is now online, while hard copies will be mailed out in the coming days.

The breeze will take place on Wednesday, June 2 at 9 a.m. at the Rowley Mile with the sale taking place on Thursday, June 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Tattersalls Park Paddocks headquarters in Newmarket.

Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale graduates have been performing well on the track with recent winners including Haqeeqy who impressed at Doncaster winning the Lincoln for John & Thady Gosden and HH Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum. Haqeeqy topped the 2019 sale when he was purchased for €175,000 by Blandford Bloodstock from Oak Tree Farm.

Notable sires represented in the catalogue include Acclamation, Ardad, Bated Breath, Carravagio, Cotai Glory, Dandy Man, Dark Angel, Exceed And Excel, Frankel, Hard Spun, Kodi Bear, Kodiac, Lope de Vega, Make Believe, Mehmas, New Bay, Night of Thunder, No Nay Never, Pivotal, Profitable, Sea the Stars, Showcasing, Starspangledbanner, Street Boss, and many more.

A selection of the many highlights within the catalogue include:

Lot 13 – Acclamation brother to Black Type 2-year-old winner West End Girl
Lot 27 – Shalaa colt out of three-time winning black type mare Helisa
Lot 39 – Dark Angel brother to Group 3 winner Koropick
Lot 41 – Goldencents brother to Group 2 winner London Bridge, also holds an entry in the Swedish Derby and Oaks Series
Lot 51 – Dandy Man full brother to Black Type Squats, also holds an entry in the EBF Ballyhane Stakes Race on 2 August
Lot 64 – Le Harvre brother to Group 3 winner Queen Blossom ex Black Type mare Mark of An Angel
Lot 66 – Oasis Dream colt out of four-time winning and black type mare Maybe Grace
Lot 94 – Dabirsim filly out of Group 3 winning mare Percolator
Lot 104 – Belardo colt out of a full sister to Dawn Approach
Lot 143 – Fastnet Rock colt out of a full sister to Group 3 winner Pablo Escobarr
Lot 152 – Pivotal brother to Group 2 winner Mobsta
Lot 161 – No Nay Never full brother to two-time winning 2-year-old Thank You Next, also holds an entry in the Swedish Derby & Oaks Series
Lot 165 – Dark Angel colt out of black type mare Venturous Spirit and qualified for French Owners Premiums
Lot 181 – Panis full brother to Group 3 winner Alistair and qualified for French Owners Premiums
Lot 184 – No Nay Never sister to Group 2 placed Annie Fior, also holds an entry in the Swedish Derby and Oaks Series
Lot 193 – Frankel filly out of winning mare Bella Nouf
Lot 197 – Churchill brother to listed winner and group placed Viren's Army
Lot 203 – Havana Gold sister to champion Scandinavian sprinter Easy Road
Lot 206 – Profitable colt out of seven-time winner and black type mare Byrony

To view the online catalog, click here.

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Half to West End Girl Highlights Goresbridge Breeze Up Catalogue

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale is now online. A total of 226 lots will go under the hammer at Park Paddocks for the second consecutive year, as the sale was moved from its traditional Irish venue due to continued COVID-19 restrictions. The breezes will take place at the Rowley Mile at 9 a.m. on June 2, with the sale proper slated for June 3 at 10:30 a.m. John and Thady Gosden and HH Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum celebrated a win in the Lincoln with Haqeeqy (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), the 2019 sale topper, earlier this spring.

Among the sires to be represented are: Acclamation (GB), Ardad (Ire), Bated Breath (GB), Caravaggio, Cotai Glory (GB), Dandy Man (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Exceed And Excel (Aus), Frankel (GB), Hard Spun, Kodi Bear (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Lope de Vega (Ire), Make Believe (GB), Mehmas (Ire), New Bay (GB), Night of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Pivotal (GB), Profitable (Ire), Sea the Stars (Ire), Showcasing (GB), Starspangledbanner (Aus), and Street Boss.

Some notable lots include: lot 13, a bay colt by Acclamation (GB) who is a half-brother to Group 3 winner West End Girl (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}); Dark Angel (Ire)'s son of Kathoe (Ire) (Fayruz {GB}) (lot 39) who is also a half-brother to Group 3 winner Koropick (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}); a Goldencents half-brother (lot 41) to GII Breeders' Cup Marathon hero London Bridge (Arch); MGSW Queen Blossom (Ire) (Jeremy)'s Le Havre (Ire) half-brother as lot 64; a Dabirsim (Fr) filly out of French group winner Percolator (GB) (Kheleyf) (lot 94); lot 152, a chestnut colt by Pivotal (GB) who is a half-brother to Group 2 winner Mobsta (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}); and a full-brother to French Group 3 winner Alistair (Fr) (Panis) (lot 181).

In 2020, 125 juveniles sold for a gross of £3,473,006. The average was £27,784 and the median was £20,000. Topping the sale at £220,000 was a filly by Kitten's Joy out of Desertstormelite (Chester House).

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Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale Relocated to Newmarket

The Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale has been moved once again to the Tattersalls headquarters at Park Paddocks in Newmarket, Tattersalls Ireland announced on Monday. Ongoing COVID-19 related travel restrictions in Ireland prompted the location switch and 2021 marks the second year the sale will be held in Newmarket. The practice breeze session and breeze session proper at Newmarket Racecourse will be held on June 1 and 2, respectively, with the sale scheduled for June 3, as the racecourse is also operating as a COVID-19 vaccination centre. Originally, Goresbridge was set for May 20 (breezes) and 21 (sale) in Ireland.

In 2020, the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale saw a 9% increase in average and a 22% increase in median. The sale also sported a 85% clearance rate. Haqeeqy (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), a 2020 graduate, took the Lincoln at Doncaster for John and Thady Gosden and Her Highness Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum earlier this spring.

“The decision to relocate the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale reflects our commitment to providing the most vibrant marketplace possible for our breeze-up vendors and we believe that this option delivers the best chance of achieving that goal,” said Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins. “We are extremely fortunate to have the option to relocate to Europe's premier bloodstock sales venue in Tattersalls and we are very grateful to the teams at both Tattersalls and Newmarket Racecourse for again accommodating the sale.”

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