Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale

Walk In The Park Colt Brings Six Figures At Fairyhouse

The market demand for National Hunt foals remains strong, as the third session concluded on Tuesday with a colt by Walk In The Park (Ire) bringing €100,000 from Gerry Aherne and Charles Shanahan.

Sold as lot 509 from the consignment of Oliver Loughlin, the bay is out of Posh Trish (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}), a listed winner. Posh Trish was originally sold by Loughlin for €1,200 at the 2013 November NH Sale. He is one of nine foals to sell north of €80,000 over the sale so far, with only four achieving that milestone over the whole sale in 2022.

“As soon as this colt was born I thought I might hit the jackpot as he has looked a star from the start,” said Loughlin. “He is an image of her, a baby of her.”

He added of Walk In The Park as the second mate of Posh Trish, who he picked back up for €118,000 out of the 2020 November National Hunt Sale, “He is a good stallion, she was a good mare and the plan is always to bred the best to the best.”

“For us he is the best foal here,” said Aherne. “We probably will race him, but not yet decided for sure. The mare was very good and is very good-looking. Oliver is a good breeder and we have been lucky with him before.”

A colt by Kapgarde (Fr) (lot 643) from Clonbonny Stud attracted a winning bid of €92,000 from Jamie Codd later in the day. The first foal of the winning hurdler Cushuish (GB) (Yeats {Ire}), the colt's second dam is Grade 2-winning chaser My Petra (GB) (Midnight Legend {GB}). His dam is also a half-sister to Grade 1 hurdler My Drogo (GB) (Milan {GB}).

“We'll get him home before we make a plan, but he has all the options,” said Codd. “He could go racing, or he could end up coming back here to the Derby Sale. We had to stretch to get him, but he's a lovely horse and is the only one by the sire in the sale.”

Rounding out the top three was a €90,000 son of Nathaniel (Ire) (lot 722) from Peel Hall Stables. NBB Racing and Joey Logan picked up the third foal of Grade 2 Cheltenham winner Limini (Ire) (Pentre Celebre). Limini was also placed four times at the highest level over jumps.

“The foal is initially going stay in Ireland with Joey but will go to France as a racing prospect–hopefully he will make up into a good juvenile hurdler,” said NBB Racing's Nicolas Bertran de Balanda. “He is very racy and correct.”

At the end of day three, 173 lots of 234 offered (74%) sold for a gross of €4,283,500. The average stayed flat at €24,760, while the median rose 5% to €21,000.

The fourth session, containing National Hunt-bred foals, will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.

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Progeny Of Blue Bresil And Walk In The Park Dominate Day Two At Tatts Ireland

Day two of the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale followed a familiar theme with the progeny of Blue Bresil (Fr) and Walk In The Park (Ire) dominating proceedings once again.

The sire of the reigning Champion Hurdler Constitution Hill, Blue Bresil was responsible for four of the top eight foals through the ring on Monday, including a €97,000 colt that was sold by Ballykineally Stables to Coolmara Stables.

Mossy Barry of Ballykineally Stables commented, “He is out of the mare Beautiful War-we bought her and she was well-named as she is beautiful. She is the loveliest mare and this foal was like a lamb. He was the quietest foal.

“We have supported Blue Bresil all the way through since he stood at Cork and Beautiful War is back in foal to him. It is a fierce-looking family.”

Blue Bresil has enjoyed a strong opening two days at Tattersalls Ireland with 26 lots by sire selling for just shy of €1 million at €987,500. That equates to an average of €37,981 while Walk In The Park is also performing well with a €41,447 average for 19 lots sold.

Outside of those top-tier stallions, Irish Derby winner Santiago (Ire) has made a promising start with his first foals and a colt foal by the stallion was knocked down to Charles Shanahan and Glenvale Stud for €65,000. He was consigned by Kilbarry Lodge Stud.

However, the day two figures took a slight dip. Of the 236 lots offered, 171 were sold, representing a clearance rate of 72%. That figure was the same as last year but the aggregate was down 11% to €3,464,200 , the median down a further 11% to €16,000 and the average down 10% to €20,258.

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Blue Bresil Colts Shine Day 1 of November NH Sale

The first session of the Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale kicked off on Sunday with progeny by Blue Bresil (Fr)–sire of the six-time Grade 1 winner and November NH Sale graduate Constitution Hill (GB)–in high demand as two of his colts took the top two spots, as well five of the day's top ten prices overall.

Lot 89, a bay colt out of the Shirocco (Ger) mare Bee Yanka (GB), brought €68,000 online from Timmy Hillman to be the day's highest price. The March foal was consigned by Clonmult on behalf of breeders Richard and Mai Nolan of Old Court Stud.

“We were advised by Donal [White] to send Bee Yanka to Blue Bresil and she has visited the sire three times now,” the couple said jointly. “The stock that has come from her has been so magnificent, and we just kept going back to the stallion–she is an amazing breeder.”

Kieran Shields and his daughter Kate went to €67,000 for Lot 20, the Blue Bresil colt out of the Listed-placed Rolanna (Ire) (Strategic Prince {Ire}), from the Thistletown Stud consignment.

“He is a good walker, by the right sire, is a good size and he has been bought as a pinhooking prospect,” Kate said.
Coolamurry Stud consigned Lot 80, a colt by Walk In The Park (Ire) out of the Aura About You (Ire) (Supreme Leader), who was bought by pinhook purchaser Michael Fitzpatrick, signing as J C Bloodstock, for €60,000.

Overall of the 233 lots catalogued, 139 were listed as sold, a 19 percent dip from the 233 reported sold during the opening session a year ago. The gross receipts of €1,625,500, a 31 percent drop over the figure of €2,355,100 the corresponding session from 2022. The average price of €11,694 dipped 15 percent from €13,773 in 2022 with the median of €9,000 tumbling 22 percent €11,500.

The November NH Sale continues Tuesday at 10 a.m. with the second session.

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Benie des Dieux Stars at November NH Sale

Five mares broke the six-figure mark during the fifth and final day of the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale, and Benie des Dieux (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}) was undoubtedly the star of the show. Offered by Closutton Stables, the bay went for €350,000 to MV Magnier/Bective Stud. Sold as lot 1253, she is a three-time Grade 1 hurdle winner and was in foal to Walk In The Park (Ire).

Closutton also offered the third- and fourth-dearest lots– lot 1254 and lot 1257, Buildmeupbuttercup (GB) (Sixties Icon {GB}) and Salsaretta (Fr) (Kingsalsa), respectively. The former was snapped up by Jayne McGivern for €165,000 and is a listed winner and Grade 1-placed hurdler in foal to the popular Crystal Ocean (GB). Salsaretta, a Grade 2 winning-chaser entered the ring carrying to Blue Bresil (Fr), and went to Seamar Bloodstock Ltd.

Magic of Light (Ire) (Flemensfirth) (lot 1251) was second at the end-of-day standings at €185,000 and caught the eye of Coolmara Stables. The Baroda Stud draft member ran out a dual winner of the G2 Warfield Mares' Hurdle, as well as the G2 Glencarraig Lady Mares H. Chase. She is a half-sister to Grade 1 hurdler Pingshou (Ire) (Definite Article {GB}) and sold in foal to young sire Crystal Ocean (GB).

At the conclusion of the sale, 857 lots sold of 1,182 (73%) offered for an aggregate of €15,758,100. The average dropped three points to €18,388 and the median was also marginally down to €12,500 (-4%). Thursday's trade ended with 135 sold and a gross of €2,420,250. The average was €17,928 and the median was €7,000.

Commenting on the conclusion of the November NH Sale, Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins said, “What an amazing couple of days we have witnessed at Tattersalls Ireland as the November NH Sale reached unprecedented heights with a trade that was simply extraordinary. The November NH Sale continues to be such a strong hallmark sale for breeders and the 2021 renewal is one that only adds to the story in a hugely positive way. The sale kicked off with the highest turnover for a yearling session since 2015, setting the tone for a week of tremendous highs that saw records continue to fall with the turnover, average and median all making huge gains on the previous decade.

“Our foal session set records for a four-day sale and to break the €5,000,000 barrier on Tuesday was remarkable. The sale was a superb representation of the cream of the 2021 foal crop with so many leading breeders continuing to sell their best in November at Tattersalls Ireland.

“The Breeding Stock Sale continued the trend with top prices of €350,000, €185,000, and €165,000 to buyers from France, Ireland and UK illustrating the enduring appeal for the best NH broodmares, and they were the highlights of another incredibly strong renewal of our mare and filly sale with strong trade which enjoyed a record top lot.

“On behalf of all the team at Tattersalls Ireland, I extend our appreciation to the vendors for giving us the opportunity to promote their top-class yearlings, foals and breeding stock and to each and every one of our buyers.”

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