Consigned by Botti's Prestige Place, Cavern Club was in competitive action at Southwell last week when he finished third in an 11-furlong handicap from a BHA mark of 80. He is the first foal out of the unraced New Approach (Ire) mare Merseybeat (GB), a half-sister to the Listed winner and Group 3-placed Twist 'N' Shake (GB) (Kingman {GB}).

The four-year-old Cavern Club was sold to trainer James Owen, who said, “He can take us to a lot of places. He will go hurdling and has been bought as a nice dual-purpose horse. Ribchester is getting a few jumpers now. This horse won't be long in running and has been bought on spec.”

A National Hunt career also beckons for the Godolphin-consigned Eastern Whisper (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 67) after she sold to Jack Cantillon for 28,000gns.

The unraced three-year-old filly is out of the Group 3-placed Jollify (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}), who is herself a half-sister to the Ebor H. and November H. winner Litigant (GB) (Sinndar {Ire}). Their dam is the dual Group 3 winner Jomana (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), who was bought by the Cantillon family under the banner of their Tinnakill House for just €7,500 at the 2013 Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale.

“My theory was I would have to pay triple for a filly of this quality in a few months at the store sales, so I thought I would get in early as she's unraced and eligible for bumpers,” Cantillon said of Eastern Whisper.

“It's a family I know well and love–our family own the granddam and we also have Ellen Kelly in the second dam who is in training with Willie Mullins. I haven't decided on a trainer yet, but it will be one of our leading National Hunt trainers at Syndicates.Racing.”

A total of seven lots sold for at least 20,000gns, with the three-year-old Perfect View (GB) (Outstrip {GB}) (lot 75) standing out as the pick of the rest having been bought by J. D. Moore–on behalf of client Hussain Al Dossary–for 27,000gns.

Consigned by George Scott's Eve Lodge Stables, Perfect View finished first or second in each of his three starts for his previous connections, including a debut victory in a six-furlong maiden at Windsor last May.

“The horse goes to the Middle East,” said Moore. “He has shown form on the all-weather, has been consistent and has been well handled by George Scott, who recommended him. Hussain has been lucky with his purchases at Tattersalls.”

Of the 60 lots offered, 47 sold (78%) for a gross of 389,000gns. The average was 8,277gns and the median was 4,500gns.

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Tasmanian Legend (Ire) (Australia {GB}) (lot 50A) will be offered by Alice Haynes Racing and is rated 81 on Timeform. The 3-year-old gelding sports a pair of wins over 1 1/16 miles in February and March.

Joining the three-time winner is Lodge Hill Stables' Emily's Star (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) (lot 50B), who is a half-sister to the Grade 3-placed Ma Belle Amie (GB) (Oscar {Ire}), as well as the dam of graded winner Midnight River (GB) (Midnight Legend {GB}). The 7-year-old mare is out of a full-sister to graded-winning jumpers Irish Royal (Fr) and Ma Royale (Fr), both by Garde Royale (Ire).

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The sale, introduced to meet residual demand after the February Sale had been severely constricted by Covid regulations, welcomed back horses and horsemen to Park Paddocks within the kind of protocols that had permitted far more important business to proceed here in 2020. If an 89% clearance rate was the familiar double-edged sword of the pandemic market–yes, there is wholesome demand; but very possibly reserves are unambitious–then it was certainly a worthwhile exercise. If nothing else, the sale could be viewed as an encouraging pilot for the forthcoming breeze-up circuit, and perhaps also as a symbol of the broader hope accompanying the vaccination rollout in Britain.

The top price for the Tattersalls March Sale-with the Tattersalls Cheltenham March Sale that immediately followed it producing seven six-figure lots from 25 sales–was achieved by Bugle Major (Mizzen Mast), a product of the Juddmonte programme whose founder, Prince Khalid Abdullah, died in January. Lot 140 was certainly an unusual proposition, his proven stakes calibre being balanced by his age as a 6-year-old gelding, but Richard Hughes made a very cogent case for persevering to 90,000gns.

“He's for existing owners who have put together a syndicate and wanted a Saturday horse,” the trainer explained. “We were thinking about coming to the breeze-ups, but then we found this horse. To buy a [top] horse at the breeze-ups will cost a lot of money, with no guarantees. This is a Saturday horse ready for the lads to have some fun with. There's a lot of horses just lately winning Group 1s as 8- or 9-year-olds. There's no stopping them; remember jump horses only come on when they are seven.”

Hughes is a big supporter of the breeze-ups and will assuredly be back for those sales, too, but in a way this horse was an extreme extension of the same logic, as a ready-made starter. Mizzen Mast is known for versatile stock that continue to thrive, and Bugle Major already has excellent form in France with proven group horses. Indeed, on the grey's last start for Pascal Bary he had chased home subsequent G1 Dubai World Cup third Magny Cours (Medaglia d'Oro) at Chantilly.

“I could have done without that happening,” said Hughes with a grin. “We had this horse marked out some time ago, and I'd say that last Saturday added 20,000gns onto his price.”

Hughes had a spell as retained jockey to the Prince during his riding days, and while professing that he never really got beyond the self-effacing reserve of his late patron, he retains fond memories of the whole Juddmonte organisation.

“It's brilliant, what he did,” he said. “And just look at the horses they bring to these sales: they always bring money, because they all have those pedigrees behind them. His people are always very transparent, too; you always know what you're getting. I got a good history of this horse, he's had his issues but he has been minded and their hard work has paid off.”

If not from the most prolific Juddmonte family, Bugle Major's dam was Group 1-placed and the line does go back to two of the most important mares in the modern breed. Bugle Major's fourth dam is none other than Razyana (His Majesty), who gave us Danehill and was of course a grand-daughter of the great Natalma (Native Dancer).

Another Empire, Another Great Legacy

It is only a few days since another great bloodstock empire, Shadwell, lost its founder and it was duly poignant to see even some of its lesser animals recycled here. The most attractive proved to be Huraiz (Ire) (Sepoy {Aus}), a 4-year-old gelding who disappointed at Wolverhampton last month but had previously advanced his rating to 95 for Mark Johnston. Presented as lot 134, he realized 60,000gns from local trainer Stuart Williams, who had come with a very similar brief to Hughes.

“He has been bought for Opulence Thoroughbreds, a syndicate that has four horses with me,” he explained. “They wanted a horse to have a bit of fun with on Saturdays and the bigger meetings, and he fitted the profile. He's a nice horse, who's been running well without getting his head in front, and maybe a change of scenery might perk him up a bit.”

Williams spoke for many when he expressed his gratitude for the provision of this additional sale.

“It's a big help, after losing the February Sale to online,” he said. “I had two or three owners who didn't want to lose the benefit of actually being able to see the horse. Tattersalls did a brilliant job, facilitating videos and so on, but it's not the same as seeing them.”

Offered the suggestion that this is an especially valuable opportunity with horses in training, in order to see “any bits that may have fallen off,” Williams joked, “Yes–and to see the bits that need to come off.”

As it happens, Huraiz does not represent a long-term Shadwell project, his unraced dam having been bought as a yearling half-sister to the prolific sprinter Kingsgate Native (Ire) (Mujadil). But the third dam is a half-sister to Classic winner Las Meninas (Ire) (Glenstal) and it will be interesting to see what the shrewd Williams might yet draw out.

In the same vein as Hughes, with Juddmonte, Williams thanked Shadwell for their reliably honest briefings. And he added his own tribute to Sheikh Hamdan. “I never worked for him, but everyone I know who did only had good things to say about him,” he said. “He was obviously a very loyal man and has been a hugely important supporter of the sport, and of Arab racing too.”

What A Difference A Month Makes

Nobody can have been better pleased by the introduction of this auction than the clients of Joseph Tuite who bought back their 4-year-old gelding Attracted (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) for just 5,000 gns at the February Sale. A fortnight later he won by 12 lengths at Lingfield, and he has meanwhile followed up in a handicap at Wolverhampton. Returned here as lot 179, he catapulted his value to 82,000gns.

He was acquired remotely by Reda Al-Khalaf in Saudi Arabia. “He has been bought for our stable by Mr. Al-Turaif,” Al-Khalaf explained. “He will be aimed at bigger races in Saudi. Mr. Al-Turaif liked the fact that the horse is by New Approach and is lightly raced so there should be more to come.”

If this was the ultimate vindication for the sale, no fewer than 109 of 123 lots into the ring found a new home for an aggregate 1,273,300gns. That equated to an average of 11,682gns and a median of 8,000gns. Needless to say, there can be no year-on-year comparisons.

“The Tattersalls March Sale was added to our 2021 calendar in response to the COVID-related disruption to the February Sale,” said Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony. “And it has generated solid international trade, with a good crowd in attendance as well as the now customary prolific amount of live internet bidding.

“It has been great to have been able to host a live sale again at Park Paddocks and we are looking forward to welcoming registered participants to both the Tattersalls Craven and Guineas Breeze-Up Sales in the coming weeks, both of which will be conducted with similar COVID protocols in place.”

Unsurprisingly, there was rather more buoyant trade during a boutique catalogue of elite National Hunt prospects, transferred from Cheltenham and staged immediately after this sale. The top two dockets featured a couple of signatures that generated many headlines, for very different reasons, before and after the recent Cheltenham Festival: one for 220,000gns was signed by Bective Stud/Gordon Elliott; and one for 195,000gns, by Henry de Bromhead. The former, the top price of the day, was the 4-year-old gelding Au Fleuron (Fr) (Crillon {Fr}) (lot 219), the winner of a National Hunt flat race on debut at Tipperary on Mar. 24. The latter, the 5-year-old Ballybough Native (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}) (lot 227), likewise won on debut on the same card by 13 lengths.

Sun Power To Charge Holland's New Dawn

At a time when so many people are eager for a fresh start, one of the most intriguing stories of the new season will be Darryll Holland's debut as a trainer from Harraton Court Stables at nearby Exning, with a still more accomplished ex-jockey as assistant in Kieren Fallon.

Holland gave 45,000gns to recruit Sun Power (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) from Jane Chapple-Hyam Racing as lot 138. Fourth in the Listed Chesham S. at Royal Ascot in his younger days, Sun Power left Richard Hannon for 10,000gns in this ring at the Horses-in-Training Sale in October and, after winning at Wolverhampton in December, was recently beaten only a head round the same circuit.

“Hopefully we will be able to send him to Dubai,” Holland said. “I will have a word with Jane and get a run-down, he has obviously been well looked after and has good recent form.

“All's going well at the moment, we are really pleased. The plans is to be back up here in a couple of weeks, as we have orders for the breeze-up sales.”

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A single session at Park Paddocks on Wednesday, March 31—two days after the easing of the British lockdown commences—is made up of 116 colts and geldings in and out of training, 640 broodmares and fillies, 12 yearlings and five 2-year-olds.

The David Loughnane-trained Dark Pine (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) has won his two starts this year, his only outings since being being bought from his breeder Moyglare Stud for 27,000gns in October. The 4-year-old is catalogued as lot 120. Prior to that the Royal Studs will offer as lot 98 the once-raced Orchestral (GB), a 3-year-old son of Lope De Vega (Ire) and dual listed winner Set To Music (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who was previously in training with Roger Charlton.

Also catalogued is the progressive-looking Glentaneous (Ire), a 3-year-old son of Gleneagles (Ire) out of a winning full-sister to the high-class Youmzain (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}). He will be offered as lot 129 by his trainer Brian Meehan, for whom he won a Lingfield novice race on his second start on Feb. 27.

“The addition of the Tattersalls March Sale to our 2021 sales calendar came in response to the COVID-related disruption to the February Sale and we have a catalogue which has all the ingredients to appeal to the customary mix of domestic and international buyers,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony.

“Strict COVID protocols will continue to be in place, but we are looking forward to welcoming registered participants to Park Paddocks for the March Sale, and those unable to attend in person will as ever be able to use our Live Internet and Telephone Bidding platforms.”

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Comprising 64 fillies and mares in/out of training, 116 colts/geldings in/out of training, 12 yearlings and 5 2-year-olds, the catalog features consignments from many of the world's leading owner-breeders including Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates, who have 15 lots cataloged between them. The catalog also contains attractive drafts from several of Britain's leading trainers, with the largest consignment in the catalog being the team of 12 consigned by Richard Fahey's Musley Bank Stables.

Buyers looking for horses in training with smart form will have plenty to choose from with the potential highlights including the promising 3-year-old Glentaneous who boasts a Timeform rating of 91p following an impressive win on his second start for Brian Meehan. The well-bred son of Gleneagles is out of a sister to the joint champion European older horse Youmzain and to the Group 1 winner and dual classic runner-up Creachadoir.

Other eye-catchers include the progressive 4-year-old Dark Pine, rated 103 by Timeform following wins on both his starts for David Loughnane, and Shadwell Estates' Huraiz, a smart performer for Mark Johnston who placed in the Group 3 Sirenia Stakes at two and has a current Timeform rating of 104. Horses-in-training offered by Juddmonte Farms are always much sought after and amongst their consignment is the high-class Bugle Major. Placed in the listed Prix Lyphard in November and runner-up behind the group performer and two-time listed winner Magny Cours on his most recent start, Bugle Major holds a Timeform rating of 108.

Well-bred fillies also feature prominently including daughters of leading sires Dark Angel, Frankel, Invincible Spirit, Lope de Vega, No Nay Never, and Siyouni. The Castlebridge Consignment will offer the smartly bred 3-year-old filly Countessa on behalf of Hugo Palmer's Kremlin Cottage Stables. The twice-raced daughter of Camelot was placed on her latest start and is out of a half-sister to Group 1 winners Alpha Centauri and Alpine Star from the exceptional family of Miesque.

Godolphin has been a perennial source of top-quality breeding stock and will offer two well-bred fillies in Arabian Romance and Fresh Snow, from the immediate families of champion 2-year-old Pinatubo and dual Group 1 winner Raven's Pass respectively. Other well-bred fillies in the catalog include Dramatista, a winning daughter of Group 1 winner Aoife Alainn by Lope de Vega who will be consigned by Roger Fell's Arthington Barn and Eltham Palace, a daughter of Invincible Spirit out of the Group 3 winner and Group 1 placed Moment in Time who will be offered by David Simcock's Trillium Place Stables.

Pinhookers also look well catered for with yearlings cataloged by proven sires Camacho, Charm Spirit, Cityscape, Kuroshio, and Twilight Son as well as exciting first crop sires Gustav Klimt, Massaat, Rajashinge, and Unfortunately.

Commenting on the 2021 Tattersalls March Sale, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“The addition of the Tattersalls March Sale to our 2021 sales calendar came in response to the COVID-related disruption to the February Sale and we have a catalogue which has all the ingredients to appeal to the customary mix of domestic and international buyers. Strict COVID protocols will continue to be in place, but we are looking forward to welcoming registered participants to Park Paddocks for the March Sale, and those unable to attend in person will as ever be able to use our live internet and telephone bidding platforms.”

To view the online catalog, click here.

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