Tag: Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2

Starspangledbanner Colt Knocked Down For 600k Gns To Richard Knight

The second lot north of 500,000gns in less than 20 lots at Park Paddocks, a chestnut son of Starspangledbanner (Aus) (lot 1321) from the Ballyvolane Stud consignment caught the eye of Richard Knight, who shelled out 600,000gns late in the day during Book 2. Bred by The Great Dame Partnership, he is the first foal from his dam, who is a half-sister to multiple group winner Donnerschlag (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), and stakes winner Izzy Bizu (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). The latter is the dam of dual French listed heroine Dizzy Bizu (Ire) (Caravaggio), who has also been placed in the G3 Prix de Cabourg and G3 Prix d'Arenberg.

 

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Juddmonte Strike For Kingman Top Lot

NEWMARKET, UK–As Book 2 continued in the manner it began, with a greatly improved median and strong demand throughout the second session, it was a rare yearling colt purchase by Juddmonte Farms that set the day's high at 525,000gns.

The blend of the bloodlines of Kingman (GB) and the Galileo (Ire) mare Reem (Aus) has worked well in the past to the extent of providing the Book 2 sale-topper of 2018 at 750,000gns. That youngster went on to become the dual winner and 103-rated King Leonidas (GB), and his trainer John Gosden took on Simon Mockridge in order to attempt to secure the full-brother, bred by Essafinaat UK. The Juddmonte manager had the final say, however, for the Hazelwood Bloodstock-consigned colt (lot 895).

“The mare has a patchy breeding record as she isn't the easiest to get in foal, but when it works it works very well,” said consignor Adrian O'Brien of the 14-year-old Reem, a listed winner at Meydan and also runner-up in the G2 Balanchine S. for Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.

“This is a cross that clearly works. King Leonidas has had a few setbacks but is back on track now and is clearly a very talented horse.”

He added, “I'm very flattered that Juddmonte have bought a such a nice horse from our farm. It's great for the breeder and I wish them all the best with him.”

Mockridge was full of praise for the team at Hazelwood Bloodstock and said of the colt, “He had size, scope, a very big hip, [and is] a very good walker. It was obviously very clever–he could have been a Book 1 horse but they brought him to Book 2 and he stood out here. 

“We liked his brother very much when he was sold a few years ago. He was favourite for the Jersey and got beaten there but he's run back recently after some time off and I know John Gosden likes him very much. And of course John Gosden was the underbidder which I suppose bears that out. It's very solid trade and it's heartening to see a lot of people here.”

Very solid is indeed the way to describe the market with two days of Book 2 done and one to go. For the second day running the median was markedly up at 65,000gns (+25%) with the clearance rate remaining high at 88%, with 218 yearlings sold from 248 offered. The day's aggregate settled at 18,560,500gns, which was up 3%, while the average was very slightly higher than this time last year at 55,140gns.

Prosperous Transaction 

The scopey and elegant Prosperous Voyage (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) looked all over an Oaks filly in the making at Newmarket on Friday when posting an eye-catching performance to run second to Inspiral (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Fillies' Mile, no doubt giving an extra boost to her yearling half-brother by No Nay Never. 

Brought to the sale as lot 944 by co-breeder Camas Park Stud, the late April colt raised a final bid of 450,000gns from Ross Doyle.

Tracing back to a Juddmonte family which includes the classy Xaar (GB), who is a half-brother to his Group 3-winning grandam Diese (Diesis {GB}), the colt is also a half-brother to the listed Warrnambool Cup runner-up Romanesque (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}).

No Nay Never has had just three yearlings sold so far in Book 2 for an average of 256,667gns.

Another Coolmore sire, Gleneagles (Ire), has had some decent results this week after a season on the track in which his runners have been headed by the G1 Prix de Royallieu winner Loving Dream (GB).

With eight yearlings sold for an average of 112,125gns, a late highlight was provided on Tuesday by lot 1036, Redpender Stud's homebred half-brother to one of this year's star juveniles. Asymmetric (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) was himself a 65,000gns December yearling and his ascent has been notable this year, with three victories to his name, including the G2 Richmond S., as well as a third-place finish in the G1 Prix Morny.

Such exploits helped to enhance the appeal of his Gleneagles half-brother, who sold for 350,000gns to Anthony Stroud just as the session stretched beyond 11 hours.

American Interest Remains High

The American influence continues through Book 2, with Barbara Banke of Stonestreet Stables and Peter Brant's White Birch Firm both picking up some of Tuesday's more expensive lots.

Returning to the source that provided Stonestreet with the dual Group 1 winner Campanelle (Ire), agent Ben McElroy went to 340,000gns for lot 961, Tally-Ho Stud's Kodiac filly out of the Zamindar mare Shehila (Ire).

“I saw her two or three days ago and she is a lot like Campanelle,” said the agent, who confirmed that lot 961 will be trained in America. “She stands over a lot of ground and I think she's going to be quick. She has a lot of presence and class–everything you like to see in a filly.”

As well as her physical prowess, the filly is related to two black-type horses in the listed winner Ventura Diamond (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) and Group 3 runner-up Alba Power (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}).

Buying on behalf of Brant, Demi O'Byrne selected lot 918, a colt from the first European crop of Zoustar (Aus) at 310,000gns. Bred by Plantation Stud, the son of the Exceed And Excel (Aus) mare Rue Cambon (Ire) was a good pinhook for Yeomanstown Stud, having been bought as a foal for 110,000gns.

The colt hails from a family which has had notable success on the global stage.  His dam is a half-sister to the GI Beverly D S. winner Gorella (Fr) (Grape Tree Road {GB}), while her full-sister Royal Intervention (Ire) won the G2 Goldene Peitsche in Germany.

Father And Son Score For Barnett

Breeder Robert Barnett topped Book 1 with a 1.5 million gns daughter of Sea The Stars and was represented among the leading lots during Book 2 on Tuesday when a colt by that stallion's son Sea The Moon (Ger) sold for 300,000gns to Sebastian Desmontils of Chauvigny Global Equine.

After confirming that lot 869 will head to France to be trained by either Fabrice Chappet or Henri Devin in the colours of Japanese owner Hisaaki Saito, Desmontils added, “He is a nice, correct individual and Sea The Moon is doing really well. His stats are very good. The mare is decent and has produced a horse who was placed in the Derby. This colt was on my client's original list, so it was good that we liked him and were able to buy him as we've been outbid on a few. The trade has been very strong.”

The colt, consigned on Barnett's behalf by Newsells Park Stud, is out of the Singspiel (Ire) mare Pure Song (GB), whose son Romsdal (GB) (Halling) was third to Australia (GB) in the Derby of 2014. The mare, a daughter of the Barnetts' Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks winner Pure Grain (GB) (Polish Precedent), has also produced the listed-placed Pure Art (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) among her five winners. 

Saito has celebrated seven wins in France this year, led by the G3 Prix Eclipse victory of the Fabrice Chappet-trained Topgear (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}).

Ballyhimikin Draft Shines

James Hanly's Ballyhimikin Stud continued in successful vein through the second session of Book 2. Only two of its nine yearlings sold so far have failed to reach six figures, with Tuesday's sale-ring star being lot 1017, a daughter of Lope De Vega (Ire) sold for 260,000gns.

Bred by Hanly with his regular partners of Trevor Stewart and Anthony Stroud, the colt is out of the dual Group/Grade 3 winner Stellar Path (Fr) (Astronomer Royal), a sister to Group 2 winner Sir Patrick Moore (Fr) and half-sister to the G2 German 1000 Guineas winner Nyaleti (Ire) (Arch).

Agent Alex Elliott has signed for eight yearlings at Book 2, including this filly for a new client. He said, “She is going to Ralph Beckett, like a lot of the horses I have bought over the past two weeks. She was one we definitely wanted to go after. I am delighted to buy one from Trevor Stewart and James Hanly as they produce fantastic horses. We love Lope De Vega fillies. Hopefully, it is not too far to fall.”

New Blood For Amo Racing

Amo Racing's significant investment in bloodstock in recent seasons has yielded 30 2-year-old winners so far this season and Kia Joorabchian's operation has been busily recruiting next year's potential stars at Tattersalls. That included going to 260,000gns for lot 855, a New Bay (GB) colt consigned by Baroda Stud.

The Ballylinch Stud stallion has had a good run of late with G1 Sun Chariot S. winner Saffron Beach (Ire) and leading German juvenile Sea Bay (Ger), and this son of the unraced Munnings mare Praden was, like Saffron Beach, bred by the China Horse Club.

“China Horse Club is a big supporter of New Bay, and this mare is breeding some very nice stock,” said consignor David Cox. “Her 2-year-old filly Labaaqa, whom we sold a couple of years back, is lovely. She met with a bit of a set back, but is back in training with John Gosden. China Horse Club owns part of the stallion, they support him well, and it is good to see them get paid in the ring.”

Pinhooking Masterclass Continues 

Philipp Stauffenberg has pulled off some successful pinhooks through Books 1 and 2 and that continued on Tuesday with the sale of lot 818, the Frankel (GB) first foal of Panmolle (GB) (Lawman {Fr}) from the family of Kingman (GB) and Oasis Dream (GB).  Having been bought as a foal for 105,000gns from breeder Wood Farm Stud, the filly returned to make 230,000gns to an online bid from the Tokyo Thoroughbred Club.

“I think she might not be the most impressive Frankel, but she has these big flappy ears and her working attitude is excellent, I think you will hear from her,” said Stauffenberg, who has so far sold 10 yearlings through Book 2 for 993,000gns.

He continued, “I wanted to have her in Book 2, because she is not as big as some of the Frankels, so thought she is better off here. I think it paid off. We got our horses sold quite well. The market seems to be strong if you come up with a good horse and yesterday's session was incredibly strong, I think we are in good shape.”

Another pick of the draft was lot 874, a Barronstown Stud-bred Free Eagle (Ire) half-brother to listed winner Flaming Princess (Ire) (Hot Streak {GB}). Sold for 150,000gns, the colt was one of three yearlings bought over the last two days by Jeremy Brummitt on behalf of Australian trainer Danny O'Brien.

Mountarmstrong Strikes Again

Noel O'Callaghan's Mountarmstrong Stud sold one of the five seven-figure yearlings during Book 1 and a colt from the same family of G2 Queen Mary S. winner Anthem Alexander (Ire) brought another good result for the farm on Tuesday.

Lot 839, who was signed for at 230,000gns by Simon Crisford, is a Kodiac son of Anthem Alexander's half-sister Pious Alexander (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). The immediate family also includes their half-brother and popular sire Dandy Man (Ire), while this season's 1000 Guineas winner Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) features under the colt's third dam.

“He has been bought for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid,” said Crisford. “He looks a nice precocious 2-year-old in the making and we look forward to seeing him on the track, hopefully early next season.”

The Mountarmstrong Stud team has enjoyed a good spell in the ring and on the track, with homebred No Speak Alexander (Ire) having recently become the first Group 1 winner for Shalaa (Ire) in the Matron S.

Overbury Colt Puts On A Show

Overbury Stud had just one Book 2 dart to fire but it hit the bullseye with its homebred son of Showcasing (lot 814), who sold for 200,000gns to Anthony Stroud. 

Bred on the same cross as the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains third Dice Roll (Fr), the colt is a son of the Pulpit mare Pacifica Highway, who was bought by Simon Sweeting through Richard Brown at Keeneland for $110,000. Her current 2-year-old Spanish Baroque (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) has made three starts in France for Jean-Claude Rouget and Peter Brant, resulting in two victories. 

“The mare has done fabulously for us, all her progeny have sold really well. The 2-year-old is twice a winner now and apparently goes for a listed race in November. She is exciting,” said Sweeting.

“[The colt] has been fabulous all the way through the sale, I think he deserved that. We wanted to put a bit of substance into the mare, some of her foals have been a little bit light. It was a toss up between Showcasing and Kingman, and we thought [Showcasing] would give the foal a bit more substance.”

The 10-year-old Pacifica Highway, a half-sister to Grade II winner Secretary At War (War Front), has a filly foal by Night Of Thunder (Ire) and is now in foal to Overbury's highly promising young stallion Ardad (Ire), whose first-crop son Perfect Power (Ire) is the winner of the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S.

Sweeting said of Ardad, “This year couldn't have been better for him. He has the fastest 2-year-old of the year and hopefully he can go on next year. It has been a lot of fun and we have been very fortunate. Ardad covered 165 mares this spring; he has got a good book and we are very much looking forward to next year.”

Clean Sweep For Redgate Bloodstock

Emma Foley and Damian Flynn of Redgate Bloodstock brought a small but select draft to Book 2 and were rewarded with all three yearlings sold for an average of 114,333gns.

The week started well when they sold lot 619 on Monday for breeder K Collie. The daughter of Farhh (GB) is a sister to the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. winner Move Swiftly (GB) and she will join the Gosdens' Clarehaven Stables after being knocked down to Thady Gosden for 170,000gns.

On Tuesday, there was another decent return for Foley and Flynn when selling their homebred Twilight Son (GB) colt (lot 927) to Clive Cox for 135,000gns. Out of Samasana (Ire), a treble-winning daughter of Redback (GB), the colt is a half-brother to American stakes winner Simmy's Temple (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}).

“We're thrilled and the big bonus is where they've all gone as they are all going to be with good trainers, which is a big plus,” said Foley.

“We like Twilight Son, he's been a lucky horse for us and we've used him every year. I'm a big believer that if you're in in the first year, you have to take a punt on them. You have to believe in stallions, and we've never had a horse scope and X-ray as well as this horse, he was absolutely A1.”

She added, “The Farhh filly was particularly nice and of course she's a full-sister to a Group 2 winner which helps, but we felt we were coming with a nice set of horses. These have all been born, raised and grazed on the farm which is extra special, but all the hard work has paid off. We've barely slept for the last week.”

Redgate Bloodstock consigns another three yearlings in Book 3, which starts on Thursday.

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‘Incredible’ Book 2 Closes on a High

NEWMARKET, UK-The prevailing mood at Park Paddocks this week has been a mixture of relief and amazement at the level of trade which, across each of three Book 2 sessions, has come close to matching the record sale of 2019.

Whether there is enough depth to the buying bench ultimately is questionable but there has certainly been variety and a decent amount of international participation which, in this year particularly, is remarkable.

Ever since the start of the breeze-up season, the general approach from vendors has been one of pragmatism, with realistic reserves generally being set to allow horses to be bought and sold in order to move on to the next sector of yearlings. Many consignors, when questioned on the state of the market prior to Book 2, expressed satisfaction that horses were being traded, even at a reduced rate, with most sales until now being down by between 20-40% on last year. But during this week, trade bounced back to the strength that has been seen at Book 2 over the previous three years, when turnover has been consistently above the 48 million-guinea mark following a big leap from 2016.

As the final yearlings of Wednesday were added to the ledger, the overall tally for the sale stood at 48,362,500gns, just 136,500gns adrift of last year. The clearance rate remained high at 85%, with 637 horses marked as sold (17 more than in 2019) from 747 offered. The average was down just 3% at 75,922gns and the median dropped 10% to 50,000gns.

The final session was almost a carbon copy of its counterpart 12 months ago, with 15,138,500gns being spent on 208 horses at a slightly improved clearance rate of 87%.

“Book 2 has without doubt benefitted from the momentum established at Book 1 and similar to last week, the buyers have consistently remarked on the quality of the stock being offered,” said Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony at the conclusion of the sale.

“As ever the consignors from Britain, Ireland, France and Germany have presented us with a catalogue of genuine quality and the buyers have demonstrated that, even in these challenging times, there is a global appetite for quality bloodstock and the sport of horseracing. Participation from throughout the Gulf region continues to be hugely influential and the sustained involvement from American, Australian and Hong Kong interests has also been notable alongside determined domestic involvement.”

Maktoum Support

The top lot of the day came near the end of the session when Anthony Stroud went to 360,000gns for lot 1323, a colt by Starspangledbanner (Aus) consigned from James Hanly’s Ballyhimikin Stud. The half-brother to stakes-placed Kodiak West (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is out of the winning Cadeaux Genereux (GB) mare Violet’s Gift (Ire).

Hanly, who also bred the colt, said, “We felt he was a very special horse all the way along and we love Starspangledbanner. I just want to thank Helen and Frisk [Jones] who do the daily hard work, and for minding this horse so well.”

He continued, “This is a family we have had forever, we bred every single horse on the page. They are all very fast horses so hopefully this one will continue and will add to the family. It’s lovely to be able to show horses such as this, it’s a pleasure to be around them.”

Stroud and his business partner Matt Coleman have been busy for a range of clients this week with a number of their 32 purchases being made on behalf of Godolphin. Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell operation bought 36 yearlings and Rabbah Bloodstock bought 17, leading to a conservative estimate that the Maktoum family and associates accounted for almost a quarter of the Book 2 turnover, following on from almost 20 million gns being spent by Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Hamdan during Book 1.

“We’re lucky to have the sale going on and there has been a great vibe from lots of different buyers,” said Stroud. “I think we are all grateful to the Maktoum family for everything they’ve done for the industry and it just shows their true mettle—to support the sale and to support people’s livelihoods—in times like this it gives one hope. All these breeders have to breed their mares next year.”

He added, “We can’t underestimate how much Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Hamdan have done. It’s quite humbling.”

Top Fillies For Coolmore

The father-and-son training team of Simon and Ed Crisford recruited the top filly of the final session in partnership with MV Magnier. Lot 1111, a daughter of Coolmore’s first-season sire Churchill (Ire), was signed for at 340,000gns and will join her half-brother, the five-time winner Roulston Scar (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), in the Crisford stable.

“She is very racy and athletic, and she showed herself off well. MV Magnier really loved her and she will be for a Coolmore partnership,” said Simon Crisford.

Bred by Denis Brosnan’s Epona Bloodstock and offered through his Croom House Stud, the filly is a daughter of GIII Miesque S. runner-up Pussycat Lips (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), who has produced two black-type performers from her three runners to date.

Churchill was the leading freshman sire at Book 2 with 16 sold for 1,468,000gns and an average of 91,750gns and, while he has it all to prove, his tried-and-tested stud mate Mastercraftsman (Ire) appeared on the leaderboard alongside the day’s second-most expensive filly (lot 1215). The sister to treble winner and listed-placed Simannka (Ire) is another who will be joining the Coolmore ranks, having been bought by Cormac McCormack on their behalf from breeder Denis McDonnell for 325,000gns.

“I bought [dam] Simkana (Ire) from the Aga Khan after she had foaled Simannka and this is a nicer filly than Simannka,” said McDonnell, who added that the mare’s Kalanisi (Ire) half-sister to Sinndar (Ire), has a Ribchester (Ire) filly foal and is in foal to Zoffany (Ire).

Breath Held In High Regard

Juddmonte makes the occasional foray into the yearling market and backed up last week’s purchase of a Frankel (GB) colt with another by Oasis Dream (GB).

Lot 1108 was brought to Book 2 by Newsells Park Stud on behalf of breeder Robert Barnett and the colt represents a family intrinsically linked with the Barnett family’s former breeding base of Fair Winter Farm. His grandam Pure Grain (GB) (Polish Precedent) won both the Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks in the Barnett colours during her champion 3-year-old season. The colt, who sold for 310,000gns, is a full-brother to the Richard Hannon-trained juvenile Pure Dreamer (GB), who has placed three times this season and was beaten a short-head at Windsor on Monday.

The team at Juddmonte will doubtless have enjoyed the week of sales results for homebred stallion Bated Breath (GB), whose excellent year on the track has been reflected in the ring. After having a yearling sell for a new high for 260,000gns on Tuesday, that was surpassed twice during the final session of Book 2.

First up was lot 1205, Redpender Stud’s colt out of Shy Audience (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}), who was sold to Matt Coleman for 280,000gns.

The dam is a daughter of Redpender’s star broodmare Danetime Out (Ire) (Danetime {Ire}), who is also the dam of former champion 2-year-old Toormore (Ire) (Arakan) and dual Group 2 winner Estidhkaar (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). The 6-year-old mare was bred by stud owner Jimmy Murphy’s sons Brian and Eoghan Murphy.

“I bought the mare from them as a yearling,” he explained. “She has a colt foal by Expert Eye (GB) and is now in foal to Dandy Man (Ire).”

Shy Audience has already been represented by a winner with her first foal to race this year, Harold Shand (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), and her yearling will eventually be off to Hong Kong to be trained by John Size.

“He is ideal for Hong Kong,” Coleman said. “He has plenty of strength and size and a great attitude. Bated Breath is a proven horse and his stock go on fast ground. He gets fast horses, and we are trying to buy a horse with good physicality, with a good pedigree, by a proven sire that goes on fast ground. That Dansili line works very well out there.”

The Redpender colt didn’t hold the record for long as towards the end of the day, Rory Mahon’s Mountain View Stud presented one of the best pinhooks of the day in lot 1301.

The Bated Breath colt out of Tremelo Pointe (Ire) (Trempolino) brought the hammer down at 290,000gns, having been bought as a foal for 67,000gns from his breeder Lord Margadale. His full-brother Landshark topped the Goresbridge Breeze-up Sale three years ago at €210,000 and was a winner and Group 3-placed for Jessica Harrington.

The colt was one of 36 yearlings bought through Book 2 by Angus Gold for Shadwell.

“I’ve found it harder than normal to buy horses this week,” said Gold when reflecting on the bumper Book 2 trade. “Sheikh Mohammed making it so strong is fantastic for the industry but it made it harder for us, hence we’ve had to spend a little bit more than we thought we’d have to. But it has been incredible the support the whole business has had considering where we are in the world. It’s pretty incredible that we’ve had a sale at all and, as one vendor said to me, this has given people a bit of a lifeline.”

He added, “Fair play to all the people who have supported the sale. The whole business is built on wonderful optimism.”

Gold’s one issue of concern over the sale is the long sessions in Book 2, each of which this week has run for around 11 hours until at least 9 p.m. He said, “I do think these days are too long, particularly for the staff, who start very early in the morning. I think we need to do something about it, whether it is to have fewer horses or more sessions, because it’s not fair on the staff.”

Gold also noted that Sheikh Hamdan has recovered well from a recent illness. “He sounds in great form and is hopefully back to his best,” he said.

Stallion Diversity

If the buying bench was diverse, so too was the list of stallions achieving decent results in Book 2. The top 20 yearlings for the sale as a whole were by 17 different stallions, including Kingman (GB), who provided Monday’s top lot and was also represented on Wednesday by lot 1192, the Barton Stud-consigned colt which sold for 260,000gns to Shadwell.

Faisal Mishref Al Qahtani bought Secret Keeper (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) in foal to Pivotal (GB) for 45,000gns in December 2015. This was the second good result for the breeder with the offspring of Kingman at the October Sale.

Tom Blain of Barton Stud said,  “My client has been incredibly loyal to the stud. We sold another Kingman colt for him in Book 1 to Mike Ryan and we love doing well for him, he is great man. The mare boards with us and she is from a great Cheveley Park Stud family. She has produced some lovely stock and this colt is by far and away her best individual.”

Barton Stud ended the sale as third-leading vendor with 18 yearlings sold for 1,834,000gns.

Just as in Book 1, Newsells Park Stud filled the top spot on the consignors’ list, selling 24 yearlings at an average price of 119,917gns, including the sale-topping Lope De Vega (Ire) colt at 675,000gns.

The continued demand for Ballylinch Stud’s Lope De Vega saw him achieve an average price of 126,938gns from 16 yearlings sold in the last three days. His young stablemate New Bay (GB) also proved extremely popular with an average of 160,143 gns from seven yearlings.

Chairman’s Gratitude

Plenty of people in attendance at Park Paddocks over the last fortnight have expressed their gratitude towards Tattersalls for being able to stage the sale in trying circumstances. Edmond Mahony, in his closing statement also issued his thanks to the who have contributed to its success.

He said, “At the conclusion of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale last week we expressed our sincere thanks to all those who contributed to a yearling sale which, although conducted amidst a backdrop of global turmoil, performed with remarkable resilience. The message at the conclusion of Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale is very similar. We are enormously grateful to every single participant over the past three days, not only for their individual contributions to a sale which has held up remarkably well under the circumstances, but for working with us every step of the way in our efforts to stage the sale in as safe an environment as possible. The COVID pandemic continues to wreak havoc in all walks of life and to have conducted nine sales here at Park Paddocks since the last week of June is a mighty achievement by all concerned and could not have happened without a huge collective effort.”

He added, “Newmarket is very much the hub of the European racing and breeding industries and the last few weeks have demonstrated that, despite all the obstacles, business has been able to continue, albeit at lower levels than in recent years. Newmarket has an extraordinary and unique infrastructure and never more has this been apparent than at Books 1 and 2 of the 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sales. Tomorrow we move on to Book 3 of the October Yearling Sale which is another Tattersalls yearling sale that consistently attracts buyers at all levels of the market  and we will conclude the 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Saturday with Book 4.”

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Roaring Book 2 Trade Bucks Trend at Tattersalls

NEWMARKET, UK—Apparently there’s a global pandemic in progress, but that didn’t thwart the appetite for bloodstock at Tattersalls on Tuesday as the second session of Book 2 bucked trends in what has been a tricky sales season to date.

“Considering what else is going on in the world, we are very lucky this is going ahead,” said David Cox of Baroda Stud after selling one of the day’s most successful pinhooks.

It is a sentiment that has been repeated often in recent weeks as the yearling sales have continued while parts of Europe have been plunged back into strict local lockdowns. So far, East Anglia has avoided such restriction and business at Park Paddocks has progressed almost as normal. The fact that trade in Book 2 has so far been apparently immune to outside forces is nothing short of extraordinary. In fact, one buyer went as far as describing the market simply as “bonkers”.

Not all pinhookers have fared well, of course, but that is always the case and at the top of the market on Tuesday there were some very encouraging results for those who had taken a chance on pricey foals last November and December.

The international array of breeders behind some of the yearlings on offer at Tattersalls also fared better than most might have hoped for several months ago, as Godolphin and Shadwell continued their support of the October Sale, along with King Power Racing and American interests including Peter Brant and Craig Bernick.

As the near 12-hour session drew to a close, the comparative figures for both aggregate and average were up on last year. Turnover of 17,987,500gns marked a small improvement of 4%, while the average of 84,448gns was up 1%. The median showed a 20% decline at 52,000gns and the strength of demand was underlined by a clearance rate of 85%.

Top Lot For Godolphin

Andrew Stone’s St Albans Bloodstock has enjoyed notable success as the breeder of Postponed (Ire), who is now resident at Sheikh Mohammed’s Dalham Hall Stud and the Godolphin supremo will be hoping for similar success for Stone’s Lope De Vega (Ire) colt out of a Galileo (Ire) half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill), who topped Tuesday’s session at 675,000gns.

“We can’t take the credit really, we just put the gloss on over the last nine weeks,” said consignor Julian Dollar of Newsells Park Stud. “The credit must go to breeder Andrew Stone and the farm which foaled and raised the colt.”

Sold as lot 945, the grey is a son of 3-year-old winner Loch Ma Naire (Ire) who has produced two dual winners from her first two runners. The colt also hails from the same family as Postponed, with whom he shares his third dam Birch Creek (GB).

Of the strong start to Book 2, Dollar added, “I actually think there was value to be found last week, but I’m not complaining. The sale seems to have taken off incredibly this week. It’s fantastic, and thanks to all the people who are prepared to take their hands out of their pockets and spend big money on racehorses. Long may it continue.”

Late in the session, Anthony Stroud signed for a colt by another Ballylinch Stud stallion, New Bay (GB), whose runners have made an impressive start this season and who was represented by his second group winner on Saturday in Saffron Beach (Ire).

Lot 1037 was bred at Ballylinch from the Listed Radley S. winner Need You Now (Ire) (Kheleyf), who has already produced a dual winner to Lope De Vega in Peruvian Summer (Ire). New Bay has now had seven yearlings sold through Book 2 for an average of 160,143gns with this colt his most expensive to date at 400,000gns.

Commenting on the success of the Ballylinch stallions, stud director John O’Connor said, “We are delighted with the way the market is receiving them but the reason the they are selling well is that they are getting winners in the right places and the right types of tracks and the right stakes races. That is what it is all about in the end. Sales should be about racing.”

Stroud also signed for another of the Newsells Park Stud draft on behalf of Godolphin. Lot 843, the Siyouni (Fr) colt out of the G3 Oh So Sharp S. winner Havant (GB) (Halling), was bred by James Wigan and sold for 300,000gns.

Classic Prospect For Bernick

A major Australian breeder selling to a leading American owner-breeder highlights the international aspect of the October Sale which has continued into Book 2. There was no shortage of support from the other side of the Atlantic during Book 1, even though many American owners were unable to travel, and Irish agent Hubie de Burgh played a pivotal role in the transaction of lot 954 from John Camilleri to Craig Bernick of Glen Hill Farm.

The Norelands Stud-consigned Frankel (GB) filly was full of beans during her prolonged spell in the ring, with the hammer finally coming down in de Burgh’s favour at 460,000gns. She hails from a family to which the agent has already given his seal of approval, having bought her dam Love Is Blindness (Ire) (Sir Percy {GB}) for Camilleri at the 2016 Goffs November Sale for €380,000. It is also one rippled with Classic influences as the dam’s half-brother is Sven and Carina Hanson’s Prix du Jockey Club winner Reliable Man (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and their granddam is the treble Oaks winner Fair Salinia (GB) (Petingo {GB}).

“She’s by one of the great sires of the modern era and there are Classic winners in her page, she could be a Guineas or an Oaks filly,” said de Burgh. “On top of that she is a beautiful filly from a top farm where I keep a lot of stock, and I’ve known her since she was a foal.”

Florida-based Bernick has a select string of horses in training in Britain and Ireland, including the G1 Nassau S. runner-up One Voice (Ire) (Poet’s Voice {GB}), who is entered for Saturday’s G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares S. His latest acquisition will join maiden winner Sloane Peterson (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) at Fozzy Stack’s stable.

De Burgh added, “Craig is a great lover of the horse industry and is going to be a great breeder. He has some wonderful stock in Europe already and wants to collect this quality of bloodstock because he is thinking 20 years ahead. Hopefully she will be one of the foundation mares in the broodmare band. Craig is developing an Australian operation, European and American; it is very exciting.”

Arc-Winning Owner Still In Play

Peter Brant of White Birch Farm had already recruited 10 yearlings through the Goffs Orby and Tattersalls Book 1 sales and his agent Demi O’Byrne remained in action on Tuesday when signing for two of the day’s more expensive horses.

Lot 840, one of the great pinhooking successes of the sale, was offered by Gerry Ross of Kenilworth House Stud, who bought the Showcasing (GB) colt with “a bunch of mates” for 70,000gns in December. By the time O’Byrne had finished trading bids, his new valuation came in at 310,000gns.

“He is a great walker and Alastair Pim said he had one of the best walkers he had seen through the two weeks,” said Ross of the son of the unraced Harlequin Twist (GB) (Acclamation {GB}), a half-sister to Listed Magnolia S winner Miblish (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}). “A foal will never lose its walk. He was flat to the boards here all week and his last show was as good as his first. He has been a pro so far, hopefully he will continue.”

Referring to the strong trade through the first two days of Book 2, he added, “Nobody can be confident at the minute and a week ago I would never have dreamt of that sort of money. Yesterday’s trade was the best it has been all year. No vendor is going into the ring with their chest out, but at least you have a bit more confidence.”

A little later O’Byrne went to 300,000gns for lot 853, from the first crop of Group 1-winning miler Ribchester (Ire) and out of an unraced Teofilo (Ire) half-sister to listed winner Pelerin (Ire) (Shamardal). Her dam, Hint Of Pink (Ire), was represented by her first winner when the Andre Fabre-trained Parchemin (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) struck on debut at Compiegne on Oct. 1.

The May-foaled filly was bred in partnership by Norelands Stud and Patrick Robinson, co-author of the book Horse Trader, which chronicles Robert Sangster’s rise to prominence as an owner and breeder.

“Her half-brother winning in the last week or so that was big plus, timing is everything in this business,” said Harry McCalmont of Norelands Stud. “A couple of years ago Patrick wrote a book called Lone Survivor which became a blockbuster movie. Patrick decided to retire and take up breeding horses, and gave me a few quid to spend on horses. I am delighted for him.”

Shadwell Steps In

Sheikh Hamdan has had a terrific season on the racecourse and after a quiet start to the sales season, the operation has played a significant role in the buoyancy of Book 2. The sheikh’s racing manager Angus Gold has signed for 24 yearlings over the last two days for almost 3.3 million gns, including Chasemore Farm’s Kodiac (GB) colt out of the G3 Albany S.-placed Ilaunaglass (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}) at 280,000gns.

Gold’s purchase of lot 878 brought a broad smile to the face of Henrietta Egan of Corduff Stud, who bred the son of Teofilo (Ire) from her sole mare Island Remede (GB) (Medicean {GB}).

“This is the mare’s first foal and I wanted to send her to a proper stallion,” she said. “He is beautiful yearling and I am so delighted he has gone to such a fabulous owner.”

Egan bought the mare, a dual winner and G3 St Simon S. runner-up, for 43,000gns and sold her first offspring to Shadwell for 260,000gns.

Egan added, “She has a beautiful Camelot filly foal and is in foal to Phoenix Of Spain, but on the back of that we might have to go back to Teofilo.”

Camelot Back-up Plan Works Out

Breeders Frank Antonacci and David Reid bought the 10-year-old Oratorio (Ire) mare Matorio (Fr) through Mick Flanagan for 125,000gns in 2017 and her first mating planned by the partners resulted in a good touch on Tuesday when her Camelot (GB) filly sold for 340,000gns to Simon Crisford. The trainer signed for lot 986 in the name of Gainsborough Thoroughbreds.

“The mare is at Baroda and she went to No Nay Never but didn’t take and was transferred to Camelot,” explained consignor David Cox, who boards the mare for her owners who also have a share in No Nay Never. Later attempts at getting the mare in foal to the sire of recent G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Alcohol Free (Ire) have resulted in a colt foal and she is now carrying again to No Nay Never.

Matorio was herself the winner of three races as well as finishing second in the G2 Prix du Muguet, and she enjoyed a decent update on the first day of racing in France following the coronavirus shutdown when her half-brother Batwan (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) won the G3 Prix de Saint-Georges.

Baroda Stud has sold eight Book 2 yearlings so far for an average of 118,125gns and they include the most expensive Bated Breath (GB) yearling sold at auction (lot 828). The half-brother to G3 Molecomb S winner and young Norman Court Stud stallion Rumble Inthejungle (Ire) was bred by Patrick Gleeson and was pinhooked by Baroda as a foal for €95,000. Returned to the ring at Tattersalls he was bought by Anthony Stroud for 280,000gns.

Ringfort Colt for HKJC

Ringfort Stud has enjoyed a tremendous season on the racecourse as the breeder of Group 2 winners Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Ubettabelieveit (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and Miss Amulet (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}), and a colt from its draft was the pick of the day for the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Lot 1006, a May-born son of Fastnet Rock (Aus) and the first foal of the well-bred Miss Liguria (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) fetched a bid of 240,000gns from Mick Kinane. The mare has a Hong Kong connection herself as she was bred by the late John Pearce, who resided there for much of his life. She is a half-sister to the listed winners Miss Cap Estel (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) and St Jean Cap Ferrat (GB) (Domedriver {Ire}) and a granddaughter of the G2 Sun Chariot S winner Miss Beaulieu (GB) (Northfields).

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