Record-Priced Colt Tops First Session Of Relocated Tattersalls Ireland September Sale

It proved to be a record-breaking first session for the relocated two-day Tattersalls Ireland September Sale when Boherguy Stud's colt by Teofilo (Lot 165) fetched €351,000 (US$413,063), a new record price for the sale.

He was bought by Mick Kinane, signing on behalf of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the day's leading buyer by aggregate spend.

The colt, bred by trainer Jim Bolger, is a full-brother to two Group 3 winners – the Group 3 Eyrefield Stakes winner Guaranteed and this year's G3 Acomb Stakes winner Gear Up, whose success is an update on the catalog page.

The March-born yearling was sold by Bolger's grand-daughter Clare Manning of Boherguy Stud in just her second season consigning yearlings.

“He has been a superstar since he has been here,” Manning said. “He has the pedigree and the physique, he was busy and had a number of vettings, but it was difficult in this climate to gauge what he would fetch.

“He came to prep eight weeks ago and has always been straightforward, he is one of those that just have got something about them. I have had a brief chat with grand-dad and he is absolutely delighted.”

Kinane, standing outside the ring, said: “He is a lovely horse, and we didn't think we'd be pushed that hard. He was a stand-out, he could have been sold here in a few weeks at the October Sale. Hopefully, he can run like his brother, he was a good horse.”

The sale was the highlight on a day which produced a strong clearance rate of 83 percent (206 horses offered and 172 sold), an average price of €25,706 (US$30,251), a slight increase of 1 percent on the same session in 2019, a median of €20,330 (US$23,924), a drop of just 3 percent. The day's aggregate sales totaled €4,421,441 (US$5,203,244).

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Teofilo Colt Sets Tattersalls Ireland Record

NEWMARKET, UK—In the unfamiliar setting of Newmarket instead of Fairyhouse, the uprooted Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale broke a new barrier as well as new ground with a record top lot sold for £325,000.

The fact that transactions are being made in pounds rather than euros is another anomaly in this strange year but the name in the buyer’s slot alongside the market leader was the same as last year: Hong Kong Jockey Club.

For Clare Manning of Boherguy Stud this too was a breakthrough, but in the weeks since the session-topping Teofilo (Ire) colt was consigned to the sale, two of his full-brothers have provided significant updates. The 3-year-old Assurance (Ire) is now a winner for Manning’s grandfather and the colt’s breeder Jim Bolger and, better still, the 2-year-old Gear Up (Ire), is unbeaten in two starts, including the G3 Tattersalls Acomb S.

The affinity for the Toccet mare Gearanai with Teofilo (Ire) had already been indicated by her 4-year-old son Guaranteed (Ire), who won the G3 Eyrefield S. as a juvenile and garnered more black type last year in the listed TRI Equestrian Silver S. Repeated matings with the Bolger-bred and -trained stallion, who is now one of the stalwarts of Kildangan Stud, has certainly reaped rewards, both on the track and in the ring.

Manning said of lot 165, “He has been a superstar since he has been here. He has the pedigree and the physique, he was busy and had a number of vettings, but it was difficult in this climate to gauge how much people had in their pockets.”

She added, “I’ve had a brief chat with grandad and he is absolutely delighted.”

Acting on behalf of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Mick Kinane, a former rival in the saddle for Manning’s father Kevin, said after outbidding Alex Elliott, “He is a lovely horse, and we didn’t think we’d be pushed that hard. He was a standout, he could have been sold here in a few weeks at the October Sale. Hopefully, he can run like his brother.”

Kinane also signed for lot 63, Croom House Stud’s colt by Mastercraftsman (Ire) out of Barzilian Samba (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) at £55,000. The mare has already produced the Hong Kong Group 2 winner Endowing (Ire) by Mastercraftsman’s sire Danehill Dancer (Ire) and she is herself a half-sister to Group 3-winning sprinter Brazilian Bride (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}).

With the day’s final statistics converted into euros for the sake of comparison, the first session of the sale must be considered to be the most successful yearling sale in this difficult season so far. The clearance rate dropped four points but was still a respectable 83% with 172 of the 206 horses to pass through the ring finding a buyer. The average figure of €25,706 (£23,392) was fractionally up on last year, while the median was down by only 3% at €20,330 (£18,500). The first day’s aggregate was €4,421,441 (£4,023,500), down from €5,084,500 on the corresponding day last year.

Double Bonus For Beechvale
The double whammy of a Group 1 update and having a yearling by a desirable young stallion turned a ten-time profit for Beechvale Stud, who bought the half-brother to Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}) for €19,000 as a foal. Ten months later the colt’s sire Mehmas (Ire) is romping away with the first-season sires’ championship, while his half-sister is now the winner of the G1 Matron S. for Johnny Murtagh.

Joe Foley, who stands the sire of Champers Elysees at his Ballyhane Stud, went to £190,000 to secure lot 222 on behalf of Clipper Logistics.

“He is a particularly nice colt,” he said. “The mare is good, and has actually bred two good Elzaams. Obviously Champers Elysees is there, but even without her he was a lovely colt and the sire has done very well so I’m pleased to get him.”

The dam in question, La Cuvee (GB) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}), was a non-winner but has already bred another two multiple winners from her three runners to date along with her star daughter, who was a €28,000 purchase at this sale two years ago.

A delighted Tara Armstrong of Beechvale Stud in Northern Ireland said, “Champers Elysees had finished second in the Birdcatcher [when we bought him] so we were hopeful she would go on. We also thought Mehmas might have big chances to become leading first-season, too. My Dad has looked after him since last year so it is all down to him.”

Old Favourites Return
This particular auction has many loyal supporters among the bloodstock community and, despite an absence of buyers from the wider European scene, there was a diverse buying bench throughout the first session. Clive Cox has been lucky at Tattersalls Ireland in the past, notably buying subsequent Group 1 winners Xtension (Ire) (Xaar {GB}) and Lethal Force (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) at the September Sale for €15,000 and €8,500 respectively. On Monday the trainer signed for two yearlings including lot 72, a full-brother to Group 3 winner Snazzy Jazzy (Ire) (Red Jazz), whom Cox trained for Olive Shaw.

The colt’s dam Bulrushes (GB) (Byron {GB}) has proved her prowess beyond that, however, as he is just one of her four black-type-earning offspring, which include Ross Castle (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}) and Ten Year Ticket (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}).

After signing the docket at £75,000 for the colt who will be campaigned by Middleham Park Racing, Cox said, “We’re delighted to get the brother of Snazzy Jazzy, who won the sales race and was a prolific earner for us. I loved him when I saw the horse, he is really athletic, and sadly there are not many Red Jazzes around. I’m really thrilled to have an opportunity to train a horse like this for [Middleham Park Racing].”

Bred by Bluegate Stud, the colt’s dam Bulrushes is a half-sister to G2 Lennox S. winner Tariq (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), while the family also includes G2 Flying Childers S. winner Wi Dud (GB) (Elnadim).

Breeze-up Buyers Back For More
Following a heavily disrupted 2-year-old sales season, it has been heartening to see breeze-up pinhookers reinvesting since the yearling sales started last month, and Katie Walsh of Greenhills Farm stepped in for one of the best bred fillies in the book on Monday.

Lot 98 was one of just two Kingman (GB) yearlings in the September catalogue and, as a daughter of juvenile winner Continental Drift (Smart Strike) boasts a deep pedigree with dual Group/Grade 1 winner Intercontinental (GB) (Danehill) as her grandam and Juddmonte’s outstanding broodmare Hasili (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}) as her third dam.

The Juddmonte-bred filly was offered by the Castlebridge Consignment and sold for £70,000.

“She has a pedigree to die for and she will always hold her value as a broodmare,” said Walsh after signing for the sister to maiden winner and Group 3-placed juvenile Masen (GB), who is trained by Ger Lyons.

“Hopefully her full-brother will go on next year and do some more. This filly has a lot more positives for me than negatives.”

Another well-bred filly who is likely to reappear at Tattersalls next year is lot 129, a daughter of Kodiac (GB) consigned by Al Eile Stud. David O’Callaghan of Yeomanstown Stud was the winning bidder at £65,000 for the May-foaled filly out of the Group 3 winner Duchess Andorra (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}).

“She’s out of a high-class mare and by a high-class stallion: simple,” he said.

The filly’s grandam Andorra (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) was unraced but is a sister to the former champion 2-year-old filly Embassy (GB) and their dam Pass The Peace (GB) (Alzao) was also a champion juvenile in her day.

New Trainers Supported
The Newmarket training ranks will be boosted by at least two new names in the coming weeks and months, with Harry Eustace set to take over from his father James and Belgian-born Kevin Philippart having recently left James Fanshawe to set up on his own.

Eustace will be welcoming a daughter of Australia (GB), the sire of three Group winners in the last ten days, after Hubie de Burgh went to 68,000gns for lot 115 from Manister House Stud.

“She is for a new client, new to the industry, and he particularly wanted to send a horse into training with Harry Eustace,” said de Burgh of the first foal of the unraced Dillydallydo (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}).

“She is by a good young stallion, who is proven producer of group performers. She comes from a good family, and if she becomes a stakes performer she will be worth many multiples more.”

The filly’s grandam is the listed winner and black-type producer Dolydille (Ire) (Dolphin Street {Fr}), while the further family includes Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy), Sholokhov (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Soldier Of Fortune (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}.

Joseph O’Brien, who rode Australia to victory in the Derby and the Irish Derby, was responsible for the stallion’s first Classic winner the weekend before last when Galileo Chrome (Ire) won the St Leger. The young trainer will take charge of another of his future runners from this sale after Mouse O’Ryan went to £55,000 on his behalf for lot 199.

The colt, consigned by Eddie O’Leary’s Lynn Lodge Stud and bought as a foal for €30,000, is the first foal of the dual winner Into The Lane (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire}), a half-sister to G1 Premio Lydia Tesio winner Sound Of Freedom (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}).

Buying in association with agent Philippa Mains, Kevin Philippart picked up a filly from the first crop of Decorated Knight (GB). Sold by the Irish National Stud where the stallion stands, the filly (lot 171) is a half-sister to listed-placed Beaute Pour Toi (GB) (Camelot {GB}) and was knocked down at £20,000.

The sale, which has been reduced from three days to two, continues at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

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Galileo, Sons Setting The Standard

Last weekend was an extraordinary one for the great Galileo (Ire). A world-best 85th Group 1 winner with Peaceful (Ire) in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas went along nicely with the top-level victories by his son Teofilo (Ire)’s unbeaten G1 Prix Saint Alary heroine Tawkeeq (Ire), plus that of Sottsass (Fr)-out of Galileo mare Starlet’s Sister (Ire)–in the G1 Prix Ganay.

When the Danehill gelding Zipping became his sire’s 84th Group 1 winner in the Australian Cup at Flemington on March 13, 2010, it seemed an unsurpassable record at the time. After all, Danehill spent a lifetime covering sizeable books of mares in both hemispheres. His closest pursuer was the previous record holder Sadler’s Wells, whom Danehill had overtaken in 2005. Now, 10 years on, we have a new world leader in Sadler’s Wells’s son Galileo, who equalled his great stud companion’s feat when Magic Wand (Ire) won the LKS McKinnon S. at Flemington last year and became the clear leader following Peaceful’s victory in the Irish 1000 Guineas this week.

At the time of Danehill’s 84th Group 1 winner, Galileo already had four crops at the races and his total of Group 1 winners stood at just 12. And given the fact that he himself stopped shuttling to Australia after only four seasons, there were no guarantees that Galileo would get close to Danehill’s total. A long successful innings was needed and thankfully Galileo has stayed healthy enough to produce large quality crops ever since. As things stand, he’s managed to produce just about the same number of runners as Danehill did from his two bases. Both have been represented by about 2,100 runners and therefore have almost identical strike rates when it comes to Group 1 winners.

The pair are also extremely close when ranked by other metrics, with Danehill still holding sway with 344 stakes winners, compared to Galileo’s 315, but that title will go Galileo’s way too sooner rather than later. And he also eclipsed Danehill’s 207 group winners earlier this year when Magic Attitude won the G3 Prix Vanteaux. The question now for Galileo is what standards he himself can set any future challenger.

Just to prove the Galileo machine is working on all fronts, his son Teofilo also got in on the action at the weekend when his unbeaten daughter Tawkeel became his 16th Group 1 winner. She was also her sire’s 91st stakes winner, which moves Teofilo ever closer to 100, a score achieved by fewer than 20 European sires since the pattern began. What’s remarkable about Teofilo is the 10%-plus rate at which he gets stakes winners. Any sire that can maintain 10% stakes winners or above for 10 seasons is worthy of praise. To underline the point, he’s one of only eight active stallions currently above this benchmark. Moreover, he’s upgrading his mares markedly.

Tawkeel, currently rated 115p by Timeform, has the potential to become his best-ever filly. G1 Irish St Leger winner Voleuse de Coeurs (Ire) is his highest-rated filly at 122, two pounds ahead of the Timeform 120-rated Group 2-winning sprinter Tantheem (Ire) who–like Tawkeel–is a Shadwell homebred. Of course, Teofilo’s highest-rated son is the brilliant Exultant (Timeform 126), a five-time Group 1 winner in Hong Kong and he has two even better in Australia in Happy Clapper (Aus) and Humidor (Aus), both rated 129. Tawkeel was the 35th Group 1 winner sired by a son of Galileo, who now has seven sons with 10 or more Northern Hemisphere stakes winners. Teofilo leads the way numerically from Frankel (GB) (49) and New Approach (Ire) (43), but given normal longevity we can expect Frankel to challenge Teofilo’s numbers at some point in the future.

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Teofilo’s Tawkeel Out On Her Own In the Saint-Alary

It was another big day in the careers of Jean-Claude Rouget and Cristian Demuro at Chantilly on Sunday as Shadwell’s Tawkeel (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) extended her unbeaten run in some style in the G1 Saxon Warrior Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary. Always on an even keel in third, the winner of minor events at Pau Jan. 3, Cagnes-sur-Mer Feb. 22 and Deauville May 24 rushed by the G3 Prix Vanteaux winner Magic Attitude (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) with 350 metres to race and on to a five-length success from that rival, who held the favourite Solsticia (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}) by a head.

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