Godolphin Draft Dominates Opening Day Of Tattersalls July Sale

The Tattersalls July Sale got off to a strong start on the opening day with a strong Godolphin draft dominating proceedings with four of the top five prices on a day that saw 15 lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more. The clearance for the day was a remarkable 93 percent and the turnover of 5,952,100 guineas has been bettered only twice on the opening day of this fixture.

The Godolphin draft is always a highlight of the Tattersalls July Sale and this year's renewal was no exception with the well-bred Aureum topping the session at 220,000 guineas. Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock made the winning bid and revealed:

“She has been bought for an established owner-breeder client of ours. She has a fantastic page, and she made a lot of money as a yearling. She is a lovely, lovely mare, the sister was top top class over here and she is in-foal to a great stallion.

“We knew she wasn't going to be given away here, the entire draft has some stand-out mares. She is quality, and fingers crossed she carries a good foal and is a successful broodmare, which she has been bought to be.”

The daughter of Medaglia d'Oro was sold in foal to Invincible Spirit and is a half-sister to the Group 3 City of York Stakes winner Nemoralia, placed in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes, the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes and the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

The second lot to realize 200,000 guineas or more on the opening day was the Shamardal mare Excellent View who was knocked down to Charlie Gordon-Watson for 200,000 guineas. The Barton Sales consigned mare was sold in foal to exciting young sire Mehmas and with a filly foal by the record-breaking stallion at foot.

Barton Stud's managing director Tom Blain commented:

“She is a smashing mare, she had a lovely Mehmas foal at foot who is a good example of what she is carrying, and in this sale she stood out a bit. The foal is good and she has got a blacktype runner this year. She was sold for a good Irish client and I am delighted for them.”

Excellent View's first foal is the high-class Acclamation gelding Mutaraffa, runner up in the listed Dubai Dash and fourth in the Group 3 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint this year. She is out of the listed Empress Stakes winner Pearl Grey and her sale crowned a successful few minutes for Barton Sales, who had sold Tianadargent for 100,000 guineas two lots previously. The full-sister to the Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed Restiadargent was also offered in foal to Mehmas and was knocked down to Alex Elliott.

Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock's Matt Houldsworth was another to secure one of the top priced Godolphin mares when he went to 160,000 guineas to land Birdwatcher. The 4-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo is out of the U.S. Grade 3 winner Bizzy Caroline, a half-sister to the five-time Grade 1 winner Lady Eli, and was offered in foal to the four-time Group 1 winning sprinter Blue Point.

Houldsworth commented: “I thought she was a very good physical and obviously she cost a lot of money as a yearling. She's got a good covering too, I'm a big fan of Blue Point, and it's a lovely, deep family as well. Hopefully she can be a nice mare going forward. She's heading to America.”

The 30-lot strong Godolphin draft realied a total of 1,522,700 guineas at an average of 50,757 guineas.

The Tattersalls July Sale continues on Thursday, July 8, with the morning session starting at 9:30 a.m. and the evening session commencing at 5:15pm.

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Four Six-Figure Lots On Opening Day Of Tattersalls October Book 3

Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale got off to a strong start with honors split amongst four yearlings who all realized 130,000 guineas (US$176,093).

The first of the four yearlings to sell for 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) was the Mehmas filly out of the Street Cry mare Araajmh who was knocked down to Blandford Bloodstock's Tom Goff. Araajmh is a daughter of the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes winner Rajeem and a half-sister to last year's Group 2 Duke of York Stakes winner Invincible Army.

“I saw her in the rain yesterday and again this morning, and she is an absolute star. Ed Dunlop rang me early this morning from Warren Hill and asked if anything was in early, these things happen fast. She is a lovely mover, I bought one by the sire on Monday and he is an absolute revelation,” said Goff.

Mehmas, who stands at Roger O'Callaghan's Tally-Ho Stud, has been enjoying a stellar year with his first runners which have included the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes winner Supremacy, the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner Minzaal and the Listed winners Acklam Express and Method.

The chestnut filly was sold by Loughmore Stables' Kitty Fitzpatrick who commented: “She was bought in partnership with Luke Barry for €11,000 (US$12,880), she is a lovely filly and we were delighted from the day we bought her. Obviously Mehmas has done what he has done, which is a huge help. She behaved like a queen and all the right lads were on her.

“I have a mare in-foal to the sire on the back of this filly, so hopefully she is lucky for new connections.”

Of coming into this sale, Fitzpatrick added: “Book 2 was very strong, when you see what is going in the world, it was amazing. We have to be grateful that we are here at all trading, long may it last!

“I was always confident there would be a turn in her, but I didn't think she'd make that sort of money! I liked her a lot, so I am not gobsmacked as I have thought a lot of this filly all the way through. She was a lovely foal, had a big walk, strength and was always a very strong powerful filly.”

Explaining how the pinhook buying works with Luke Barry's Manister House Stud, she said: “We spilt the foals up 50/50 with Manister House, and the lads at home have done a great job. It couldn't be done without them.”

Hazelwood Bloodstock's Night Of Thunder Colt Sells for 130,000 Guineas

Adrian and Philippa O'Brien's Hazelwood Bloodstock were responsible for the second six-figure yearling of the day when their Night of Thunder colt out of the Duke of Marmalade mare Dominike sold for 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) to the bid of Brendan Holland's Grove Stud.

The sale represented an impressive pinhooking profit for his owners, who had purchased him via agent Troy Steve for 20,000 guineas (US$27,091) at last year's Tattersalls December Foal Sale.

“He has been bought to breeze. He is by a leading sire, he is a good type and I have been lucky with the sire,” commented Holland. “This is a lovely clean-limbed horse with plenty of scope, I think he would have matched up with the horses sold earlier this week.

“The strong market gives everyone confidence for the foal market and for the spring too, this has helped.”

Hazelwood Bloodstock have previously topped Books 1 and 2 of the October Yearling Sale and principal Adrian O'Brien was very pleased with their decision to target Book 3 with this colt.

“It is all about Night of Thunder. He has been sensational on the track this season and we brought this horse to Book 3 as we thought he'd stand out a bit. It's a good sale and you get well paid if you bring the right horse.”

Farhh Colt Stars for Car Colston Hall Stud

The third of the four lots to realize 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) was the Farhh colt out of the Nathaniel mare Fair Daughter. Consigned by Nicholas and Jane Forman-Hardy's Car Colston Hall Stud, the pedigree is full of Group 1 winners bred by the Nottinghamshire nursery including the Racing Post Trophy winner Crowded House, the American Oaks winner Ticker Tape, the Middle Park Stakes winner Reckless Abandon and the Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Brando.

The February-born colt was purchased by Stroud Coleman's Matt Coleman to race in France.

“It is a wonderful family, Car Colston is a fantastic breeder and a stakes horse seems to pop up on this page every year so we are delighted to get him, and he has been bought for a client to race in France,” said Coleman.

“He is just a lovely moving horse, and obviously Farhh's statistics are incredible. He is a lovely staying prospect and will be more a three-year-old than a two-year-old, but we were looking for a really nice middle-distance type.”

Stud manager Jonathon Smithers was all smiles, commenting: “We are delighted, it is a first foal out of the mare, the penultimate daughter out of the foundation mare Weiner Wald. It is a fantastic chance to get the mare off and running, Farhh's page is fantastic and we wish the colt's new owners the best of luck.”

Whilst the pedigree hardly needs any updates, there was a new stakes winner for the family just last week when the two-year-old colt Erasmo, out of Sant Elena, a granddaughter of Weiner Wald, won a listed race at Chantilly on just his third start.

“He is a big strong foal, just glad he made that. He showed himself really well here,” added Smithers.

Clipper Logistics Buys Sister to Main Desire

The fourth and final lot to realize 130,000 guineas (US$176,093) for the day was the Churchill half-sister to the dual Listed winner Main Desire. Consigned to the sale by Keith Harte on behalf of Max Ervine, the filly was knocked down to Ballyhane Stud's Joe Foley on behalf of Steve Parkin's Clipper Logistics.

“The filly is lovely, she looks very fast, the mare was very fast,” said Foley.

“We bought Main Desire at Fairyhouse and she was very fast. She was second favorite for the Queen Mary but broke her cannon bone, and had a good character to come back from that and win the Listed Westow Stakes on her next start.

“The mare comes from a high-class US tap root family and, though she has gone to 'distancey' stallions, she has bred very fast horses by the likes of High Chaparral, New Approach and Mastercraftsman. We have followed them all and they have all been big, rangy horses.

“We love Main Desire, she is one of our favorites. She has got a Frankel foal and is in-foal to Churchill. We were very interested to see this filly this morning, and we loved her, she looks like a speedball and has a lot of Churchill quality about her.”

The daughter of the Orientate mare Purple Glow was consigned by Keith Harte, who in the last year has bought a farm near Finchingfield, North Essex.

“This is the best yearling result we have had so far from the new farm, which is around 25 miles from here,” said Harte. “Max has been selling with us for years, he is a great breeder. We sold Wichita for him.”

Harte added: “I am delighted that Joe has bought the filly as he has made the family. The filly came to us a couple of weeks ago from Max's farm and she has been straightforward and easy to do. Everyone who has seen her has loved her and she looks a two-year-old, just like her sister. She has a big back-end on her, has a good attitude but wants to get on with the job, I am sure she'll want to run. The mare has only had the one filly and she was a stakes horse.”

Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continues at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16.

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