Hillwood Bloodstock Snaps Up Listed Winner Prima Bacio For 1.1m Gns At Tattersalls

The Castlebridge Consignment's Primo Bacio (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}) (lot 1771) became the first seven-figure lot of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale on Tuesday, when bringing 1.1 million gns in foal to Frankel (GB). Hillwood Bloodstock's Charlie Vigors signed the ticket for the listed-winning mare, who was third in the G2 Duke Of Cambridge S. This is the family of multiple group winner Bocca Baciata (Ire) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}), who was second in the G1 Pretty Polly S. Bred by Kildaragh Stud, she was picked up for just 100,000gns by SackvilleDonald as a Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling.

⚜️ lot 1771 is the first to seven figures at the #TattsDecember Sceptre Session

PRIMO BACIO, a L. winner from the family of Bocca Baciata, sells for 1.1million gns. She is in-foal to Frankel and was consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment. Hillwood Stud have bought her. pic.twitter.com/1ZeoMf0UrR

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