Freshmen To The Fore At Tattersalls
The first foals of Swiss Spirit (GB) were well received last week in Ireland, and his popularity appears to have continued through to Tattersalls with a colt from Whitsbury Manor Stud, where the son of Invincible Spirit (Ire) stands, taking top billing during a short opening session of foals Tuesday.
Out of the Intikhab mare Laminka, the late February colt (lot 313) was bought for 30,000gns by Timmy Hillman of Castledillon Stud. He said, “For me he was a real stand-out today. He’s a cracker of a foal and he will be back for resale. I’ve liked what I’ve seen so far by the sire and bought another of his foals last week at Goffs.”
Another freshman on the leaderboard was Herringswell Manor Stud’s son of the late Green Desert, Mazameer (GB), whose colt out of the winning Grand Lodge mare Big Mystery (Ire) (lot 293) fetched 25,000gns to a bid from Matthew Houldsworth of Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock. Consigned by Eclipse Bloodstock, the colt is a half-brother to two multiple winners and was bought as a pinhook.
“I went to view the stallion recently and really liked him. I fell in love with him, he is a lovely horse and it is rare now to get a son of Green Desert at stud,” Houldsworth commented.
Mazameer, who stands under Will Barrons’s Kingfisher Stallions banner, will be joined at Herringswell next season by another former Shadwell representative in Anjaal (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), winner of the G2 July S. for Richard Hannon.
With the foal crop having risen this year by 5% in Britain and 10% in Ireland, there was a much greater demand for sales slots at both Goffs and Tattersalls, leading to 375 more foals catalogued across both sales and extra sessions at each.
The ‘curtain up’ day at Tattersalls heralded a gentle start to a sale which will build to a crescendo on Friday. Of the 98 offered, 65 weanlings were marked as sold (66%) for an average of 4,892gns and median of 3,000gns. Turnover for the day was 318,000gns.
Brook Stud’s Big Bad Bob (Ire) half-sister to juvenile winner Granny Alice (GB) (Intikhab) (lot 328) was the joint-top filly along with a first-crop daughter of Finjaan (GB) (lot 251), each of whom brought 20,000gns. A son of the veteran Royal Applause (GB), whose legacy at stud continues to grow through his son Acclamation (GB) and grandsons Dark Angel (Ire) and Equiano (Fr), Finjaan stands just outside Newmarket at Gazeley Stud. His daughter out of the unraced Exceed And Excel (Aus) mare Alzahra (GB)–who hails from the same family as the great Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB})–was another on the list for the Howson & Houldsworth team and was selected from the Jamie Railton draft.
Park Paddocks will come alive significantly earlier Wednesday, with the second session of foals set to start selling at 9:30 a.m.
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