‘Great Value to be Found’ in Catalogue for Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-up Sale
Updated: March 30, 2026 at 9:39 am
A Blackbeard half-brother to the GII Sands Point Stakes heroine Eternal Hope (Teofilo) features among 201 juveniles catalogued to sell at next month’s Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-up Sale, with a further 151 lots set to go through the ring at Park Paddocks during the Horses In Training section.
Other highlights among the two-year-olds catalogued in the Guineas Breeze-up Sale include lot 163, a Torquator Tasso half-sister to the G2 Champagne Stakes third Aftermath (Justify) whose dam, Flying (Galileo), is a full-sister to the Group 1 winners Misty For Me and Ballydoyle; lot 181, a Starspangledbanner half-brother to the G3 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial winner Battle Cry (No Nay Never); and lot 264, a St Mark’s Basilica half-brother to the G2 Lowther Stakes heroine Miss Amulet (Sir Prancealot).
No fewer than 40 of the stallions with juveniles catalogued have already sired Classic or Group/Grade 1 winners, including Acclamation, Blue Point, Camelot, Churchill, Dark Angel, Ghaiyyath, Gleneagles, Havana Grey, Invincible Spirit, Kodiac, New Bay, No Nay Never, Oasis Dream, Sea the Moon, Showcasing, Sioux Nation, Space Blues, St Mark’s Basilica, Starman, Starspangledbanner and Study Of Man.
Grade I-producing American stallions American Pharoah, Daredevil, Girvin, Munnings and Practical Joke are also represented, along with 13 first-crop sires, including Bayside Boy, Blackbeard, Caturra, Dubawi Legend, Minzaal, Naval Crown, Perfect Power, Persian Force, Space Traveller, State Of Rest, Texas, Thunder Moon and Torquator Tasso.
A total of 18 fillies are registered for the Great British Bonus Scheme and nine two-year-olds are qualified for French Owners’ Premiums. A further 36 juveniles are entered in the 2026 Swedish Derby and Oaks Series, two in the £200,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes and one in the £200,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes.
“The Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-up Sale has delivered a remarkable 43 individual Group/Listed performers since 2023 which is ample evidence of the great value to be found,” said Tattersalls managing director Matthew Prior.
“This year’s catalogue looks to have plenty of quality and diversity which will appeal to the usual cross section of domestic and international buyers who frequent Park Paddocks.
“The catalogue also features 151 horses in training which only adds to the appeal of this unique fixture ahead of Guineas weekend in Newmarket.”
Of the 151 lots catalogued in the Horses In Training section, Consign Ltd will offer the largest consignment of 23 lots, followed closely by Jamie Railton whose draft of 22 includes a partial dispersal of nine horses from Jim and Claire Ltd, while the Castlebridge Consignment has a draft of 20 lots.
Meanwhile, an 11-strong Juddmonte draft features a number of unraced three-year-old colts in training, including Summons (lot 124), a son of Sea The Stars and the GI Matriarch Stakes winner Viadera (Bated Breath), and Sarpedon (Kingman), a full-brother to the G3 Hampton Court Stakes winner and G1 Dewhurst Stakes fourth Sangarius.
The two-year-olds will breeze at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse from 9am on Wednesday, April 29. The Horses in Training section gets underway at 9.30am on Thursday, April 30, followed immediately by the Guineas Breeze-up lots.