breeze-up sale

A colt by Blue Point topped the first edition of the Aktem Breeze-Up Sale at Maisons-Laffitte, selling to Marco Bozzi for €50,000 on Wednesday. Sold as lot 17B from Knockanglass Stables, the son of French listed heroine Firebird Song (Invincible Spirit) is a half-brother to Mehmas filly Burguesinha, a listed winner in France. G3 Sirenia Stakes victor Symbol Of Strength (Kodiac) is under the second dam, while Group 1 winner and sire Territories is under the third dam. Lot 24, a colt by Kameko, caught the eye of Michael Keady...

Aktem will bid to throw down a marker with its first-ever breeze-up sale taking place at Maisons-Laffitte on Wednesday, where 81 juveniles will go under the hammer. The sales company's Daniel Cooper has outlined hopes for the breeze-up sale to grow and revealed that there could be considerable scope for a much bigger catalogue in the future provided Wednesday's first foray into the market goes well. Hot off the heels of Aktem's Grand Steeple Selection Sale, which saw prices as high as €510,000 paid for talented National Hunt prospects, the...

A chestnut daughter of Space Blues topped the Osarus Pornichet Breeze-Up Sale on Wednesday. Sold by Hyde Park Stud, lot 22 went to SAS Raynald Freres for €22,000. Out of Samba Brazil (Teofilo) who won at Group 3 level in Germany, the filly is from a deep German family. Her dam is a half-sister to G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern hero Seismos (Dalakhani), while another half-sibling, Soberania (Monsun), was placed in the G1 German Oaks and G1 Premio Lydia Tesio. Under the third dam are the trio of German Classic...

Royal Ascot is on the agenda for Eddie Linehan's Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale-topping Minzaal colt, who went the way of Phil Cunningham and Tim Gredley for a cool 240,000gns on Thursday.  It was very much the late-late show at Tattersalls with that result coming deep into a patchy sale that brought a 75% clearance rate and a marked drop in all of the key figures.  Richard Spencer will have the thrill of training the colt, described by his consignor as a potential top-notcher.  Linehan, who is best known for selling...

A son of Mehmas (lot 197) brought £880,000 from Stroud Coleman Bloodstock to seize the lead during the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale at Doncaster in the late afternoon. "He did a very good breeze, has a very good pedigree and we're all trying to buy an Ascot runner," Anthony Stroud said. "He comes from Tally-Ho, who does a fantastic job. He just had the make and shape of what we're looking for in a breezer. Obviously it's a great deal of money and is a lot more than one would...

A total of 15 wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale catalogue. The sale is set for Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. The breezes take place the day prior. During last year's sale, a son of Night Of Thunder topped proceedings at €580,000, and this year, a filly out of an Invincible Spriit sister to G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Queen's Jewel (Pivotal) has been added to the catalogue. Other late additions include a Havana Grey filly, herself a half-sister to the stakes-placed Jaliyah (Mehmas) and out...

1st-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 12:35 p.m. ET. With the third highest return at the 2025 OBS Spring Sale, TAGERMEEN (Into Mischief) was taken home for $1.4-million by Mahmud Mouni after the colt fired a :9 4/5 during the under-tack show. Sent to Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, the debuting bay is out of Silk Route (Empire Maker), who Mouni acquired for a mere $10,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November Sale. Tagermeen's extended female family includes GIII Lecomte Stakes hero Call Me Midnight (Midnight Lute) and French Group 1...

It was another memorable year on the breeze-up circuit for Willie Browne and 79-year-old joined this month's TDN Conversations podcast with Brian Sheerin to discuss his latest success and his storied background in the business.

This past week wasn't easy on anyone at the Fasig-Tipton Timonium sale--consignors, buyers, horses, bloodstock agents, veterinarians, office staff and grounds keepers. And what about all the grooms and riders! Horsemen are a resilient group. But somehow in true Fasig-Tipton fashion, they managed to pull off a successful sale. It was a difficult decision for Boyd Browning and his team to make the call for "Gallop Only" the last day of the show. But it was the right call, and once again Fasig did what was right for the horses...

Middleham Park Racing boss Tim Palin and 13-time champion trainer in Norway Niels Petersen, two men who have been associated with recognisable Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale graduates in The Platinum Queen and Queen Azteca, have returned to the source of their respective stars in the hope of finding another bargain.  The Platinum Queen (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), who was bought for just 57,000gns at this sale in 2022, carried Middleham Park's blue and orange colours to Group 1 glory in the Prix de l'Abbaye that same season while Petersen sent...

History was made at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale when the first ever millionaire lot was sold in the Doncaster sale ring through the Katie Walsh-consigned Mehmas (Ire) colt who went the way of Anthony Stroud on behalf of Godolphin for that record-breaking sum. The previous record for the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale had been held by the ill-fated Harry Angel (Ire) colt who sold to Michael O'Callaghan for £500,000 in 2023 while point-to-point graduate Regent's Stroll (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}) was the most expensive horse ever sold in...

Legendary handler Willie Browne lit the touch paper for a barnstorming Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale by netting a cool 1.4 million gns from Godolphin for an Acclamation (GB) colt that he sourced for just €70,000 the previous autumn. That sale was the headline act on a day where 15 horses sold for 200,000gns or more and all of the key figures were dramatically up on last year's corresponding day of trade. Arguably the most encouraging metric to jump was the clearance rate, up 18% on last year to 84%. The...