Getaway

The historic silks of Gestut Schlenderhan have been flying high again in recent seasons and their resurgence will have totemic resonance for devotees of the Thoroughbred breed, particularly in Europe. In 2019, the stud, which is the oldest of its kind in Germany, celebrated its 150th anniversary. Since 1869, Schlenderhan has remained almost exclusively under the ownership of the same family, its current owner Baron Georg von Ullmann being the great great-grandson of the stud's founder Eduard von Oppenheim. It was in von Ullmann's own colours that the stud's great...

The rescheduled three-day Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale kicked off on Saturday, with 173 of the 231 lots offered sold (74.8%) for €2,167,000. The average climbed 2% to €12,526, while the median dipped 14% to €8,200. Saturday's session featured mostly foals with some yearlings mixed in, and Timmy Hillman of Castledillon Stud was busy at the top of the market, buying the session-topping Getaway (Ger) colt foal (lot 205) for €85,000-the highest price for a National Hunt foal in 2020--as well as the third-highest priced offering, a colt foal...