Midnight Lion (GB)

The re-located one-day Tattersalls Summer Sale, held Tuesday at Newmarket's Park Paddocks, saw 77 lots of the 96 offered pass through the ring as sold (80%) for gross receipts of 778,200gns. Formerly under the now-defunct Tattersalls Ascot umbrella, the sale averaged 10,106gns, and the median was 5,000gns. Horses owned by Rabbah Bloodstock were offered by a variety of agents and filled the top three spots, with wildcard entry Midnight Lion (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) (lot 79) bringing 85,000gns from Nick Taylor, assistant to Tom Malone Bloodstock, to top the day. The...

Seven wildcards have been added to the catalogue for Tuesday's Tattersalls Summer Sale, which gets underway at 11:00 a.m. at Park Paddocks in Newmarket. Among the additions are the 3-year-old colt Midnight Lion (GB) (Nethaniel {Ire}), who captured a Goodwood maiden in June. He is a half-brother to flat Listed winner and Group 3 hurdles winner Eradicate (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Group 3 winner Oh Goodness Me (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The Tattersalls Summer Sale, formerly the Tattersalls Ascot July Sale, will offer 125 lots and the catalogue can viewed on...