Tattersalls December Foal Sale

Just three lots after the 650,000gns Camelot (GB) colt, lot 897, a filly by Frankel (GB) and out of In The Mist (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), became the new top lot when selling to MV Magnier for 800,000gns. The half-sister to Cloudy Dawn (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a winner of the G3 Prix de Lieurey, and the stakes winner Iromea (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), was part of the West Blagdon Stud consignment. Second dam Kenmist (GB) (Kenmare {Fr}) won at listed level in England and placed at group level in Italy. She is...

Lot 894 was the second horse to break the 500,000gns-mark at Tattersalls on Friday when selling to Anthony Stroud for 650,000gns on behalf of Godolphin. Consigned by West Blagdon Stud, the son of Camelot (GB) is a half-brother to Lope De Vega (Ire)'s duo of GII Royal North Stakes second Sweet Enough (GB) and the listed-placed Enfjaar (Ire). Bred by James Wigan, the colt is a grandson of a full-sister to dual Grade I winner Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). His third dam Theann (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) is...

A filly foal by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of Accolade (Fr) (Orpen) (lot 871) was knocked down to Henry Lascelles for 580,000gns to take the lead mid-afternoon during the third session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale on Friday. Offered by breeder Awbeg Stud, the filly is a full-sister to Group 3 winner and G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains runner-up The Summit (Fr).   Wootton Bassett currently has the first two top lots at the #tattsdecember foal sale. This filly by the sire has...

NEWMARKET, UK -- Mehmas (Ire) has done little wrong since exploding onto the scene as the leading first-season sire of 2020 and, unlike some who have achieved that accolade, he has sustained that momentum through subsequent seasons. Only a few weeks ago, his daughter Naughty Eyes (Ire), who has been supplemented for next week's December Mares Sale as wildcard lot 1486D, became her sire's 62nd two-year-old winner of the season, enabling Mehmas to break the record set by his own stud-mate Kodiac (GB).  It has been another stellar year for...

NEWMARKET, UK -- In contrast to the opening day of foal trade in Ireland just over a week ago, the Tattersalls December Foal Sale was slower out of the blocks with a clearance rate of 60%. The average and median did improve throughout the day and ended with slight increases on this session last year at 12,086gns (+8%) and 9,000gns (+13%). Turnover, from 111 of the 182 foals sold, dipped by 14% to 1,341,500gns, albeit from 24 fewer foals changing hands than on the corresponding day last year. Of those...

As poster boys and girls go, the Group 1-winning three-year-olds Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) aren't too bad at all. It's a truism that plenty of top-flight winners in Europe are owned by their breeders, but it also the case that all breeders have to sell some of their young stock, and plenty of hard graft at the foal sales can unearth a good one.  The Classic winner You Got To Me returns to the December Mares Sale next week in...

The Breed Smart Forum: Matings for Markets will take place on Thursday, Nov. 28 in the sales ring at Park Paddocks during the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) announced on Friday. Beginning at 5 p.m. and sponsored by Streets Bloodstock, the forum will feature panelists Richard Brown, William Haggas, Alice Thurtle, Patrick Diamond, Clive Webb-Carter and will be hosted by Sky Sports Racing's, Vanessa Ryle. Free to attend, the forum will look at matings and discuss key considerations when it comes to selecting a stallion, the...

The unmistakably charismatic Stradivarius (Ire) became one horse to buck the trend of the top stayers being shuffled off to National Hunt studs after glorious careers on the Flat when his owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen elected to stand him at the National Stud in Newmarket. In his first two seasons there he has covered 220 mares and now foal judges and pinhookers will have their first chance to set eyes on a bunch of his debut crop at Tattersalls in just over a week's time, when 14 of his 80 weanlings...

A total of 1,008 foals will be offered at Park Paddocks, as the catalogue for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale was announced on Friday. Scheduled for Nov. 26-30, the sale will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with a day set aside for viewing on Thursday, Nov. 28. As previously announced, a full-sister to G1 2000 Guineas heroine Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) will feature as lot 945. She is among the lots that are half- or full-siblings to 129 group or listed winners, including six Group 1 winners....

With the foal sales at Goffs and Tattersalls confined to the rear view mirror, perhaps now is the time to get a good gauge on the young sires coming through.  Bragging rights belong to St Mark's Basilica (Fr), who topped the December Foal Sale at Tattersalls when a filly by the multiple Group 1-winning stallion out of Oaks winner Talent (GB) sold for 575,000gns.  The St Mark's Basilica sale-topper was consigned by Ashbrittle Stud and bought by agent Jill Lamb on behalf of Newsells Park Stud, with the former labelling...

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony acknowledged the weakness of the lower end of the market as the Tattersalls December Foal Sale concluded on Saturday with a 125,000gns Showcasing (GB) filly leading the way.  Almost 30 million gns was spent on foals this week at Tattersalls while Friday saw the most expensive foal sold so far this year--a St Mark's Basilica (Fr) filly--in Europe and North America at 575,000gns. However, the aggregate of 29,842,902gns was down 15% on last year while the average dropped 6% to 44,608gns. The clearance rate was more...

Friday marked a breakout result for five-time Group 1-winner St Mark's Basilica (Fr) as a filly by Coolmore's freshman sire out of the Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) topped the December Foal Sale at Tattersalls on 575,000gns. The aggregate fell 11% compared to this day 12 months ago to 17,943,000gns while the clearance rate climbed 7% to 87%. The average fell 13% to 95,952gns and the median dipped 9% to 62,000gns. It was bloodstock agent Jill Lamb, bidding on behalf of Newsells Park Stud, who came out on...