Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale

Spirits were raised at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale on Friday when so many consignors who were feeling pain for the majority of the sale season enjoyed a much-needed shot in the arm on a day when when a Starman filly and St Mark's Basilica colt shared the spoils for top lot status at €360,000. Tally-Ho Stud supplied the joint sale-topping Starman filly, who was strikingly similar to high-profile 1,000 Guineas-winning graduate Sky Lantern, that went the way of Blandford Bloodstock agent Stuart Boman on behalf of trainer Joseph O'Brien. ...

Leading vendors and buyers open up ahead of the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale "We've three or four owners who are mad keen to get in on the action," said Ross O'Sullivan on the eve of the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale.  O'Sullivan was one of many domestic trainers - Ado McGuinness, Paddy Twomey, Stephen Thorne, Michael O'Callaghan and plenty of others - who will be busy trying to sniff out some value.  And why wouldn't they? Breeze-Up maestro John Cullinan admits that consignors are "feeling the pain" from a cooling market...

Four wildcards have been added to next week's Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sale, in addition to the initial 22 wildcards that have already been announced. The four additional wildcards are: Lot 276 - Cormac Farrell's CF Bloodstock will offer a Siyouni colt out of a dual-winning Exceed And Excel half-sister to the 14-time Group 1 winner Romantic Warrior. Lot 277 - A Ten Sovereigns filly out of a winning half-sister to the Group 2-winning sprinter Family One. She will be consigned by Dermot Kilmartin's Kildallan Farm. Lot 278 - Ryan...

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...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale, the source of top stayer Onesmoothoperator and Irish 1,000 Guineas fifth City Of Memphis, has been released.  It features juveniles by top-notch stallions Kingman, Sioux Nation, Wootton Bassett, Starspangledbanner, Night Of Thunder, Sands Of Mali, Sea The Stars, Starman, New Bay, Siyouni, Justify and more.  The sale takes place between Thursday 21 and Friday May 22, with a total of 252 two-year-olds catalogued.  Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins said, "The Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sale continues to go from strength to strength,...

RATOATH, Ireland — In a year where records tumbled at the major breeze-up sales in Europe, Tattersalls Ireland was not to be outdone with all of the key metrics soaring through the roof, including the highest price ever paid for a horse at this breeze-up sale when Anthony Stroud went to €580,000 on behalf of KHK Racing to secure Yeomanstown Stud's Night Of Thunder colt. That result eclipsed the €520,000 that Katie Walsh netted with a Saxon Warrior filly in 2022 and Stroud was forced to see off the attention...

Tattersalls Ireland, RATOATH - Oh what a feeling it is to be playing with the house's money. Eoin McDonagh, one of the most upwardly mobile handlers on the circuit, finds himself in that very position after a bonanza of a breeze-up season and he bids to end the year with a bang at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale - the sale that got him going.  And he has a strong chance, too. His eight-strong Shanaville Stables draft features juveniles by Hello Youmzain, Starspangledbanner, Lope De Vega, Sioux Nation and more....

A total of 250 two-year-olds have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale, which takes place on Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23. The full catalogue is available to view here. Previous graduates of the sale include last year's Irish Oaks third Purple Lily (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) and the G3 Round Tower Stakes winner Letsbefrankaboutit (Ire), while Coto de Caza (Ire) won three times as a juvenile, including the G3 Cornwallis Stakes, after being bought for €270,000 in 2024. The first crop of Tally-Ho Stud's Starman (GB) will...

Twenty-nine wildcards have been added to the catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale, scheduled for Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24. Now featuring 281 lots, the sale kicks off at 10am on May 24, with the breezes beginning the day prior at 8.30am at Fairyhouse Racecourse. The wildcard entries include lot 263, a Mehmas (Ire) half-brother to the G2 German 2,000 Guineas winner Fox Champion (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), and lot 269, an Oasis Dream (GB) colt whose full-brother Maxi Boy (GB) finished third in the G2 Superlative S....

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale, set for Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24, was announced on Friday. Featuring 252 lots, the sale will begin at 10 a.m. on May 24, with the breezes beginning the day prior at 8:30 a.m. at Fairyhouse Racecourse. Graduates of the sale have been flying high in recent years, with G3 Anglesey S. winner Kairyu (Ire) (Kuroshio {Aus}), listed winners Ballymount Boy (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) and Fun With Flags (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), all alumni of the 2023 edition. 'TDN Rising Star'...