Tattersalls Ireland

Following the enforced withdrawal of the hot favourite Pretty Gorgeous (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}) from Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac, the race had opened up and it was another French-trained juvenile who emerged triumphant in Tiger Tanaka (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) on a day that the Rossi family will long remember. Coming here on the back of success in the G3 Prix Francois Boutin on heavy ground at Deauville Aug. 16, Miguel Castro Megias's bay who represents Charley Rossi had suffered just one career defeat when third in the six-furlong G2...

Simon Kerins will take over from the retiring Matt Mitchell as chief executive officer of Tattersalls Ireland from Jan. 1. Kerins joined Tattersalls Ireland in 2000 and has been a member of the Tattersalls Ireland board since 2004, initially as marketing director and latterly as bloodstock sales director, while also being a senior member of the auctioneering and inspection teams for both Tattersalls Ireland and Tattersalls in Newmarket. "Simon has been a key member of the Tattersalls Ireland management team for many years and brings a wealth of experience to...

Fledgling consignor Clare Manning of Boherguy Stud stole all the headlines during the opening session of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale on Monday when selling her grandfather Jim Bolger's Teofilo colt (lot 165) for a sale record price of £325,000, and it was more of the same on Tuesday when Manning sold Bolger's New Approach (Ire) colt out of the dual Group 3 winner Maoineach (Congaree) (lot 260) for a session-topping £190,000 to Robson Aguiar acting on behalf of Amo Racing and trainer Roger Varian. Like the Teofilo colt...

NEWMARKET, UK—In the unfamiliar setting of Newmarket instead of Fairyhouse, the uprooted Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale broke a new barrier as well as new ground with a record top lot sold for £325,000. The fact that transactions are being made in pounds rather than euros is another anomaly in this strange year but the name in the buyer's slot alongside the market leader was the same as last year: Hong Kong Jockey Club. For Clare Manning of Boherguy Stud this too was a breakthrough, but in the weeks since...

The symbiotic relationship between the Irish and British racing and bloodstock industries has never been so evident as it is on Monday as the Irish yearling sale season gets underway at Park Paddocks in Newmarket with the relocated Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale. As has been the case so far this year with other bloodstock sales and indeed other global industries, expectations have been tempered as travel restrictions and economic woes have understandably had and will continue to have a detrimental effect on the selling of future racehorses. Participants, however,...

The sales that take place throughout a normal year are usually a good marker to set your calendar by. But in a year where nothing has been normal, the calendar has well and truly been flung from the window along with the familiarity of set venues. While most things have changed some have stayed the same, one of those being the friendly and warm chat you are guaranteed to have with Ciara Lyons of Collegelands Stud. Collegelands Stud was set up by Austin and Ciara Lyons in 1996 primarily to...

The Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, which was moved to Newmarket this year due to COVID-19, has been shorted to two days, Tattersalls Ireland announced on Thursday. The sale will take place Sept. 21 and 22, with Part II directly following the conclusion after the September Yearling Sale. This scheduling change is in response to the relocation of the sale to Park Paddocks in Newmarket. The remaining 2020 Tattersalls Ireland sales will take place in Ireland, and any vendors not wishing to sell in Newmarket will have the opportunity to...

The two-day Tattersalls Ireland August National Hunt Sale drew to a close on Friday with a lower-key Part II, which produced an aggregate of €360,750, an average of €4,244 and a median of €3,600. Sons of Milan and Flemensfirth shared top lot honours on Friday at €15,000 apiece. "The Tattersalls Ireland August National Hunt Sale in a normal sales year would follow six weeks after the Derby Sale," said Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive Officer Matt Mitchell. "This is no normal year and in the space of two weeks we have...

In light of Ireland's widespread 14-day quarantine requirement for visitors, Tattersalls Ireland will stage its September Yearling Sale on Sept. 21 to 23 at Park Paddocks in Newmarket rather than its Fairyhouse headquarters. "The decision to relocate the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale to the Tattersalls headquarters in Newmarket has not been an easy one, but the sale traditionally attracts large numbers of overseas visitors and at present Britain, while also being the source of many of our buyers, is significantly more accessible than Ireland," said Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive...

Tattersalls Ireland held its delayed one-day May Store Sale on Thursday, with the firm's Chief Executive Officer Matt Mitchell describing trade as "selective." "The original May Store Sale date was May 14 and in that short of time to now, the impact of Covid-19 has been enormous," he said. "It is positive that we have been able to hold the sale and to enable the market to function. Trade was selective with buyers adapting a cautious approach." At the close of trade 99 of the 170 offerings (58%) had found...

A 3-year-old half-sister to seven-time Grade 1 winner Altior (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 301) was the star of the show during the second and final session of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale on Wednesday when fetching a final bid of €300,000 from Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott. That sum is the second-highest price ever paid for a filly at this sale. Progeny of Walk In The Park proved popular on the day, with Gallagher Equine and Russell MacNabb paying the day's second-highest price of €195,000 for a gelded 3-year-old...

A 3-year-old gelding by Milan (GB), a half-brother to the ill-fated Grade 1 bumper winner Fayonagh (Ire) (Kalanisi {Ire}), took top honours during the first day of trade at the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale on Tuesday. Consigned as lot 145, the attractive bay hailed from Castledillon Stud's draft and was knocked down to Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott for €195,000. He is from the extended family of the Flat SP Solerina (Ire) (Toulon {GB}), who would become a two-time Grade 1 hurdle winner. Three other lots made six figures, with...