Tattersalls Ireland

A substantial drop in the median, average and overall turnover along with a 72% clearance rate spoke to the struggles facing Irish breeders at Part 2 of the September Yearling Sale at Tattersalls Ireland on Thursday.  Trade was highlighted by the Rockview Stables-consigned New Bay (GB) colt [lot 812], who sold to prominent breeze-up handler Thomond O'Mara for €36,000 on a day where all of the key figures were down on last year.  Despite 27 more horses going through the ring compared to 12 months ago, turnover dropped by 20%...

Jaber Abdullah marked his trip to this year's September Yearling Sale at Tattersalls Ireland by spending €586,000 on 10 horses, including €180,000 and €120,000 on fillies by Mehmas (Ire) and Starman (GB) respectively.  The Rabbah Bloodstock investment played an important role in the sale achieving turnover of €12,433,500, which was down 1% on last year's trade despite the bigger offering of horses, while the clearance rate stood at 84%--also down 1% on last year.  The average fell by 7% to €28,781 and the median by 14% to €24,000. The Rabbah...

Quality came to the fore on day one of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale when one of only two Sea The Stars (Ire) colts on offer this week went the way of agent Billy Jackson-Stops and trainer George Scott for €130,000. The Castlebridge-consigned colt was one of five yearlings to break the six-figure mark on a day where an 86% [down 2% on 2023] clearance rate provided some encouragement to middle to lower tier operators. However, many of the key metrics dipped further, most notably the 17% drop in...

You cannot guarantee much when it comes to the yearling sales. But one thing is for sure, lot 206 will be the only horse offered at Part 1 of the Tattersalls September Yearling Sale that was raised on Polish grass.  Bartek Radzikowski admits that consigning the first Polish-reared yearlings at Tattersalls Ireland this week under the banner of Baroda Stud will help him fulfil a lifelong ambition and said that he hopes a good result in the ring could provide a springboard for his unorthodox pinhooking programme to grow. The...

Tattersalls Ireland has rightly earned a reputation as being a place where the younger brigade can prosper and Conor Mahon could well be the latest to play a star role at the September Yearling Sale this week.  Under his own Archersgrove Bloodstock, one of the newest consignments on the sales circuit, the 30-year-old will offer a Space Blues (Ire) filly and a Make Believe (GB) colt who were purchased as foals for €26,000 and €10,000 respectively.  Archersgrove Bloodstock is already up and running for the year. A combined £46,000 was...

Tattersalls Ireland announced significant updates to its 2025 Derby Sale on Friday, with the return of a Part II session and the addition of a two-year-old store section. The Derby Sale will continue in it's two-day format, which will include the two-year-old store section, followed by Derby Sale Part II. Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins said of the changes, "We're excited to reintroduce Part II to the Derby Sale and to add a two-year-old store section to the Derby Sale catalogue. These changes reflect our commitment to staying responsive to...

Tattersalls has appointed Shirley Anderson-Jolag to the role of sales manager of Tattersalls Jockey Club Sales and Katherine Sheridan to the role of sales manager of Tattersalls Online, it was announced on Friday. Anderson-Jolag joined Tattersalls in 2015 and is said to have played a key role in developing and promoting Tattersalls sales at Cheltenham, while Sheridan first joined the company in 2022 as online sales executive. She'd previously spent 10 years abroad, including in Australia where she worked as credit controller at Magic Millions and manager of operations, client...

Tattersalls Ireland released its catalogue for the September Yearling Sale, which features 555 lots and takes place on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 September, with Part II taking place on Thursday 26 September where 275 yearlings are catalogued. The €250,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes has long been a feature of the sale, and will offer the connections of two-year-olds catalogued in the September Yearling Sale, the opportunity to compete at the 2025 Irish Champions Festival, with prize-money being offered to 10th place. The vendor of the winning horse...

A joint-record sale price was created in Thursday's session of the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale when lot 388A, a gelded son of Order Of St George (Ire), brought €65,000 from Ballycrystal Stud's Matthew Flynn O'Connor. The point-to-point trainer snapped up the wildcard entry from Mount Eaton Stud. He was originally a €21,000 November National Hunt Sale pinhook as a foal and is a half-brother to two winners. His dam, the Shernazar (Ire) mare Miss Cilla (Ire), is a half-sister to the three-time Grade 1-winning hurdler Peddlers Cross (Ire) (Oscar...

Charles O'Brien trainee Wizard Of Odds (Ire) (Arizona {Ire}--Starlight Symphony {Ire}, by Oratorio {Ire}), who ran fifth in outings at the Curragh and Listowel earlier in the campaign, stepped forward to garner Friday evening's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Down Royal, becoming the first winner for his freshman sire (by No Nay Never). 3rd-Down Royal, €18,000, Mdn, 7-19, 2yo, 7f 25yT, 1:28.67, gd. WIZARD OF ODDS (IRE) (c, 2, Arizona {Ire}--Starlight Symphony {Ire}, by Oratorio {Ire}), who ran fifth in outings at the Curragh and Listowel earlier in the...

Forty-three wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale, which takes place on July 24-25, starting at 10am on both days. In total, there are 577 lots catalogued for Ireland's final store sale of the year, including siblings to some smart black-type performers, while the progeny of well-related dams feature among the new additions. They include a Harzand (Ire) gelding (lot 1A) out of a half-sister to the Grade 1 winner Roksana (Ire) (Dubai Destination), plus a Soldier Of Fortune (Ire) gelding (lot 17A) out of a...

A 3-year-old store by Doctor Dino (Fr) rounded out Day 2 of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale when going to Gordon Elliott Racing for €350,000. The gelding is the highest-priced Store horse sold in 2024 and the joint-second highest-priced store horse ever sold at public auction. Consigned by Sluggara Farm, Lot 283 is out of 17-year-old Matnie (Fr) (Laveron {GB}), who has produced five winners, all of whom are Grade 1 or Grade 2 scorers to date. "Once again, the Derby Sale has proven why it is held in the...