Tattersalls

Guineas victress Cachet (Aclaim) has died in Japan at the age of seven. The Japanese Stud Book lists the date of death as January 22 of this year. Bred by Hyde Park Stud, the dark bay was a 14,000gns Tattersalls Ascot yearling buy-back before selling to Highclere Agency for 60,000gns out of the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale. Campaigned by Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, the filly won her debut and placed in the G1 Fillies' Mile and G2 Rockfel Stakes, before running fourth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at...

Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's G1 St Leger runner-up Rahiebb (Frankel) justified his entry in, and booked his ticket to, next month's G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot with a belated first black-type victory in Friday's 14-furlong G2 Boodles Yorkshire Cup on the Knavesmire. "That was lovely to watch, it was very smooth and he's a lovely horse," said Roger Varian. "He had a long year and was learning on the job all season really. He made his debut at Newcastle in February and finished up in the St Leger. He...

Three-year-old gelding Lunar Tide topped the Tattersalls Online May Sale at 34,000gns when purchased by George Baker Racing. Sold as lot 91, the Baroda Stud-consigned son of Sea The Moon won over the all-weather going a mile at Gowran Park on April 9. His multiple stakes-placed dam Brassica (Australia) is a daughter of the dual stakes-placed Lasilia (Acclamation), and this is the extended family of multiple Group 1 winner Dream Of Dreams (Dream Ahead). He is rated 77p. George Baker said following the sale, "He looks a nice type who...

Wathnan Racing's Tornado Tower (Frankel), an 850,000gns Book 1 full-brother to G1 Irish Derby, G1 Grand Prix de Paris and G1 St Leger hero Hurricane Lane, made his second start a winning one in Wednesday's TMT Group Maiden Stakes at Chester. "We had the option of going a mile-and-a-half or a mile-and-a-quarter here, but decided he'd shown enough zip in his last piece of work to go a mile-and-a-quarter," explained James Doyle. "He was learning on the job early, we got rolling a little way from home and it set...

Royal Ascot is on the agenda for Eddie Linehan's Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale-topping Minzaal colt, who went the way of Phil Cunningham and Tim Gredley for a cool 240,000gns on Thursday.  It was very much the late-late show at Tattersalls with that result coming deep into a patchy sale that brought a 75% clearance rate and a marked drop in all of the key figures.  Richard Spencer will have the thrill of training the colt, described by his consignor as a potential top-notcher.  Linehan, who is best known for selling...

Barry Nolan has had the joy of growing up in a stable that played home to high-class jumpers like Latest Exhibition, Defy Logic, Joncol and Noble Prince, yet the 26-year-old son of the talented and effervescent trainer Paul, has opted to get his fix a different way.  As much as Barry enjoys going to your Cheltenham and Punchestown Festivals, the young handler has set his sights on the breeze-up game in a bid to get his burgeoning career off the ground - and the early indication is that it will...

Tattersalls Ireland has been announced as the new sponsor of the Norwegian 2,000 Guineas, which will take place on one of the most important days in Norwegian racing at Øvrevoll Galoppbane on Thursday, July 2. This initiative builds on the long-standing support of Tattersalls, which has sponsored the 1,000 Guineas at the same meeting for many years. In 2026, the races will be titled the Tattersalls 1,000 Guineas and the Tattersalls Ireland 2,000 Guineas. Simon Kerins, CEO of Tattersalls Ireland, said, "We are delighted to extend our support to the...

Forz Europe's 1.1-million guineas Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate Superior Choice (Dubawi) returned off a debut fourth over one mile at Newmarket in October with an encouraging seasonal return in Saturday's Madri Excepcional Maiden Stakes at Leicester. The John and Thady Gosden trainee employed patient tactics and settled fourth of the six runners for most of the 10-furlong contest. Inching closer in the straight, the 10-3 third choice launched his bid inside the final quarter-mile and quickened impressively in the closing stages to easily outpoint Heyzoom (Dubawi) by two lengths....

With one big puff of the cheeks, Mark Flannery experienced a feeling that most consignors could scarcely imagine at Tattersalls on Wednesday when his Starspangledbanner filly was knocked down to Anthony Stroud for a cool 900,000gns at one of the trickiest Craven Breeze-Up Sales in recent times.  But at around 8pm at Park Paddocks, talk shifted from the war in the Middle East, the uncertain global political landscape or even worse, what the rest of the breeze-up season might look like in Europe. That was thanks to Flannery. For the...

Wathnan Racing's Derby also-ran Damysus (Frankel) was last seen bagging Newmarket's G3 Darley Stakes, going nine furlongs in October, and returned over the same course and distance to rout his five rivals under a penalty in Wednesday's G3 Earl Of Sefton Stakes. "He's not a big horse, but he's more powerful now and when James [Doyle] asked him to go the acceleration was instant," said John Gosden. "I think he will be better this year, he's more mature and anything from a mile to a mile-and-a-quarter is what James feels...

Skara Glen Stables' Eretria (Camelot), a 420,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate, backed up an April Fools' Day debut second at Dundalk with an impressive success in Wednesday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown. "She's a smart filly and I thought the last furlong was very impressive," said Donnacha O'Brien. "She's a lovely filly going forward and I'll give her a little bit of time now. She's only two weeks back from her first run and something like the Naas Oaks Trial could fit in nicely now. She's...

The trials are already well underway in France and Ireland, and with a week of important action to come in Newmarket followed by Newbury, the Classics are now uppermost in people's minds. In the early days of breeze-up sales, there would have been no immediate connection between those auctions and potential Classic horses  but that has now changed quite significantly.  Twenty years ago, the DBS breeze-up graduate Speciosa (Danehill Dancer) became the first to go on to win a British Classic when veering across the Rowley Mile for a memorable...