Lot 282:
purchased in a private sale, Richard Frisby spends €29,000 on this colt by Blue Bresil from Sunnyhill Stud.
Dam Fairy On The Moor is a half-sister to Kalashnikov (Kalanisi), who finished second the Grade 1 Supreme Novices Hurdle and won the Manifest Novices Chase (G1), and to Kalane (Kalanisi), third in the EBF Mares Champion Hurdle (G1) at Punchestown.
It is a long-developed Sunnyhill Stud pedigree – under the third dam is the farm's star, the Gold Cup winner Kicking King, also a two-time King George VI Chase (G1) winner and, as a novice, successful in the Arkle Chase (G1).
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Lot 277:
the Walk In The Park colt out of Dusty Park (Dr Fong) from Hillview Farm goes to Richard Frisby for €42,000.
The mare was a two-year-old winner and is an own-sister to Spotlight, who was a Grade 2 winner in the US. This is her 11th foal, and she has bred six winners including Lunar Power, a two-time graded juvenile hurdle race winner.
JJ Frisby said: "We have been lucky with the sire before, we have had plenty by him, and he can do no wrong, and this colt is for resale. She is an older mare and she had bred five winners and a good one, and she can bring a bit of speed to Walk In The Park, too."
The colt's second dam is the Prix de la Nonette (G3) winner Dust Dancer, and she is ancestress of the likes of the top class Flat runners Zoffany, Rostropovich, Wilshire Boulevard and Berkshire Rocco.
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Lot 264:
Peter Nolan spends €31,000 on the Harzand colt out of the mare Dam Royale (Balko), a half-sister to the French five-time winner and Grade 2 chase winner Echiquier Royal, the French Listed winner Playing, the Listed-placed Slow Game and to the dam of Easy Game, a 19-time winner, 15 times successful over fences with three wins coming in both the Fairyhouse Devenish Chase (G2) and the Gowran Park Champion Chase (G2).
Nolan said: "Hopefully, he will get back here to the Derby Sale, he was the foal of the day for me, he is the one I wanted all day. I have great time for the sire, and this colt has a good pedigree – it is always a help when you come to sell to have a horse like Easy Game on the page."
Nolan added: "The point-to-point lads like the stock by the sire – I am good friends with Jimmy Kelly and he was telling me all year about the great Harzand he had last year, and that one has gone to England."
Gentleman Toboot is the Hazand gelding formerly with Jimmy Kelly and was a four-year-old point-to-point winner on debut. The gelding is now with David Pipe in Brocade Racing ownership and finished third in a bumper at Newton Abbot on his Rules debut at the end of October.
In 2023, Harzand, winner of the 2016 Derby and the Irish Derby, moved to stand at Kilbarry Lodge Stud from Gilltown Stud.
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Lot 251:
a first purchase at this year's sale for the regular November NH Sale buyer Ben Case – with Kevin Ross Bloodstock, Case goes to €22,000 for this Maxios colt.
The March foal is a third foal out of Cherry Corner (Fame And Glory), a half-sister to the talented J'Y Vole, winner of the Grade 1 Dr P J Moriarty Novice Chase, to Jeanquiri, winner of the Prix Wild Monarach Hurdle (L) and the dam of the Grade 1 chasers Lifetime Ambition and Life In The Park, and to the dams of the Grade 2 hurdle winners My Sister Sarah and Ilovethenightlife.
It is the further family of the Grade 1 Gold Cup winner Long Run, and the colt was sold by Hollow Farm.
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Lot 247:
the In Swoop colt out of the Flemensfirth mare Carries Darling, the dam of What's Up Darling, winner of the Grade 3 hurdle at Navan, sells for €25,000. He was sold by Spikle Stud for breeder William Mangan.
In Swoop, a son of Adlerflug, has had three seasons at Beeches Stud after a career that saw him win the Deutsches Derby and finished second in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe (G1).
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Lot 233:
Brian and Eoin Murphy buy again, this time going to €30,000 for the Sheridan House Stables-consigned son of Jukebox Jury, but unlike the top lot purchase yesterday when the pair bought for themselves, this colt, out of the black-type Getaway mare Awayinthewest, has been purchased on behalf of the family patriarch, Jimmy Murphy of Redpender Stud.
Brian was in charge of chatting today while Eoghan was busy signing the docket, and he said: "He has a pedigree, is by Jukebox Jury who is a sold, safe National Hunt sir, we like him a lot. This is a May foal, but he is a good size.
"He will be coming back to sale as a three-year-old – it all depends then on how they progress and then whether they are lucky."
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Lot 228:
Khalifa Sat, the son of Free Eagle's who finished second in the Epsom Derby (G1) in 2020, had just two lots entered here this week, and the last of the duo sells for €15,000 this morning, Mossy Fen Stables listed as the buyer.
Consigned by Lacken Stud, which stands the sire, who has had three seasons at stud, the colt is out of April's Moon (Morozov), a half-sister to Black Op, winner of the Mersey Hurdle (G1), runner-up in the Grade 1 Neptune Investment Hurdle and the Kauto Star Novices Chase (G1). He was also placed multiple times in graded races over hurdles and fences.
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Lot 215
the first in today by the Authorized stallion Santiago, who has had three seasons at stud, makes €28,000.
Sold by Railstown Stud the colt is the second foal out of What's The Dream, a Getaway half-sister to the two-time Cheltenham Festival Grade 3 Coral Cup Handicap winner Langer Dan.
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Lot 210:
the first in today by the leading NH sire Blue Bresil makes €28,000, bought by Dromoland Farm.
Out of the Galileo mare Toto Corde Meo, the dam of the talented Canford Cliffs Listed bumper and hurdles winner Panic Attack.
The May-born foal was sold by Ashwood Stud.
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Lot 156:
Jimmy and Eileen Furlong's Thistletown Stud gets a day one hit with a nice colt by Jeu St Eloi and out of the Listed-placed mare Molly Childers (Stowaway), the colt bought by Repender Stud for €58,000.
"We always send a smart one to the first session here, we like to try and have a stand-out,"said Eileen Furlong, the plan having produced them a Day 1 second top lot in 2023. "This has always been a classy sort, a lovely type, he will be gorgeous as a three-year-old at the Derby Sale."
The couple bought Molly Childers privately after she'd had a first foal and sent her, alongside three other mares, to be covered in France. Once the pair had seen this foal they were very keen to return the mare to the stallion – luckily for them, by then the son of Saint Des Saints had relocated to stand at Rathbarry Stud.
The March-born foal was bought by Redpender Stud and brothers Brian and Eoghan Murphy were standing by the bid board and in charge of bidding.
"He is a stand out today, the sire has done really well and the mare has black-type, too," said Eoghan Murphy. "Hopefully, he will come back to the Derby Sale and fair play to the Furlongs they have done a fabulous job. He cost more than we thought, but there was plenty of competition, but sometimes you need to stretch for the one you want."
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Lot 143:
"She will come back to a farm, she is for a client and we will make a decision as to whether she will be retained to race or will be returned to a store sale," said Alex Butler after spending €36,000 on the Rockton Stud-consigned filly by Well Chosen.
"She walks well, she has a lovely pedigree, she is a full-sister to two black-type horses, and she made a lot of sense for the order," said Butler, adding: "Well Chosen is a nice sire and her sister has bred a nice horse as well, so she could make up into a nice broodmare, also. There are options with this filly."
The two full-sisters were placed in graded races, and it is the further family of the Grade 1 winners Alexander Taipan and Anzum, and the black-type winner Jazilah and Sh Boom.
Since the catalogue was published her four-year-old half-sister Blue Mosque has added to a bumper win with success over hurdles, while Colcannon, the first foal out of the 2012 full-sister She's A Star, won a bumper at Galway having finished placed three times before.
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Lot 133:
the Diamond Boy June-born colt from Kilbarry Stud is bought by Ian Buchanan of Tullybeg Stables for €22,000, a second buy today for Buchanan following his purchase of Lot
104, a colt by Fascinating Rock consigned by Burgage Stud, bought for €11,000.
"I have not had one by the sire before, not through want of trying,"said Buchanan. "The idea will be to come back her with this colt, failing that we can train him. His mare had some ability, too."
Kilbarry Lilly, homebred by the farm which also stands the sire, was placed in the Grade 2 Easter Hurdle and is a half-sister to the dam of Emibttered, who was a multiple graded placed runner in bumpers, hurdles and over fences. Third dam is Tropical Lake, winner of the 4yo Hurdle at Aintree (now a Grade 1) and dam of the black-type winners Milkwood, Tropical Lady and Wilamina.
It has been a good week for Buchanan's graduates – Jacob's Ladder (Mount Nelson), purchased at the Derby Sale 2022 for €27,000, sold by Tullybeg Stables to Gordon Elliott Racing for £110,000 at the 2024 Tattersalls Cheltenham February Sale, won his bumper on November 1st at Down Royal for owner Gigginstown House Stud.
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Lot 90:
Mount Eaton Stud sold the Tattersalls Ireland July Sale top lot this year – a gelding by Order Of St George and out of Miss Cilla for €65,000 – and the team returns to the stallion here going to €28,000 for this colt by the Castle Hyde Stud-based son of Galileo and sold by Black Gate Stud.
"The plan to come back to the Derby Sale, it is as simple as that!" said John Hore as he signed the docket. "We have had luck with the sire, and this chap is similar enough. That was a little bit more than we wanted to give, but he is the nicest foal here today."
Phil Hore added: "The mare has been a good mare, she is an Anabaa mare and you can't get away from that when you bring him back to a sale. Hopefully, the sire keeps going the way he is going and this will be a nice horse to come back here at three."
The colt's dam Compose is the dam of five winners from eight runners, including Cockney Sparrow, winner of the Grade 2 Scottish Champion Hurdle, and Cockney Wren, Listed placed over hurdles.
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Lot 56:
the second foal in this week from the large Yellowford & Drumlin consignment makes €25,000, bought by Rathmore Stud. The colt by Affinisea is out of Ayleoola (Presenting), an own-sister to Gunnery Sergeant, placed third in the Royal Bond Hurdle (G1). The mare also has a four-year-old gelding by Getaway , a three-year-old filly by Ocovango and a two-year-old full-brother to this foal.
The foal's half sister Break My Soul, a dual winner, has been placed again since the catalogue was published
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Lot 36:
Ben Halsall's Boley Stud also sells this gelding by Poet's Word for €25,000 to Dick Frisby. He is an April-born first foal out of the Ocovango mare Solo Soprano, an unraced half-sister to Royal Kahala (Flemensfirth), winner of the Galmoy Hurdle (G2) and the Grade 3 Advent EVF Mares Hurdle.
Third dam is the three-time Cleeve Hurdle (G1) winner Lady Rebecca.
Halsall brought four yearlings to market today selling the top two in the session said: "They are all nice horses, with decent enough pages and were bought as foals with Kevin Ross, who is a good judge of a horse. I am having a change of business plan, and am selling the farm, and so decided to offer these here today."
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Lot 21:
makes €21,000, Kieran Cotter's bid securing the purchase of the filly by Jukebox Jury from Boley Stud.
She is out of Legende Volante (Flying Legend), a daughter of J'Y Vole, the five-time winning chaser, who was also successful in the Grade 1 Dr P J Moriarty Novice Chase and who boasts multiple graded placed performances.
J' Y Vole's four-year-old of this year Banter At The Bar (Yeats) won on his March point-to-point debut at Portrush for Sean Doyle's Monbeg Stables.
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Lot 16:
the Sholokhov filly from Cairn House Stud is bought by James Easen for €15,000. She is a half-sister to the Grade 2 winner Botani (Doyen) and the Grade 1-placed Vina Ardanza (Califet).
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Lot 1:
gets the ball rolling for the 2024 Tattersalls Ireland November Sale, the yearling colt by Crystal Ocean sells for €20,000. He was consigned by CAFRE Enniskillen and bought by Matt O'Connor Bloodstock.
The April-born youngster is out of the Presenting four-time-winning mare Whatduhavtoget, her wins split between successes over hurdles and fences. She has yet to have a runner, but has a three-year-old by Getaway, a two-year-old by Order Of St George and a foal by Blue Bresil.
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Welcome to the first session
of the Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale 2024.
Selling starts at 10 am today and every day through the four-day sale. Today we kick off with NH yearlings before moving into the first foal session.
All the day's information can be found here on sales day live, and you can follow the action as it happens.
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Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Part 2
Lot 812:
becomes the session's top lot, the colt by New Bay sold for €36,000, bought by Thomand O'Mara under his Kilronan banner. O'Mara was no longer on the Fairyhouse sale ground, and had left Timmy Hillman in charge of bidding.
The colt, bred by Emir Alkas, was sold by Rockview Stud and Dermot Dunne said: "He always been a lovely colt and is by a very popular sire."
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Lot 801:
the Saxon Warrior, May-born filly is bought by an online bid for €19,000. She is out of Crosstalk, a Cape Cross half-sister to Rebellion, a two-time Grade 2 winner in the US.
Crosstalk has had two winners from four runners, including the 86-rated Kafu / Nothing New won four races in Ireland and in Hong Kong and was placed 11 times.
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Lot 772:
Green Storm won his maiden by 9l on September 17 for trainer Charlie Johnston and owner Ahmad Al Shaikh, and connections have their eyes on a Group 1 entry in Criterium de Saint Cloud, a race won before by pair with the Roaring Lion colt Dubai Mile.
Green Storm's half-sister by Circus Maximus was pinhooked for just €3,000 last autumn and Gerry Burke of Gildawn Stud, who sold her today for €26,000, said: "Timing is everything and the recent update was very helpful. She has been a good sort all the way through and we are delighted. We wish the new buyer all the best with her."
Buyer was Mark Johnston, who was bidding online.
The dam Banimpire (Holy Roman Emperor) has also produced the 81-rated Miss Mulligan (Gleneagles), and Jezebel Queen (2019, Galileo), who achieved a ratings best of 95.
Banimpire also had plenty of ability herself – she won the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2), the Royal Whip Stakes (G2), three Group 3 races and was second in the Irish Oaks (G1) and the Prix de l'Opera (G1).
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Lot 737:
by Waldgeist and out of Three Sugars (Starcraft), a daughter of the Group 2 winner Hoh Dear, the grand-dam of Wigmore Hall, a two-time winner of the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (G1), is bought by Reza Pazooki for €17,000, consigned by Middlelane Farm.
Three Sugars was bought by Kelly Equine at the 2021 Tattersalls July Sale for 12,000gns
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Lot 727:
the Baroda Stud-consigned colt by Inns Of Court, who got his first Group 3 winner this summer with Anshada's victory in the Prestige Stakes for trainer David Loughnane, is bought by Mustardos Patryk Gorczyca for €19,000.
The colt is out of the winning Exceed And Excel mare Supreme Quest, dam of four winners, and bred on the same cross as Mighty Eriu, who finished second in the Queen Mary Stakes (2) for trainer Gavin Cromwell and owner Qatar Racing.
Supreme Quest's best runner Relief Quest was rated 100 at her best.
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Lot 726:
Johnston Racing, who bought six yearlings in Part 1 for an outlay of €163,000 and was a top ten buyer for the two-day sale, adds to the lorry load heading to North Yorkshire, trainer Charlie Johnston going to €18,000 for this colt by Study Of Man, the Lanwades-based stallion who has enjoyed such a good summer's racing this season.
Dam of this colt Suffused was a multiple Grade 3 winner in the US, is dam of two winners from three runners, both of whom have been rated 94, and she is a half-sister to Logician, the champion three-year-old stayer of 2019.
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Lot 714:
the Ard Erin Stud-offered Alkumait colt is bought by leading Irish showjumper Michael Duffy as a racing prospect for €25,000.
"I am a big fan of the stallion and this is a lovely type," said Duffy. "I am friendly with jockey Jim Crowley, he rode the horse to win the Mill Reef Stakes, and he said that the horse was one of the best he ever rode. The colt will probably go to England to be trained."
First-crop stallion Alkumait has had five sell so far today, the quintet averaging €12,400. The Capital Stud-based stallion is a son of Showcasing, as is Advertise, sire of the September Sale graduate and Gimcrack Stakes (G2) winner Cool Hoof Luke.
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Lot 708:
Trainer Andy Oliver spends €32,000 on Rathbride Farm's Pinatubo, the colt out of the Elusive Quality mare Sidra, the dam of one winner.
The family traces to Sinndar, the European champion three-year-old colt of 2000, the Group 1 winner of the Derby, the Irish Derby, the National Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
"He is by a successful young sire and from a strong Aga Khan female line," said Oliver. "He's a nice, good strong colt. I am a great pedigree man, that always is a good start, and he has the pedigree, and there's a lot of Shamardal in him, too."
Oliver bought five yearlings earlier this week for a total spend of €119,000. He said: "You have to keep pumping away, and when something comes at your price level you have to strike."
The Hong Kong and Singapore multiple Group 1-winning sprinter Lucky Nine was purchased at this sale by Oliver in 2008 for €9,000, the gelding by Dubawi sold on to the Far East after winning his maiden at Naas the following October.
"You have to have the racehorse first, and that is what I look for when I am buying - it is the most important part," said the trainer when explaining how much of an influence possible onward sales have in his yearling purchasing decision making.
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Lot 675:
another by the Group 2-winning two-year-old Alkumait catches the eye,J ohn & Sean Quinn Racing going to €17,000 for the filly, sold byThe Castlebridge Consignment.
Porta Portese is dam of four winners, with the top-rated Dandies (Dandy Man) rated 88, and Esclusiva (Cotai Glory), the winner of ten races in Italy.
The further family features the fast Majestic Missile, a Group 3 winner of the Molecomb Stakes and placed in the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1), and Santo Padrewho was third in the Flying Five stakes (G3).
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Lot 689:
Woodleigh Stable spends €18,000 on the colt by Cotai Glory and out of Rose Tinted Sand, a daughter of the Group 3 1000 Guineas Trial winner Afternoon Sunlight, a half-sister to the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) winner and two-time Group 1 Derby placed Casual Conquest.
Part-breeder The Cottage Stud sold the colt, who is a half-brother to Rogue Invader, a son of Kodiac and the first foal out of the mare.
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Lot 664:
the Sioux Nation filly from Whitehall Stud makes €21,000. She is out of the Medaglia D'Oro mare Owaseyf, the dam of two winners and a half-sister to Emmrooz, a Listed winner in the Middle East. She was bought by breeze up consignor Mark Grant.
Their dam Nasmatt is a half-sister to Bint Allayl, a champion two-year-old, winner of the Lowther Stakes (G2), the Queen Mary Stakes (G3) and the Listed National Stakes, and to Kheleyf, winner of the Jersey Stakes (G3).
Sioux Nation rounded off Part 1 with 27 yearlings sold for an average price of €41,222 and a turnover €1,113,000.
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Lot 645:
the Circus Maximus colt out of Morediamondsplease (More Than Ready) is bought from Castledillon Stud (Agent) by Michael Conaghan for €23,000. The two-time-winning mare has had five winners in the US.
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Lot 644:
Freddy Tylicki Bloodstock goes to €20,000 for the Expert Eye filly out of the Group 2 winner of the Prix de Sandringham Stakes and Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (G1) fourth-placed Modern Look (Zamindar) from The Castlebridge Consignment.
Modern Look is dam of the Grade 3 winner and Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes runner-up Grand Jete and the Listed-placed Diderot. She has a 2022 colt by Frankel in training with Harry Charlton.
The filly's second dam Prophecy is dam of the Group 1 winner Foreteller and grand-dam of the sires Showcasing and Camacho.
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Lot 641:
first-season sire Mohaather is a Group 3-winning sire courtesy of his Molecomb Stakes (G3) winner Big Mojo, and Ardglas Stables will be hoping that the quality continues with this colt by the sire.
He is out of the Diamond Green mare Miskin Diamond, and she is the dam of four winners, including the 94-rated Rogue.
The colt was bred by Maywood Stables, sold today by Ladytown Stables for €25,000 having been pinhooked by Hannah Quinn at last year's Tattersalls December Foal Sale for 5,000gns.
Ardglas has had some luck with the sire already – at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sale this year, Ambrose O'Mullane and Mary Reymolds sold a filly out of Quintessenz to Blandford Bloodstock / Go Racing for €105,000.
Named Mojave River, she won on her debut at Deauville in August.
Trainer Joseph O'Brien said after the race: "Mojave River is a lovely filly with a good attitude. She was bought by Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock at the breeze-ups and she had the benefit of that experience coming here today. This looks a nice filly with stakes potential this season."
She is entered in the 7f Weld Park Stakes (G3) on Sunday at The Curragh.
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Lot 626 :
Peter Nolan / Noel Meade spends €15,000 on the colt by Kuroshio and out of the Harbour Watch mare Maarit, sold by Pipers Rock Stud for owner Thomas Reid.
Maarit has had two winners from two runners, and is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Mulaqat..
Fourth dam is Shoot Clear, who was a champion two-year-old filly in 1993, and is from the family of the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks half-sisters Untold and Sally Brown
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Lot 619:
Compas Equine and James Fyffe go to €18,000 for the Supremacy colt out of Lizzie Lightening sold by Cooneen Stud.
The colt is from the direct family of Kyllachy, the champion older European sprinter of 2002, winner of the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1).
The sire's 14 yearlings sold in Part 1 achieved an average price of €20,536.
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Lot 617:
by Highland Reel and sold by The Castlebridge Consignment, the filly out of Leenavesta (Arch) makes €18,000 and is bought by Donnacha O'Brien Racing.
The February-born filly is a half-sister to four winners, including the Listed-placed Kodiac Gal (Kodiac).
The Wathnan Racing-owned Inverness, rated 94 and a Listed winner in Qatar, is bred on the same Highland Reel-Arch cross.
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Lot 611:
is bought for €30,000 as a racing prospect by owner Vincent Gaul, who signed under the Wyanstown House banner.
The colt by Cotai Glory, sold by Gerrardstown House Stud and bred by Mr Frank Fahy, will be going into training with Ger Lyons.
"I liked him as an individual he looks like a two-year-old type," said Gaul who bid from the balcony. "I have a few already with Ger and I like to keep them until the end of their three-year-old years. This chap has a reasonable page –the dam's first foal [Ladise, 2022] is a winner and it goes back to some quality."
The pedigree definitely boasts some quality – dam Lady Hanson is by Galileo and she is a half-sister to Spirit Of Battle, who was Group 3 placed in the Prix Eclipse. Their dam Victoria Star is a Danehill own-sister to Mozart, the three-year-old champion sprinter of 2001, winner of the July Stakes (G1) and the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1).
Ladise (Calyx) is a September Sale Part 2 graduate, bought at last year's by Enrica Baragiola Sagam Srl for €24,000.
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Lot 598:
the Starman form continues, this filly by the son of Dutch Art makes €20,000 bought by Mustardos Patryk Gorczyca.
Offered by Treadstone Bloodstock, bred by Treadstone and Tally-Ho, she is out of the mare It's Miraculous (Curlin) – her first runner and foal Merveilleux Lapin (Mohaather) is a winner since the catalogue was published.
It's Miraculous did not run but the other dams on the page are all black-type winners – her dam Kind Of Magic won the Listed Tara Stakes, grand-dam Look At Me was a Listed winner and Group 2 placed, third dam Queen Cleopatra won the 1000 Guineas Trial (G3), finished third in the Irish 1000 Guineas (G1) and was an own-sister to the dual 2000 Guineas winner Henrythenavigator.
The final dam on the page is Sequoyah, who won the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1).
It's Miraculous was bought by Treadstone for 25,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2021.
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Lot 593:
has been bought to race and will be trained by Mark Fahey.
The Invincible Army filly, offered by Ballyshannon Stud and out of the Group 3 winner Indian Maiden the dam of eight winners including the Group 3 winner Maid In India, was bought by €25,000.
"She is an elegant filly, we like the pedigree and she stays in Ireland," said Jerry Horan of Paragon Bloodstock. "The mare's three-year-old Tina's Indian looks very good."
That colt, who is trained by Fahey, won on his career debut in August at The Curragh over 6f. The Racing Post report said: "He was green when he got there and it is exciting to think how much improvement there could be to come."
A thrilled Fahey said after that race: "He is a horse we love, we think he is very good. I've never had a horse to work like him. The owners gave him all the time he needed to develop into a horse. We were confident coming today. He is a huge horse and he has needed time."
Exciting time and no wonder he and the crew has stepped in to buy the yearling
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Lot 576:
the first colt in the ring to sell by Capital Stud's first-crop sire Alkumait, winner of the Mill Reef Stakes (G2) and a half-brother to the 2,000 Guineas and Dewhurst winner Chaldean, makes €10,000 bought by The Ivy's Stables.
The Killeen Stables-consigned colt is out of the Nathaniel mare Goldspun, who is a daughter of the Oasis Dream mare Dream Day, who was a runner-up in the Fred Darling Stakes (G3) and is dam of the Listed placed third Delhi and of the dam of the Prx des Six Perfections (G3) winner Sydneyarms Chelsea
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September Yearling Sale Part 1...
Recap
The leading buyer at the two-day sale by aggregate spend and average (for those with the double-digit yearlings purchased) was Rabbah Bloodstock, who purchased ten horses for an outlay of €586,000, buying for long-time leading owner Jaber Abdullah. The horses bought included the Mehmas sale-topper (Lot 321) who cost the owner €180,000, as well as the Starman filly from Baroda Stud for €120,000.
Marco Bozzi Bloodstock was the most prolific buyer over the two days, the Italian agent buying 19 lots for a spend of €347,500, an average price of €18,289. His top-priced purchase was Lot 83, a colt by Camelot and out of Just Pretending who cost €62,000.
With various different buying entities Joey Logan purchased nine lots, headlined by the Invincible Spirit full-sister to the Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Stakes winner Spirit D'Or (Lot 417). Logan is back on the sale ground this morning.
Numerous British and Irish trainers put their names on dockets, including Clive Cox, Andrew Balding, trainer of the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner and September Sale graduate Cool Hoof Luke, Richard Fahey, Gordon Elliott, Gavin Cromwell, Andy Oliver, Adrian Keatley, Iain Jardine, Eve Johnson-Houghton, Tom Dascombe Gemma Tutty and Jamie Insole.
The breeze-up consignors did not miss either with Katie Walsh and Con Marnane buying some high profile lots, Marnane spending €115,000 on the Too Darn Hot from Limekiln Stud (Lot 471).
Leading consignorsThe Castlebridge Consignment led the field of consignors with 28 sold for €1,070,500 turnover, ahead of the 29 sold by Baroda for €961,000 and Tally-Ho Stud's €732,000 achieved by 22 sales.
Coole House Farm topped the list of vendors by average with two or more lots sold – the farm's two sold averaged €77,500. Brook Lodge Farm's two pinhooks were sold for an average price of €62,500, while Ridge Manor's two sold achieved an average price of €58,500.
Leading sires Sioux Nation was the Part 1 leading sire and the only stallion to achieve a turnover in seven figures, the son of Scat Daddy's total sales equalling €1,113,000. The first-crop sire Starman was next best with 19 sold for a turnover of €684,000.
Best by average with two or more sold was Too Darn Hot, who had three sell for an average price of €59,333.
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After an
excellent two-day Part 1 September Sale, we move into the a one-day session for Part 2, and selling starts at 10am.
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Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Part 1
Lot 547 and Lot 550:
despite the Part 1 section of the September Sale coming to a conclusion, buyers were still busy – Lot
547, a filly by Almanzor out of the Group 3 winner Elysium from Ballylinch Stud, was sold for €62,000, while the New Bay filly from Baroda Stud was bought for €50,000. She is out of the Shamardal mare Enlace, the winner of five races and dam of two winners.
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Lot 514:
the Palace Pier colt out of Crystal Starlet, and from the direct family of the champion older horse Crystal Ocean and the Grade 1 winner Hillstar, is sold by The Castlebridge Consignment for €55,000 to Bronsan Racing / de Burgh Equine.
The Darley Stud sire has had three lots sell for an average price of €45,333.
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Lot 483:
Aidan O'Ryan / Richard Fahey team up and spend €45,000 on the Lope Y Fernandez colt out of the US-bred mare Butterfly Kiss (Medaglia D'Oro).
The mare is a daughter of Laughing Lashes, winner of the Debutante Stakes (G2), runner-up in the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) and third in the Irish 1,000 Guineas (G1).
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Lot 480:
becomes the 59th horse sold for €50,000 or more over the two days of the Part 1 September Sale, the son of Kodi Bear bought on behalf of Billy Jackson Stops and Alex Elliott, who have left the Fairyhouse sales ground. He was sold by Parkway Farm.
The colt has a stallion's pedigree – his two-year-old-winning dam Boston Beauties (Zoffany) is a half-sister to first-crop sire Lucky Vega, winner of the Phoenix Stakes (G1) and twice Group 1-placed.
Under the third dam Satwa Queen, winner of the Prix de l'Opera (G1), is the 2023 German champion older horse Nations Pride, winner of Group 1 races and Grade 1 in the US and Canada, and Militarize, a champion two-year-old in Australia and a three-time Group 1 winner as a juvenile.
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