PULLOUT PREVIEW Thursday, November 12, 2020
BREEDING STOCK
Featuring the Goffs November, Tattersalls December and Arqana December Sales
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BREEDING STOCK SALES
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UR final supplement of the year takes in the crucial foal and breeding stock auctions from Tattersalls, Arqana and Goffs, and let’s hope that following the relocation of the Sportsman’s and Orby sales to Doncaster. Goffs are able to host their auctions in Kildare after the end of lockdown in Ireland. Our offering begins with the lowdown on a super seven fillies and mares who were among those to immediately stop you quickly turning their catalogue page. The marketplace is far from ideal due to the impacts of Covid-19, but these seven should do their bit to shore up figures. We then focus on the racehorses-turned-sires who started their second careers last year and whose first foals are going through the rings of Ireland, Britain and France in what amounts to an important testing of the waters for these new stallions. Our third feature concerns those mares in foal to the exciting 2020 intake of sires and who are being offered in the breeding stock sales Our following digests for the three auction houses pick out some of the anticipated highlights from the catalogues along with all of the vital statistics from the 2019, pre-Covid-19 editions of the relevant sales. They will be helpful when it comes to comparing aggregates, averages and medians, along with leading sellers and buyers plus top lots. The yearling sales season provided less fireworks than usual, but still more than enough encouragement for all those with foals and mares to move on this autumn and winter. As ever, the Racing Post’s team of reporters will be providing the best coverage of these sales online and in the newspaper, starting in Newmarket the week after next.
Headline-making mares Beach Frolic
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ANDREW SCUTTS, BLOODSTOCK MANAGING EDITOR
CONTENTS 4-6 Sires with their first foals up for auction 8-11 Mares in foal by the 2020 intake of stallions 12-17 Tattersalls news digest and tables 18-19 Arqana news digest and tables 20-23 Goffs news digest and tables Cover photo by Laura Green
Success stories (clockwise from top left): Onassis, Act Of Wisdom, Al Kazeem, Audarya (right), Blue Bunting (3), Marie’s Diamond and Exemplar are all progeny or relations of seven fillies and mares who look sure to command plenty of attention at upcoming sales
9yo ch m Nayef-Night Frolic (Night Shift) Tattersalls Lot 1731 Consigned by Highclere Stud This unraced daughter of Nayef has reached dizzying heights in her paddocks career, with son Palace Pier taking the European mile division by storm this season. Palace Pier, by supersire Kingman, is Beach Frolic’s third foal and will stay in training next year after two Group 1 triumphs this year. The nine-year-old mare has a Camelot colt in training, while her Highland Reel yearling colt realised 325,000gns at Tattersalls Book 1 in October. Any buyer hoping to snap her up might well have to go above and beyond that.
Fizzi Top
6yo b m Frankel-Zee Zee Top (Zafonic) Tattersalls Lot 1608 Consigned by Meon Valley Stud From the very fine nursery that is Meon Valley Stud, the unraced Fizzi Top boasts a pedigree befitting a blueblooded broodmare. Her dam, Zee Zee Top, won the Prix de l’Opera, and has produced four winners including Pretty Polly victress Izzi Top (by Pivotal, and the dam of the stakes-placed pair Willie John and Prince Eiji) and Group 2 scorer Jazzi Top. For good measure, this daughter of Frankel also hails from the family of Irish Oaks winner Colorspin, the dam of Opera House and Kayf Tara. The six-year-old has produced two foals, a Lawman colt in 2019 and an Oasis Dream colt earlier this year, while she was not covered this time around.
Hibiscus
7yo b m Galileo-Jacqueline Quest (Rock Of Gibraltar) Tattersalls Lot 1697 Consigned by Kiltinan Castle Stud Hibiscus comes with a page that is constantly updating: her Dubawi half-sister Onassis struck in a Listed event at Goodwood only last month – and ran very well in the Group 1 sprint on British Champions Day subsequently – while her progressive fullbrother Act Of Wisdom made it three wins from four starts at Newmarket, also last month. Bred by Triermore Stud, the seven-year-old was a 625,000gns purchase from Tattersalls Book 1 by MV Magnier in 2014, before reaching 400,000gns at this sale three years ago, when selling to John and Jake Warren. She has produced three foals to date, the oldest being an unraced Zoffany filly called
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sure to set the pulse racing
Palace Pier: crack miler is the third foal of Beach Frolic
Little Miss Rascal, and has been covered by sire of the moment Siyouni.
Kazeera
5yo ch m Dubawi-Kazeem (Darshaan) Arqana Lot 77 Consigned by Haras d’Etreham Haras d’Etreham’s unsurprisingly strong draft looks to be headed by Kazeera, a full-sister to multiple Group 1 winner and promising sire Al Kazeem. The five-year-old made the track only once but she looks a highly promising prospect as a broodmare. Her Havana colt foal is catalogued as lot 534 at the Deauville auction next month, while she is carrying to the exciting Wootton Bassett, whose purchase by Coolmore from Haras d’Etreham in August, while undoubtedly at considerable cost, is so far reaping dividends, the sire having had a Breeders’ Cup scorer in Audarya – for whom the Filly & Mare Turf was a second Group 1 win – while Wooded won last month’s Prix de l’Abbaye.
Lady Gorgeous
11yo ch m Compton PlaceCayman Sunset (Night Shift) Tattersalls Lot 1740 Consigned by Norelands Stud Lady Gorgeous looks one of the standout lots at Park Paddocks, thanks particularly to the exploits of daughter Pretty Gorgeous, winner of the Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket this term. The 11-year-old has produced another stakes
winner in Toronado colt Alwaab, although her daughter by Lawman is clearly the star name from her four offspring to have run so far. Her yearling colt by Shalaa fetched 250,000gns at Tattersalls Book 2, while she has had a colt by Zoffany this year and is believed to be carrying to Siyouni, a sire who can do little wrong at present with three new individual Group 1 winners this autumn.
Monday Monday
3yo b/g f Galileo-Miarixa (Linamix) Goffs Lot 954 Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment The Castlebridge Consignment’s breeding draft looks particularly strong this year, and this filly, a half-sister to Irish Oaks and 1,000 Guineas heroine Blue Bunting, looks a collector’s item for those with deep enough pockets. By Galileo, whose broodmare sire exploits this term need no elaboration here, Monday Monday is from a family chock full of black type,
being a full-sister to the Group-placed Exemplar and stakes-placed Blue Creek. She is in foal to Darley’s exciting champion two-year-old Too Darn Hot.
Sindiyma
13yo b m Kalanisi-Sinndiya (Pharly) Goffs Lot 922 Consigned by Airlie Stud Sindiyma sold for €20,000 at Goffs in 2013 but the exploits of her son Marie’s Diamond, by Coolmore sire Footstepsinthesand, means she will fetch a far juicier price this time. By the Aga Khan homebred Kalanisi, she is out of the winning Pharly mare Sinndiya and is therefore a sister to Lingfield Oaks Trial scorer Sindirana, the dam of two black-type horses. Sindiyma has been particularly well represented this year by Middleham Park Racing’s poster boy Marie’s Diamond, winner of the Paradise Stakes and a fine third at 40-1 in the Queen Anne, and she is believed to be in foal again to Footstepsinthesand.
‘Her Dubawi half-sister Onassis struck in a Listed event at Goodwood only last month – and ran very well in the Group 1 sprint on British Champions Day subsequently – while her progressive full-brother Act Of Wisdom made it three wins from four starts at Newmarket, also last month’
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BREEDING STOCK SALES Tom Peacock on the stallions with first foals up for auction
Making the most T of it
HESE will be difficult times for a stallion to be launched into the market with their debut crop of foals, but it is a positive that there are a handful of individuals who were deeply involved in what was a memorable and highclass European Flat season in 2018. There are also a number of whippersnappers whose handlers will dream of them becoming another Mehmas with a fast start on the track, and this will be the first public occasion where buyers can assess their potential.
Classic standard
Making their debuts: the much-missed Roaring Lion (main) and Cracksman (above and below)
There will be only one chance to bid for the foals of Roaring Lion, whose connections were dealt a cruel blow when the son of Kitten’s Joy succumbed to colic last year in New Zealand. Tweenhills and Qatar Racing had rightly been optimistic about the breeding future of a horse who was very dear to them, having had the striking looks backed up with four Group 1 wins on the track. One of the most illustrious of his 133-strong book was the St Leger-winning Simple Verse and the resulting filly foal is being consigned by Tweenhills as one of seven offspring at Tattersalls (967). Goffs has four, including AK Thoroughbreds’ son of Irish Listed winner Kanes Pass (653). Dalham Hall Stud have a stallion in Cracksman who sells himself on his achievements too – the 130-rated firebrand whose two Champion Stakes wins will live long in the memory. The best son of Frankel to head to stud, from a superb Oppenheimer family, he covered 147 mares, including 97 who were closely related to Group winners and 61 individual stakes performers. At Tattersalls, his progeny offered include a foal out of a winning half-sister to South African champion Mahbooba (543) and a half-sister to Pattern-class German performers (870), while Goffs has a granddaughter of Classic heroine and brilliant broodmare Virginia Waters. Saxon Warrior has big shoes to fill, being the best
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Saxon Warrior (below) has big shoes to fill, being the best European performer by lamented Japanese sensation Deep Impact. He headed to Coolmore after a glittering career which saw him land Group 1s at two and three
TOO DARN HOT’s
European performer by lamented Japanese sensation Deep Impact. He headed to Coolmore after a glittering career which saw him land Group 1s at two and three. Among nine catalogued for Goffs is the Irish National Stud’s colt out of the Prix de l’Abbaye winner Gilt Edge Girl, a half-brother to the useful Times Arrow (630). He has a current inclusion at Tattersalls through a son of Hint Of Pink (645). Norelands Stud has sold two siblings for six figures including Parchemin, who made a bright juvenile start for Andre Fabre.
Mighty milers
Expert Eye, who rounded off his career in winning the Breeders’ Cup Mile, has a strong base as a son of Acclamation operating at Banstead Manor Stud. He covered 139 mares, including
plenty to get him started from Juddmonte. His foals will be in plentiful supply on both sides of the Irish Sea, with Ballylinch Stud’s half-sister to credible Group performers Burnt Sugar and Brown Sugar looking a particularly sweet addition to Goffs (660). There is also Ballintry Stud’s filly out of a sister to Slade Power (611), while the Tattersalls contingent includes a colt delivered by Prix d’Arenburg scorer Starlit Sands (839). One racehorse who very much earned his new vocation through determination is Lightning Spear, winner of the Sussex Stakes aged seven and seemingly through some early fertility issues at Tweenhills. Byerley Stud’s half-sister to seven other winners should find buyers at Tattersalls
(1141), as should a Limekiln Stud colt out of Fred Darling Stakes runner-up Dream Day (76) at Goffs. Mickley Stud is standing fully behind its recruit Massaat, the son of Teofilo who won the Hungerford Stakes and was Classic-placed for Shadwell and Owen Burrows. It takes a large handful to market, a few out of stakeswinning mares including a colt out of the very useful Nantyglo (1042) bound for Tattersalls. Smart US turf performer Smooth Daddy would be more recognisable for his renowned father, Scat Daddy, in European climates but Starfield Stud, which stood him for 2020, shows off a couple of his progeny at Goffs, including a colt out of its highly productive French-bred mare Anbella (18). Only one of the likeable
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Dewhurst was rated even better than Pinatubo’s. And his first book of mares? He covered more Stakes winners/producers than in Dubawi and Night Of Thunder’s first books added together.
£45,000 Oct 1, SLF
Standing at Dalham Hall Stud, UK
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BREEDING STOCK SALES ‘Prince of Wales’s Stakes and King George winner Poet’s Word (right) departed for a National Hunt career at Boardsmill after one season at Nunnery Stud. The admirable old warrior has one foal to his name at Tattersalls, a colt consigned by Langton Stud from a sturdy French family (326)’
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Master Carpenter’s progeny appears, with his stallion masters GG Bloodstock & Racing offering a colt at Tattersalls from the immediate family of Winkfield Stakes victor Talking Hands (1144).
Speed kings
It seems like only yesterday that Godolphin’s Harry Angel was tackling some hot competition to become the best sprinter in the world. On retirement to Dalham Hall, he was granted a book of 137, including 119 with immediate stakes race relatives. The son of Dark Angel could easily be a precocious sire and Tinakill House’s close relation to US stakes performers Qaraaba and Californiagoldrush (677) has everything going for her at Goffs. A colt offered at Tattersalls by the National Stud out of fine sprinter Firenze, from the fine and fast Hopper family (516), should also be of interest. Godolphin’s well-travelled and hard-knocking Jungle Cat lasted only a year at Kildangan before moving to Australia, and there is only one of his progeny apiece at Goffs (104) and Tattersalls (557). There are also only a handful of foals on offer too by James Garfield, the rapid son of Exceed And Excel who departed for Rathbarry Stud. His racing owners Stetchworth & Middle Park Stud have put several interesting lots into Tattersalls, with lot 410 from the great Ballymacoll family of Islington and 384 related to the
Harry Angel could easily be a precocious sire and this filly at Goffs has everything going for her Gredleys’ magnificent Pretty Pollyanna. A more familiar son of the late Scat Daddy is the Phoenix Stakes hero Sioux Nation, who is through his second season standing at Coolmore. He is another with abundant offerings on both sides of the Irish Sea. Castletown Stud’s Tattersalls-bound filly (435) has a page full of black type, as does a colt from the family of Paco Boy from Coolagown Stud (105) at Goffs. Coolmore also introduced its Middle Park and July Cup winner U S Navy Flag to the Tipperary roster, pricing the beautifully bred son of War Front confidently. His initial €25,000 was taken up by plenty of Irish breeders and a Baroda Stud colt out of French Oaks runner-up Argentina (572) is an obvious starting point at Goffs. Havana Grey is in the right place to succeed at Whitsbury Manor and it seems that plenty
Harry Angel: sprint king turned stallion
of breeders were interested at his £8,000 opening fee. Narrowly beaten in the Prix Morny, Karl Burke’s sprinter gained his big day in the Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh. A half-brother to Whitsburyproduced 2019 Cornwallis Stakes winner Good Vibes is an obvious candidate for buyers seeking a precocious type at Tattersalls (741), and similar notes apply to the large Goffs offering which includes Pipe View Stud’s sibling of this year’s Listed-winning juvenile Method (354). Havana Grey’s old stablemate Unfortunately, who beat him in the Morny, headed to Springfield House Stud through Cheveley Park. The best son of the late Society Rock has been covered by Cheveley Park mares, including Plead (559, Tattersalls), a halfsister to Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde. Kodiac’s son Kessaar, who
won the Mill Reef in his sole racing campaign, is the latest young buck paraded by TallyHo. He has 19 catalogued at Goffs, including by some shrewd vendors, and a colt from Soolmoy Stud (476) has had a welcome update with his juvenile half-sister Andromaca landing an Italian Listed race this summer. Fleet-footed Coventry winner Rajasinghe was wellmarketed by the National Stud and it presents a filly (1128) and a colt (453) from its own stock among half a dozen from his first crop to appear at Tattersalls. Nunnery Stud’s Tasleet, from the family of Battaash and a winner of the Duke of York Stakes himself, is well represented, particularly at Tattersalls, where a filly consigned by Eildon Hill Stables is a sibling of Group 3 winner and very smart juvenile Psychedelic Funk (485).
Staying power
Prince of Wales’s Stakes and King George winner Poet’s Word departed for a National Hunt career at Boardsmill after one season at Nunnery Stud. The admirable old warrior has one foal to his name at Tattersalls, a colt consigned by Langton Stud from a sturdy French family (326). Godolphin’s well-travelled Eclipse winner Hawkbill left just one crop in Europe before he headed for Japan. Buyers can choose between four of them at Tattersalls, including a Trickledown Stud filly from the family of the much-missed Notnowcato (1118).
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Blue Point
If mares make stallions, is a sure thing: dams of 2020 G1 winners Palace Pier, Golden Horde and Exultant lead 150 Stakes winners or their dams, daughters or siblings in an incredibly strong first book.
¤40,000 Oct 1, SLF
Standing at Kildangan Stud, Ireland
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‘This year’s crop of new stallions in Britain and Ireland are headed by the Darley pair of Too Darn Hot (left) and Blue Point (right)’
WHITSBURY MANOR STUD CONTACT: Phil Haworth or Ed Harper 01725 518254 www.whitsburymanorstud.co.uk
SHOWCASING THE GROUP 1 SPEED SIRE Fee: £45,000 1st Oct. SLF
Showcasing
(by Oasis Dream)
£45,000
Sergei Prokofiev £6,500 NEW
(by Scat Daddy)
Havana Grey
£6,000
Due Diligence
£6,000
(by Havana Gold) (by War Front)
Adaay (by Kodiac)
£5,000
Buyers will be hot on trail to secure mares in foal to the dynamic duo Kitty Trice with the lowdown on mares in foal to new sires
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N TERMS of price, at least, this year’s crop of new stallions in Britain and Ireland are headed by the Darley pair of Too Darn Hot and Blue Point, the sons of two of the operation’s giants in the late Shamardal and Dubawi. Standing at £50,000 and €45,000 respectively, buyers will be hot on the trail to secure mares in foal to the dynamic
duo, the former a champion juvenile and top-class threeyear-old, and the latter a sprinter of the highest calibre over several seasons. The National Stud has a couple of new recruits represented at the forthcoming sales, not least the three-time Group 1-winning sprinter Advertise, who will stand for a fee of £25,000. The winner of the Phoenix Stakes at two, he followed up with strikes in the Commonwealth Cup and Prix Maurice de Gheest at three, and there are certainly some eyecatching mares in foal to him at the upcoming sales.
Coolmore have some unsurprisingly high-calibre recruits who will see mares with their first foals selling too. Vertem Futurity Trophy and 2,000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia (€22,500) looks an exciting prospect, while Calyx (€22,500), the first sire son of stallion sensation Kingman, and July Cup scorer Ten Sovereigns (€25,000) are other eyecatchers.
Coolmore coronation
The trio of Magna Grecia, Calyx and Ten Sovereigns look sure to be popular at Tattersalls and Goffs given the proven class of Invincible Spirit and the upwardly mobile
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THE CHAMPIONS OF TOMORROW BRED FROM MARES FOUND AT THE TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARE SALE 30th November - 3rd December 2020
ST MARK'S BASILICA Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes dam CABARET purchased for 600,000gns
LUCKY VEGA Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes dam QUEEN OF CARTHAGE purchased for 160,000gns
SUPREMACY Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes dam TRIGGERS BROOM purchased for 110,000gns
trajectories of Kingman and No Nay Never, their respective sires. Magna Grecia needs little introduction as a Classic winner, and the son of Invincible Spirit has some of the choicest mares for sale across Tattersalls, Arqana and Goffs, including the Juddmonte-consigned Cosmos Pink (lot 1373) at Park Paddocks. By Dansili, the seven-yearold is out of the influential Sprint Cup heroine African Rose, a full-sister to Helleborine, and therefore a half-sister to Princess Margaret winner Fair Eva. Lordship Stud will present Dubawi mare Loveheart (lot 1611), a half-sister to St Leger winner Sixties Icon, while Kiltinan Castle Stud’s Circus Tent (lot 1643) is another to catch the eye, being a halfsister to Beverly D Stakes scorer Gorella and Group 2 winner Royal Intervention. Calyx hails from an outstanding Juddmonte family and breeders appear to have offered him strong support. Among the 14 mares in foal to him across the three sales are Salcey Forest Stud’s Susan Stroman (lot 1321), out of a half-sister to the brilliant The Fugue, who sells at Tattersalls, and The Castlebridge Consignment’s Goffs-bound Second Glance (lot 949), a daughter of Galileo out of Cheveley Park winner Rosdhu Queen. No Nay Never has continued his astronomical rise up the ranks and Ten Sovereigns’
exploits on the track helped ensure he was one of the busiest first-season stallions anywhere in Britain and Ireland. Among the 25 mares offered for sale across Tattersalls, Goffs and Arqana are Baroda Stud’s It’s Magic (lot 1311), a Galileo half-sister to Eclipse winner Mukhadram who will be joined at Tattersalls by the Far Westfield Farm-consigned Nigh (lot 1522), a half-sister to star sprinter Kingsgate Native, while Mount Coote Stud’s Goffs-entered Isabella Brant (lot 842), from the family of the top-class pair Hydrangea and Hermosa, also takes the eye.
Darley diamonds
It is time for the next generation as sons of Shamardal (Blue Point), Dubawi (Too Darn Hot) and New Approach (Masar) take up the mantle for Darley at their Dalham Hall and Kildangan Studs. Blue Point retired to Kildangan having recorded a marvellous double at Royal Ascot last year in the King’s Stand and Diamond Jubilee, and, as a sprinting son of the much-missed Shamardal, will be in demand at Tattersalls and Goffs. Among the mares on offer in foal to him is the Park Paddocks-bound Daily Times (lot 1675), a Gleneagles halfsister to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Newspaperofrecord and the stakes-winning Classical Times. She is offered by Goldford Stud. Voute Sales, meanwhile, will
present Tisa River (lot 1680), an Equiano half-sister to European champion threeyear-old filly Iridessa and from the family of dual US Grade 1 scorer Starine. Too Darn Hot is out of the prolific mare Da Re Mi, a topclass daughter of Singspiel, and he attracted a classy book of mares for his first season earlier this year. Two sell at Arqana, while among their number at Goffs is The Castlebridge Consignment’s Monday Monday (lot 954), an unraced daughter of Galileo and halfsister to 1,000 Guineas and Irish Oaks heroine Blue Bunting, and she is also a fullsister to the stakes-placed Exemplar. Another intriguing lot put forward in foal to the Darley sire is the Tattersalls-bound Daintily Done (lot 1282). Consigned by Godolphin, the 12-year-old is out of Tantina, dam of Group 1 winner Cityscape, Juddmonte sire Bated Breath and Scuffle, herself the dam of last year’s St Leger hero Logician. Masar, winner of the Solario Stakes at two and the Derby the following summer, is equally well represented, with his first mares including Voute Sales’ Kingman mare Bourbonesque (lot 1350), who is set to be sold at Park Paddocks and is a relation to Prix du Moulin and Summer Mile winner Aqlaam. There is just one chance to buy a mare in foal to the Classic winner at Arqana, No Wind No Rain (lot 591).
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ALKUMAIT Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes dam SUELITA purchased for 21,500gns
MISS AMULET Gr.2 Lowther Stakes dam SHENA'S DREAM purchased for 20,000gns and laaerly for 1,200gns
DANDALLA Gr.2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes dam CHELLALLA purchased for 7,500gns
UBETTABELIEVEIT Gr.2 Flying Childers Stakes dam LADYLISHANDRA purchased for 10,000gns 2020 EUROPEAN GROUP WINNING TWO-YEAR-OLDS OUT OF TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARE SALE GRADUATES Should you require assistance ahead of the Taaersalls December Mare Sale, please contact: Minty Farquhar on +44 (0) 7493 869 240/mfarquhar@greatbritishracing.com GBRI is the British horse racing industry’s designated first point of contact for overseas individuals interested in becoming part of the world’s leading racing and bloodstock industry. greatbritishracinginternational.com
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BREEDING STOCK SALES ‘Advertise (below), whose sire Showcasing has enjoyed another excellent year and continues to be hugely popular, has 14 carrying to him at Tattersalls, including the Ladyswood Stud-consigned Wealth Of Words’
Phoenix set to rise
Lope De Vega has a promising stallion son in Belardo, the first-season sire who has produced Rockfel and Prestige Stakes scorer Isabella Giles among three individual Group winners this season at the time of writing. His latest son to join the ranks is Irish 2,000 Guineas winner and Irish National Stud resident Phoenix Of Spain, who will be represented by his first crop in utero at Tattersalls and Goffs this winter. Pitched in at €15,000, Phoenix Of Spain has five mares on offer at Park Paddocks and another five at Goffs, including Ballylinch Stud’s Kiltara (lot 896), a winning daughter of Sadler’s Wells and a half-sister to Group 1 Metropolitan winner Opinion. Among the mares in foal to the sire for sale at Tattersalls is Baroda Stud’s Moondust (lot 1244), a daughter of Exceed And Excel and out of a halfsister to the outstanding Lillie Langtry, winner of the Coronation Stakes and dam of champion Minding.
Need for speed
Group 1-winning sprinters Advertise and Eqtidaar found homes at the National and Nunnery Studs respectively, with the pair set to be represented by several mares at the three auctions. Advertise, whose sire Showcasing has enjoyed another excellent year and continues to be hugely popular, has 14 carrying to him at Tattersalls, including the Ladyswood Stud-consigned Wealth Of Words (lot 1481). The daughter of Poet’s Voice is a half-sister to last year’s Rockfel Stakes winner and Moyglare second Daahyeh, plus this season’s Denford Stakes scorer Saint Lawrence. The National Stud will offer Chisana (lot 1594), a halfsister to Group 2 Diadem Stakes scorer Sayif and Cornwallis Stakes winner Hunter Street, while the Newsells Park Stud-consigned Moment Of Time (lot 1648) is another mare offered in foal to the three-time Group 1 winner at Tattersalls. The stakes-placed daughter of Rainbow Quest has produced the Group 2 scorer Chief Ironside and two further winners to date. Meanwhile, The Castlebridge Consignment’s considerable draft includes Vita Vivet (lot 830) at Goffs, who was successfully covered by Eqtidaar in April. The halfsister to the stakes-winning Rhagori comes from the family of Group winners Fleet Hill and African Dream. Among other mares of interest who are in foal to Nunnery’s young recruit is Shadwell’s Park Paddocksbound Maayaat (lot 1831), a Jazil relation to the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and St James’s Palace winner Bahri, plus Norris Bloodstock’s Perfect Charm (lot 1903), a
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‘Waldgeist (right) covered a book of mares befitting a Prix Ganay and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and Ballylinch Stud’s son of Galileo is well represented at Goffs, Arqana and Tattersalls this winter’ daughter of Charm Spirit and Listed winner Indignant. Among her further relations is Criterium de Saint-Cloud scorer Special Quest. There is just the one mare in foal to Eqtidaar among the Arqana catalogue, the York handicap winner Sweet Forgetme Not (lot 452).
Others of interest
Waldgeist covered a book of
mares befitting a Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner, and Ballylinch Stud’s son of Galileo is well represented at Tattersalls and Goffs. Among mares in foal to Enable’s 2019 conqueror are the Newsells Park Studconsigned Keene Dancer (lot 1458), a winning daughter of Danehill Dancer and Prix de l’Opera heroine Kinnaird, and so a sibling to the high-class
Royal Lodge winner Berkshire. Ballylinch offer the Goffsentered Lope De Vega mare Pharadelle (lot 893) who is from a fine family that includes the top-class Phoenix Stakes winner Pharaoh’s Delight and Breeders’ Cup Turf victor Red Rocks. Other 2020 stallions with mares in foal at the sales include Invincible Army (three at Goffs, two at Tattersalls and
two at Arqana), Best Solution (three at Arqana and one at Tattersalls), Study Of Man (five at Tattersalls and one at Arqana), and Inns Of Court (three at Arqana, two at Goffs and one at Tattersalls).
Arqana action
Waldgeist is also strongly represented at Arqana, with Glebe Farm’s Dream Ahead mare Vivid Dream (lot 204) –
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from the family of Prix Jean Prat winner Territories – one of five lots carrying to the son of Galileo. Another eyecatcher is the Elevage des Trois Rivièresconsigned Sous Le Soleil (lot 373), out of the Preis der Diana heroine Que Belle and a halfsibling to Osidy and Quetsche. Inns Of Court was a highclass performer in France, so it comes as no surprise that
Tally-Ho Stud’s stallion is represented in Deauville next month. Among the mares carrying to the Group 2 winner is Haras de Castillon’s Rock Of Gibraltar mare Rock Exhibition (lot 298), from the family of Grand Prix de Paris winner Cavalryman, plus Haras du Buff’s Pink Perpetue (lot 582), a Motivator half-sister to stakes winner Pink Gin.
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BREEDING STOCK SALES TATTERSALLS
Quality abounds for mares and foals alike T
ATTERSALLS’ December Foal and Mare Sales have seen plenty of fireworks over the years – one has only to think of Marsha setting a new European record when selling to MV Magnier for 6,000,000gns in 2017 – and, despite the difficulties faced this year due to Covid-19, we could be in for some more treats this month. Beach Frolic (lot 1731) and Lady Gorgeous (lot 1740), the dams of Group 1 stars Palace Pier and Pretty Gorgeous, are both due to come under the hammer at the Mare Sale. With their respective offspring beating the best in Europe, and the pair carrying to exciting young sires Blue Point and No Nay Never, their connections could find themselves realising sevenfigure prices. The likes of Juddmonte invariably have a high-quality consignment on offer and, with some of the best bloodlines around, breeders will be on the lookout to boost their broodmare band with some of Prince Khalid’s finest families. Among the standout lots is Tanita (lot 2020), a Frankel filly out of a full-sister to the outstanding Midday, and Desirous (lot 1260), by Kingman and out of the Matron Stakes winner Emulous. She is currently carrying to the great Frankel. Godolphin lead the way with 87 broodmares and fillies in/ out of training to be offered, while other leading consignors at the two sales looking to make their presence felt include Shadwell, Whitsbury Manor Stud, New England Stud, The Castlebridge Consignment and Cheveley Park Stud. The Foal Sale holds plenty of appeal and interest as well, with Tweenhills offering the second foal of Classic heroine Simple Verse – a filly by Roaring Lion – in addition to siblings to star juveniles Alkumait, Nando Parrado, Pretty Gorgeous and The Lir Jet. There is strong international representation too, with Haras de Colleville, Gestut Gorlsdorf, Eoghan O’Neill and European Sales Management – who sold recent Grade 1 scorer Etoile – among those represented. KITTY TRICE
Marsha went through the ring at 6,000,000gns in 2017 – this year Desirous (pink cap below) looks one of the standout lots
TATTERSALLS Tattersalls December Foals
vv Where and when Park Paddocks,
Newmarket; November 25-28
vv 2019 results From 921 lots offered, 663 sold
(72 per cent) for turnover of 29,338,300gns, an average of 44,251gns and median of 22,000gns
Tattersalls December Mares
vv Where and when Park Paddocks,
Newmarket; November 30-December 3
vv 2019 results
From 812 lots offered, 668 sold (82 per cent) for turnover of 57,790,900gns, an average of 86,513gns and median of 27,000gns
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BREEDING STOCK SALES TATTERSALLS
Dubawi half-brother to juvenile star a major eyecatcher IT GOES without saying that prospective buyers sit up and take note when a Dubawi offspring enters the ring, and Airlie Stud’s half-brother (lot 939) to champion juvenile Skitter Scatter has the potential to light up the December Foal Sale. Skitter Scatter won four of her seven starts at two, culminating in a two-length triumph in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, beating subsequent 1,000 Guineas runner-up Lady Kaya in the process. Her half-brother is the latest produce by the Street Cry mare Dane Street and looks to hold a stallion’s pedigree, especially given Dubawi’s sons Night Of Thunder and New Bay are already making great strides in their second careers. Skitter Scatter was sent to Frankel this year for her first mating, while her dam visited Kingman, so the story is by no means over yet.
Tweenhills consignment has strength in depth TWEENHILLS FARM was responsible for last year’s Foal Sale sale-topper when the Frankel colt out of St Leger heroine Simple Verse realised 600,000gns to John Gunther, acting on behalf of Tweenhills’ David Redvers. This time the team consign Simple Verse’s second foal, a filly by the much-missed Roaring Lion (lot 967), among a squad that has plenty of strength in depth. Given she hails from the sole crop of Qatar Racing’s superstar, and is out of a dual Group 1 winner, the filly will have plenty of residual value after her racing career is over. Other notable lots from Tweenhills include a Roaring Lion filly (lot 865) from the family of Duke of Cambridge heroine Aljazzi, a Charm Spirit filly (lot 345) out of a halfsister to the Group 1-placed Military Law and an Invincible Spirit filly (lot 966) out of the stakes-winning Lope De Vega mare Ship Of Dreams.
TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOAL SALE Five-year history Year
Offered
Sold
Aggregate (gns) Average (gns)
Median (gns)
2019
921
663
29,338,300
44,251
22,000
2018
969
681
34,924,757
51,285
25,000
2017
957
742
32,668,200
44,027
25,000
2016
957
743
30,568,350
41,142
21,000
2015
1,089
803
33,565,600
41,800
20,000
TOP TEN FOAL VENDORS 2019 By aggregate Consignor
No sold
Average (gns)
Total (gns)
80,688
1,936,500
20
92,715
1,854,300
11
109,045
1,199,500
Barton Stud
22
48,455
1,066,000
Whitsbury Manor Stud
21
44,295
930,200
The Castlebridge Consignment
20
42,020
840,400
Trickledown Stud
25
30,516
762,900
Tinnakill House Stud
5
147,200
736,000
Castletown Stud
7
103,029
721,200
16
41,406
662,500
Norelands Stud
24
Tweenhills Farm & Stud Newsells Park Stud
Ringfort Stud
TOP TEN FOAL PURCHASERS 2019 By aggregate Buyer(s)
No bought
Average (gns)
Total (gns)
22
64,318
1,415,000
Peter & Ross Doyle B/S
5
278,000
1,390,000
15
73,800
1,107,000
9
114,444
1,030,000
16
56,188
899,000
Camas Park Stud
7
117,143
820,000
David Redvers B/S
2
400,000
800,000
Shadwell
4
198,750
795,000
Jamie Railton Sales Agency
10
67,900
679,000
JC Bloodstock
10
58,200
582,000
Woodford Thoroughbreds Paca Paca Farm Yeomanstown Stud Blandford Bloodstock
TOP-PRICED FOALS 2015-2019 Year
Name, sex
Pedigree
Buyer(s)
Vendor(s)
2019
Unnamed, c
Frankel-Simple Verse
David Redvers B/S
Tweenhills Farm & Stud
Galileo-Pearling
Blue Diamond Stud Farm New England Stud
2018 Unnamed, f
Price (gns)
600,000 1,700,000
2017 Queen’s Opal, f
Dubawi-Swain’s Gold
Godolphin
Minster Stud
750,000
2016 Secret Walk, f
Dansili-High Heeled
MV Magnier et al
West Blagdon Stud
600,000
2015 Espadrille, f
Dubawi-High Heeled
John Ferguson B’stock
West Blagdon Stud
800,000
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Simple Verse in the winner’s enclosure after the 2015 St Leger – her second foal looks sure to attract plenty of interest, as does Airlie Stud’s half-brother to Skitter Scatter (below)
3-time Gr.1 winner CIRCUS MAXIMUS →
Irish 2,000 Guineas winner SISKIN ↴
← 2,000 Guineas winner KAMEKO Dual Group winner and Gr.1-placed WICHITA →
Won a vintage renewal of the Group 1 Sussex Stakes Standing alongside Eqtidaar, Muhaarar and Tasleet Get in touch with the nominations team to discuss terms. Contact Tom Pennington on +44 (0)7736 019914 | tpennington@shadwellstud.co.uk or Ellen Bishop on +44 (0)7826 205155 | ebishop@shadwellstud.co.uk Discover the Shadwell stallions: www.shadwellstud.com
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BREEDING STOCK SALES TATTERSALLS
Phillyjinks appeals as Tiger shines MISS PHILLYJINKS (lot 1736) was no superstar on the track but, following a mating with Zoffany, produced a Group 1 star with her first foal in the shape of Tiger Tanaka. A €12,000 purchase as a yearling from the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale in 2014, she made just a quarter of that when purchased by Bedrock Bloodstock at Goffs’ November Sale three years later. Given the exploits of her prolific daughter – the twoyear-old has won six of her eight starts and two black-type contests, notably the Prix Marcel Boussac – she will be worth a far greater sum when she steps into the Park Paddocks sale ring.
Newsells expected to make usual impact NEWSELLS PARK STUD have enjoyed a fruitful end to 2020 with the Galileo filly out of the wonderful producer Shayste achieving top-lot status at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale to MV Magnier, plus the acquisition of St James’s Palace Stakes winner Without Parole as a new stallion. The team has a typically strong consignment heading to Park Paddocks, including a mix of proven broodmares and exciting maidens for the Mare Sale. Among them is Lady Eclair (lot 1932), a daughter of Danehill Dancer and a sister to the stakes winner Savethisdanceforme, who has produced two black-type horses to date. Foals, meanwhile, by firstcrop sires Harry Angel, Expert Eye and Saxon Warrior join offspring by leading stallions including Sea The Stars,
Coplow passes through the Tattersalls ring last year for 2,100,000gns
Invincible Spirit and New Approach. One particularly eyecatching sort is lot 650, an Invincible Spirit colt out of the Listedwinning Fresh Terms, a halfsister to Prix Marcel Boussac third Star Terms.
Rekindling offered as stallion hope TWO horses owned by Lloyd Williams are being offered for sale as stallion prospects, consigned by Joseph O’Brien, and the pair are due to be
followed into the ring by a couple of entires from Shadwell. O’Brien’s first Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling (lot 1504) and Australian Group 2 winner Yucatan (lot 1505) are set to be joined by Sandown Listed scorer Wadilsafa (lot 1506), who was trained by Owen Burrows, and Yafta (lot 1507), saddled by Richard Hannon to win the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes. Rekindling, a son of High Chaparral, has raced just twice since winning the 2017 Melbourne Cup, finishing last in the 2019 Australian Cup and sixth in a minor event at Leopardstown this summer.
TOP-PRICED MARES 2015-2019 Year
Buyer(s)
Vendor(s)
Price (gns)
2019 Coplow, 2009
Name, year of birth Covering sire
Kingman
MV Magnier
Stowell Hill Stud
2,100,000
2018 Pearling, 2006
Galileo
Blue Diamond Stud Farm
New England Stud
2,400,000
2017 Marsha, 2013
-
MV Magnier
Heath House Stables
6,000,000
2016 Hazariya, 2002
Invincible Spirit
MV Magnier / Mayfair
Newsells Park Stud
2,000,000
John Ferguson Bloodstock
Highclere Stud
2,700,000
2015 Hanky Panky, 2010 Dubawi
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TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES SALE Five-year history Year
Offered
Sold
Aggregate (gns) Average (gns)
Median (gns)
2019
812
668
57,790,900
86,513
27,000
2018
878
728 6
0,712,100
83,396
20,500
2017
857
675
68,315,300
101,208
25,000
2016
891
681
44,709,200
65,652
27,000
2015
908
680
46,513,500
68,402
28,000
TOP TEN MARE VENDORS 2019 By aggregate Consignor
No sold
Average (gns)
Total (gns)
The Castlebridge Consignment
62
164,653
10,208,500
European Sales Management
13
458,538
5,961,000
Juddmonte Farms
36
110,250
3,969,000
9
264,444
2,380,000
20
117,350
2,347,000
Stowell Hill Stud
1
2,100,000
2,100,000
The National Stud
27
74,137
2,001,700
New England Stud
20
97,340
1,946,800
Newsells Park Stud
15
128,933
1,934,000
Norelands Stud
14
126,000
1,764,000
Highclere Stud Tweenhills Farm & Stud
TOP TEN MARE PURCHASERS 2019 By aggregate Buyer(s)
BBA Ireland
No bought
Average (gns)
Total (gns)
26
132,596
3,447,500
Rob Speers / Old Mill Stud
7
327,857
2,295,000
MV Magnier
1
2,100,000
2,100,000
6
309,167
1,855,000
11
152,727
1,680,000
Katsumi Yoshida
3
530,000
1,590,000
Eaton Bloodstock
2
762,500 1,525,000
London Thoroughbred Services
2
712,500
1,425,000
Haif Trading
6
184,167
1,105,000
Badgers Bloodstock
3
355,667
1,067,000
Kern/Lillingston Association Blandford Bloodstock
Tiger Tanaka wins the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac at Longchamp
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BREEDING STOCK SALES ARQANA The stage is set: Arqana will play host to the December Breeding Stock Sale across four days next month
ARQANA DECEMBER BREEDING STOCK vv Where and when
Arqana sales complex, Deauville; December 5-8 vv 2019 results From 918 offered, 698 sold (76 per cent) for turnover of €34,384 500, an average of €49,261 and median of €19,000
DEAUVILLE
Donjah top of the charts THE Breeders’ Cup did not go to plan for Donjah – the filly, Germany’s only representative at the two-day extravaganza, was unlucky to stumble badly and drop to the rear in the Turf won by Tarnawa – but the daughter of Teofilo can still be considered one of the star lots on offer at Deauville. A six-length Group 3 winner at two, the now four-year-old struck at the top level when defeating the likes of Dame Malliot and Barney Roy in the Preis von Europa at Cologne over the summer, providing trainer Henk Grewe with his second success in the race and career Group 1 triumph; he was to make it three the day after the Breeders’ Cup Turf when Sunny Queen took the last top-flight race in Europe of 2020, the Grosser Preis von Bayern. A €100,000 purchase from the Baden-Baden September Yearling Sale, Donjah (lot 182) looks set to command a substantially bigger price and is undoubtedly a valuable asset for any breeding operation.
Impressive strength ECURIE DES MONCEAUX enjoyed a record-breaking Select Sale when consigning what turned out to be the top two lots, and are once again strongly represented at the Breeding Stock Sale. Among the leading consignor’s blue-blooded mares and fillies for sale is a half-sister to the Group 1-winning globetrotter Magic Wand in Psara (lot 148), who is carrying to Churchill, and Forest Maiden (lot 166) a daughter of Invincible Spirit out of the Group 1 winner Lady Marian, who is in foal to Siyouni.
TOP-PRICED FOALS 2015-2019 Year
Name, sex
Pedigree
Buyer(s)
Vendor(s)
Price (€)
Sea The Stars-Innevera
Hennessy Bloodstock
Montaigu
290,000
2018 Nash Nasha, f
Dubawi-Just The Judge
Stroud Coleman Bloodstock
La Motteraye Consignment 1,000,000
2017 Frozen Ocean, c
Dabirsim-Sailor Moon
Godolphin SNC
Petit Tellier
2019 Unnamed, c
2016 Fashion Family, f Frankel-Ascot 2015 Guy Dragon, c
Family Hugo Merry Bloodstock Capucines
Dark Angel-Trip To The Moon Railton/Stauffenberg
Cadran 2
260,000 450,000 30,000
TOP-PRICED MARES 2015-2019 Year
Name, year of birth
Covering sire
Buyer(s)
Vendor(s)
Price (€)
2019
Frankel Light, 2015
Dark Angel
Charlie Gordon-Watson
Mezeray
1,300,000
-
Narvick International for Katsumi Yoshida
Capucines
1,100,000
2017 Haggle, 2013
-
Wertheimer et Frère
Devin
1,300,000
2016 Parvaneh, 2013
-
James Delahooke
Monceaux
1,000,000
2015 Embellishment, 2011
Kingman
Bridlewood Farm
Etreham
2018 Lily’s Candle, 2016
900,000
The Truth is out there THE recently retired Magic Wand sold for €1,400,000 as a yearling at Arqana in 2016, going on to enjoy a stellar career featuring a triumph at the top level in the Mackinnon Stakes, while her career earnings topped £3.7 million. Her older sister Truth (lot 178) obviously holds plenty of value given her sister’s starstudded exploits and all-round consistency.
Currently carrying to sire of the moment Siyouni, the daughter of perennial champion sire Galileo is also related to Irish Oaks heroine Chicquita and the stakesplaced Secret Thoughts.
World-class sires abound WHETHER purchasers are after a mare in foal, a filly recently retired from the track or a foal, there is a huge amount of choice when it
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ARQANA DECEMBER BREEDING STOCK SALE Five-year history Year
Offered
Sold
Aggregate (€)
Average (€)
Median (€)
2019
918
698
34,384,500
49,261
19,000
2018
901
683
33,276,500
48,721
18,000
2017
871
688
31,249,000
45,420
19,000
2016
832
620
23,035,500
37,154
16,000
2015
895
686
25,945,900
37,822
19,000
TOP TEN VENDORS 2019 By aggregate Consignor
comes to the sires on offer. Among the leading stallions with mares in foals are Dark Angel, Kingman, Le Havre, Sea The Stars and Siyouni, while Frankel, Mehmas, Night Of Thunder and Wootton Bassett are among those whose foals are up for auction. As a footnote, Arqana’s December sale usually brings the curtain down on Europe’s breeding stock auctions, but this time it sits in the middle of Tattersalls and Goffs, given the delay of the latter’s foal and mare auctions.
No sold
Average (€)
Total (€)
Etreham
19
207,211
3,937,000
Mezeray
15
184,333
2,765,000
Monceaux
27
90,593
2,446,000
La Motteraye Consignment
42
52,869
2,220,500
Wertheimer et Frere
21
99,143
2,082,000
Ombreville
28
74,107
2,075,000
Aga Khan Studs
24
65,542
1,573,000
Channel Consignment
30
49,017
1,470,500
Coulonces Sales
22
64,159
1,411,500
Capucines
17
56,559
961,500
TOP TEN PURCHASERS 2019 By aggregate Buyer
BBA Ireland
No bought
Average (€)
Total (€)
15
169,500
2,542,500
Oceanic Bloodstock
2
885,000
1,770 000
Charlie Gordon-Watson
1
1,300 000
1,300 000
Meridian International
13
86,308
1,122 000
Paul Nataf
30
31,333
940,000
Blandford Bloodstock
11
85,091
936,000
Broadhurst Agency
18
46,778
842,000
MAB Agency
18
44,250
796,500
Margaret O’Toole
4
196,750
787,000
Blue Diamond Stud
5
133,800
669,000
Rymska Gr.2 winner and twice Gr.1 placed on the Flat in 2019 then sold for $1,050,000 at Keeneland in November
Queenohearts Gr.2 winner over hurdles in 2019, purchased for £13,000 at Goffs UK
Emmas Joy Gr.2 winner over fences in 2020, purchased privately
Available at all the upcoming Flat and National Hunt sales, so please get in touch
jdmoorebloodstock.com JD Moore, Dereens, Naas, Kildare T: +353 (0)87 634 6998 E: Johndaniel.moore@yahoo.com
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BREEDING STOCK SALES GOFFS
Ghaiyyath and Sea Of Class siblings the highlights of a star-studded sale
T
HIS year’s Goffs November Sale is unsurprisingly chockablock full of quality, and potential buyers will have the opportunity to get their hands on a foal with one of the hottest pedigrees anywhere in the world. The Castlebridge Consignment usually holds a stellar hand – they sold last
year’s record-breaking top lot – and this time the team is headed by a Kingman halfbrother to the recently retired four-time Group 1 winner Ghaiyyath. Godolphin’s brilliant middle-distance runner, the top-rated horse of 2020 so far, leaves the scene for Kildangan Stud, and his half-brother will be box office when heading into the sales ring.
By sire sensation Kingman, responsible for top milers Persian King and Palace Pier this year, he is out of 1,000 Guineas heroine Nightime, famously the first Group 1 scorer for Galileo. Ghaiyyath was sold at this auction for €1.1 million in 2015, while his full-brother sold for €1.2m to Anthony Stroud last year as the most expensive foal in the world.
What price this latest blueblooded sibling can top those seven-figure lots? Another star attraction will be Oak Lodge & Springfield House Stud’s full-brother to the hugely talented but illfated Irish and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Sea Of Class (lot 636), who would likely also have won the Oaks at Epsom two years ago had she turned up and was very unlucky to be
beaten a short neck by Enable later that season in the Arc. Sire Sea The Stars has had another excellent year on the track, through the exploits of supreme stayer Stradivarius plus the likes of Ribblesdale winner Fanny Logan and Queen Anne runner-up Terebellum. With ten lots set to represent the Gilltown Stud-based stallion here, his progeny
look hot property. All in all we can expect to see plenty of quality foals and breeding stock on offer at this year’s delayed sales, with leading vendors the Aga Khan Studs, Ballylinch, Baroda, The Castlebridge Consignment, Derrinstown, Godolphin and Moyglare all represented in what promises to be another excellent edition. KITTY TRICE
GOFFS NOVEMBER FOALS
vv Where and when Goffs sales complex, Kildare; December 18-20 vv 2019 results Part 1 524 lots sold from 645 offered (81 per cent)
for turnover of €25,721,800, an average of €49,087 and median of €30,000; Part 2 105 lots sold from 157 offered (67 per cent) for turnover of €680,500, an average of €6,481 and median of €4,200
GOFFS NOVEMBER BREEDING STOCK
vv Where and when Goffs sales complex, Kildare; December 21
vv 2019 results From 295 lots offered, 242 sold (82 per cent) for
turnover of €8,022,900, an average of €33,152 and median of €14,000
KILL
Ghaiyyath cruises home to win the Juddmonte International at York. He was sold at this auction in 2015
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BREEDING STOCK SALES GOFFS
Strong show from hot firstcrop sires THE 2018 graduates to the stallion ranks looked a particularly strong class, and the leading group of Cracksman, Saxon Warrior, Roaring Lion, Expert Eye and Harry Angel are all duly represented. Among their first foals to look out for are The Castlebridge Consignment’s Cracksman filly (lot 672) from the family of 1,000 Guineas winner Virginia Waters, Ballintry Stud’s Expert Eye filly (lot 611) out of a sister to star sprinter Sole Power, plus the Irish National Stud-consigned Saxon Warrior colt (lot 630) out of Prix de l’Abbaye scorer Gilt Edge Girl. Sadly this will be Roaring Lion’s first and only crop heading to the Goffs November Foal Sale. The late son of Kitten’s Joy has four foals up for offer. Among them is the Ballylinch Stud-consigned colt (lot 597) out of the Listedplaced Teofilo mare Cascading, a half-sister to French champion juvenile First Defense, and The Castlebridge Consignment’s colt out of the unraced Footstepsinthesand mare Sand Shoe, a relation of Pretty Polly Stakes scorer Thistle Bird.
Chances to snap up a Mehmas foal MEHMAS has taken the firstseason sire scene by storm and made history when recording his 38th individual European winner – courtesy of the Richard Hannon-trained Good Listener at Windsor in October – so Tally-Ho Stud’s young stallion will undoubtedly be on most purchasers’ shortlist. Leading his first crop of runners is the exciting Middle Park Stakes winner Supremacy, who also struck in the Richmond Stakes for good measure, plus Minzaal, who landed the Gimcrack and was a promising third in the Middle Park. The red-hot sire has 12 foals up for grabs at this particular sale and one of the most intriguing lots is Osberstown Stud’s colt (lot 539) out of the unraced Dansili mare Trading Places, the dam of the Marygate Stakes winner Vona and from the family of European champion threeyear-old Rail Link and the Group 2-winning Crossharbour. Plenty will be hopeful of Mehmas’s progeny progressing at three, and the dam’s side of this particular colt offers encouragement on that front. Mehmas’s debut crop was conceived at a fee of €12,500
‘Mehmas has taken the first-season sire scene by storm and made history when recording his 38th individual European winner, so Tally-Ho Stud’s young stallion will undoubtedly be on most purchasers’ shortlist’
GOFFS NOVEMBER MARES SALE
GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE Five-year history
Five-year history Year
Offered
Sold
Aggregate (€)
Average (€)
Median (€)
Year
Offered
Sold
Aggregate (€)
Average (€)
Median (€)
2019
295
242
8,022,900
33,152
14,000
2019 (pt1)
645
524
25,721,800
49,087
30,000
2018
363
235
6,289,000
26,762
10,000
2018 (pt1)
665
480
20,311,000
42,315
28,000
2017
445
345
14,924,450
43,259
15,000
2017 (pt1)
660
536
25,540,750
47,651
27,000
2016
467
401
20,777,700
51,815
15,000
2016
1,041
697
20,083,350
28,814
15,000
2015
407
315
9,840,400
31,239
15,000
2015
1,057
810
25,852,500
31,917
17,750
TOP TEN FOAL VENDORS 2019 (Part 1)
TOP TEN MARE VENDORS 2019 By aggregate Consignor
No sold
Average (€)
Total (€)
The Castlebridge Consignment
18
65,444
1,178,000
Godolphin
22
47,182
1,038,000
Aga Khan Studs
19
37,263
708,000
Derrinstown Stud
10
55,200
552,000
6
91,583
549,500
19
26,816
509,500
7
57,286
401,000
18
21,028
378,500
2
171,500
343,000
11
26,564
292,200
Kiltinan Castle Stud Norelands Grenane House Stud Baroda Stud Linacre House Stud Ballylinch Stud
TOP TEN MARE PURCHASERS 2019
Consignor
No sold
The Castlebridge Consignment
Average (€)
Total (€)
40
87,513
3,500,500
8
106,313
850,500
14
54,679
765,500
Stanley Lodge
8
86,125
689,000
Irish National Stud
6
113,833
683,000
Castletown Stud
10
64,200
642,000
Ringfort Stud
18
35,444
638,000
Abbeville Stud
6
103,167
619,000
Airlie Stud
7
87,143
610,000
Jockey Hall Stud
5
121,000
605,000
Ballylinch Stud Tinnakill House Stud
TOP TEN FOAL PURCHASERS 2019 (Part 1)
By aggregate Buyer(s)
By aggregate
By aggregate
No bought
Average (€)
Total (€)
BBA Ireland
8
136,000
1,088,000
BDS UK
6
107,500
645,000
Yeomanstown Stud
Yeguada Centurion
9
66,556
599,000
Shadwell
Eaton B/S for Diane Nagle
2
255,000
510,000
John McCormack BS LLC
2
179,000
Tally-Ho Stud
4
Broadhurst Agency
No bought
Average (€)
Total (€)
2
765,000
1,530,000
17
62,500
1,062,500
3
343,333
1,030,000
Lynn Lodge Stud
16
61,000
976,000
358,000
Tally-Ho Stud
22
42,477
934,500
75,000
300,000
Camas Park Stud
7
123,857
867,000
2
134,000
268,000
Glenvale Stud
9
82,222
740,000
Eaton Bloodstock
2
131,000
262,000
Jamie Railton Sales Agency
11
65,455
720,000
RJB Bloodstock
3
74,000
222,000
Peter & Ross Doyle B/S
9
66,333
597,000
10
16,100
161,000
Cormac McCormack Bloodstock
2
290,000
580,000
Luke Comer
and averaged 32,665gns, but their subsequent exploits resulted in a 59 per cent increase for this year’s yearlings at 51,880gns. His most expensive yearling to
date realised 320,000gns to Tom Goff at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, and if this is anything to go by his foals should sell like hot cakes.
Buyer(s)
Godolphin
Aga Khan consignment catches eye
IT GOES without saying that the Aga Khan Studs draft will attract plenty of attention given the strength of the bloodlines and the results gained on the track this year by
progeny of the mares sold in previous years. One such example is Marie’s Diamond, winner of the Paradise Stakes and third in the Queen Anne, who is out of the Kalanisi mare Sindiyma, sold at this auction in 2013 to Tony Ashley for €20,000. Sindiyma is again up for sale and the Airlie Stud-consigned mare (lot 922), who is carrying once again to Footstepsinthesand, has the pedigree and paddocks record to go for a respectable sum. Among the exciting breeding stock prospects on offer this year is the placed Kingman filly Ediyva (lot 933), out of the Group 3 winner Emiyna and from the family of Gold Cup winner Estimate, Irish Oaks heroine Ebadiyla and Blandford Stakes scorer Eziyra. Another likely prospect is the unraced Zoffany filly Haramouda (lot 936), out of a half-sister to dual Group 3 winner Hazapour and from the top-class family of dual Derby winner and champion threeyear-old Harzand. Raydiya (lot 852) is another lot from the star-studded draft with polished breeding credentials. A Listed winner herself, the daughter of Marju has produced three winners including the Rock Of Gibraltar filly Raydara, winner of the Group 2 Debutante Stakes and fourth in the Matron. She produced a filly by Roaring Lion this year and is now in foal to Ballylinch Stud’s Waldgeist, making her a tempting buy for anyone wishing to add to their broodmare band.
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Big guns: Night Of Thunder (main) and (from far left) Expert Eye and Mehmas will each be represented
It’s Night Of Thunder’s world and we’re just living in it NIGHT OF THUNDER has consistently broken records and exceeded high expectations with his first two crops of racing age, and consignors offer a select three to represent the Darley sire at the Goffs November Foal Sale. The Kildangan Stud-based son of Dubawi recorded his 13th stakes winner from his first crop when Stormy Girl struck in the Listed Flying Fillies’ Stakes at Pontefract in August, and there is no reason why demand for his progeny should slow down. The obvious standout from his three foals to go under the
hammer here is the AK Thoroughbreds-consigned colt (lot 569) out of the winning Monsun mare Arabescatta. She is out of the stakes-winning Approach and therefore a halfsister to Grand Prix de SaintCloud and Prix Jean Romanet scorer Coronet, plus Derrinstown Derby Trial winner and Irish Derby second Midas Touch. With Dante Stakes winner Thunderous and some exciting juveniles set for next season, Night Of Thunder’s three foals could well be collector’s items by this time next year.
Derrinstown draft looks hot to trot THE Derrinstown team are always a familiar presence at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale and there is plenty
of choice for prospective buyers among the 16-strong offering. Among them is the Green Desert mare Ethaara (lot 886), a stakes winner in her own right and the dam of four winners to date, including the Listed-winning Street Cry filly Etaab. Ethaara hails from a solid black-type family, which includes stakes scorers Sudoor and Raseed, and is currently carrying to Darley stallion Cracksman, who had his first crop of foals arrive this year. Another eyecatching lot on offer is Shimah (lot 891), a stakes-winning daughter of Street Cry who was second in the Moyglare Stakes. From the family of Group 2 winner Haatef and Group 3 victress Walayef, her best offspring to date is Rockingham Stakes scorer Mushir. She returned to Mushir’s sire, Oasis Dream, this year and would rate a high-class addition for any breeder.
TOP-PRICED FOALS 2015-2019 Pedigree
Buyer(s)
Vendor(s)
2019 Unnamed, c
Year
Name, sex
Dubawi-Nightime
Godolphin
The Castlebridge Consignment
2018 Reina Madre, f
Kingman-Splashdown
2017 Petite Mustique, f Galileo-Inca Princess
Outsider BL
Jockey Hall Stud
Hugo Lascelles, agent
The Castlebridge Consignment
Price (€)
1,200,000 350,000 1,100,000
2016 Maqsad, f
Siyouni-Amerique
Shadwell Estate Co
The Castlebridge Consignment
775,000
2015 Ghaiyyath, c
Dubawi-Nightime
John Ferguson
The Castlebridge Consignment
1,100,000
TOP-PRICED MARES 2015-2019 Year
Name, year of birth
2019 Snowflakes, 2015
Covering sire
Buyer(s)
Vendor(s)
Price (€)
U S Navy Flag
BBA Ireland
The Castlebridge Consignment
525,000
2018 She’s Complete, 2012 Sea The Stars
BBA Ireland/Yulong Investments The Castlebridge Consignment
2017 Inca Princess, 2008
Broadhurst Agency
Galileo
350,000
The Castlebridge Consignment
1,900,000 1,600,000
2016 Beauty Parlour, 2009
Kingman
White Birch
The Castlebridge Consignment
2015 Ebeyina, 2011
Kodiac
Ballylinch Stud
Aga Khan Studs
460,000
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THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success
BREEDING STOCK SALES Graduates of previous Aga Khan drafts include the dams of subsequent 2020 successes: CORMORANT
GUILDSMAN
PASSION
Gr.3 Derby Trial Stakes
Gr.3 Franklin-Simpson Stakes 2nd Gr.3 Round Tower Stakes 3rd Gr.2 Coventry Stakes
Gr.3 Stanerra Stakes 3rd Gr.1 Irish Oaks rd 3 Gr.1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes 3rd Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes 3rd Gr.3 Give Thanks Stakes
DARKNESS LR Criterium de Lyon
KIRSTENBOSCH
EMERALDS
2nd Gr.3 September Stakes 3rd LR Floodlit Stakes
Gr.3 Angst Stakes 2nd Gr.2 Golden Pendant
MARIE’S DIAMOND
VENTURA DIAMOND
Gr.3 Anglesey Stakes LR Paradise Stakes 3rd Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes
LR Bosra Sham Stakes
GOLD TRIP Gr.2 Prix Greffulhe 3rd Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris
the dams of jumps winners:
Stakes winner:
BORN TO HOLD
SONAIYLA
LR Prix Dominique Sartini
LR Sweet Mimosa Stakes nd 2 Gr.3 Phoenix Sprint Stakes 3rd Gr.1 Flying Five Stakes
HERE I AM LR Prix Finot (Poulains)
ZARKAREVA Gr.3 Buck House Novice Chase
See our 2020 drafts for Goffs and Arqana at
www.AgaKhanStuds.com/Sales