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THURSDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Eventually Coleman had to cry enough and Foley and Team RECORDS ALL AROUND Clipper Logistics won the day. "She is an exquisite filly," said Foley, the Ballyhane Stud AT TATTERSALLS IRELAND manager. "We were very keen to get her. She is out of a tough racemare and her granddam was a tough, hardy horse too." The dam is Coolminx (Ire) (One Cool Cat), a five-time winner, while the second dam Greta D'Argent (Ire) (Great Commotion {GB}), won four times and was placed in six further starts. She is the dam of five winners from six runners and a half-sister to Listed Weatherbys Bank Further Flight S. winner Winged D'Argent. Bred by Gaye and Derek Veitch at their Ringfort Stud farm in County Westmeath, the filly was purchased for just i14,500 by the O'Callaghans of Tally-Ho Stud, earning them a remarkable return on their investment. The sale was a fillip for Tattersalls Ireland's November Flat Foal and Breeding Stock Sale, where Tally-Ho purchased him at the sale's inaugural renewal. Cont. p2 Lot 385, i160,000 filly by Society Rock | Tattersalls Ireland IN TDN AMERICA TODAY ELSER BREEZING DOWN UNDER The 2017 renewal of the Tattersalls Ireland September Alayna Cullen chats with Kip Elser of Kirkwood Stables Yearling Sale on Tuesday and Wednesday will go down as the regarding his new Australian ready-to-run consignment for the upcoming Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs-in-Training Sale. Click most successful running of the sale in its three decades of or tap here to go straight to TDN America. existence. Figures leaped in all categories, with the aggregate of i11,451,000 the highest ever recorded along with the best-ever average (i28,556, up 14% from last year) and median (i23,000, up 21%) figures for the two-day sale. The buyback rate was 10% for 401 sold from 448 offered. Session totals on day two were positive as well: the buyback rate was down to 11% from 21% last year. The aggregate for 206 sold on the day was i5,826,500, while the average was up 19% to i28,284, and the median climbed 35% to i23,000. In total, seven yearlings sold for six figures, with two breaking the i200,000 mark, including Tuesday's record-priced i230,000 colt. Wednesday=s top price of i160,000 was commanded by lot 385, a daughter of Society Rock (Ire) consigned by Tally-Ho Stud and purchased by Joe Foley, in his capacity as advisor to Steve Parkin of Clipper Logistics. A crowd began to gather around the ring as the time came closer to her entrance, and they were not sheltering from the rain. Bids were not hard to elicit and soon it became a battle between Foley, standing beside agent Federico Barberini, and Matt Coleman of Stroud Coleman who was taking instructions by phone. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 21 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Records All Around At Tattersalls Ireland Cont. from p1 Foley struck early for Clipper Logistics, buying the day's first big-priced lot, a colt by Footstepsinthesand (GB) consigned by Ashwood Stud, for i100,000. Lot 256 is a half-brother to three winners from five runners out of the unraced Pivotal (GB) mare Van de Cappelle, a half-sister to Wild Irish Rose (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was listed placed over the summer for Aidan O'Brien. Their dam Sea Picture (Ire) (Royal Academy) comes from one of the most successful of the Ballymacoll Stud families as her dam is a half-sister to G1 Yorkshire Oaks winner Hellenic (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), the dam of G1 winners Islington (Ire), Greek Dance (Ire) and Mountain High (Ire). "We liked this colt right from the start and we were determined not to lose him," Foley remarked. "Two years ago we were underbidders here at i110,000 on Larchmont Lad (Ire) [also by Footstepsinthesand and a Group 3 winner] and we were not going to let this one get away." The best sale for any of the first crop sires represented on Wednesday was for Cheveley Park Stud's Garswood (GB). Lot 287 sold to agent Gill Richardson on behalf of trainer Johnny Murtagh for i100,000, he was another hugely successful pinhook for the team at Tally-Ho Stud, who purchased him as a foal for i38,000. It was also a milestone sale for his young sire as the colt became the highest-priced yearling sold so far by Joe Foley signed for two six-figure lots on Wednesday | Tatts Ireland Garswood. Cont. p3 Tally-Ho Stud was involved in three of the day's four most expensive yearlings apart from the Footstepsinthesand colt. Late in proceedings a son of the farm's phenomenal sire Kodiac (GB) made a late splash, selling for i110,000 to trainer Ger Lyons. Bred by James Hanly's renowned Ballyhimikin Stud, lot 464 is out of Greek Easter (Ire), successful four times on the track and the dam of two winners so far. She is a half-sister to Doc Holiday (Ire) (Dr Devious {Ire}), a Grade III winner in America and third in the G1 Middle Park S at Newmarket as a 2-year-old. "I really like him, there is something different about him," Lyons remarked of the second most expensive sale of the day. "Because of one or two things with others on the list, he ended up making his way to the top of the shortlist. I don't know which client he is for, I have one or two in mind for him, but the most Gill Richardson | Tattersalls Ireland important thing is we have him on the team." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 21 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Records All Around At Tattersalls Ireland Cont. An April-born colt, he is out of the winning Rahy mare Abandon, who is the dam of three winners from four runners. Abandon is a half-sister to Tawqeet (Kingmambo), victorious in Australia's G1 Caulfield Cup and G1 Metropolitan H., and their dam is out of G3 Prix Vanteaux winner Barger, a full-sister to champion Triptych. A trio of fillies, all by different sires, changed hands for i80,000, with a daughter of Dark Angel (Ire) lot 270 first to Vice President, International Operations reach that mark during a flurry of early activity in the morning. Gary King Consigned by Luke Barry's Manister House Stud, she is out of a Twitter: @garykingTDN winning full-sister to Rathasker Stud sire Bungle Inthejungle (GB) [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 (Exceed And Excel), whose first crop are yearlings this year. G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen S. winner Muarrab (GB) (Oasis Dream International Editor {GB}) is a half-brother to the pair, and their granddam is Crime Kelsey Riley Of Passion (GB), winner of the G3 Cherry Hinton S. The bay filly Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN is a half-sister to two winners and was purchased by Peter and [email protected] Ross Doyle. Slade Power (Ire) put in a bold showing as a first-crop sire and European Editor he had the second-highest priced yearling by a member of that Emma Berry group on Tuesday. He was the sire of lot 345, who will be Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] heading into training with Richard Fahey, who signed for her along with agent Aidan O'Ryan at i80,000. Associate International Editor Sold by the Castlebridge Consignment, she is a half-sister to Heather Anderson Viren's Army (Ire) (Twirling Candy) whose four wins so far Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN include the Listed Dee S. at Chester. In 2015 he topped this sale from the same consignor, when purchased for i115,000 by Marketing Manager Peter and Ross Doyle. Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen "She is for a new owner in Richard's yard," said O'Ryan. "We [email protected] thought she was a lovely filly with a nice pedigree and by an exciting first-season sire." Contributing Editor Her dam Blue Angel (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) won twice and was Alan Carasso placed twice at Group 3 level and is a half-sister to Empowering Twitter: @EquinealTDN (Ire) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}), winner of the G3 1000 Guineas Cafe Racing Trial at Leopardstown. Their dam Blue Cloud (Ire) won the Listed Sean Cronin Prix Imprudence at Maisons-Lafitte and was runner-up in the G1 Tom Frary Prix Marcel Boussac at two. She is a half-sister to Bigstone (Ire), [email protected] victorious four times in G1 contests including the Queen Elizabeth S. and Prix d'Ispahan. Irish Correspondent The final filly to sell for i80,000 was lot 462, a speedily-bred Daithi Harvey daughter of Kodiac and the first foal out of Graphic Quest (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), twice a winner at two years of age. Graphic Regular Columnists Quest is a half-sister to listed winner Fourpenny Lane (GB), who Bill Oppenheim in turn is the dam of a listed winner named The Unicorn (Ind). Andrew Caulfield Sold by Baroda and Colbinstown Studs, the filly also hails from John Berry the family of classy sprinter Medicean Man (GB) and Group 3 Kevin Blake winner Abigail Pett (GB). Renowned consignor John Cullinane of Tom Peacock Horse Park Stud was the buyer and she will be one for his breeze up stock in 2017. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 21 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Tattersalls Ireland Managing Director Roger Casey said, "Strong, frenetic and vibrant are just some of the terms that begin to encapsulate the description of the trade witnessed here at Tattersalls Ireland over the last two days, and there has been an array of positives to acknowledge at what is the continuously progressive September Yearling Sale; the highest price for a yearling on record at Tattersalls Ireland of i230,000, major increases in the aggregate 12%, median 21% and average 14%, and an impressive clearance rate of 90%.