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TUESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2018 "We're very excited about his brother," said Martin Taylor. "He OASIS DREAM BRO TO CLASSIC won his maiden by five lengths and was then second in the Horris Hill 12 days later. John Gosden feels he's potentially a HOPE LEADS TATTERSALLS Guineas horses so we'll be hoping that he can start off in a Guineas trial somewhere." The colt's withdrawal from the October Sale worked in his favour, as Azano broke his maiden on Oct. 15, before adding some vital black-type to the page at the end of the month. His dam Azanara (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire}), a half-sister to the G1 Prix Ganay winner Astarabad (Alleged) and to the dam of the Aga Khan's multiple Group 1 winner Azamour (Ire), was bought for the Taylors as a yearling by Liam Norris for i130,000. The mare has a filly foal by Frankel (GB) and is now in foal to Sea The Stars (Ire). Anthony Stroud, who signed for the colt on Gosden's behalf, added, "This is a very nice horse and has been produced well. John is very keen on his full-brother and this colt will go to him." Cont. p2 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY MIRAHMADI NAMED SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCER Lot 89 by Oasis Dream | Laura Green/Tattersalls Frank Mirahmadi has been named the new announcer at Santa Anita, effective with the track’s opening day Dec. 26. Click or tap by Emma Berry here to go straight to TDN America. NEWMARKET, UKCThe European yearling sales have been hit-or-miss all season and, from a slow beginning, the finale eventually sparked into life as dusk settled, with a number of high-priced lots contributing to a record average for Tattersalls December Yearling Sale of 35,597gns. A fall in clearance rate to 73% from 78% last season meant that the aggregate fell fractionally, with the 118 yearlings sold bringing 4,200,500gns, a drop of 2%. The median was down by 14% at 21,500gns. The green and red silks of Martin and Lee Taylor have already been carried to Classic glory by the Oaks winner Dancing Rain (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who was one of the stars of the 2013 Tattersalls December Sale when selling for 4 million gns. The brothers will be hoping that their luck is in again next spring when their G2 Horris Hill S. runner-up Azano (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) attempts to lay down his Guineas claims. In the meantime his full-brother (lot 89), bred by the Taylors and sold through the Castlebridge Consignment, led the December yearling session, with the hammer falling in favour of Azano's trainer John Gosden at 260,000gns. As well as boasting the key qualities of precocity, “ brilliant class and durability, Highland Reel also has a pedigree that entitles him to excel at stud.” Martin Stevens, RACING POST Top-class at 2 Seven-time Group 1 winner 1st Vintage Stakes-Gr.2, 7 furlongs, 1st Prince of Wales’s Stakes-Gr.1, 10 furlongs, in a faster time than Shamardal defeating Decorated Knight, Ulysses etc. 1st Maiden at Gowran Park by 12 lengths 1st Breeders’ Cup Turf-Gr.1 1st King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S.-Gr.1 st Hong Kong Vase-Gr.1 Earnings of nearly €9,500,000 - more than 1 , twice st Coronation Cup-Gr.1 any other European-trained colt in history! 1 1st Secretariat Stakes-Gr.1, 10 furlongs Bred on same GALILEO/DANEHILL cross as the top-class Gr.1 sires FRANKEL and TEOFILO. From the family of proven Gr.1 sire STARSPANGLEDBANNER. Fee: €17,500 Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: +353-52-6131298. Fax: +353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller or Neil Magee. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon, John Kennedy or Cathal Murphy: +353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 27 NOVEMBER 2018 Matt Coleman | Tattersalls Seeing Stars And Moons... The champion trainer was back in action later and bought a Sea The Stars (Ire) half-sister to Group 3 winner Caravan Rolls On (GB) Hernando {Fr}) from Staffordstown Stud for 105,000gns. The filly (lot 149) is out of the unraced Machiavellian mare Grain Only (GB), whose dam All Grain (GB) is a sister to the Irish and Yorkshire Oaks winner Pure Grain (GB) (Polish Precedent). Breeder Kirsten Rausing said, "Unfortunately she had a stone bruise and could not come [to the sale] in October. I am delighted that she has been purchased by John Gosden and Stroud Coleman Bloodstock. She is a lovely filly and has always done everything rightCexcept find one stone to stand on." Rausing will also have approved of Gosden and Stroud's next purchase, just five lots later. The filly in question (lot 154) is by the Lanwades stallion Sea The Moon (Ger) who has recently been crowned champion first-season sire in Germany on the back of a strong crop of debutants, including the Group 3 winners Noble Moon (Ger) and Quest The Moon (Ger). On behalf of breeder Gestut Ammerland, Ronald Rauscher consigned the half-sister to the listed winner High Duty (GB) (Oratorio {Ire}) and out of the winning Montjeu (Ire) mare Heart Of Ice (Ire), who sold for 125,000gns. "She is very athletic and light on her feet," said Stroud. "And the sire has been doing very well." Family Affair For Burns Madeline Burns went to 160,000gns to buy the Authorized (Ire) mare Lake Nona (GB) from a family she knows well and two years later her faith has been rewarded with the sale of the mare's first foal, a Kodiac (GB) filly, for 150,000gns. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 27 NOVEMBER 2018 TATTERSALLS DECEMBER YEARLING SALE SESSION TOTALS 2018 2017 $ Catalogued 201 200 $ Number Offered 162 160 Vice President, International Operations $ Number Sold 118 124 Gary King $ Not Sold 44 36 Twitter: @garykingTDN $ Clearance Rate 73% 78% $ High Price 260,000gns 400,000gns [email protected] $ Gross 4,200,500gns 4,271,500gns + 1.732.320.0975 $ Average (% change) 35,597gns (+3%) 34,448gns $ Median (% change) 21,500gns (-14%) 25,000gns International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Tattersalls December Yearling Sale Cont. [email protected] Lot 171 was effectively bought with the unraced mare while in utero and she represents a family which has close ties with European Editor Rathasker Stud. Maurice Burns bought the mare's half-sister Es Emma Berry Que (GB) from George Strawbridge back in 2007 and from the Twitter: @collingsberry daughter of Inchinor (GB) the farm has bred four black-type [email protected] winners, including stallion Es Que Love (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire})Cwho Associate International Editor will be offered for sale at Tattersalls next week as lot 1680Band Heather Anderson G1 Hong Kong vase winner Dominant (Ire) (Cacique {GB}). Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN The family has stayed particularly active in the last few seasons through the filly's third dam Bellarida (Fr), whose daughter In Marketing Manager Clover (GB) is the dam of Group 1 winners With You (GB), We Alayna Cullen Are (GB) and Call The Wind (GB). Bellarida also features as the Twitter: @AlaynaCullen third dam of this season's G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner [email protected] Teppal (Fr) (Camacho {GB}). Cont. p4 Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Amanda Skiffington | Tattersalls TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 27 NOVEMBER 2018 Gleneagles Filly For Skiffington Amanda Skiffington was paying close attention as lot 96 went through the ring as the Gleneagles (Ire) colt is a half-brother to the G2 German 1000 Guineas winner Hawksmoor (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), who was bought by the agent as a yearling at Tattersalls Ireland for i80,000. This time around Skiffington was forced to stretch to 240,000gns to claim another son of Bridal Dance (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), this colt offered by David Nagle of Barronstown Stud, who bought the mare for i260,000 following a Group 3 win and Group 1 placing at two for Hawksmoor. Magical Fire (Ire), a filly by Dragon Pulse (Ire) has subsequently added more black-type to the immediate family when finishing runner-up in the G2 Duchess Of Cambridge S. Oasis Dream featured again among the leading lots on Monday when Bluehills Racing Ltd's colt out of the listed-placed Clarentine (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) was sold for 140,000gns to Kuwaiti owner Rashed Aldaban. Lot 106 was another who had missed his prior engagement at the October Sale but he remains eligible for the Book 1 Bonus and is likely to remain in Britain to be trained. Aldaban currently has horses in training with Richard Fahey and Richard Hughes. He is the first foal of his dual-winning dam, who is a half-sister to the Lingfield Oaks Trial winner Perfect Clarity (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and a granddaughter of the G2 Premio Lydia Tesio winner Claxon (GB) (Caerleon). Rashed Aldaban | Tattersalls Rabbah Steps In For No Nay Never Jono Mills of Rabbah Bloodstock was active throughout Monday, signing for four lots for 271,000gns. At the head of this quartet was lot 58, a filly by champion first-season sire No Nay Never, bought for 98,000gns.