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TUESDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2015 ONLINE SALES THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE? OR IN RACING, A TOUGH SELL? By Bill Finley A second share in Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) will be auctioned off on Arqana online Dec. 9 and 10. (Register to place bids at www.arqanaonline.com). The sale follows on the heels of the successful auction of a Siyouni share to Hesmonds Stud for €355,000 in November, and a sale last week for a share in leading National Hunt stallion Martaline (GB) for €50,000. As with the share last month, this share comes with the right to one free nomination each year, plus an extra one every other year, beginning in 2016. Siyouni was the champion sire of two- year-olds in France and is currently the second-leading European second-crop sire. He is fully booked for 2016, and will stand for Incahoots | Tattersalls photo a fee of €30,000. Cont. p6 WERTHEIMERS SECURE TOP LOT AT TATTS by Emma Berry and Catherine Austen PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: MOHAYMEN An early pacesetter during Monday’s opening session of the This week, columnist Andrew Caulfield studies the Tattersalls December Mares’ Sale was George Strawbridge’s impressive lineage of undefeated GII Remsen S. winner winning daughter of Oasis Dream (GB), Incahoots (GB) (lot Mohaymen, as well as the influence of his world-class sire 1532), who will remain in training in France with Freddy Head Tapit. Story in today’s TDN America. after being bought by the Wertheimer brothers for 420,000gns through manager Pierre-Yves Bureau. The filly was the only offering to bring over 400,000gns Monday in Newmarket. “It’s a family we know well, but we have nothing left from it-- we all make mistakes,” explained Bureau of the half-sister to G1 Prix de l’Opera winner We Are (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) whose granddam Bellarida (Fr) (Bellypha {Fr}) won the G3 Prix de Royaumont for Jacques Wertheimer before her sale to Strawbridge. “She’ll go back into training next year as she’s come pretty close to earning black-type,” he added. The 3-year-old, who won over a mile at Compiegne and was fourth in listed company on her last start on Nov. 3, was consigned for Strawbridge by his bloodstock advisor James Wigan, whose West Blagdon Stud topped last week’s foal sale with its 800,000-guineas daughter of Dubawi (Ire). Charlie Vigors was denied on the top lot, but later gained compensation when buying lot 1667, Lamazonia (Ire) (Elusive City), for 210,000gns from Mount Coote Stud. The half-sister to GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S. winner Grand Couturier (GB) (Grand Lodge) is in foal to Sea the Stars (Ire) and was selected by Vigors for a new, unnamed client. Cont. p2 THE LOVE OF A LIFETIME The only mare in foal to Galileo to sell at public auction in Europe this year. Lot 162 Arqana Breeding Stock Sale L’AMOUR DE MA VIE Gr.2 winner from the family of Lawman COULONCES CONSIGNMENT HARAS DU GRAND CHENE Anna Drion: +33 6 76 74 94 74 Etienne Drion: +33 6 37 06 01 31 | [email protected] TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 of 10• THETDN.COM TUESDAY, 1st DECEMBER 2015 Wertheimers Secure Top Lot at Tatts As well as taking the Le Cle S. in July 2013, she also has a victory in Newbury’s Listed Radley S. to her name. (cont. from p1) “I liked her--she’s a stakes-winning filly, and the Radley S. is a Exactly 200 lots were sold during the first of four sessions at good race,” said O’Connor. “I’m also somewhat partial to the Tattersalls this week--11 more than on the corresponding day [covering] sire! Hers is a pedigree I know well and like a lot--it’s last year, leading to a small increase in turnover, by 3%, to a very deep pedigree. She’s good-looking and a superb mover. 11,577,000gns. The clearance rate improved by two points to She’s for Ballylinch--we’ll get her home and think about what to 80%, but both average and median were slightly down, the do next.” former by 3% at 57,885gns, and the median by 5% at 38,000gns. Clenor (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) (lot 1719), the first mare to sell in When the dam of a Classic winner takes a turn in the sales ring foal to champion 3-year-old Kingman (GB), went the way of there should be plenty of Martin Wainwright’s Highbank Stud when knocked down to interest and this was Stephen Hillen at 210,000gns. The 4-year-old filly was Group 3- certainly the case for Night placed in Ireland before winning the Oak Tree Juvenile Fillies Visit (GB) (Sinndar {Ire}) (lot Turf S. for Doug O’Neill, and was offered for sale by The 1694), who made her second Castlebridge Consignment. appearance in a sales ring Darrell Tampin, who manages the Yorkshire farm which is within two years and this currently home to 10 broodmares, said, “We came to see time sold for 300,000gns to Kingman when we were in Newmarket for the October Sales Barronstown Stud. Need You Now | Tattersalls and we decided to try to buy a mare in foal to him. We had four The 2004-foaled mare, dam or five on our list and we’re really pleased to have bought her.” of the Jim Bolger-trained and bred G1 Irish Derby winner Clenor’s sale completed a trio of high-priced mares from Trading Leather (Ire), is recorded as fetching €975,000 at Goffs Castlebridge after the listed-placed Liberating (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) in February 2014, but on both occasions she was offered for sale (lot 1717) was sold carrying her first foal by Lope De Vega (Ire) by Bolger’s Redmondstown Stud. Barronstown Stud’s Diane to Sonia and Anthony Rogers of Airlie Stud for 220,000gns. Nagle said: “She’s the sort of mare you want--she’s bred a very A Kingman cover also proved a draw a little later in the session good horse and you’d have a chance of making your money when John Warren, acting on behalf of Newsells Park Stud, went back. She looked great.” to 270,000gns to secure the listed Torrey Pines S. winner Night Visit is the dam of two other winners as well as Trading Wittgenstein (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 1740). Leather, and was sold with a Dawn Approach (Ire) cover. Her “We’re thrilled to be buying a mare in foal to Kingman, who own dam, Moonlight Sail (Irish River {Fr}) was a full-sister to we all hold in high regard,” Warren said. “She’s a beautiful Group 1 winners Irish Prize and Hatoof. individual and what made her of particular interest is that she’s Also on her way to Ireland is Hollywood Park listed winner by Shamardal, who is interesting as a broodmare sire as there Need You Now (Ire) (Kheleyf) (lot 1739), who made 275,000gns are plenty of options when it comes to matings.” when selling to John O’Connor for Ballylinch Stud. The Furthermore, Wittgenstein’s half-sister is Endless Love (Ire) 5-year-old mare, out of a half-sister to French Group 1 winner (Dubai Destination), the dam of Dutch Connection (GB) (Dutch Pearly Shells (GB) (Efisio {GB}), has a covering by Ballylinch Art {GB}), a dual Group 3 winner who remains in training with resident Lope De Vega (Ire). Charlie Hills. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 of 10• THETDN.COM TUESDAY, 1st DECEMBER 2015 Wittgenstein provided the highlight of a successful day for the The agent’s intent to buy the half-sister to Group 1 winners Player family’s Whatton Manor Stud, with four members of their Mastery (GB) and Kirklees (Ire) was fuelled by the appearance of five-strong consignment reaching six-figure sums. Stirring Ballad her Raven’s Pass yearling filly at Tattersalls in October. (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), “I was the underbidder on the Raven’s Pass and she was the who was offered as lot 1742 best filly I saw at October Book 1,” Brummitt said. “The mare’s in foal to Lawman (Fr) on done it before so I don’t see what she can’t do it again.” behalf of George Strawbridge, made Artisti’s Raven’s Pass 230,000gns. daughter sold for 420,000gns Ed Player said: “We’re to Tony Nerses and the mare over the moon. Stirring was offered Monday in foal Ballad is a lovely, to New Approach (Ire). good-moving mare; so Stirring Ballad | Tattersalls Wesley Ward will be the in-balance and such a good walker.” new trainer of Glass House Another popular mare was the Group 3-placed Pastoral Girl (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) after (GB) (Pastoral Pursuits {GB}), whom Yeomanstown Stud the 2-year-old filly was purchased for 180,000gns. bought for 205,000gns. From Player continued: “We’d hoped for between 100,000gns and Glass House | Tattersalls the family of Group 1 winner 150,000gns [for each of the three horses], so this is beyond our expectations.” Untold (Final Straw {GB}), Glass House (lot 1771) was consigned Magic Artist (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), a dual Group 3 winner in Italy by Tweenhills Farm & Stud for Qatar Racing. The winner of the and Germany was last seen adding to his international portfolio valuable Tattersalls Ireland sales race at the Curragh in when fourth in both the G1 Mackinnon S. and Emirates S. during September, she was subsequently third behind GI Breeders’ Cup the VRC Spring Carnival at Flemington and his 10-year-old dam Juvenile winner Hit It A Bomb (War Front) in a listed contest on Artisti (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) (lot 1759) was another top-seller Dundalk’s all-weather surface in October.