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The World's THURSDAY, 9TH JULY 2020 Yearling Sale SEPTEMBERSALE BEGINS SUNDAY 13 EBN SEPTEMBER.KEENELAND.COM EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU TODAY’S HEADLINES SALES TATTERSALLS REPORT by CARL EVANS EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com SOLID RENEWAL OF GUINEAS BREEZE-UP Alan King may be best-known as a trainer of jumpers, but after a Royal Ascot treble and a top-lot purchase at yesterday’s Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale it might be time for a re-labelling. Teaming up with Highflyer Bloodstock’s Anthony Bromley, Wiltshire-based King fought off no less a rival than Qatar Racing’s David Redvers when bringing the hammer down for a colt by Excelebration (Lot 108) with a bid of 140,000gns. He proved to be one of five purchases by the head of Barbury Castle Stables, worth a total of 317,000gns. King’s purchase of the Excelebration proved to be the highlight Lot 108, Meadowview Stables’s son of Excelebration, of another very acceptable day of breeze-up trading, the fifth topped yesterday’s Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale when such sale in Europe this year and further evidence that while purchased by Alan King and Highflyer Bloodstock for Coronavirus crashed into long-standing plans for consignors, the 140,000gns. © www.tattersalls.com better-late-than-never auctions run by Tattersalls, Goffs UK and BOTTISHAM HEATH STUD • 180 acres hedged lined post and rail paddocks • Boarding all year round • Training in a private, peaceful and secure environment • Can accommodate boarding for Mares, • Private 7-furlong poly track gallop Weanlings & Foals • Stabling for 75 horses in training • Speedy access to top-class Veterinary Care • Quick access to Newmarket gallops and all world-class facilities, within the HQ of horseracing @cowellracing Yard proudly @robertcowellracing sponsored by @robertcowellracing T: +44 (0)1638 570330 Bottisham Heath Stud, Six Mile Bottom, Contact us for further information: M: +44 (0)7785 512463 Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0TT www.robertcowellracing.co.uk E: [email protected] CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 9TH JULY 2020 Arqana have yielded some good business and a number of transactions which have been above expectations. Yesterday’s catalogue was smaller than the 2019 version before it was postponed from its original early May date, and a further 41 withdrawals meant 116 horses walked the ring, a reduction of 28 year on year. That was always likely to drag down the turnover, which achieved a mark of 2,680,000gns, down 23 per cent. The median value also took a tumble, falling 28 per cent to a mark of 17,250gns, but with a couple of six-figure horses and plenty more selling for 50,000gns and above, the average price of 28,511gns was down just one per cent. The clearance rate of 81 per cent was a fall of just three per cent, which was meritorious given warnings of an economic depression ahead. The Guineas Breeze-Up is not designed for top-end horses, and therefore the figures could be analysed as a better barometer of the market for breezers and of the health of racing in general, rather than those achieved at other recent higher-end auctions. Alan King, who bought five lots for 317,000gns at Tattersalls Meanwhile those buyers who wanted a horse but could not yesterday, including the 140,000gns sale-topping colt by travel to Newmarket made a mark by purchasing eight lots worth Excelebration © Ce 177,500gns via Tattersalls’s online bidding system. Bidding via the internet they were also underbidders on five lots. horses, but invariably with a dual-purpose role in mind. However, PRIME PINHOOK FOR MEADOWVIEW of the Meadowview colt he said: “We hope he proves too good to King’s purchase of the sale-topping Excelebration colt generated go jumping. He’s been bought to race for Max McNeill and Niall a moment of celebration for the Slattery family of Tipperary- Farrell, two long-standing owners and supporters of my yard. This based Meadowview Stables, who bought the April foal for horse is an athlete, a lovely horse with size and scope. €18,000 at Tattersalls Ireland’s September Yearling Sale. “We had plenty of congratulations after Royal Ascot, but so far it King has frequently bought, trained and raced young Flat-bred hasn’t brought me in any new clients – although we’re working on it. SUMMER SALE 20 JULY SANTIAGO wins the Irish Derby (Gr.1) DEAUVILLE Winner of the Irish Derby (Gr.1), SANTIAGO was bought in utero at the 2016 Summer Sale. His dam WADYHATTA was o ered in foal to Authorized by Haras du Mézeray and bought for €275,000 by Horse France. Discover the 80 fi llies and broodmares from Wertheimer & Frère, Aga Khan Studs, Haras des Capucines, Haras de Montaigu, La Motteraye Consignment, Haras du Lieu des Champs. CONTACT [email protected] - +33 (0)2 31 81 81 00 ©racingfotos CATALOGUE ONLINE www.arqana.com 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 9TH JULY 2020 When I started training we had a few Flat horses, including Salsalino “This is, however, a year where ’solid if unspectacular’ is a positive who was favourite for the Ebor and finished third [2003], but then outcome and we would like to thank all those who have participated everyone wanted to send me jumpers and I had no Flat horses for a at today’s sale for their contribution. The buyers have worked year or two which I really regretted. It’s been a gradual thing over the incredibly hard and breeze-up consignors have had to endure past five or six years to build that side of the business up. uniquely difficult conditions in the run-up to the 2020 sales season, “When you think about it, 140,000gns wouldn’t buy you much in but ultimately everyone can look back on sales which have largely the way of young jumping horses – there will be stores making that exceeded expectations. and more next week [at Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale].” “It has been challenging staging events of this nature with the Bromley said: “We bought Tritonic [for McNeill and Ian Dale] prevailing COVID-related regulations still in place, but, despite here last year [55,000gns] and he was recently second at Royal Ascot continued travel restrictions, today’s Guineas Breeze-Up has seen and is now rated 99. They hope they can stay as Flat horses but if they demand from throughout the world including Australia, Bahrain, have a bit of size and scope they have another angle to pursue. Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Qatar and Spain. “Unfortunately this horse did a bit of a time, which is not something “The international demand has been accompanied by spirited we normally deal on, but it meant that other people became bidding from the domestic British and Irish buyers and has resulted interested and they included David Redvers. That made it harder for in some notable pinhooking successes, while the overseas buyers us, but I take a bit of confidence knowing that David, who has had far have made use of every possible means at their disposal to participate more success with breezers than me, was keen to get him.” in the sale, including extensive use of our new live internet bidding platform as well as telephone bidding. It is a tribute to the resilience MAHONY HAPPY of the global bloodstock market that we continue to experience this WITH ‘SOLID IF UNSPECTACULAR’ level of international demand and we expect to see further Despite difficulties for consignors in the run-up to yesterday’s widespread use of the live internet bidding platform at our two-day sale, which took place two months later than planned due to July Sale which commences [today] at 10.00am.” COVID-19’s lockdown chaos, the level of trade at Tattersalls gave Chairman Edmond Mahony good reason to sound an optimistic FILLY’S SALE IS FACT, NOT MAKE BELIEVE note. Victory for Mishriff in Sunday’s Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club was a He said: “In the current climate we are all looking to accentuate timely boost for a filly by that horse’s sire, Make Believe (Lot 107). the positives and I think we can reflect on solid if unspectacular trade She was offered for sale yesterday by Kildare-based friends at this year’s renewal of the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up. Justin Timmons and Danny O’Donovan who trade under the DERBY SALE Consistently The Best 14 - 15 JULY SHISHKIN Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Gr. 1 MONKFISH FERNY HOLLOW HONEYSUCKLE Albert Bartlett Weatherbys Champion The David Nicholson Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle, Gr. 1 Bumper, Gr. 1 Hurdle, Gr. 1 MORE Grade 1 winners than ANY other Store Sale T: +353 1 8864300 [email protected] tattersalls.ie CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 9TH JULY 2020 name of Dolmen Bloodstock and hoped to sell “three or four breezers this year”. They bought the filly for €10,000 at Tattersalls Ireland’s September Sale and reaped a bumper profit yesterday after Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock headed interest from David Redvers with a bid worth 105,000gns. Timmons said: “It’s a great result, but she did a cracking breeze and the right people were on her. She was very busy and while it was hard to gauge what she might make we didn’t expect that – although she probably deserved it.