SUNDAY, 3 DECEMBER, 2017 TATTERSALLS FOAL SALE QUALITY FOLLOWS QUALIFY AT CASTLEBRIDGE By Tom Peacock CONCLUDES IN STRONG John Murrell and Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez were responsible for one of the star turns of the 2015 Tattersalls December Mare FASHION Sale when they sold Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) a few months after her victory in the G1 Investec Oaks and it seems likely that the couple will be in the news again as the auction begins again on Dec. 4. Qualify realised 1.6 million gns when knocked down to John Ferguson and the couple are again using The Castlebridge Consigment for three outstanding lots of a sale teeming with international talent. Two of the trio are top-level winners and bred on the same Fastnet Rock--Galileo cross as Qualify. Leading the way is Zhukova (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 1868), who was bred by Dermot Weld's late mother Marguerite out of her G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Zhukova was shrewdly placed by Dermot Weld to land the GI Man O'War S. at Belmont in May. Cont. p6 (click here) IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Saturday=s session topping Iffraaj filly lot 1150 | Tattersalls AZTECA ‘SHARP’ IN CIGAR MILE Favored off a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, By Emma Berry Sharp Azteca (Freud) proved too tough in Saturday’s GI Cigar Mile H. Breeders, vendors and purchasers can draw breath as in New York. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Tattersalls falls >dark= for a viewing day ahead of the start of the four-day Breeding Stock Sale on Monday morning. But as mare selection gets properly underway today, the team at Park Paddocks can reflect on a successful week of foal trade in Newmarket. With many potential buyers commenting that they=d found it hard to get involved earlier in the week, it was no surprise to see an upturn in prices during Saturday=s final session, in which 167 horses sold for an average of 21,163gns, which rose by 4%. The median also improved to 15,000gns (+15%), while the day=s aggregate was 3,534,200gns (+9%) and the clearance rate was 71%. Overall turnover had dipped by 9% at last year=s foal sale to 30,568,350gns for 743 sold, but that was on the back of a record sale in 2015, which also featured an extra half-day of foals catalogued, 803 of which found a buyer. This year, a total of 32,668,200gns (+7%) was accrued from 742 foals sold at a record average of 44,027gns (+7%) and a record-equalling median of 25,000gns (+19%). The clearance rate was on a par with last year at 78%. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 DECEMBER, 2017 Tattersalls Foals cont. Overbury Filly The Star... Simon Sweeting's Overbury Stud regularly offers a decent draft At the conclusion of four days of strong trade at Tattersalls, of foals during the Saturday morning session and this year's Chairman Edmond Mahony said, AThe correlation between the highlight was an Iffraaj filly (lot 1150) bought by Liam Norris for yearling market and the foal market is well established and the 110,000gns. record-breaking Tattersalls October Yearling Sale has been matched by an equally dynamic Tattersalls December Foal Sale. This week=s sale has achieved increases across the board and cemented the reputation of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale as the premier fixture of its kind in Europe. Tribute must go to the vendors who yet again have brought the cream of the British and Irish foal crops to Tattersalls and the buyers have responded accordingly. A record average well in excess of 40,000gns, turnover of more than 30 million gns for the fifth consecutive year, as well as a record-equalling median all tell the story of a sale which has produced fierce and sustained competition at all levels of the market from start to finish.@ He added, AThe strength of this week=s Foal Sale indicates a market in good health as the focus now switches to the breeding stock. The Tattersalls December Mare Sale is uniquely cosmopolitan and this year=s catalogue has an abundance of quality in addition to the final instalment of the once in a Lot 1150 | Tattersalls photo generation Ballymacoll Dispersal.@ TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 DECEMBER, 2017 Tattersalls December Foals cont. "She's a beautiful filly and was the only one I had on my list today. I bought a lovely filly from Overbury two years ago and I hope that this one will be just as lucky for all of us," said Norris, who indicated that the daughter of the stakes-placed mare Arabian Mirage (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) had been bought for a small syndicate with the aim being to resell next year through Norris Bloodstock, run by the agent's wife Jenny. Simon Sweeting added, "I'm delighted with the price but I'm even more delighted with where she is going as Liam and Jenny Vice President, International Operations do a fabulous job with their horses and this filly is out of a young Gary King mare so it's important for us." Twitter: @garykingTDN "Richard Brown of Blandford bought her for us last year [email protected] carrying the filly and he is very strict when it comes to buying + 1.732.320.0975 mares. They have to be correct, good-looking and athletic, which International Editor means we walk away from a lot, but this has worked out very Kelsey Riley well indeed." Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Overbury also sold a colt by Darley freshman Outstrip (GB) (lot [email protected] 1151) to Peter and Ross Doyle for 45,000gns who was prepared in Newmarket by Dukes Stud, which owns a number of mares in European Editor partnership with the Gloucestershire farm. The son of the Emma Berry Redback (GB) mare Pink Flames (Ire)--a sister to GI EP Taylor S. Twitter: @collingsberry winner Lahaleeb (Ire)--has two multiple-winning half-siblings in [email protected] Listed Copa de Oro San Sebastian winner Flanders Flame (GB) Associate International Editor (Dutch Art {GB}) and Scorching Heat (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). Heather Anderson "He's from a very good family," Sweeting said. "Flanders Flame Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN is a Listed winner and I know that Andrew Balding thinks a lot of Scorching Heat who has been lightly raced and is now rated 90, Marketing Manager and Sheikh Fahad bought the Iffraaj yearling this summer." Alayna Cullen The O'Callaghan family of Yeomanstown Stud are always big Twitter: @AlaynaCullen foal buyers and they added to a busy week at Tattersalls with [email protected] the purchase of a Night Of Thunder (Ire) colt (lot 1186) for Contributing Editor 100,000gns. Cont. p4 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 Lot 1186 | Tattersalls TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 DECEMBER, 2017 Tattersalls December cont. The Next Generation... Kirtlington Stud's colt is a half-brother to two winners and is out of the the unraced Green Desert mare White Wedding (Ire), a half-sister to G1 Meon Valley Fillies' Mile winner Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill). Further back, the family also includes Bianca Nera (GB), the grandam of multiple Group 1 winner and new Darley stallion Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Yeomanstown signed for a total of 18 foals at Tattersalls for 1.4 millions gns but the leading buyer numerically was the father-and-son team of Peter and Ross Doyle, who signed for 23 foals. Very much missed at Tattersalls this week is Kevin Mercer, who died earlier this year. His Usk Valley Stud was represented during the final foal session by a Sea The Stars half-brother to the Listed winner and Group 2-placed Nantyglo (GB) (Mark Of Esteem {Ire}) (lot 1196) who sold for 95,000gns to Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock. "He's a smashing colt by an exceptional sire and from the great Fraser Kent | Emma Berry Usk Valley family of Nantyglo," said Brown. One young pinhooker went home very happy after signing for Umpteen names of top-class racehorses appear under the colt's his first foal for 4,000gns. Not to be outdone by his 8-year-old second dam, Solo De Lune (Ire) (Law Society), including her sister Nell, who bred this season's juvenile winner Pasta daughters, the G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Cerulean Sky (Ire) Makesufaster (GB) (Multiplex {GB}), Fraser Kent, aged 10, (Darshaan {GB}) and G1 Darley Irish Oaks winner Moonstone bought lot 1292, a son of Casamento (Ire) from West Stow Stud, (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}). and intends to return him to the ring next year through his father Richard's Mickley Stud. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 DECEMBER, 2017 Kent junior said, "He was a good strong colt and a lovely 1227 c Iffraaj (GB) Princess Cammie (Ire) 80,000 mover. I've saved up ,420 to buy him." B-Aston Mullins Stud Tattersalls can be assured that Kent senior will cover the rest of Consigned by Aston Mullins Stud the bill. Purchased by Darley Japan 1156 c Kingman (GB) Upper Street (Ire) 80,000 B-Dunchurch Lodge Stud Company Consigned by Dukes Stud SESSION TOPPERS Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock Tattersalls December Foal Sale Day Four NOTHING BUT NET Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) 1150 f Iffraaj (GB) Arabian Mirage (GB) 110,000 (52,000gns in utero >16 TATDEM) TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOALS B-Overbury Stallions Ltd Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) Consigned by Overbury Stud 1150 f Iffraaj (GB) Arabian Mirage (GB) 110,000 Purchased by Norris/Huntingdon B-Overbury Stallions Ltd 1186 c Night Of Thunder (Ire) White Wedding (Ire) 100,000 Consigned by Overbury Stud B-Mrs S.