Dandy Man (Ire) had played a prominent role in the opening session of the November Foal Sale and he was to the fore again on Monday when two of the top three lots were by the Ballyhane Stud resident.
The most expensive weanling of the day was Glenspring Farm's Dandy Man colt (lot 458) out of Celtic Lynn (Ire) (Celtic Swing), a half-sister to the prolific winner and black type-placed Flying Clarets (Ire) (Titus Livius {Fr}), who was sold to Paul McCartan on behalf of CBS Bloodstock for €85,000.
That price was more than double the sum paid for any other foal so far from two days of trade in Kildare, with a second-day aggregate of €1,599,700 being achieved from the sale of 154 of the 251 lots offered during the session for a clearance rate of 61%. The average of €10,388 was down 28% while a €7,250 median represented a 27.5% dip.
Another Ballyhane boy, Elzaam (Aus), 15 of whose first-crop have galloped to victory at a decent strike-rate of 44% this season, was responsible for the second-most expensive youngster of the day with Tally-Ho Stud adding him to their list of pinhooks when going to €41,000 for the half-brother to dual winner Medicean Bliss (Ire) (Medicean {GB}) ( lot 377). That was just a fraction more than the €40,000 bid made by Eddie O'Leary for another Dandy Man colt (lot 397), this one a half-brother to Akyra Magic (Ire), a winner this season from the first crop of Requinto (Ire). Their dam, Titian Queen (GB) (Tobougg {Ire}), counts 16-time winner and G1 Prix de la Foret hero Toylsome (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) among her eight successful siblings, while further back the family has recently been responsible for G1 St Leger and G1 Ascot Gold Cup winner Leading Light (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}).
Another Dandy Man to find favour was Barretstown Farm House's colt (lot 423) out of the dual winner Air Maze (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who was bought for €34,000 by Jimmy Murphy of Redpender Stud, but peppered among the offspring of this established sire came a number of foals by some of the names new to the sales ring.
Shadwell's Mukhadram (GB) is the sire of lot 460, a colt out of Chalet Girl (GB), an Oasis Dream (GB) daughter of listed winner Sauterne (GB) (Rainbow Quest), who sold for €38,000 to Brendan Boyle. The appetite for colts by first-season sires continued with the sale of lot 304, by Tara Stud's Alhebayeb (Ire), who fetched a bid of €36,000 from Gerry and Maura O'Sullevan's Cooneen Stud. Out of the Motivator (GB) mare Mokama (GB), the colt was consigned by Moyfinn for breeder Kenneth Parkhill.
Another son of a freshman sire was lot 219, an early leader of the session when hammered down for €34,000 to Jim McCartan. The son of Gale Force Ten (GB) is a half-brother to the five-time winner Red Pike (Ire) (Kheleyf) and is one of 37 foals by the Irish National Stud resident selling at Goffs this week.
Yet another member of the Ballyhane stallion roster made it to the top 10 on Tuesday when a colt by Battle Of Marengo (Ire) became the bestseller by his young sire so far. Michael Fitzpatrick, a noted judge of a foal who buys as JC Bloodstock, staked €30,000 for the February-born first foal of 3-year-old winner Autumn Tide (Ire) (Jeremy), a half-sister to the speedy Group 3-placed Gallery Girl (Ire) (Namid {GB}).
The third session of the five-day foal sale at Goffs gets underway today at 10 a.m.
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