Thatsy (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) (lot 15) topped the single-session Tattersalls Ireland Cheltenham April Sale, selling for £130,000 to Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott. A winner of a Mar. 11 point-to-point, the Monbeg Stables offering was second in another point-to-point on Mar. 31. The 4-year-old grey was one of 25 lots to find a new home on Thursday, as the sale grossed £1,265,600. The average was £50,620 (-41%) and the median was £47,000 (-6%).
“Whilst it has been a terrific season at the Tattersalls Ireland Cheltenham Sales thus far–this evening's April Sale is the first one to show a decrease in the key indicators,” said Tattersalls Ireland Director of Horses in Training Richard Pugh said. “Comparing sales to previous year however will never apply to select form sales such as this one in the same way as it does to sales with more substantial catalogue quantities. April 2017 bounced back from a relatively low comparable turnover in 2016 to return exceptional results last year.”
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