A total of 314 yearlings have been catalogued for the third edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale set for Park Paddocks on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), a 12,000gns alum from the inaugural edition of the sale, won the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot in 2022, and added the G1 King's Stand S. this term. Other notable graduates of the sale are GII San Clemente S. heroine Anisette (GB) (Awtaad {Ire}), and £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint victress Relief Rally (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), who was also runner-up in the G2 Queen Mary S. at the Royal meeting.
This year, the sale is bolstered by full- or half-siblings to 49 group and listed performers, and 77 yearlings out of group/listed performing mares. Among the leading lots are a Profitable (Ire) full-brother to G2 Queen Mary S. winner Quick Suzy (Ire) (lot 299); lot 291, a full-brother to G1 Irish 2000 Guineas-placed Decrypt (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}); a Bated Breath (GB) half-brother to group winner and Irish 2000 Guineas second Gale Force Ten (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (lot 276); a Showcasing (GB) filly out of Group 3 winner Melody Of Love (GB) (Haafhd {GB}) (lot 214); a Dark Angel filly out of Group 3 winner Shaden (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 289); a Kodiac (GB) colt out of the G2 Park Hill S. winner Meeznah (Dynaformer) (lot 212); and a Sergei Prokofiev colt out of Group 3 winner Buonasera (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) is lot 69.
The list of sires with yearlings catalogued includes proven Group 1 stallions Acclamation (GB), Aclaim (Ire), Ardad (Ire), Bated Breath (GB), Bungle Inthejungle (GB), Camacho (GB), Churchill (Ire), Cotai Glory (GB), Dandy Man (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Fastnet Rock (Aus), Galiway (GB), Havana Gold (Ire), Iffraaj (GB), Kitten's Joy, Kodiac (GB), Make Believe (GB), Mastercraftsman (Ire), Mehmas (Ire), Oasis Dream (GB), Saxon Warrior (Jpn), Showcasing (GB), Starspangledbanner (Aus), Tasleet (GB), Territories (Ire) and Zoustar (Aus).
The most-represented stallion is first-season sire Sergei Prokofiev with 17, followed by last year's Champion First-Crop Sire Havana Grey (Ire) and Mehmas (Ire) with 16 apiece. Other stallions with their first crop of yearlings catalogued include Arizona (Ire), Circus Maximus (Ire), Earthlight (Ire), Far Above (Ire), Ghaiyyath (Ire), Hello Youmzain (Fr), Kameko, Mohaather (GB), Pinatubo (Ire), River Boyne (Ire), Rumble Inthejungle (Ire), Sands Of Mali (Fr), Shaman (Ire) and Without Parole (GB). Promising young sires Blue Point (Ire), Calyx (GB), Sioux Nation, Soldier's Call (GB) and Zarak (Fr) are also represented.
All yearlings entered in the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale are eligible for the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction S. in addition to the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction S. held five weeks later. There are also 77 fillies catalogued that are registered for the Great British Bonus scheme and eligible to win up to £20,000 in bonus prize-money per qualifying race.
Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “Bradsell's victory in the G1 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot has been the highlight of an exceptional year for the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale. The sale's attention to conformation and precocity has been emphasised by the impressive number of black-type performers in the sale's short history as well as two successive Weatherbys Super Sprint winners. The quality of this year's catalogue has taken another step forward, and combined with the international success of its graduates, underlines the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale's position as Europe's most progressive yearling sale.”
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