The 1,125-strong Tattersalls December Foal Sale catalogue is now online and is headed by a son of Galileo (Ire) out of French GSP Zut Alors (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) as lot 971. Consigned by Knocktoran Stud, the chestnut is a half-brother to G1 French 1000 Guineas heroine Precieuse (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}).
Running from Nov. 27 to Nov. 30, the sale offers 147 foals by the current top 15 active British sires and well over 200 by the top 20, with full- and half-siblings to almost 160 group and listed winners. There are also 70 foals out of group and listed winning mares. Weanlings by Galileo (Ire) (1), Dubawi (Ire) (2), Frankel (GB) (4), Kingman (GB) (6), Sea the Stars (Ire) (14), Invincible Spirit (Ire) (3), Acclamation (GB) (14), Camelot (GB) (7), Dark Angel (Ire) (11), Kodiac (GB) (28), Lope de Vega (Ire) (12), No Nay Never (14), and Showcasing (GB) (26) are all represented, as are French sires Le Havre (Ire) and Siyouni (Fr) with one foal each.
First-season sires also have plenty of foals set to go under the hammer, among them Almanzor (Fr), Caravaggio, Churchill (Ire), Galileo Gold (GB), Highland Reel (Ire), National Defense (GB), Postponed (Ire), Ribchester (Ire), and Ulysses (Ire).
“The Tattersalls December Foal Sale is a prolific source of both Classic and Group 1 winners as well as spectacular pinhooking triumphs and we have some truly outstanding foals catalogued for this year's sale,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “The Tattersalls December Foal Sale consistently attracts the cream of the British and Irish foal crop with the likes of Blue Point (Ire) (Shamardal) and Classic winners Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Phoenix of Spain (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and Star Catcher (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) all flying the flag at the highest level in 2019 and this year's catalogue has the quality and diversity to appeal to buyers from throughout the world at all levels of the market.”
Print catalogues will be available on Oct. 21.
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