The Grade 2-placed mare Paggane caught the eye of Charles Shanahan and topped the Tattersalls Online June Sale for 100,000gns on Thursday.
Consigned by Willie Mullins's Closutton Stables as lot 87, the daughter of Muhaarar sports wins under both codes. Second in the Listed Paddy Power EBF Novice Hurdle at Cork, her greatest claim to fame is a second in the G2 Dawn Run Novice Chase. She is a half-sister to the listed winner Pennymoor by Frankel, and to the Classic-placed California Dreamer (Mehmas).
Shanahan said of the mare who will stay in training with an eye to Cheltenham, “She caught our eye in the sale, especially after California Dreamer placed in the Irish 1000 Guineas. She has been bought for an existing partnership and we potentially will have some other partners coming into her. She has run some very good races this year, and, no matter what happens, she will be a very valuable broodmare for the future.”
For the Tattersalls Online Breeze-Up Session, a filly by Maclean's Music (lot 29) took pride of place, selling post-sale for 33,000gns to Derek Passant after not meeting her reserve in the ring. She was consigned by M. C. Thoroughbreds.
“The facilities at Dundalk and how the sale was run by Tattersalls was all absolutely brilliant,” said M. C. Thoroughbreds' Micky Cleere. “It's like all the breeze up sales, if you have what they want, you will get it sold.”
The day's highest priced breeze-up colt was a Silky Thoroughbreds-consigned son of Starman (lot 2), who sold to Sean Grassick Bloodstock for 31,000gns. Out of a half-sister to G1 Derby great Authorized, the bay is also related to the Wertheimer top-notcher Solemia (Poliglote).
Overall, 72 lots sold (64%) for a gross of 907,542gns. The average was 12,605gns and the median was 6,000gns.
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