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Cheltenham Hero and Stallion Parade Enhance Tattersalls' February Sale 

Stallion viewings have continued apace this week throughout Europe, with many breeders descending on Newmarket farms following the Irish Stallion Trail, while the Route des Etalons is currently underway in Normandy. There remains no official stallion trail in Britain despite there having been a number of calls over the years for an emulation of the popular incentive which began in France and was swiftly picked up by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. There was apparently no appetite to get behind this in England, though many stallion studs in Newmarket open their doors...

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One Out, One In for the Denniffs with Beloved Family at Tattersalls December

And breathe. If you listen carefully enough, you can almost hear the collective exhale from all of those invested in the bloodstock industry and its transfer market, as we near the conclusion of another dizzying year on the merry-go-round that is the European sales calendar. The relentless nature of it can have a bewildering effect at the best of times, but this year the sums changing hands were often so astronomical that you could be forgiven for mistaking what were you watching for a mirage. Only during the Sceptre Sessions...

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'Collective Achievement of a Fantastic Industry': Mahony Lauds Record December Sale

NEWMARKET, UK -- Records, records, records. It didn't feel particularly blockbusting on the final half-session of mares at Tattersalls, but that is the nature of any sale. Big days, quieter days. The days they all come for - Monday and Tuesday - certainly didn't fail to deliver some showstopping moments. It could have been predicted that Kia Joorabchian, after his spectacular spending spree at Book 1, and with plenty of stallions now at stud, would play a similarly prominent role during the December Sale, and his Amo Racing was again...

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Another For Resolute Bloodstock At Tattersalls, As Stewart Buys Group 1 Winner Vertical Blue For 3.2m Gns Online

Francis-Henri Graffard sent juvenile Group 1 winner Vertical Blue (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) through the Tattersalls ring as the penultimate Sceptre Sessions lot (1770A), and she duly made 3,200,000gns on the bid of John Stewart's Resolute Racing, bidding online. Bred by Haras du Mont dit Mont in Ireland, the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine is out of the Sea The Stars (Ire) mare Krunch (GB). Second dam Spinacre (Ire) (Verglas {Ire}) won the Listed Flame of Tara Stakes and was third in the G3 Prix Imprudence. Paul Nataf signed the ticket...

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Believing Takes The Lead At Tattersalls As MV Magnier Makes 3,000,000gns Winning Bid

The consistent G2 Sapphire Stakes heroine and Breeders' Cup starter Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) (lot 1740) brought a final bid of 3,000,000gns from MV Magnier to take the lead during the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Part of the Highclere Stud consignment, the 3-year-old filly was placed in a trio of Group 1 sprints in three consecutive months: the Nunthorpe Stakes (August), the Flying Five Stakes (September), and the Prix de l'Abbaye in October. Bred by M. Mullen and Cloneymore Farm, she was third in the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup last...

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John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock Pays 1,000,000gns Online For The Classic-Placed A Lilac Rolla At Tattersalls

Multiple Group 1-placed filly A Lilac Rolla (Ire) (Harry Angel {Ire}) (lot 1735) became the first seven-figure filly or mare during Tuesday's Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. A half-sister to the multiple stakes placed Mutaaqeb (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), she sold for 1,000,000gns to John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock, who was bidding online. Northern Farm was the underbidder. Consigned by Paddy Twomey's Athassel House Stud, the bay won the G3 Ballylinch Stud Priory Belle Stakes at Leopardstown and was second in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and third...

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Sea The Stars Colt Makes 1,000,000gns On Bid From MV Magnier At Tattersalls

MV Magnier acquired lot 937 for 1,000,000gns on Friday. The son of Sea The Stars (Ire) was the first foal to reach the seven-figure mark at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which is in its third session and concludes on Saturday. Bred and consigned by Genesis Green Stud, he is a son of Angel's Point (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). The colt is a half-brother to G2 Solonaway Stakes winner I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who was placed thrice at Group 1 level, and the stakes winner and group-placed...

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Amo Racing Buys Frankel Trio For Combined 4,200,000gns, Led By 2,500,000gns Full-Sister To Chaldean

A Frankel (GB) full-sister to multiple Group 1 winner and Classic hero Chaldean (GB) (lot 945) sold for a joint-record 2,500,000gns to Amo Racing at Tattersalls. The new sales topper is out of the winner Suelita (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}). The chestnut is also a half-sister to G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Alkumait (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) and his stakes-winning full-brother Get Ahead (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), who was second in the G1 Flying Five Stakes. Lot 945 was bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud. The record price was set in 1997 for...

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Amanda Skiffington Signs For 700,000gns Frankel Filly At Tattersalls

Agent Amanda Skiffington was in action for lot 925, a filly by Frankel (GB), who sold from the draft of Norris Bloodstock for 700,000gns. Skiffington was buying on behalf of Hampstead Holdings. The half-sister to G3 Pride Stakes heroine Ville De Grace (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) is the second Frankel filly to make 700,000gns or higher so far on Friday, with lot 897 the current sales topper at 800,000gns who went to MV Magnier. The extended family features GI Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Handicap victor Prince Arch (Arch) and G1...

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MV Magnier Acquires 800,000gns Frankel Filly At Tattersalls

Just three lots after the 650,000gns Camelot (GB) colt, lot 897, a filly by Frankel (GB) and out of In The Mist (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), became the new top lot when selling to MV Magnier for 800,000gns. The half-sister to Cloudy Dawn (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a winner of the G3 Prix de Lieurey, and the stakes winner Iromea (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), was part of the West Blagdon Stud consignment. Second dam Kenmist (GB) (Kenmare {Fr}) won at listed level in England and placed at group level in Italy. She is...

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Godolphin Strikes For Camelot Colt At 650,000gns At Tattersalls December

Lot 894 was the second horse to break the 500,000gns-mark at Tattersalls on Friday when selling to Anthony Stroud for 650,000gns on behalf of Godolphin. Consigned by West Blagdon Stud, the son of Camelot (GB) is a half-brother to Lope De Vega (Ire)'s duo of GII Royal North Stakes second Sweet Enough (GB) and the listed-placed Enfjaar (Ire). Bred by James Wigan, the colt is a grandson of a full-sister to dual Grade I winner Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). His third dam Theann (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) is...

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Wootton Bassett Full-Sister To Dual Classic-Placed The Summit Brings 580,000gns From Henry Lascelles At Tattersalls

A filly foal by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of Accolade (Fr) (Orpen) (lot 871) was knocked down to Henry Lascelles for 580,000gns to take the lead mid-afternoon during the third session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale on Friday. Offered by breeder Awbeg Stud, the filly is a full-sister to Group 3 winner and G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains runner-up The Summit (Fr).   Wootton Bassett currently has the first two top lots at the #tattsdecember foal sale. This filly by the sire has...

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