Simon Kerins

Tattersalls Ireland has been announced as the new sponsor of the Norwegian 2,000 Guineas, which will take place on one of the most important days in Norwegian racing at Øvrevoll Galoppbane on Thursday, July 2. This initiative builds on the long-standing support of Tattersalls, which has sponsored the 1,000 Guineas at the same meeting for many years. In 2026, the races will be titled the Tattersalls 1,000 Guineas and the Tattersalls Ireland 2,000 Guineas. Simon Kerins, CEO of Tattersalls Ireland, said, "We are delighted to extend our support to the...

Group 1 sire Sands Of Mali will be sold through Tattersalls Ireland on a sealed bid basis under the direction of sales company CEO Simon Kerins. The 10-year-old son of Panis stood for a private fee at Ballyhane Stud in Ireland this year. A winner of the G1 British Champions Sprint Stakes and three other group races, Sands Of Mali has 43 winners from 92 runners worldwide (47%). His five stakes winners include G1 Commonwealth Cup heroine Time For Sandals, while G3 Ballycorus Stakes heroine Copacabana Sands is his other...

Three Group 1 winners this year have emanated from the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, with their wins coming across four glorious days on the biggest stage of all: Royal Ascot. From the opening-day thrill of Docklands (Massaat) holding off Rosallion (Blue Point) in the Queen Anne Stakes came a dual top-level strike on the Friday of the meeting for Cercene (Australia) in the Coronation Stakes and Time For Sandals (Sands Of Mali) in the Commonwealth Cup. To have bought all three of these horses at Fairyhouse as yearlings would...

Tattersalls Ireland has moved the Sapphire Sale to Tuesday, December 16, positioning it as the final European breeding stock sale for the year. The sale, which is open to foals, yearlings, fillies and mares, will also offer a reduced entry fee for foals of €295. Previously known as the November Flat Foal, Yearling and Breeding Stock Sale, the Sapphire Sale featured a top foal price of €50,000 in 2024 and recent graduates include the G1 Matron Stakes winner Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}). Tattersalls Ireland chief executive Simon Kerins said,...

A total of 250 two-year-olds have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-up Sale, which takes place on Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23. The full catalogue is available to view here. Previous graduates of the sale include last year's Irish Oaks third Purple Lily (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) and the G3 Round Tower Stakes winner Letsbefrankaboutit (Ire), while Coto de Caza (Ire) won three times as a juvenile, including the G3 Cornwallis Stakes, after being bought for €270,000 in 2024. The first crop of Tally-Ho Stud's Starman (GB) will...

A substantial drop in the median, average and overall turnover along with a 72% clearance rate spoke to the struggles facing Irish breeders at Part 2 of the September Yearling Sale at Tattersalls Ireland on Thursday.  Trade was highlighted by the Rockview Stables-consigned New Bay (GB) colt [lot 812], who sold to prominent breeze-up handler Thomond O'Mara for €36,000 on a day where all of the key figures were down on last year.  Despite 27 more horses going through the ring compared to 12 months ago, turnover dropped by 20%...

Tattersalls Ireland announced significant updates to its 2025 Derby Sale on Friday, with the return of a Part II session and the addition of a two-year-old store section. The Derby Sale will continue in it's two-day format, which will include the two-year-old store section, followed by Derby Sale Part II. Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins said of the changes, "We're excited to reintroduce Part II to the Derby Sale and to add a two-year-old store section to the Derby Sale catalogue. These changes reflect our commitment to staying responsive to...

Tattersalls Ireland released its catalogue for the September Yearling Sale, which features 555 lots and takes place on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 September, with Part II taking place on Thursday 26 September where 275 yearlings are catalogued. The €250,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes has long been a feature of the sale, and will offer the connections of two-year-olds catalogued in the September Yearling Sale, the opportunity to compete at the 2025 Irish Champions Festival, with prize-money being offered to 10th place. The vendor of the winning horse...

A 3-year-old store by Doctor Dino (Fr) rounded out Day 2 of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale when going to Gordon Elliott Racing for €350,000. The gelding is the highest-priced Store horse sold in 2024 and the joint-second highest-priced store horse ever sold at public auction. Consigned by Sluggara Farm, Lot 283 is out of 17-year-old Matnie (Fr) (Laveron {GB}), who has produced five winners, all of whom are Grade 1 or Grade 2 scorers to date. "Once again, the Derby Sale has proven why it is held in the...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale, set for Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24, was announced on Friday. Featuring 252 lots, the sale will begin at 10 a.m. on May 24, with the breezes beginning the day prior at 8:30 a.m. at Fairyhouse Racecourse. Graduates of the sale have been flying high in recent years, with G3 Anglesey S. winner Kairyu (Ire) (Kuroshio {Aus}), listed winners Ballymount Boy (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) and Fun With Flags (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), all alumni of the 2023 edition. 'TDN Rising Star'...

Grade 1 winner and live Cheltenham festival contender Caldwell Potter will continue his career for trainer Paul Nicholls after lighting up the Caldwell Construction Dispersal at Tattersalls Ireland on Monday when selling to Highflyer Bloodstock's Anthony Bromley for a National Hunt record of €740,000. The Gordon Elliott-trained Caldwell Potter, who won the Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown and is as short as 10-1 for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, will race for a partnership comprising John Hales, Ged Mason, Sir Alex Ferguson and Peter Done.  Bromley commented, "You...

Never has the demand to get horses into the breeze-up sales in Europe been higher. It begs the question; how do the big sales companies limit their catalogues?  Inspectors from Tattersalls, Arqana and Goffs have been out in force in recent weeks trawling through the breeze-up consignors' barns to come up with their shortlists.  According to Harry Fowler, one of the main inspectors at Goffs, entries for the company's only breeze-up sale have sky-rocketed this year. With most of the viewing done at this stage, the Goffs inspectors will meet...