Sir Robert Ogden

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Online Sale scheduled for Mar. 23 has been published online and can be viewed at www.tattersallsonline.com. A total of 32 lots will feature in the 11th sale conducted on the Tattersalls Online platform, including a diverse range of Flat and National Hunt prospects and a selection of breeding stock and 2-year-olds. Among the highlights is the Johnstown Stud draft of four lots sold as part of the Late Sir Robert Ogden's complete dispersal, including a pair of No Nay Never 2-year-old colts, one out of...

Three-time champion National Hunt owner Sir Robert Ogden, KBE, has died at 86. The news was first reported by the Racing Post. The businessman, who was heavily involved in the mining, quarrying, engineering and construction industries as well as property development, initially enjoyed success in the National Hunt sphere. Odgen was co-owner of champion See More Business (Ire) (Seymour Hicks {Fr}) at one point, as well as Grade 1 chaser Voy Por Ustedes (Fr) (Villez), one of four winners for Odgen at the Cheltenham Festival. After being declared the champion...

In what feels like the blink of an eye, we are now embarking on the final sale of the year at Tattersalls. The Newmarket auction house generally doesn't do things by halves and, if recent sales are anything to go by, the next two weeks at Park Paddocks will include plenty of show-stopping moments, with the mares' catalogues in particular being bolstered by several significant dispersals.  Before we get to that, however, we have one final day of yearlings to contend with. The December Yearling Sale can offer a second...

Led by Group 1 winner Amazing Maria (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), 24 mares and fillies owned by Sir Robert Ogden will be offered at the upcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale, which runs from Nov. 29-Dec. 2. In foal to Oasis Dream (GB), the heroine of the G1 Falmouth S. and G1 Prix Rothschild in 2015, will be offered by Barton Stud, as will her 23 compatriots, on Nov. 29-30. Matt Coleman of Stroud Coleman Bloodstock will be overseeing the consignment. The draft entails 17 broodmares-14 in foal--and seven fillies in training,...