Tattersalls December Foals

6.00 Kempton, Mdn, £7,000, 3yo/up, 8f (AWT) VENETIAN STYLE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is Godolphin's 1.8million 2021 Tatts December Foal Sale topper who is making his belated debut in the royal blue. A half-brother to the Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), he is one of two from the Charlie Appleby stable alongside fellow newcomer Notable Speech (GB), another Dubawi and daughter of the G3 UAE Oaks runner-up Swift Rose (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) who is preferred by William Buick.

by Chris McGrath NEWMARKET, UK -- The world certainly looks a different place from when these babies slithered into the straw. A less frightening one, thankfully, to many breeders, who have been relieved by a remarkable strength and depth in all levels of the market after the global economy absorbed the shock of Covid. So while the Tattersalls December Foal Sale opened in the customary low register, business on Wednesday unequivocally maintained the buoyant morale established in other sectors. Indeed, the clearance rate of 84% was a session record, and...