Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale

FAIRYHOUSE, IRELAND - On a day when even the wildest expectations for the opening session of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale were exceeded, Peter Nolan enjoyed a result he will never forget when his homebred colt by first-season sire Blackbeard was knocked down to Ted Durcan for €165,000. That result represented a shrewd piece of business for Nolan who went with his gut when deciding not to part with the Blackbeard colt as a foal, thus reaping the rewards for sitting on his hands until the yearling sales.  It...

FAIRYHOUSE, IRELAND - Believe it or not, there are some people out there who think the yearling sales are just one big fugazi and that, had you adopted a method of throwing darts at the catalogue, you may well enjoy the same amount of luck - or despair - on the racetrack.  Sheila Lavery, Tom Mullins, Paul Flynn, Danny Murphy and Sean Davis operate at the coalface of the industry in Ireland and can pour cold water on the idea of the yearling sales being one big game of chance...

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...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, of which high-class runners like Docklands, Cercene and Time For Sandals are graduates of, has been released. The sale takes place on September 23 and 24. Docklands, Cercene and Time For Sandals put the September Yearling Sale in the spotlight this summer when all three graduates won Group 1 races at Royal Ascot. As well as those high-profile horses, the sale has earned the reputation for being a proven source of two-year-old talent, with the George Boughey-trained India Love - who...

It has been a year to remember for Robson Aguiar, largely down to the exploits of Amo Racing's breakthrough Group 1 winner Bucanero Fuerte (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who he sourced for Kia Joorabchian's ownership vehicle.  The ultra-shrewd Brazilian native snapped up a colt by Wooded (Ire), who is a brother to Amo's Phoenix S. hero, for €88,000 on day two of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale and revealed afterwards that the plan was to go breezing for his new recruit.  "I bought him for myself and he will...

Less than a week on from that scintillating display in the G2 Flying Childers S. at Doncaster, the connections of Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) were reinvesting at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale on a Lope De Vega (Ire) filly for €190,000.  Fitting that it was a Blue Point half-sister, the Jessica Harrington-trained Bluedrum (Ire), who provided the page with a timely update when running out an ultra-impressive winner of a maiden at Naas last week.  She looks destined for black-type races and Conor Quirke, who purchased the...

RATOATH, Ireland--When Laura Joy netted what she described at the time as a "life-changing" result here last year when her 2,000gns Tasleet (GB) colt rocked into €42,000, it proved captivating to read of the young pinhooker's profit.  It was a similar story at the Goresbridge Breeze-Up Sale when the Shinnick brothers--Andy and Johnny-netted a €170,000 payday with their Make Believe (GB) filly who was now famously said to have 'looked quick going past thistles' at home.  Tattersalls Ireland has punched well above its weight in delivering the good news stories...

Top breeze-up handler Mickey Cleere has shared how he breathed a huge sigh of relief after Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), a horse he describes as the fastest he has ridden, bounced right back to form to run away with the G2 Flying Childers S. at Doncaster.  That win provided Cleere with an added pep to his step ahead of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, where he picked up the similarly smart juvenile Ballymount Boy (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) for just €8,000, before turning him into a €110,000 breezer...

The catalogue for the 2023 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, which is set to take place on Sept. 19-21, is now available to view online. The auction will have 506 lots on offer for Part I on Sept. 19-20, with 256 more lots selling during Part II on the final day. The September Yearling Sale has produced 53 individual 2-year-old winners to date throughout Ireland, UK, France, Italy and Hungary, as well Group 3 and listed success at home and abroad. Last year, trainer Stefano Botti purchased G3 Premio Primi...

TATTERSALLS IRELAND, Fairyhouse--It might be dressed up as a sales complex, but Tattersalls Ireland is much more than that and, on the eve of the September Yearling Sale, chief executive Simon Kerins shared how there are 'great vibes' in the air at Fairyhouse.  The September Yearling Sale has been held in England for the past two years due to Covid and, on its return to Fairyhouse, a wide breadth of trainers from Britain and Ireland, many of the top agents and breeze-up consignors as well as international clients, crossed paths...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale is now online. Featuring a half-sister to the catalogue will offer 480 yearlings during Part I of the sale on Sept. 20-21 and another 128 lots for Part II on Sept. 22. Past graduates continue to excel on the racecourse, with Bottle Of Bubbles (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) taking the G3 Premio Primi Passi, and Sir Busker (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) trotting up in the G2 York S. recently. Several yearlings are full- or half-siblings to group winners, among them a...

NEWMARKET, UK--With an outstanding day of action anticipated at Newmarket on Saturday, an Exceed And Excel (Aus) half-sister to one of the potential stars of the day, Zain Claudette (Ire) (No Nay Never), added further lustre to the family when topping the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale at £200,000. Zain Claudette has been a break-out performer for trainer Ismael Mohammed this season, progressing from winning a Newmarket maiden to the G3 Princess Margaret S. and then G2 Lowther S. Come the weekend, she may well have taken the next step...