Tattersalls March Sale

Cavern Club (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}) (lot 58), a two-time winner for Marco Botti, brought a sale-topping price of 32,000gns at the Tattersalls March Sale on Wednesday. Consigned by Botti's Prestige Place, Cavern Club was in competitive action at Southwell last week when he finished third in an 11-furlong handicap from a BHA mark of 80. He is the first foal out of the unraced New Approach (Ire) mare Merseybeat (GB), a half-sister to the Listed winner and Group 3-placed Twist 'N' Shake (GB) (Kingman {GB}). The four-year-old Cavern Club was...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls March Sale was augmented with a pair of wildcards on Friday. Set for Wednesday, Mar. 27, the sale begins at 11 a.m. Tasmanian Legend (Ire) (Australia {GB}) (lot 50A) will be offered by Alice Haynes Racing and is rated 81 on Timeform. The 3-year-old gelding sports a pair of wins over 1 1/16 miles in February and March. Joining the three-time winner is Lodge Hill Stables' Emily's Star (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) (lot 50B), who is a half-sister to the Grade 3-placed Ma Belle Amie...

NEWMARKET, UK--For an auction largely trading in very modest material, the March Sale could hardly have found a more resonant register at Tattersalls on Wednesday. For one thing, the fact that it was staged at all was a tribute to the improvisation and resilience demanded of the bloodstock industry, no less than any other walk of life, over the past year. And two of its three principal dividends, albeit infinitesimal on the scale of the investment they represented, caused those involved to reflect afresh on the recent loss of two...

Four-year-old gelding Power Over Me (Ire) (Ivawood {Ire}) (lot 198), who has two entries on All-Weather Championships Day next Saturday, has been added as a wildcard to the Tattersalls March Sale on Mar. 31 at Park Paddocks. Power Over Me has won five of his six starts on the all-weather since joining trainer Robyn Brisland in January and is entered in the All-Weather Championships Betway Sprint and the Bombardier Mile Conditions Stakes on Apr. 2.

Tattersalls has catalogued 197 lots for its inaugural March Sale, which was added to the calendar once it became apparent that the February Sale would have to be held online only. A single session at Park Paddocks on Wednesday, March 31—two days after the easing of the British lockdown commences—is made up of 116 colts and geldings in and out of training, 640 broodmares and fillies, 12 yearlings and five 2-year-olds. The David Loughnane-trained Dark Pine (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) has won his two starts this year, his only outings...