ThoroughBid

Monark Wood (Morpheus) (lot 28) topped the ThoroughBid December Sale at £22,000 on the bid of Max Comley Racing. The French hurdler is a three-year-old. Consigned by Ecurie Satalia, Monark Wood is a half-brother to graded-winning hurdlers Sticktotheplan (Great Pretender) and Full Of Life (Great Pretender). The seven-year-old gelding Gentleman Joe (Authorized) (lot 24) brought £20,000 from Matt Crawley Racing, Ltd. From Henry de Bromhead, he is a winner on the Flat and over hurdles. Of the 37 lots offered, 18 sold (49%) for a gross of £95,000. The average...

The Scorpion mare Ledecka (lot 19) topped the ThoroughBid November sale at £30,000 on Wednesday. Placed in two starts in National Hunt Flat races, the five-year-old mare is from the family of G3 Queen's Vase winner Silver Wedge (Silver Hawk). She was offered by Beatbush Farm and picked up by Red Racing.    Pour Les Fillies (Pour Moi) (lot 17) brought £9,500 from Mickey Bowen Racing. A winner of a NH Flat race, a point-to-point and a hurdle race, the Gordon Elliott-consigned seven-year-old is from the same family as Listed...

Gordon Elliott has entered nine horses in the ThoroughBid November Sale, which takes place on Wednesday, November 26. Pour Les Filles (Pour Moi) (lot 16) anchors the Cullentra consignment, and he was last seen finishing seventh in a Class 2 novice hurdle at Cheltenham. Also entered is 15-length bumper winner Carsons Dreamboat (My Dream Boat) (lot 20). She won a Clonmel bumper in May. Outside of the Cullentra consignment is Ledecka (Scorpion) (lot 19), runner-up in a recent bumper, as well as National Hunt stores by Blue Bresil and Kew...

Over 40 lots have been catalogued for the ThoroughBid October Sale. Bidding gets underway at 9 a.m. on Friday, October 24. One of the most notable consignments is from Gordon Elliott, who will send the 132-rated chaser Mars Harper (Sulamani) (lot 34) through the ring. He will be sold with an entry into Aintree's Grand Sefton over National fences on November 8. Elliott also has Tullybeg (Sholokhov) (lot 18) set to sell. Also rated 132, he is joined by a mix of experienced winners and young prospects, including Eternal Echo...

Sharing Is Caring, who would later finish third in a maiden hurdle at Down Royal on Friday, topped the ThoroughBid August Sale at £28,000. Sold to Lewis Jones, the 4-year-old was a recent point-to-point winner and will remain in training with Shark Hanlon. Hanlon said, "It's all happened very quickly. The catalogue went live a week ago, he was sold this afternoon and now runs at Down Royal this evening. ThoroughBid is very quick and efficient, and they promoted the horse fantastically during the week across their marketing and media...

Wildcard Old Bridge (Fr) (Born To Sea {Ire}) (lot 46) topped the ThoroughBid April Sale which concluded on Tuesday. The four-year-old gelding, consigned by Gordon Elliott Racing, was snapped up by SWRSL for £20,000. His extended family features multiple Grade I winner A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) among others. Two lots made £12,000 apiece: the Monasooth Stables-consigned Western Clouds (GB) (Cloudings {Ire}) (lot 25) and Spartan Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) (lot 37), with the former selling to Darren O'Dwyer and the latter catching the eye of Robert Aplin...

Wildcard Crystal Lightning (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}) (lot 41) topped the ThoroughBid February Sale at £36,000. Sold to TS Equine, the mare was consigned by William Twiston Davies. She is out of an unraced half-sister to dual Grade 1 winner Guitar Pete (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Topping the Racehorse Ownership Club dispersal was the Dandy Man (Ire) gelding Last Outlaw (Ire), who sold to Apollo Horses for £16,500. The gelding (lot 6) is a full-brother to Royal Ascot listed winner and G1 Nunthorpe Stakes third Extortionist (Ire). He will move from...

ThoroughBid will hold the dispersal of 15 Racehorse Ownership Syndicate horses in their February Sale on Thursday, February 27.  The sale, which also features additional consignments from Gordon Elliott, Venetia Williams and Ben Pauling, is headed by the dispersal of a varied mix of stock from the Racehorse Ownership Club, including promising four-year-old Last Outlaw (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}). James Richardson, CEO of ThoroughBid, said, "We are pleased with the catalogue we've produced for this year's February Sale with the Racehorse Ownership Club's dispersal draft adding extra interest.  "It's also...

Uncle Phil (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}), the winner of the G3 Dan & Joan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse in January, topped Wednesday's ThoroughBid Christmas Sale when fetching £38,000 from Gordon Miller. Consigned by trainer Willie Mullins, Uncle Phil won five of his 18 starts in his time at Closutton when in the ownership of Joe and Marie Donnelly. The seven-year-old is out of the Saint des Saints (Fr) mare Synthe Davis (Fr), making him a full-brother to this year's Novices' Championship Final Handicap Hurdle winner Helnwein...

From January 2025, a new mandatory levy will be collected from sales companies, vendors and purchasers across the board at British auction houses. This will provide vital extra funding for racehorse aftercare through British racing's official charity Retraining of Racehorses (RoR). A £6 contribution will be made to the RoR from Goffs UK, Tattersalls and ThoroughBid from each lot sold. A further £3 will be collected from the vendor of each lot as well as £3 from the purchaser. This includes online sales, with the respective sales companies providing the...

Battleoverdoyen (Ire) (Doyen {Ire}) (lot 24), offered by Gordon Elliott Racing, was purchased for £13,000 during ThoroughBid's October Sale. Sold to trainer Max Comley, the 11-year-old gelding has nine wins to his name, including Grade 1s over hurdles and fences. Comley, who saddled 22 point-to-point winners in the UK last season, said, "We always flick through the ThoroughBid catalogues, and in this instance, I had an owner who was looking for an older horse, so Battleoverdoyen fitted the bill nicely. We agreed on the price we wanted to go to...

A quartet of Flat horses owned by Paul Wildes will be sold on ThoroughBid on Sunday, Oct. 13. Bidding will open at 9 a.m. and close at noon. The dispersal features the two-for-two Minnie Wildes (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}) (lot 1); Chester winner Stapleford Park (GB) (Ardad {Ire}) (lot 2); multiple-placed filly Cressida Wildes (GB) (Grain Race {GB}) (lot 3) and the 85-rated gelding Way To Dubai (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) (lot 4). Paul Wildes, whose priorities have shifted since his children are more involved in sports, said, "I've...