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SALES CIRCUIT
Tattersalls December Foals
Stephen Hillen bought Rosdhu Queen on behalf of Coolmore at 2.1 million gns
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enjoy buying and often racing and breeding in northern Europe. It is nature’s law that the current soughtafter stallions will be hard to replace one day, and the super-rich, unfettered by patriotism, will look more closely at other markets, but for now the European horse is the one they want and results at major overseas meetings like the Breeders’ Cup, Melbourne Cup and Hong Kong International reinforce the message. Meanwhile, the dominant domestic players such as Coolmore, Darley, Shadwell and the Qatari forces remain highly active. Ironically, the December Mares’ Sale saw no fewer than five lots make seven-figure sums, but not the highest price of the year in Europe, which was achieved by the filly Chicquita at Goffs. She made €6 million, but Tattersallls had no complaints when it achieved marks of 4.7 million gns for Immortal Verse – bought by Coolmore and a European best for a broodmare – and 4 million gns for Dancing Rain, who has joined Darley. The latter, an Oaks winner no less, was spiced by a Frankel cover, which was among the most sought-after of the week. Of the ten mares who went through the ring with one of his foals in utero, seven sold for 7,095,000gns at an average 1,013,571gns. Yet the mighty Galileo was found as the covering sire on only one page, and the mare with whom he was mated, the Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Saoire, was bought in.
Tattersalls December Foals Another remarkable sale, to add to so many during 2013, saw Tattersalls’ annual supermarket of foals generate European
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Sex/Breeding
Vendor
F Dubawi-High Heeled
West Blagdon Stud
Price (gns) 450,000
Buyer
F New Approach-Gee Kel
Mill House Stud
400,000
Kilfrush Stud/Mubarak Al Naemi
F Oasis Dream-Termagant
Kenilworth House Stud
350,000
RBS
C Galileo-Saoire
Castlebridge Consignment
325,000
Blandford Bloodstock
C New Approach-Kitty Kiernan
Barronstown Stud
320,000
Shadwell Estate
F Sea The Stars-Sanwa
Plumpton Hall Stud
320,000
Sunderland Holding Inc
F Sea The Stars-Our Queen Of Kings Newsells Park Stud
320,000
Charlie Gordon-Watson
C Fastnet Rock-Prowess
Ashbrittle Stud
320,000
Demi O’Byrne
F Fastnet Rock-In The Mist
West Blagdon Stud
320,000
Hugo Lascelles Bloodstock
C Dubawi-Savannah Belle
Brook Stud
300,000
Crispin de Moubray
John Ferguson Bloodstock
Five-year tale Year
Sold
Agg (gns)
Avg (gns)
Mdn (gns)
Top Price (gns)
2013
740
31,420,400
42,460
23,000
450,000
2012
708
24,132,700
34,086
20,000
500,000
2011
665
23,860,100
35,880
21,000
450,000
2010
560
17,491,400
31,235
20,000
320,000
2009
618
20,218,700
32,716
16,000
400,000
Tattersalls December Yearlings Top lots Sex/Breeding
Vendor
C Rip Van Winkle-Aurelia
Furnace Mill Stud
Price (gns) 200,000
Buyer
F Galileo-Artful
Denford Stud
135,000
David Redvers Bloodstock
C Teofilo-Henties Bay
Taroka Stud
120,000
John Ferguson Bloodstock
C Iffraaj-Alexander Youth
Mountarmstrong Stud
110,000
John Ferguson Bloodstock
F Fastnet Rock-Crinolette
Bugley Stud
105,000
C High Chaparral-Cool Catena
Glenvale Stud
95,000
AB Racing
C Danehill Dancer-American Adventure
Voute Sales
86,000
Will Edmeades Bloodstock
C Cape Cross-Garanciere
Redpender Stud
70,000
Rabbah Bloodstock
C Kyllachy-Granuaile O’Malley
Barton Stud
64,000
Sir Mark Prescott
C Hard Spun-Rebel Account
Trickledown Stud
62,000
Peter & Ross Doyle B/s
BBA Ireland
Willie Browne
Five-year tale Year
Sold
Agg (gns)
Avg (gns)
Mdn (gns)
Top Price (gns)
2013
145
3,570,100
24,621
15,000
200,000
2012
167
3,595,300
21,529
13,000
140,000
2011
150
3,766,300
25,109
20,500
150,000
2010
194
3,574,600
18,426
9,000
140,000
2009
153
3,486,700
22,789
11,000
275,000
record turnover. A bigger catalogue and an additional 89 horses that went through the ring knocked the clearance rate down to 78% (from 82% in 2012) – some high reserves would have been another factor in that small decline – but sharp rises in average (up 25%) and median (plus 15%) were figures to encourage breeders. Not that foal production and selling is easy, for the market remains stallion-centric, and just when a breeder thinks they have mined a gold seam the roof opens and everyone has their pick and shovel at the ready. A smart foal that sells for a good sum is
EMMA BERRY
LAURA GREEN/TATTERSALLS
Top lots
Fiona Marner and Lionel Godfrey sold a Sea The Stars filly for 235,000gns
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