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BRIGHT START TO TATTERSALLS JULY SALE
Brilliant sunshine and a festive atmosphere set the tone for the opening day of the Tattersalls July Sale at Park Paddocks with robust trade and a new record for filly in training at the July Sale of 250,000 guineas. A total of 200 lots were sold for a total of 4,608,200 guineas, at an average of 23,041 guineas and a median of 15,500 guineas.
The three-year-old filly EASY TO THRILL set a July Sale record for a filly in training when knocked down to Irish agent Bobby O'Ryan for 250,000 guineas late in the day. The daughter of SOVIET STAR out of the Group 2 winning AFFIRMED mare EASY TO COPY was purchased by O'Ryan on behalf of a Dublin based businessman after he saw off the efforts of the BBA Ireland's Eamonn Reilly, who was stood alongside Irish owner/breeder Joseph Joyce. EASY TO THRILL is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner TWO-TWENTY-TWO and the Listed winners EASY DEFINITION and DESERT EASE as well as to TWICE THE EASE, dam of the promising DANEHILL DANCER two-year-old ACHILLES OF TROY. The sale represented a massive result for her owners who had purchased her only 18 months earlier at the 2005 Tattersalls December Yearling Sale for 26,000 guineas.
The second highest priced lot for the day at 170,000 guineas was the DANSILI four-year-old WATER FEATURE who was offered in foal to MONTJEU's four-time Group 1 winning son HURRICANE RUN. Consigned by Voute Sales, the mare out of the KALAGLOW mare SHINING WATER is a half-sister to the Group 1 Grand Criterium winner TENBY and the Group placed listed winner BRISTOL CHANNEL. Interest in the mare came thick and fast with Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown and agent Gordion Troeller both active early before Irish agent Seamus Kennedy entered the fray. He was joined soon after by Glenview House Stud's Steven Harris but neither could withstand the efforts of the BBA Ireland's Eamonn Reilly who landed the mare on behalf of Laundry Cottage Stud's Colin and Melba Bryce.
Badgers Bloodstock's Grant Pritchard-Gordon was active on the opening day of the sale, signing for the third and fifth highest priced lots of the day. The first of these was the four-year-old mare OPERA COMICA who he purchased for 85,000 guineas. The daughter of DR FONG was consigned from Caroline Green's Templeton Stud and was offered in foal to Derrinstown Stud's MARJU, sire of OPERA COMICA's half-sister VIVA PATACA who has taken Hong Kong racing by storm during the last 18 months. A 26,000 guineas graduate of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, VIVA PATACA, who raced in England as COMIC STRIP, has won eleven races and almost £2,000,000 in prizemoney and his emphatic victory over dual Dubai Group 1 winners VENGEANCE OF RAIN and ADMIRE MOON in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Cup at Sha Tin in April broadcast his world class ability to anyone watching. Pritchard-Gordon indicated that OPERA COMICA was purchased on behalf of owner Paul Makin, and would visit STARCRAFT in Australia where she will be covered to northern hemisphere time following the injury to that stallion that will prevent his travel to Europe next year.
Pritchard-Gordon later saw off the efforts of London based agent Charlie Gordon-Watson and French agent Marc-Antoine Bergracht to secure the three-year-old SADLER'S WELLS filly JIG TIME for 140,000 guineas. The filly comes from one of Juddmonte's classic families, something Pritchard-Gordon is very familiar with having spent 17 years there as Prince Khalid Abdullah's racing manager. Her dam, the GONE WEST mare WESTERN APPEAL, is an own-sister to the 2000 Guineas winner and champion sire ZAFONIC as well as to his brother ZAMINDAR who is quickly making a mark for himself at stud at Abdullah's Banstead Manor near Newmarket. JIG TIME was also purchased on behalf of Paul Makin, and whilst plans are not fluid for her, a visit to STARCRAFT in Australia remains a possibility.
Late in the evening Italian agent Federico Barberini had to go to 105,000 guineas to purchase MAIL EXPRESS, the CAPE CROSS half-sister to Group 1 winner LE VIE DEI COLORI, who was offered in foal to KING'S BEST by Luca and Sara Cumani's Fittocks Stud. Barberini purchased the four-year-old mare on behalf of Italian breeders Paolo and Emma Agostini, who bred LE VIE DEI COLORI and MAIL EXPRESS, having sold the latter as a foal at the 2003 Tattersalls December Foal Sale for 130,000 guineas. Barberini, who saw off the efforts of underbidder Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock, indicated that the mare would go to Ireland but no mating plans had been made as yet.
The Tattersalls July Sale continues at 9.30am on Wednesday, July 11.
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BRIGHT START TO TATTERSALLS JULY SALE
Brilliant sunshine and a festive atmosphere set the tone for the opening day of the Tattersalls July Sale at Park Paddocks with robust trade and a new record for filly in training at the July Sale of 250,000 guineas. A total of 200 lots were sold for a total of 4,608,200 guineas, at an average of 23,041 guineas and a median of 15,500 guineas.
The three-year-old filly EASY TO THRILL set a July Sale record for a filly in training when knocked down to Irish agent Bobby O'Ryan for 250,000 guineas late in the day. The daughter of SOVIET STAR out of the Group 2 winning AFFIRMED mare EASY TO COPY was purchased by O'Ryan on behalf of a Dublin based businessman after he saw off the efforts of the BBA Ireland's Eamonn Reilly, who was stood alongside Irish owner/breeder Joseph Joyce. EASY TO THRILL is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner TWO-TWENTY-TWO and the Listed winners EASY DEFINITION and DESERT EASE as well as to TWICE THE EASE, dam of the promising DANEHILL DANCER two-year-old ACHILLES OF TROY. The sale represented a massive result for her owners who had purchased her only 18 months earlier at the 2005 Tattersalls December Yearling Sale for 26,000 guineas.
The second highest priced lot for the day at 170,000 guineas was the DANSILI four-year-old WATER FEATURE who was offered in foal to MONTJEU's four-time Group 1 winning son HURRICANE RUN. Consigned by Voute Sales, the mare out of the KALAGLOW mare SHINING WATER is a half-sister to the Group 1 Grand Criterium winner TENBY and the Group placed listed winner BRISTOL CHANNEL. Interest in the mare came thick and fast with Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown and agent Gordion Troeller both active early before Irish agent Seamus Kennedy entered the fray. He was joined soon after by Glenview House Stud's Steven Harris but neither could withstand the efforts of the BBA Ireland's Eamonn Reilly who landed the mare on behalf of Laundry Cottage Stud's Colin and Melba Bryce.
Badgers Bloodstock's Grant Pritchard-Gordon was active on the opening day of the sale, signing for the third and fifth highest priced lots of the day. The first of these was the four-year-old mare OPERA COMICA who he purchased for 85,000 guineas. The daughter of DR FONG was consigned from Caroline Green's Templeton Stud and was offered in foal to Derrinstown Stud's MARJU, sire of OPERA COMICA's half-sister VIVA PATACA who has taken Hong Kong racing by storm during the last 18 months. A 26,000 guineas graduate of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, VIVA PATACA, who raced in England as COMIC STRIP, has won eleven races and almost £2,000,000 in prizemoney and his emphatic victory over dual Dubai Group 1 winners VENGEANCE OF RAIN and ADMIRE MOON in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Cup at Sha Tin in April broadcast his world class ability to anyone watching. Pritchard-Gordon indicated that OPERA COMICA was purchased on behalf of owner Paul Makin, and would visit STARCRAFT in Australia where she will be covered to northern hemisphere time following the injury to that stallion that will prevent his travel to Europe next year.
Pritchard-Gordon later saw off the efforts of London based agent Charlie Gordon-Watson and French agent Marc-Antoine Bergracht to secure the three-year-old SADLER'S WELLS filly JIG TIME for 140,000 guineas. The filly comes from one of Juddmonte's classic families, something Pritchard-Gordon is very familiar with having spent 17 years there as Prince Khalid Abdullah's racing manager. Her dam, the GONE WEST mare WESTERN APPEAL, is an own-sister to the 2000 Guineas winner and champion sire ZAFONIC as well as to his brother ZAMINDAR who is quickly making a mark for himself at stud at Abdullah's Banstead Manor near Newmarket. JIG TIME was also purchased on behalf of Paul Makin, and whilst plans are not fluid for her, a visit to STARCRAFT in Australia remains a possibility.
Late in the evening Italian agent Federico Barberini had to go to 105,000 guineas to purchase MAIL EXPRESS, the CAPE CROSS half-sister to Group 1 winner LE VIE DEI COLORI, who was offered in foal to KING'S BEST by Luca and Sara Cumani's Fittocks Stud. Barberini purchased the four-year-old mare on behalf of Italian breeders Paolo and Emma Agostini, who bred LE VIE DEI COLORI and MAIL EXPRESS, having sold the latter as a foal at the 2003 Tattersalls December Foal Sale for 130,000 guineas. Barberini, who saw off the efforts of underbidder Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock, indicated that the mare would go to Ireland but no mating plans had been made as yet.
The Tattersalls July Sale continues at 9.30am on Wednesday, July 11.
