Less than 24 hours after the Noel Wilson-trained Lady Lube Rye (Catcher In
The Rye) became the first recipient of the new breeze-up bonus scheme, Tattersalls’
second two-year-old sale of the year gets underway in Newmarket Friday.
A total of
166 lots have been cataloged. The Guineas Breeze-Up Sale, now in its third
year, may play
second fiddle to the Craven Sale in April, but Sheikh Mohammed still helped
produce some
eye-catching figures at this fixture 12 months ago when buying the top two lots
for
470,000gns and 370,000gns.
In a scheme orchestrated by vendors, there are 60
prizes of up to £500,000 available for graduates of this year’s breeze-up sale, and Tattersalls
marketing
director Jimmy George hopes it will have a positive impact on today’s event.
“There are still
59 of the 60 prizes up for grabs, and there is plenty to look forward to from
the bonus
scheme for buyers at the Guineas Breeze-Up Sale,” George said. “We had an
extraordinary
sale last year, which shows how quickly this event has established itself in the
minds of buyers and vendors. We’ve got a good catalog again this year and there are
undoubtedly
some smart two-year-olds in there.”
There was a good crowd watching the workout
on
Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Thursday morning. One of those to move well was Lot
No. 116, a
Woodcote Stud-bred Shamardal filly who made 150,000gns when going through
Tattersalls
as a yearling. She is reoffered through Jamie Railton.
Emma O’Gorman’s small
team includes Lot 105, an Exceed and Excel filly who drew got over the ground
nicely. She
cost 36,000 at Goffs last year.
Willie Browne’s Mocklershill Stables has much
the biggest
draft with 25 lots cataloged, including a Gone West colt, Lot 18, who made
$170,000 as a
yearling. Another with pricey sales history is Lot 78, a full sister to listed
winner Crosspeace (Cape Cross [Ire]) offered from the Fitzpatrick family’s Kilminfoyle House
Stud. The filly
cost €140,000 as a foal and was bought in for 90,000gns as a yearling.
The sale
is followed
by a dispersal of the racing interests of Martin Myers’ Mountgrange Stud as a
result as the
appointment of administrators for the bloodstock operation. The first lot,
eight-year-old
globetrotter Blue Monday (GB) (Darshaan), is the best-known member of the team,
having
picked up nearly £500,000 in prize money.