Tattersalls will hold its one-day December Yearling Sale on Monday, hot on
the heels of one of its biggest ever successes. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Vale of York (Ire) (Invincible Spirit) was
bought for just 23,000 guineas by breeze-up consignor Adrian Costello at last year’s
sale.
“Vale of York’s win in the Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile shows the sort of quality that can be found at the December Yearling
Sale, and this year’s catalog is outstanding,” Tattersalls Marketing
Director Jimmy George said. “There are also 14 yearlings eligible for the
Tattersalls Millions series.”
There has been a strong demand all year for well-bred yearling fillies and, Hip
No. 159, a full sister to this season’s Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Fr-G1) runner-up
Mikhail Glinka (Galileo [Ire]), is one who should have plenty of appeal.
She is offered by the Castlebridge Consignment for breeder Paul Makin’s Paulyn
Ltd. and is out of Lady Karr (Mark of Esteem [Ire]), who is a full sister to
2006 Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) winner Sir Percy.
Among Galileo’s other offerings are Hip 196, a Juddmonte-bred colt out of listed winner Short Dance (Hennessy), and
Hip 203, a filly who
is the first foal of Grade 1 victress Luas Line (Ire)
(Danehill).
The sale also features the final three yearlings by the great Sadler’s
Wells available through public auction. The last of the trio is Hip 202, a colt who is a
full brother to 2000 Moyglare Stud S. (Ire-G1) winner Sequoyah (Ire), herself the dam of
four-time Group 1 scorer Henrythenavigator (Kingmambo); 2007 Fillies’ Mile
(Eng-G1) heroine Listen; and the unraced Liffey Dancer, who became
the dearest yearling filly sold at Tattersalls when she made 2.5 million guineas at
the 2007 October sale.
Those who have already registered a solid price tag in the sale ring include
Hip
164, a Danehill Dancer three-quarters brother to English One Thousand Guineas
(Eng-G1) heroine Speciosa (Ire) who cost 90,000gns as a weanling and was a €95,000 RNA at the Goffs
Million Sale in October. Hip 179 is a first-crop Hurricane Run (Ire)
half-brother to recent Las Palmas H. (G2) winner Tuscan Evening (Ire) (Oasis Dream
[GB]), who sold for $650,000 at Fasig-Tipton earlier this month.
Hip 195, the
already-named PLANET WAVES (Red Ransom), is a half-brother to this
season’s undefeated Moyglare Stud S. (Ire-G1) winner Termagant (Powerscourt [GB]). He was
bred by Denis O’Flynn’s Old Carhue Stud and is offered through the Castlebridge
Consignment. Hip 212, a Rathasker Stud homebred by High Chaparral (Ire) who was
bought for €110,000 in utero at the 2007 Arqana December Sale, is a sibling to
three black-type winners.
Shadwell is selling an Act One half-sister to
this season’s Royal Lodge S. (Eng-G2) second Waseet (Selkirk) as Hip 94 while
Hip 46 is a Sleeping Indian (GB) half-sister to this season’s Norfolk S.
(Eng-G2) winner Radiohead (GB) (Johannesburg).