With the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up (April 15th – 17th) fast approaching 10,000 guineas purchase BOULE D’OR provided a timely reminder of the value for money to be found at Europe’s premier two year olds in training sale with an emphatic victory in the Grade 2 San Luis Rey Handicap at Santa Anita over the weekend.
The son of CROCO ROUGE was purchased for 10,000 guineas at the 2003 Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale by Arthur Pitt and raced for trainers Roger Ingram, Conrad Allen and John Akehurst before shipping to America in 2007. Consigned by Malcolm Bastard, the durable seven year old has amassed £262,966 in prize money to date having won or been placed in Group races in five different countries.
The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up has carved its reputation as Europe’s premier Breeze Up Sale by producing top class performers and value for money year after year and the 2007 sale was an outstanding renewal with 16,000 guineas Group 3 winner and 1,000 Guineas contender RAYMI COYA just one of five individual Group winning two year olds to come out of the sale.
Other Group performers purchased at last year’s Craven Breeze Up for 100,000 guineas or less include Group 2 winners SIR GERRY and FLEETING SPIRIT, Breeders’ Cup Fillies’ Turf Juvenile runner up ANNIE SKATES and the Group 2 placed ALEXANDER CASTLE while 170,000 guineas Godolphin Group 1 winner RIO DE LA PLATA is currently as low as 10 – 1 for the 2,000 Guineas and 140,000 guineas Group 2 winner STRIKE THE DEAL is a live contender for the $2,000,000 UAE Derby this weekend.
The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up also gives buyers seven more opportunities to buy the winner of either the Tattersalls Timeform Million, Tattersalls Timeform Fillies’ 800 or £400,000 Tattersalls Timeform 3YO Trophy with lots 15, 18, 58, 97, 105, 187 and 189 all entered for Britain’s most valuable sales race series having come from Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Amongst those entered are three two year olds by GALILEO including the half sister to Group 1 winning Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up graduate AMADEUS WOLF and one apiece for DANSILI, JOHANNESBURG, MR GREELEY and REFUSE TO BEND.
All lots will breeze at the NatWest Rowley Mile Racecourse at 9.00am on Tuesday 15th April with the two day sale starting at 5.45pm Wednesday 16th April. Catalogues are available from Tattersalls and all Tattersalls overseas agents and can be viewed online here.