2006 AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING SALE
DAY 2 PRESS STATEMENT
DAY 2: ROCKALL BLIZZARD TOPS SECOND DAY OF TATTERSALLS HORSES IN TRAINING SALE
ROCKALL BLIZZARD sold for 425,000 guineas on the second day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale to register the third highest ever price at the sale on a day when 225 lots were sold for 6,199,300 guineas at an average of 27,552 guineas and a median of 15,000 guineas.
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Year |
Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
2006 |
364 |
249 |
225 |
6,199,300 |
27,552 |
15,000 |
2005 |
365 |
252 |
240 |
6,499,300 |
27,080 |
17,000 |
A packed sales ring greeted the Listed winning three-year-old COZZENE colt ROCKALL BLIZZARD as his turn in the spotlight arrived. The two-time winning son of the Stakes winning DYNAFORMER mare KENTUCKY STORM was consigned from Noel Meade’s Tu Va Stables in Ireland on behalf of owner Pat Garvey and interest in the colt came thick and fast. It soon settled down to a head-to-head battle between David Loder and Saudi Arabian agent Saad Al Kahtani with the latter prevailing at 425,000 guineas when Loder relented for the first time this week. Al Kahtani indicated that ROCKALL BLIZZARD would follow the same path as yesterday’s 190,000 guineas purchase LENINGRAD, targeting the King’s Cup in Riyadh in February for owner Prince Faisal and trainer Fahat Rzek.
LOT 557: ROCKALL BLIZZARD
Purchased by Saad Al Kahtani for 425,000 gns
Earlier in the day Loder had continued his buying spree when going to 220,000 guineas to secure the three-year-old filly MISSISIPI STAR. The daughter of MUJAHID out the SHIRLEY HEIGHTS mare KICKA broke her maiden at Nottingham in May before being placed in the Listed Hoppings Stakes at Newcastle in June and the Listed Dance Design Stakes at the Curragh in August. Loder secured the filly after a prolonged bidding dual with Saudi Arabian agent Mohammad Bin Aeyesh Altayyar who was looking to purchase on behalf of Prince Adbul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz, the Governor of Mecca. Loder indicated that MISSISIPI STAR would join yesterday’s purchase FAIRMILE in campaigning at the Dubai Racing Carnival next year.
LOT 496: MISSISIPI STAR
Purchased by David Loder for 220,000 gns
The draft from Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House Stables is invariably a highlight of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale with an array of stamina-laden National Hunt prospects usually scattered amongst the consignment. The pick of this year’s selection was the three-year-old gelding WARSAW PACT who carried a ‘Timeform’ rating of 97 courtesy of four victories, three of them this year and the son of POLISH PRECEDENT attracted interest from Camas Park Stud’s Timmy Hyde, Durham-based trainer Howard Johnson and Irish agent Aiden Murphy. Hyde was the first to wave the white flag, refusing to advance his bid of 160,000 guineas, and Howard Johnson looked to have done the same when exiting the ring when Murphy gained the advantage again with his bid of 180,000 guineas. However Johnson made one last attempt for glory when making his final bid of 190,000 guineas, but was to be denied when Murphy upped the ante and secured WARSAW PACT with his 200,000 guineas bid. Murphy indicated that WARSAW PACT would go jumping but wasn’t sure who he would go into training with.
