2006 AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING SALE
DAY 3 PRESS STATEMENT
DAY 3: TUSCULUM AND PURPLE MOON HEAD THIRD DAY OF TATTERSALLS AUTUMN SALE
The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale exploded into action on the third day with a staggering thirteen lots selling for 200,000 guineas or more and the three-year-old colts TUSCULUM and PURPLE MOON both realising 440,000 guineas. Turnover on the 240 lots sold was up 58% to 9,910,300 guineas, with the average and median rising 45% and 58% to 41,293 guineas and 20,500 guineas respectively. Turnover for the three days now stands at 21,111,600 guineas, already surpassing last year's record turnover with a day to go.
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Year |
Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
2006 |
368 |
261 |
240 |
9,910,300 |
41,293 |
20,500 |
2005 |
362 |
251 |
221 |
6,281,800 |
28,424 |
13,000 |
The three-year-old SADLER’S WELLS colt TUSCULUM was consigned from Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle Stables in Ireland and carried a ‘Timeform’ rating of 115+. Raced in partnership by Mrs John Magnier and Karin Baronin von Ullmann, TUSCULUM recorded his second win in the Listed Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh before finishing a close-up fifth in the Group 1 St Leger behind SIXTIES ICON. TUSCULUM is out of the Listed placed TREMPOLINO mare TURBAINE, dam of the Group 3 winners TERTULLIAN and TEREK, and a half-sister to the legendary Arc winner URBAN SEA, dam of Derby winner GALILEO. Interest in the colt came from all corners of the ring and included Haverfordwest handler Peter Bowen, BBA Ireland’s Eamonn Reilly, Havana Horse’s Andy Smith and Andrew Stringer, assistant to trainer Barney Curley. Only Smith and Stringer remained as the price passed 400,000 guineas and when it came to rest at 440,000 guineas, it was Stringer who had prevailed on behalf of an overseas based client.
LOT 920: TUSCULUM
Purchased by Andrew Stringer for 440,000 gns
Four lots later the Sir Michael Stoute trained and Coolmore owned PURPLE MOON entered the ring and realised the same 440,000 guineas price tag. The three-year-old son of GALILEO out of the ALYSHEBA mare VANISHING PRAIRIE was rated 105 by ‘Timeform’ on the back of a second in the Listed Newmarket Stakes and progressive runs in handicaps at his last two starts. A plethora of National Hunt trainers and agents staked their claim for the half-brother to the multiple Group 1 winner VESPONE including locally based agent Margaret O’Toole, Oxfordshire based trainer and agent Paul Webber, Durham based trainer Howard Johnson and Camas Park Stud’s Timmy Hyde. Irish agent Gerry Griffin and Tweenhills Stud principal David Redvers also made bold plays for PURPLE MOON with the former triumphing at 440,000 guineas. Griffin indicated that PURPLE MOON was purchased for an existing owner and would join Cumbrian based trainer Nicky Richards at his Penrith base and Irish bookmaker Cashmans have given him a 20-1 quote for next year’s Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.
LOT 926: PURPLE MOON
Purchased by Gerry Griffin for 440,000 gns
Earlier in the day former trainer David Loder secured another high class individual to campaign at the Dubai International Racing Carnival when he signed for the Listed winning and Group 1 placed three-year-old colt GOLDEN ARROW. The son of DANEHILL out of the DR DEVIOUS mare CHEAL ROSE was consigned from Dermot Weld’s Rosewell House Stables in Ireland and was knocked down to Loder for 260,000 guineas after he withstood the efforts of agent Gordian Troeller, who was stood alongside Californian trainer Bob Hess. GOLDEN ARROW was second to subsequent 2,000 Guineas winner GEORGE WASHINGTON in the Group 1 National Stakes as a two-year-old and has run admirably this season, finishing fifth in the Group 1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and fifth in the Grade 2 American Derby before scoring easily at Cork at his last start.
