2006 BREEZE UP SALE DAY 2 PRESS STATEMENT
DAY 2: TATTERSALLS BREEZE UP REWRITES THE RECORD BOOKS
The Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale continued in spectacular fashion and concluded with a new record price for a two-year-old at the sale and new records for turnover, average and median. Trade on the second day saw 72 lots sold for 5,080,000 guineas, at an average of 70,556 guineas and a median of 46,000 guineas, taking the two day total to 147 lots sold for 10,736,000 guineas, a rise of 70% on last year's record breaking total. The average and median both rose 43% to 73,034 guineas and 50,000 guineas respectively over last year's record levels.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2006 |
206 |
175 |
147 |
10,736,000 |
73,034 |
50,000 |
2005 |
193 |
172 |
124 |
6,333,000 |
51,072 |
35,000 |
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2006 |
104 |
86 |
72 |
5,080,000 |
70,556 |
46,000 |
2005 |
94 |
80 |
58 |
2,905,000 |
50,086 |
30,000 |
The GREEN DESERT colt out of the Group winning PENNEKAMP mare ALEXANDER THREE D had been the talk of Park Paddocks following his impressive breeze and the imposing individual had no shortage of admirers as he entered the ring. Irish bloodstock agent Peter Doyle and locally based agent Margaret O'Toole both staked claims for the colt along with locally based agent Dick O'Gorman, who was to end up the underbidder, but none could withstand the efforts of Hiroaki Akita, farm manager at Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm who secured the colt for 625,000 guineas. The sale represented a new record at the Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale, eclipsing the previous record of 500,000 guineas set two years ago and continued the spectacular run for his consignor Willie Browne.
Lot 128: GREEN DESERT - ALEXANDER THREE D
Purchased by Katsumi Yoshida for 625,000 gns
Browne's Mocklershill Stables also consigned the second and third highest priced lots for the day with the GALILEO colt out of the regally bred ROYAL ACADEMY mare SOMETIME realising 390,000 guineas to the bid of Co Meath trainer Ger Lyons. The half-brother to Listed winner MANYANA is grand-daughter of champion broodmare ALIDIVA, dam of Group 1 winners TAIPAN, ALI-ROYAL and SLEEPYTIME. Lyons secured the colt after seeing off the efforts of Irish agent Peter Doyle, locally based agent Margaret O'Toole and BBA Ireland's Patrick Cooper.
Lot 144: GALILEO - SOMETIME
Purchased by Ger Lyons for 390,000 gns
The colt out of the RINGSIDE mare FIGHTING COUNTESS represented the final crop of the ill-fated stallion DANEHILL and saw interest from BBA Ireland's Patrick Cooper, Japanese agent Takashi Kodama and Swordlestown Stud's Ger Morrin, but it was Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown who secured the colt for 280,000 guineas on behalf of New Jersey based businessman Ahmed Zayat. The half-brother to the Stakes winner DAWN PRINCESS was another pinhooking triumph for Browne's Mocklershill Stables who purchased him as a yearling for $140,000 and ended the sale as leading consignor, having sold 19 lots for 3,079,000 guineas.
Lot 163: DANEHILL - FIGHTING COUNTESS
Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock/Zayat Stables for 280,000 guineas
At the conclusion of the 2006 Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;
“It is not often that a Sale completely rewrites the record books, but the 2006 Tattersalls Breeze Up has done just that. Only five years ago the aggregate at this sale was just over 2,500,000 guineas, the average was a touch over 23,000 guineas and the top price was 82,000 guineas. The 2006 renewal has produced turnover of 10,736,000 guineas, an average of 73,034 guineas and a top price of 625,000 guineas. Equally importantly the sale has achieved a clearance rate that would be the envy of any similar sale in the Northern hemisphere.
“Tribute has to be paid to the vendors who have sent us such a special collection of two year olds. The catalogue was universally acclaimed as the best ever for a European Breeze Up Sale from the moment it appeared and the buyers have responded in spectacular fashion. Based on the catalogue and the number of Group 1 performers that have come from this sale in recent years it would be fair to say that we approached this week with a measure of optimism, but it would also be fair to say that we would not have predicted such massive rises across the board.
“The 625,000 guineas record breaking GREEN DESERT colt bought by Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farm was obviously the individual highlight of what has been a truly memorable sale, but the feature of the trade which has given most cause for optimism has been the depth of the demand. Ten different buyers of the top ten lots and 28 lots making 100,000 guineas or more is a graphic illustration of a market with genuine strength in depth and it has been hugely encouraging to see such diversity among the buyers.”