2007 BREEZE UP SALE DAY 2 PRESS STATEMENT
DAY 2: TATTERSALLS CRAVEN BREEZE UP SALE CONCLUDES
The 2007 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale concluded with 51 lots sold for a total of 3,657,000 guineas at an average of 71,706 guineas and a median of 56,000 guineas, taking the two day total to 120 two-year-olds sold for 8,795,000 guineas at an average price of 73,292 guineas and a median of 55,000 guineas.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2007 |
213 |
190 |
120 |
8,795,000 |
73,292 |
55,000 |
2006 |
206 |
175 |
147 |
10,736,000 |
73,034 |
50,000 |
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2007 |
105 |
91 |
51 |
3,657,000 |
71,706 |
56,000 |
2006 |
104 |
86 |
72 |
5,080,000 |
70,556 |
46,000 |
The top price on day two of the Sale was the 320,000 guineas paid for lot 145, the HARLAN'S HOLIDAY colt out of FLIRTED, the RELAUNCH half-sister to Champion sprinter COMMITTED. The striking bay colt, from the first crop of the multiple Grade 1 winner who stands at Airdie Stud in Kentucky, had caught many an eye with his breeze and very much proved the old adage 'breeze well, sell well.' Consigned from last year's sale-topping consignor Willie Browne's Mocklershill Stables, the colt was knocked down to Darley's John Ferguson who saw off a determined challenge from locally based bloodstock agent Anthony Stroud accompanied by trainer Jeremy Noseda and new BHB Chairman Paul Roy.
Lot 145: HARLAN'S HOLIDAY - FLIRTED
Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock for 320,000 gns
Ferguson also landed the top priced filly of the day when seeing off allcomers for a particularly attractive daughter of DIXIELAND BAND again consigned from Browne's Mocklershill Stables. Like QUIET AMERICAN, sire of the record breaking filly on day one, DIXIELAND BAND is widely regarded as one of the most influential broodmare sires in North America, and the filly out of the Stakes winning ALLEGED mare DANCING MIRAGE attracted bids from agents David Redvers, Penny Barnes and Hugo Merry before it developed into a duel between Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown and Ferguson. Ferguson's final bid of 260,000 guineas represented a significant increase on the $125,000 paid for the filly as a yearling.
Lot 202: DIXIELAND BAND - DANCING MIRAGE
Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock for 260,000 gns
It was Ferguson again who triumphed for the second highest priced colt of the day when he paid 170,000 guineas for lot 132, a handsome and long striding son of RAHY out of the Argentinian bred mare EXPRESS WAY. The chesnut half-brother to four winners including Argentinian Group 1 winner EL EXPRESIVO, realised a handsome return on his yearling price of $75,000 for Con Marnane's Bansha House Stables, and Ferguson had to fight off agents Oliver St Lawrence and Peter Doyle to secure the colt on behalf of his patron Sheikh Mohammed.
Lot 132: RAHY - EXPRESS WAY
Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock for 170,000 gns
At the conclusion of the sale Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;
"The 2006 Tattersalls Breeze Up was a remarkable sale which completely rewrote the European breeze up record books, but this week's Craven Breeze Up has struggled to match those spectacular figures which rose nearly 50% on the previous record levels.
"The catalogue was outstanding and the vendors brought some very smart two-year-olds to the sale but despite breaking the European breeze up record for a filly on the first day, the overall market has been highly selective. The top of the market held up well with keen competition for the two-year-olds who combined good solid breezes with smart pedigrees, but the middle market did not mirror the amazing strength and depth we experienced at last year's sale.
"The strong Japanese contingent who made such an impact in 2006 was much depleted this week but to an extent the greater participation from the bigger European buyers compensated at the higher level. The domestic demand, however, has fallen some way short of last year and that is reflected in the figures. This sale has totally transformed in recent years and the turnover from the last two days is second only to 2006 while the average price, well in excess of 70,000 guineas, is only marginally short of last year's record. This however does not disguise the fact that we would like to have seen many more horses sold and greater returns for the pinhookers."