2005 DECEMBER MARE SALE DAY 2
PRESS STATEMENT
MOMENTS OF JOY AS TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARE SALE SKYROCKETS
The appropriately name MOMENTS OF JOY sold for 1,650,000 guineas as the consignment from Ian Matthews headlined a record breaking second day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale. A total of 219 lots were sold for 21,060,500 guineas, a rise of 47% on last year's second day for a total that represents the largest turnover on a single day at auction in Europe. Turnover for the sale at the end of the second day now stands at 32,613,300 guineas, surpassing last year's four day total. The average on the second day was up 19% to 96,167 guineas whilst the median rose 12 % to 47,000 guineas.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2005 |
306 |
267 |
219 |
21,060,500 |
96,167 |
47,000 |
2004 |
274 |
223 |
177 |
14,330,300 |
80,962 |
42,000 |
A packed sale ring greeted the consignment of five mares and two fillies from Kirsten Rausing's Lanwades Stud on behalf of owner/breeder Ian Matthews which promised to be one of the highlights of the catalogue. The seven lots were not to disappoint realising 3,709,000 guineas with MY EMMA and MOMENTS OF JOY both breaking the seven figure barrier. The jewel in the crown looked to be the 1996 Yorkshire Oaks and Prix Vermeille winner MY EMMA who was offered in foal to Cheveley Park Stud's star stallion PIVOTAL. By MARJU out of the HIGH TOP mare PATO, MY EMMA is a half-sister to the St Leger winner CLASSIC CLICHE and is dam of the Listed winning DARSHAAN mare MOMENTS OF JOY and the Listed placed LIGHT OF MORN. Grant Pritchard-Gordon, standing alongside STARCRAFT's owner Paul Makin opened the bidding at 300,000 guineas and the price quickly raced towards 1 million guineas with locally based bloodstock agents Richard Frisby, Hugo Lascelles and Pritchard-Gordon trading bids along with Shadwell Estate's Angus Gold and BBA Ireland's Adrian Nicoll. As the price passed 1 million guineas, it was only Gold and Nicoll who remained and when the hammer came down with the price at 1,300,000 guineas, it was Nicoll who was victorious. Nicoll indicated that MY EMMA has been purchased for Coolmore Stud principal John Magnier.
LOT 1949: MY EMMA
Purchased by BBA Ireland for 1,300,000 gns
The next lot in the ring was MY EMMA's Listed winning daughter MOMENTS OF JOY who was offered in foal to Darley Stud's four-time Group 1 winner REFUSE TO BEND. A plethora of agents sought to bid on the five-year-old mare with Hugo Lascelles, London Thoroughbred Services' James Wigan, Kern/Lillingston Association's Luke Lillingston all registering bids along with new Plantation Stud owner Dermot O'Rourke. Angus Gold and Coolmore Stud's Racing Manager Tammy Twomey soon entered the fray as the priced raced into million guinea territory and past the price set moments earlier. When Twomey quickly countered Gold's bid of 1.5 million bid she looked to have secured the mare as the Shadwell Estate's representative waved the white flag, but Darley Stud's John Ferguson entered proceeding's with a bid of 1.6 million guineas. Twomey countered quickly again, and this time secured the daughter of DARSHAAN for 1,650,000 guineas on behalf of Coolmore principal John Magnier and indicated that she was likely to visit resident stallion SADLER'S WELLS.
LOT 1950: MOMENTS OF JOY
Purchased by Coolmore Stud for 1,650,000 gns
Australian owner/breeder Paul Makin has been busy at the December Mare Sale acquiring well bred mares to send to his multiple Group 1 winner STARCRAFT when he retires to Cheveley Park Stud early next year. Grant Pritchard-Gordon has been advising and bidding for Makin and the pair have caught many by surprise by opening the bidding at elevated levels. That was certainly the case when Pritchard-Gordon opened the bidding at 500,000 guineas for the three-year-old SINNDAR mare MOONLIGHT DANCE. The Group 3 International Stakes winner, out of THE MINSTREL mare STYLE OF LIFE is a half-sister to Group 1 Irish Derby and Tattersalls Gold Cup winner GREY SWALLOW and was offered in foal to dual Derby winner HIGH CHAPARRAL. Makin and Pritchard-Gordon were to meet stiff opposition however in the form of Northern Farm's Katsumi Yoshida who immediately countered their opening bid and following some quickfire bids, had secured the mare for 800,000 guineas.
LOT 2129: MOONLIGHT DANCE
Purchased by Katsumi Yoshida for 800,000 gns
Pritchard-Gordon and Makin also opened the bidding on the Listed winning four-year-old mare MADHYA but were to be bettered again, this time by German International Bloodstock's Rudiger Alles who purchased the daughter of GONE WEST for 750,000 guineas. MADHYA, out of the Group 3 winning HERO'S HONOR mare KHUMBA MELA, was another mare offered in foal to PIVOTAL, whose yearlings and foals have been in such great throughout the year. MADHYA was purchased by Alles on behalf of German owner/breeder Baron Georg Von Ullman and will head to his Gestut Schlenderhahn where a mating with resident stallion MONSUN is likely. Von Ullman has enjoyed great international success recently with MONSUN colt SHIROCCO who won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf recently.
LOT 2030: MADHYA
Purchased by German International Bloodstock for 750,000 gns
High class fillies have been in great demand on the opening two days of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale and the Listed winning four-year-old GUADALAJARA also had placing's in the Group 2 Prix de Pomone and Group 2 Prix de Royallieu to recommend her. The daughter of ACATENANGO out of the UNFUWAIN mare GUERNICA is a half-sister to Group 1 Oaks d'Italia winner GUADALUPE and out of a half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner ROYAL REBEL. Interest in the European Sales Management consigned filly came from all corners of the sales pavilion, with Japan's Big Red Farm making a bold bid along with locally based bloodstock agent Richard O'Gorman, but the pair were usurped by Darley's John Ferguson who bought the filly with a single bid of 800,000 guineas.
