2007 FEBRUARY SALE PRESS STATEMENT
RECORDS TUMBLE AT TATTERSALLS FEBRUARY SALE
A buoyant market at the Tattersalls February Sale got the year off to a promising start at Park Paddocks with a record price, and records for turnover, average and median. A total of 191 lots were sold for 2,268,000 guineas, a rise of 16% on last year's record breaking turnover, whilst the average rose 23% to 11,874 guineas and the median rose 31% to 5,500 guineas.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2007 |
329 |
251 |
191 |
2,268,000 |
11,874 |
5,500 |
2006 |
351 |
286 |
203 |
1,957,900 |
9,645 |
4,200 |
The four lot consignment of yearlings from Paddy Kelly’s Ballybin Stud on behalf of Dermot Brennan’s Laureldean Stud in Ireland provided the highlight of the one day sale with the Danehill Dancer colt topping the day’s proceedings at 190,000 guineas and the Montjeu filly realising 105,000 guineas. The Danehill Dancer colt out of the Listed placed Bahri mare Littleton Arwen strolled with purpose around the ring and caught the attention of Mickley Stud’s Richard Kent and Blandford Bloodstock’s Richard Brown who both made much of the early running for the colt. Ashford Stud principal Paul Shanahan and Croom House Stud’s Paul McCartan soon entered the fray and the pair traded bids as the price passed the previous sale record of 170,000 guineas, given for Silver Grey Lady in 2000. McCartan finally landed the colt with a bid of 190,000 guineas on behalf of Denis Brosnan’s Croom House Stud and indicated that he would be re-offered later in the year at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.
LOT 77: DANEHILL DANCER - LITTLETON ARWEN
Purchased by Epona Management for 190,000 gns
The next lot in the ring was the Montjeu filly out of the Ballad Rock mare Child Prodigy who realised 105,000 guineas to the bid of Irish agent Denis Sheehy. The half-sister to last year’s Group 3 Queen’s Vase fourth Road To Mandalay is out of a half-sister to the multiple Group 1 winner Kutub and was knocked down to Sheehy after he saw off the determined effort of The Castlebridge Consignment’s Bill Dwan. Sheehy indicated that the filly was purchased on behalf of Old Carhue Stud in Ireland.
LOT 78: MONTJEU - CHILD PRODIGY
Purchased by Sheehy Bros for 105,000 gns
Early in the evening Blandford Bloodstock’s Tom Goff outlasted Anthony Stroud Bloodstock’s Matt Coleman to secure the unraced three-year-old filly Eclectic Mix for 130,000 guineas from the Juddmonte Farms consignment. The daughter of Zamindar is out of the Group 3 Lancashire Oaks winning Lyphard mare Andaleeb and a half-sister to the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Prophecy, dam of Listed winner Arabesque who is in turn dam of the former high class sprinter Camacho, who stands at Gay O’Callaghan’s Morristown Lattin Stud.
LOT 215: ECLECTIC MIX
Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock for 130,000 gns
At the conclusion of the 2007 Tattersalls February Sale, Tattersalls Chairman
Edmond Mahony commented;
“A record top price of 190,000 guineas, as well as records for average and turnover have ensured a more than satisfactory start to 2007.
“With uncertainty over the weather and all the local airports closed this morning we were a little concerned at the start of the day but there has been no shortage of buyers and the 2007 Tattersalls February Sale has very much followed on from last year’s outstanding December Sale, albeit at a lower level. The record price for the DANEHILL DANCER colt out of LITTLETON ARWEN from Ballybin Stud’s outstanding consignment was the obvious highlight of the day but the most encouraging feature has been the consistent demand from start to finish.
“Buyers from Britain and Ireland have been joined by significant
numbers from throughout Europe and further afield and any lot with even
a hint of quality has attracted plenty of interest. We are always aiming
to expand this fixture and the 2007 renewal has confirmed that the February
Sale has the potential for further growth.”