Dual Group 1 Winner Venetian Sun to be Offered in Sceptre Sessions at Tattersalls December Mares Sale

The dual Group 1 winner VENETIAN SUN is set to be offered at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, which will take place from Monday 30th November to Thursday 3rd December. The outstanding daughter of STARMAN will feature in the Sceptre Sessions, which showcases the finest fillies and mares in Europe.

The three-year-old VENETIAN SUN was purchased for 240,000 guineas at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and raced for trainer Karl Burke and owners Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy. As a two-year-old, she won the Group 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot before going on to defeat GSTAAD in the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville.

As a three-year-old, she scored again at Royal Ascot in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup before finishing a narrow second in the Group 1 July Cup behind COMMANCHE BRAVE. VENETIAN SUN won six of her nine career starts, including the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes and Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes, and was also placed in the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes.

VENETIAN SUN is by STARMAN, last year’s champion first-season sire in Britain and Ireland, out of the Iffraaj mare JOHARA, and was bred by Tally-Ho Stud. She hails from the family of Group 1-placed SUMMERTIME LEGACY, dam of Group 1 winners MANDAEAN and WAVERING, and granddam of EARTHLIGHT and SHADOW OF LIGHT, both dual Group 1-winning two-year-olds.

Trainer Karl Burke commented:

“Venetian Sun is a genuine superstar. I’ve never had another horse who worked like her. Even at two, she worked with my very best older sprinters and pulverised them one by one. She is a beautiful specimen and as good a racehorse as I have ever trained.”

Tattersalls Managing Director Matthew Prior added:

“Venetian Sun is a wonderful and tough race filly, and we are honoured to offer her in the Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, where she will undoubtedly be one of the highlights.

“The Sceptre Sessions were established to showcase the very best fillies and mares at Europe’s leading breeding stock sale, and Venetian Sun joins a growing cast of outstanding fillies and mares that have already been confirmed. An exceptional racehorse with the looks to match, she will undoubtedly attract interest from across the world.”

The Tattersalls December Mares Sale takes place from 30th November to 3rd December, with entries now open.