Buoyant Market Continues at Tattersalls October Book 3
Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continued the buoyant trade seen at Books 1 and 2 with significant rises in all the key indicators. The top price of 150,000 guineas was the second highest at this fixture whilst the turnover, average and median rose by 43%, 31% and 63% respectively.
Pinhook Success for Hegarty Bloodstock
Hegarty Bloodstock enjoyed a spectacular pinhooking success when their 4,000 guineas Tattersalls December Foal Sale purchase turned into a 150,000 guineas windfall. The colt, who is by exciting young sire ULYSSES, is out of the PIVOTAL mare REGAL HEIRESS and received a timely catalogue update when his own-brother GWAN SO finished third in the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes. He was knocked down to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock’s Matt Coleman for 150,000 guineas, stood alongside Charlie Fellowes.
"I bought him for a guy called Bill Mathis, an American client of Sean Clancy’s whom I also buy for. He owns Eve Lodge, who was the first horse I bought for him – I bought her after she won her maiden and she went on to win the Sirenia Stakes. Bill was keen to try and buy a few yearlings. He bought a share in a couple of fillies – one in Book 1 – and we tried to find a couple of colts, but we found Book 2 very strong so I thought we’d keep going here," said Coleman.
"I just thought he was the best colt I saw here, he is very athletic. He’s a full-brother to Gwan So, who has been sold to go to Annabel Neasham in Australia.
"He’s a light-framed, athletic Galileo-type and I could see him doing well here for trainer Charlie Fellowes and then going to the States. He’s a full-brother to a good horse and he looks like a racehorse."
Hegarty Bloodstock’s David and Geraldine Hegarty were naturally delighted;
"He has been very straightforward, he has never given us a problem. He came into prep and just blossomed," revealed Geraldine Hegarty. "My husband David chose him, he loves a really good-walking horse and his walk just said it all."
The Hegartys are based just outside Newmarket, and Geraldine explained that they both work full-time too.
She said: "We enjoy what we are doing and we just have the pinhooks, David works full-time at Genesis Green and I work in a school. We live at Genesis, at the moment this is just a hobby but it is something that we eventually want to take further."
Of thoughts coming into the sale, Geraldine added: "He didn't stand us a lot so we could enjoy it, it was a bit nerve-wracking here though. He has been so busy with viewings, he is tired."
New Bay Colt to Foley for 100,000 Guineas
The second lot to realise 100,000 guineas during the opening session was the NEW BAY colt consigned by David Cox’s Baroda Stud on behalf of breeder China Horse Club. The colt was knocked down to Joe Foley who was stood with agent Federico Barberini after they withstood a persistent underbidder in Blandford Bloodstock’s Richard Brown.
Joe Foley was delighted with his purchase:
"Federico and myself have loved him all day. I saw him yesterday evening, he was the first horse I saw in Book 3. I went, 'Jesus he is a good one.' We went back to see him this morning the two of us, we loved him. In the outside ring he was just like a cat, I would say that our underbidder thought the same.
"There has been huge trade all season. It has been so heartening to see people making money, and it bodes well for the mare and foal sales. It is fantastic to see. This sale has been the cherry on the top, it has just been great trade all the way through, the best trade I have seen, all the way through, in years."
David Cox of Baroda Stud said: "It has been some trade all day. He is a lovely horse, well prepared by the lads at Coolmore. He showed really well, I showed him to Clive Cox earlier and he loved him, and Marcus Tregoning and Halycon Thoroughbreds and they bought Perotto, also by New Bay, off us. The stallion is doing very well, it is great.
"It was all about this horse as an individual, he looked a real two-year-old. He has not put a foot a wrong all day, it's a great way to end the day.”
D’ORO PRINCESS is a winning half-sister to the dual Grade 3 winner RAYLENE and Listed winner PRINCESS JANIE, from the family of Champion two-year-old AD VALOREM.
Barberini Strikes for Havana Gold Colt
The Burns family’s Lodge Park Stud sold their HAVANA GOLD colt out of the HALLING mare STORYBOOK for 92,000 guineas to the bid of agent Federico Barberini. STORYBOOK, who is a half-sister to the Group 1 Dubai World Cup winner AFRICAN STORY, is already the dam of Grade 2 placed GET ON THE BUS and the blacktype performers CAMP COURAGE and ROMEO LIMA.
"We bought Storybook in the US in-foal to Declaration Of War," said Damian Burns of Lodge Park Stud. "She was a good racemare herself, who won two out of two for trainer Michael Jarvis before she went to the US.
"She has bred good horses. Romeo Lima won first time out at Deauville by 10 lengths and was very impressive. Since I bought her Get On The Bus has come along, and she has been Grade 1 placed. The two-year-old Chicago Soldier is rated 91, he is not bad and is with Johnny Murtagh.
"I went to Havana Gold because I thought he was a good physical match for the mare, and I thought he might have a good year coming up with his £15,000 covered runners. This is a very professional horse with a lovely temperament."
Purchaser Federico Barberini revealed: "He's for a very good client of mine, he is a smashing horse by a sire who has done incredibly well this season. He is a real two-year-old type, a great mover with great athleticism. A trainer will be decided at a later date, but it is likely that he will be trained in Newmarket.
"There are no certainties in this game, but the mare has already done it a few times and the two-year-old is useful too. The sire has done very, very well with his first crop of quality foals as two-year-olds of this year – to me it made a lot of sense."
Havana Grey Filly Stars for Dutfield
Another successful pinhook on the opening day of October Book 3 was the HAVANA GREY filly out of FREQUENT who was consigned by Harry Dutfield. Purchased at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale for 25,000 guineas, she was resold today for 82,000 guineas to Blandford Bloodstock’s Richard Brown.
"I’m really pleased, I didn't expect that! She has been very busy, but I don't expect much!" said Dutfield. "I have bought my own farm two months ago, I have bills everywhere! The planning alone cost £10,000.
"I work as a stud hand, and she cost basically an annual salary for a stud hand! So to come back here and do that, I am just relieved.
"She just presents herself, I just have to make sure I don't mess her up. She has a really good mind on her. She has still been very fresh in the mornings, I didn't lunge her this morning because she had a busy day yesterday and she came out today full of herself, ready for action. She is a credit to herself and deserved that."
Of his working life, Dutfield revealed: "I work for Philippa and Adrian O'Brien at Hazelwood Bloodstock. I have been helping them with Book 1 and Book 2 consignments, and they let me take a few days off to do my own. They very kindly allowed me to prep these two there, they had been kept elsewhere before but they allowed me to prep them myself at Hazelwood.
"The farm I have bought is 20 acres, just out by Thetford. I have bought a house just eight minutes away – I have sold my house here, I bought that with a pinhook, too. This sale will help a lot."
The filly is out of the THREE VALLEYS mare FREQUENT, a Juddmonte Farms-bred half-sister to successful sires SHOWCASING and CAMACHO.
Purchaser Richard Brown said: "We’ve been very impressed with the Havana Greys that we’ve seen so far. She looked very forward, very sharp and mature. It is a speedy Juddmonte family and I would say she is the sort of filly who will be out early next year.
"She is going to David Simcock for an owner of David’s who’s got a few mares. The brief was to buy a filly with a page and we’ve been blown out for two weeks, but I absolutely loved this filly.
"She’s a gorgeous filly and Harry does a superb job. He has presented her here looking amazing. I saw her a couple of times and every time she looked amazing. I saw her again this morning at about 8am and she came out like a lion. She looks a runner and we are delighted."
Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continues at 10am on Friday, 15th October.