Tattersalls Gold Cup Winner White Birch Heads Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training & Yearling Sale

The catalogue for the five-day Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training & Yearling Sale is now online, taking place Monday 27th to Friday 31st October. The world’s largest horses in training sale comprises 1,627 lots, headed by the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup winner WHITE BIRCH, and the Tattersalls Autumn Yearling Sale is made up of 104 yearlings and will take place following the conclusion of the Autumn Horses in Training Sale on Friday 31st October.

Officially rated 120, the John Joseph Murphy-trained five-year-old horse has shown top-class form throughout his career, shedding his maiden tag second time out as a two-year-old, landing the Group 3 Ballysax Stakes on his three-year-old debut before tasting Group 1 success in an unbeaten season last year. Still lightly raced, the son of ULYSSES was beaten a neck behind multiple Group 1 winner LOS ANGELES in the Group 2 Mooresbridge Stakes on his first start this year before finishing an unlucky fourth in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. 

Grade 1 winner NEW CENTURY is catalogued as lot 627, part of an 80 strong Jamie Railton draft. The KAMEKO three-year-old colt won the Listed Stonehenge Stakes at two before tasting victory in the Grade 1 Summer Stakes and then finishing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Rated 110 by Timform, his top level form has continued this season, highlighted by placing in the Grade 1 American Turf Stakes.

DEIRA MILE is another lot with high class Group 1 form, having finished fourth in the Futurity Trophy as a two-year-old as well as in the Derby and St Leger at three. The CAMELOT four-year-old colt out of the Listed placed mare FASTNET MIST boasts a Timeform rating of 116 and will be offered by Owen Burrows Racing as lot 302.

Group 3 Solario Stakes winner A BIT OF SPIRIT heads the two-year-olds catalogued on ratings. Officially rated 107, the Clive Cox trained colt has won three times and finished second on his other two starts. By exciting first season sire PALACE PIER out of the DUBAWI mare TANAAGHOM, he will be consigned by Jamie Railton as lot 1080.

The Ed Walker-trained DO OR DO NOT is another two-year-old sure to prove popular. Still a maiden, the 104 rated son of SPACE BLUES has placed in the Coventry Stakes, July Stakes, Vintage Stakes and Gimcrack – all Group 2 races.  BLUE POINT colt COMICAL POINT finished fourth in the Gimcrack and will be offered by Andrew Balding’s Kingsclere Training Stables alongside SIR ALBERT, a NO NAY NEVER two-year-old colt officially rated 101 and last seen finishing a half-length third in the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes.

Having sold (SIR) DELIUS, winner of the Group 1 Underwood Stakes ten days ago, for a sale-record 1,300,000 guineas at last year’s Tattersalls Autumn Horse in Training Sale, the Coolmore draft again contains a plethora of eye-catching lots. Chief among them is the 117p Timeform rated STAY TRUE, a three-year-old GALILEO colt who has only run four times, all this season, and was last seen finishing third in the Group 1 St Leger. Other three-year-old colts consigned by Coolmore include the Derby trial winners MOUNT KILIMANJARO, OFFICER, PUPPET MASTER, SWAGMAN and THRICE. The multiple Group 2 winning GALILEO entire TOWER OF LONDON rounds off the draft, rated 121+ by Timeform.

The Juddmonte consignment is always a highlight of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale and amongst the 20-lot draft selling on Wednesday 29th October are the three-year-old colts PINHOLE, a 110 Timeform rated FRANKEL own brother to the Group 1 winner QUADRILATERAL, and CALLA LAGOON, a Listed placed 104 Timeform rated son of NEW BAY from the family of CALYX and HELLEBORINE. NIGHTWALKER and GRAN DESCANS, both three-year-old sons of FRANKEL and rated 106 and 98 by Timeform respectively also catch the eye, whilst Group 2 winner ARRAY and Group placed BRAVAIS are older horses to note.

Three-year-old colt PUSH THE LIMIT headlines a strong 21 lot draft from Imperium Sales. With a Timeform rating of 114p, the son of LE HAVRE has won two of his five starts for Ralph Beckett. PRINCE OF THE SEAS, SQUARE D’ALBONI and VALVANO are all lightly raced middle distance performers boasting Timeform ratings of 100 or more, whilst INNS OF COURT two-year-old JEL PEPPER brings strong credentials having finished third in the Group 2 July Stakes.

The largest consignment will be offered by the Castlebridge Consignment who are set to offer 234 horses in training, headed by the Listed winning and Group placed four-year-old MILITARY ACADEMY, rated 115 by Timeform. The son of FASTNET ROCK is a half-brother to the Group 1 winner COMMISSIONING out of an own sister to the multiple Group 1 winner CAPRI. The Castlebridge Consignment draft also includes GREY CUBAN, WESTRIDGE and STARFORD, 112, 108 and 106 Timeform rated respectively, as well as the high-class sprinters MY MATE ALFIE, a Group winner and multiple Listed placed four-year-old rated 114 by Timeform, and CANDY, last seen winning the Ayr Silver Cup and rated 112+ by Timeform.

The largest trainer’s consignment is the 44-strong team from Richard Hannon’s East Everleigh Stables, followed by Karl Burke’s Spigot Lodge Stables with 44 lots and Charlie Johnston’s Kingsley Park with 39 lots catalogued.

The catalogue also features a yearling section following the conclusion of the Autumn Horses in Training on Friday 31st October. The session features 104 commercially bred yearlings, all of which are eligible for both the £200,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes and the £200,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes. 

Commenting on the 2025 Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training & Yearling Sale catalogue, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said:  

“The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale has a remarkable record of producing winners at the highest level, with purchases winning no less than 168 Group/Listed races since 2022. Leading the way is last year’s record-breaking 1,300,000 guineas sale-topper SIR DELIUS who won the Group 1 Underwood Stakes, and PONIROS, who won the Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. That continued success is the key to the sale’s enduring appeal and this year’s catalogue looks set to cater to the usual diverse cross-section of domestic and international buyers, both Flat and National Hunt.”