Eight Wildcards Join Tattersalls HIT Sale

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An octet of horses-in-training will be offered as wildcards at the upcoming Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale from Oct. 29-Nov. 1. All eight new additions will go through the ring on Oct. 30. Lot 729A, Group 3 winning sophomore colt Chilean (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) is the clear leader on form and is ranked 106 on Timeform. Four-year-old gelding Red Alert (GB) (Sleep Indian {GB}) (lot 674A), who has won his two latest trips to the post, hails from the draft of Tony Carroll’s Mill House Racing, while 2-year-old filly Galtee Mist (Ire) (Gale Force Ten {GB}) (lot 674B) was runner-up in her only start to date for Michael Byrne at Naas last week. Other juveniles entered include recent winner The Cotswold Wasp (GB) (Swiss Spirit {GB}) (lot 674C) from JohnQuinn’s Bellwood Cottage Stables; lot 674D, Tenax (Ire) (Slade Power {Ire}), who has won once in five starts and is a half-brother to two black-type winners for Joseph O’Brien; the William Knight-trained Sir Busker (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) (lot 729B), who broke his maiden over six panels at Newbury and is from the family of G1SW Golden Apples (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}); Aristocratic Man (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) (lot 729C) hails from the yard of Gordon Elliot and was runner-up to subsequent Group 2 hero Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in a maiden at Listowel; and Showout (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) (lot 729D), a two-time winner for trainer Archie Watson, who was runner-up in the Listed Prix Zeddaan at Deauville.

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