Half-Sister To Bluestocking One Of The Highlights Of The Tattersalls February Catalogue

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A total of 331 lots have been catalogued for the two-day Tattersalls February Sale which will be held from Thursday, Jan. 30-Friday, Jan. 31. The sale will also feature the Tattersalls Stallion Parade at 11:30 a.m. on day one, as well as the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Showcase, which kicks off the entire two-day stand at 11 a.m. on Thursday, with the sale proper beginning immediately after the former. Friday's session will start at 10 a.m.

Comprised of 124 fillies and mares in/out-of-training, 23 broodmares, 157 colts and geldings in/out-of-training, 18 yearlings, and nine 2-year-olds, the sale includes drafts from Godolphin and Juddmonte, as well as from trainers Andrew Balding, Karl Burke, John and Thady Gosden, Richard Hannon and William Haggas.

One of the highlights is Desirous (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 64), a half-sister to last year's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Bluestocking (GB) (Camelot {GB}); also offered is Divisimo (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a full-sister to Bluestocking's dam Emulous (GB) as lot 63. Propel (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a half-sister to a trio of Group 1 performers in foal to Pinatubo (Ire) sells as lot 29. In foal to Modern Games (Ire), Publicist (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 25), a half-sister to Group 1 winner Total Gallery (Ire) (Namid {GB}) from the family of 4.5m gns broodmare Teona (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is also up for auction.

Among the covering sires represented are Bated Breath (GB), Cracksman (GB), Oasis Dream (GB), Sea The Moon (Ger), Showcasing (GB), Study Of Man (Ire), Mohaather (GB), Perfect Power (Ire), and Stradivarius (Ire).

Fireblade (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a full-brother to multiple Group 1 winner and Group 1 sire Cracksman (GB) is consigned as lot 304. The 4-year-old colt Baraq (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 249), a half-brother to four group winners is also offered; as is First Ambition (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 261), the first foal out of six time Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}). Daughters of Group/Grade 1 winners Wuheida (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 135) and Lady Marian (Ger) (Nayef) (lot 134) will also go through the ring.

The 2025 Tattersalls Stallion Parade will showcase nine young British-based sires who will be available for viewing in Left Yard and Right Yard after the parade. The stallions parading will be A'Ali (Ire), Bangkok (Ire), Bradsell (GB), Caturra (Ire), El Caballo (GB), Isaac Shelby (GB), Lope Y Fernandez (Ire), Stradivarius and Ubettabelieveit (Ire).

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said, “2024 was a landmark year for the Tattersalls February Sale with Irish Derby winner Los Angeles (Ire), French 2000 Guineas winner Metropolitan (Fr) and Dubai Turf winner Facteur Cheval (Ire), all out of mares purchased at the sale for a total of just 66,800 guineas. As well as Classic and Group 1 producers, group and listed winners such as multiple American graded stakes winner Missed The Cut (GB) and last weekend's King Faisal Cup winner Uncle (GB) in Saudi Arabia continue to fly the flag for the February Sale globally as a consistent source of high-class horses in training.

“There is plenty of quality breeding stock and horses in training in this year's catalogue including consignments from Godolphin and Juddmonte and from many of Britain and Ireland's leading trainers and stud farms. Alongside the ever popular Stallion Parade, this year's February Sale will also feature the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses Showcase and looks certain to appeal to the usual diverse mix of domestic and international buyers who have made the Tattersalls February Sale Europe's leading midwinter sale.”

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