Northwest Passage Tops Tattersalls Online February Sale

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Stayer Northwest Passage topped the Tattersalls Online February Sale at 31,000gns to Ivan Furtado.

Sold as lot 29, the grey son of Ulysses was offered by Crimbourne Bloodstock and sports one win from seven starts. From the family of multiple Group 1-winning sire Tamayuz, the four-year-old gelding has competed on turf, all-weather and hurdles.

Crimbourne Bloodstock's Charlie Parker said, “We were very happy with today. We have been very lucky with Tattersalls Online, much luckier than we have been in the ring! I just thought he might stand out on there and he did. We are really pleased and this platform is a really good way of doing it.”

Changing hands for 30,000gns was Galia Des Liteaux (Saddler Maker) (lot 65), who sold to Mountain View Stud post sale. The Lodge Hill Stables-consigned horse-out-of-training has a win each in a point-to-point and a hurdle race, as well as three chasing wins. Her best win was in the G2 Hampton Novices' Chase at Warwick.

Also selling for 30,000gns was Arclight (Champs Elysees) (lot 55) from the draft of Seven Barrows. Simon Cox picked up the seven-year-old mare. Listed-placed over hurdles and a multiple listed winner over fences, she is a full-sister to seven-time winner Cote d'Azur (Champs Elysees).

Overall, 62 lots sold (61%) from 102 offered for a gross of 496,300gns. The average was 8,005gns and the median was 4,900gns.

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