Craven Catalogue Released

[Wandering Eyes]

Tattersalls has released the catalogue for its Craven Breeze Up Sale on Apr. 16 and 17, with 147 juveniles set to breeze on the Rowley Mile on Apr. 15 before being offered at Park Paddocks. This year’s graduates will be looking to follow in the footsteps of the 43 stakes winning graduates of the Craven sale since 2016, which includes last year’s GI Natalma S. winner La Pelosa (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}).

Nineteen juveniles are out of stakes-winning mares, including an Oasis Dream (GB) filly out of E.P. Taylor S. winner Lahaleeb (Ire) (Redback {GB}) (lot 112) and a War Front colt out of Moyglare Stud S. winner Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) (lot 139), and therefore a half-brother to G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Diamondsandrubies (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). There are 23 siblings to stakes winners catalogued, including a Dark Angel (Ire) half-brother to G1 Dewhurst S. winner Intense Focus (Giant’s Causeway) (lot 62), a Kodiac (GB) half-brother to Trip To Paris (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) (lot 107), a Night Of Thunder (Ire) half-sister to dual Grade I winner Wigmore Hall (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 116) and an Invincible Spirit (Ire) half-brother to the G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Erupt (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 122).

Buyers will also have a chance to get their hands on first-crop progeny of sires like Gleneagles (Ire), Golden Horn (Ire), Gutaifan (Ire), Hot Streak (Ire), Make Believe (GB), Muhaarar (GB), Night of Thunder (Ire) and Outstrip (GB). Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is among the American-based first-season sires represented.

An entry fee of £1,000 will also make all horses from the Craven sale eligible for the new £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus. Participating owners will receive the bonus if their 2019 Craven Breeze Up purchase wins a class two, three or four 2-year-old maiden or novice race in Britain or an open 2-year-old maiden in Ireland. It is expected there will be more than 300 qualifying races.

“The Craven Breeze Up Sale consistently produces top-class racehorses and GI Natalma S. winner La Pelosa was one of nine group/listed performers to have already come from last year’s sale along with group winner Queen Of Bermuda,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “The £15,000 Craven Breeze Up Bonus is an exciting new incentive for buyers and there are six lots who are already qualified for the £25,000 October Book 1 Bonus, which would result in a massive £40,000 in additional prizemoney for a horse winning a qualifying race. The quality catalogue of 147 lots has a strong representation of 2-year-olds by many of the world’s most sought-after sires and the sale looks certain to attract the usual international mix of buyers to Tattersalls.”

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