Tattersalls Books 2-4 Online, Including Half to Sea of Class

[Wandering Eyes]

The catalogues for Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale are now online. Held from Oct. 14-16, Book 2 contains 790 yearlings, while Book 3, conducted on Oct. 17-18, features 605 lots spread out over two days. The Oct. 19 Book 4 has 137 yearlings set to sell. Flying the flag on the racecourse, Book 2 graduates and MG1SW Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (No Nay Never) and G1SW Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) lead the alumni, while they are supported by GSWs Mystery Power (Ire) (No Nay Never), Tropbeau (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) and West End Girl (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}). The offspring of 107 group or listed winning mares will go under the hammer and there are full- or half-siblings to 148 group and listed winners.

Among the lots of note is lot 1039, a Golden Horn (GB) half-brother to the star-crossed MG1SW and Classic heroine Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) from The Castlebridge Consignment; a full-brother to MG1SW and young sire Belardo (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) (lot 899) from the draft of Ballylinch Stud; a half-brother to 2017 G1 Melbourne Cup hero Rekindling (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 596) hailing from Stringston Farm by Toronado (Ire); and a Keith Harte-consigned Dark Angel (Ire) half-brother to MG1SW and sire Slade Power (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) as lot 997.

Well represented among the catalogue are established sires Kodiac (GB) (49), Showcasing (GB) (33), Exceed And Excel (Aus) (31), Zoffany (Ire) (28), Iffraaj (GB) (24) and Dark Angel (Ire) (22). Gleneagles (Ire), Golden Horn and Night of Thunder, who have already sired group winners with their first crop of juveniles, have 16, 18 and 13 yearlings catalogued, respectively. Other sires with yearlings include Kingman (GB), No Nay Never, Australia (GB), Dansili (GB), Frankel (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Pivotal (GB) and Sea The Stars among many others. French standouts Le Havre (Ire) and Siyouni (Fr) are joined by American-based stallions Candy Ride (Arg), Hard Spun, Kitten’s Joy, Lemon Drop Kid and Street Sense for some international flavour.

All sessions will begin at 10 a.m. local time, and all of the yearlings sold in Books 3 and 4 are eligible for the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction S.

“The two highest rated sprinters in training in Europe, Battaash and Ten Sovereigns, were both purchased at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and Book 3 has had another outstanding year with Royal Ascot and two year old group winners demonstrating the perennial quality to be found in the second week of the October Yearling Sales at Park Paddocks,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “Huge demand for places in our yearling sales has ensured catalogues of real depth and quality catering to buyers at all levels of the market and from throughout the world.”

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