Hillen Lands Sale-Topping Filly in Goresbridge
On the last occasion Stephen Hillen bought a top-selling small chestnut from Katie Walsh’s Greenhills Farm at the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-Up Sale, his buyer turned out to be East, who had won the Prix Thomas Byron ( G3) and finished third in the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (G1) competition.
The agent will expect lightning to strike twice in four years after buying East for €315,000 (US$333,235), he goes back to the same source to buy another small chestnut and so Hillen is determined to buy his daughter the first service of Saxon Warrior that he had broken a record selling price, just as he did on the last occasion of the auction held in Goresbridge on 19 May.
Hillen on his €520,000 ($550,373) purchase, who will be training with Kevin Ryan: “She’s a different kind of badass than East but she reminds me of her in a way. that she purged, it was almost bizarre. She was bred to stay at least a mile, or a mile and a half, so she couldn’t have done that on the pedigree.”
She posted one of the fastest times of the day, and the way she managed to wrap two feather clips at Fairyhouse on Wednesday morning caught the attention of everyone present.
Hillen added: “The style of the breeze I think is important; it’s the horses that are galloping quickly but don’t look like they’re going fast that are the horses.”
The agent bought her for a new client, who was acting on his behalf at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale in Deauville last week and provided some insight into what the immediate future holds for her. seller, who is also the most expensive to be sold on a European TV channel this spring.
“She’s probably going to get a month off and then start freezing, but at the rate she showed yesterday, if she can do it over a mile it’s going to be huge,” he said. big.
“I hope she’s a freak.”
As half-sister to the third Surbett listed in Italy, the March-born non-giant Causeway Queen mare, an underrated daughter of Ask for the Moon, won in the Prix Saint-Alary (G1) in 2004.
The mare Dr Fong is the dam of the winner of the Dee Stakes (G3) and the Third Astrology of the Cazoo Derby (G1) and the winner of the Esher Stakes is listed as Sandro Botticelli, both sons of Galileo.
The Walsh Deliverer explains that her Saxon Warrior was bred by James Hanly, who then sent her to Walsh to prepare for the uprisings because her size and range were slightly reduced compared to hers. for desirable revenue.
“I think she’s grown and developed over the course of last fall and is a pretty chubby person, so she’s one of those people that James decided to ignore the sale as a year of aspiration,” he said. she said.
Walsh feels that her previous record sale was a factor in Hanly’s decision to send her the filthy item.
“I think he felt that I sold East in this sale and that Goresbridge was always good to me, he just matched those two facts together,” she said.
“And it worked for him! It was always the plan to go to this sale with her; the thought was that she would stand out here, and she certainly did.
“It’s amazing, she’s a gorgeously gorgeous girl, an evil girl with a lovely pedigree and she just attracts people.”
Though bred to be vastly superior to two coats in Wednesday’s wind, the Saxon Warrior still exhibits scorching speed, as Hillen alludes to, and Walsh knows she has one. particularly dirty on their hands long before they reached the Fairyhouse.
“I think people have been quite surprised with the time she’s taken with her current fitness,” she said. “I know she’s going to watch good time, I have a fair opinion that she’s a delicious person; all she’s done is please me since I got her. that.
“She’s always been a straightforward person with a galloping walk and a great attitude.
“With those fillings, it comes naturally to them. It’s just different gravy. No matter how fast you galloped, how far you’ve come, it’s never been a problem for her, for that matter. Whether it’s a canter in the sand on a Monday morning, or a job, everything is too easy, and that’s the difference.”
No one left
Fillies accounted for three of the four most expensive horses on Thursday, with Joe Foley finally getting his hands on it Thunder Night cheerfulness of Gadwa, who slipped through her fingers like a pony when she was sold by breeder Plantation Stud to Elton Lodge Stud for 72,000 guineas ($101,176).
The second pony in Heartlines, the daughter of an outstanding brethren Bernardini who won at the age of 3 in France, she has strong American descent being the niece of Marietta, the winner. Arlington Oaks (G3).
That’s a huge return on the investment John Bourke made in her at Book 3 last year, which cost just 12,500 guineas ($17,948) when bought back from Houghton Bloodstock.
Brown also attacked a pony from the first case of Sioux Country , who had a horrifying start to his student career. Blandford Bloodstock man protected Folistown Farm mare from mare Mujadil Dorothy Parker for 130,000 euros ($137,555).
O’Callaghans Excel again
Tally-Ho Stud regularly tops the list of suppliers in Europe this year with fast sales and the O’Callaghan family has sold Outperform and Excel The pony interrupted the procession of fillings that sold for more than €200,000 ($211,664).