The Tattersalls Ascot November Sale made a well-liked return to motion on Nov. 4 after a two-year COVID-19-related absence, and it was Godolphin’s draft that took heart stage on a record-breaking day.
Collectively topping the session at £50,000 ($68,231) have been the Godolphin-consigned successful pair of wildcard entry Throne Corridor (Lot 66) and Strozzi (Lot 65), the latter promoting to Richard Venn for a Saudi Arabian shopper.
The two-year-old son of Holy Roman Emperor won on his third start for Andrew Balding and Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum and was also placed on two other starts.
Out of the listed-placed Cadeaux Genereux mare Soprana , Strozzi is a half brother to 2020 BBAG Diana Trial second Sea of Love, and this was not the first time the attractive colt’s path and his buyer’s had crossed.
Venn explained: “He’s for a client I’ve bought horses for before. Funnily enough, I bought him as a yearling (for €20,000, US$23,704, from the 2020 BBAG September Yearling Sale), so I’ve had another crack at him!
“He is a really recreation and constant horse who can also be sound, and I am certain he’ll do very effectively on the market (within the Center East). He is received a lot going for him.”
Throne Corridor proved a helpful performer for Kevin Ryan and Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, successful twice and putting in a brace of sophistication 2 handicaps, and the Kingman gelding attracted a flurry of bids before being knocked down to Blandford Bloodstock.
The 4-year-old is out of an unraced Galileo three-parts sister to Dance Routine , the dam of Juddmonte’s multiple top-level winner Flintshire , and Concentric, the dam of the mighty Enable , among five black-type performers or winners on the flat.
🌟Joint top Lots from @godolphin🌟
Lot 66 THRONE HALL sells for £50,000 to @BlandfordBldstk
Lot 65 STROZZI sells for £50,000 to @RVennBloodstockLot 61 KOMACHI additionally sells to W Clarken & D Arnold for £38,000#AscotNovember pic.twitter.com/vwhEVCMYj6
— Tattersalls Ascot (@tattsascot) November 4, 2021
Komachi (Lot 61), one other successful son of Kingman, and likewise from Godolphin’s draft, offered to the Australian pair of Darren Arnold and Will Clarken for £42,000 ($57,314).
Arnold stated: “He’ll return to Australia to be educated by a man known as Will Clarken. I am his vet and am primarily based over right here and we glance to ship these guys again to Adelaide.
“He is a well-performed horse. He is had some points however we are able to straighten them out. I feel the Kingman’s will swimsuit the fashion of racing in Australia and he is a pleasant, compact kind of horse.
“He’ll have an excellent relaxation earlier than he goes again as a result of there’s fairly a backlog of horses ready to go away the nation.”
The gelded 3-year-old is out of an unraced full sister to American stakes winner Bay of Loads, whereas the pair are in end up of a daughter of 1995 Premio Presidente della Repubblica (G1) winner and 1993 Prix Marcel Boussac Criterium des Pouliches (G1) second Flagbird .
Godolphin’s six lots all sold for a combined total of £197,500 ($269,515) at an average of £32,917 ($44,919).
Overall, 77 lots sold from 93 offered for a clearance rate of 83% and record turnover of £603,500 ($823,555), up 5% on 2019. The average of £7,838 ($10,696) was 52% higher than two years ago, while the median of £4,600 ($6,277) represented an 84% increase.
The next auction at the venue is the Ascot December Sale, which takes place on Dec. 6, with entries closing on Nov. 15.
