A call from Saudi Arabia helped win the 35th and final six-figure lot in the Tattersalls July Sale as a Tabaretta topped the session ending July 14 with a selling price of 210,000gns (US$288,997, 1gn=1,3762).
Jimmy George was the recipient of the call, with operations representative Najd Stud based in Saudi Arabia instructing the Tattersalls chief marketing officer to make the session highest bid on their behalf.
The lightweight 3-year-old raced on two wins out of eight starts for Charlie Appleby and scored a career-high Racing Post Rating of 95 as he took his second of the wins. over a mile and a half at Wolverhampton in January.
“There’s been a bit of a highlight today,” said George. “The scene in Saudi Arabia is getting stronger and stronger and he looks like a horse that would be a perfect fit for the country’s races. Najd is a regular buyer here and a great customer. great, and hopefully this lubrication will continue to be a success for stallions.”
The Najd Stud, Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz’s racing vehicle, has been a regular at Tattersalls in recent years and has led several sales during that time.
These include the Fall 2021 Horse Training Sale at 700,000gns Jack Grocery Store who was secured with Peter and Ross Doyle, and Last August Sale for 250,000gns Operating . However, the most notable purchase of this operation was during the Mares sale last December when they spent 3,600,000gns on saffron beach .
George added: “Najd has been buying for years but the Saudi run is widening. The ranch has been very successful with graduates from Tattersalls and, like everything, it’s geared towards success. public—the more winners buy from Tattersalls, the more they come to the back.”
Tabaretta, a €650,000 August Arqana, is the fourth foal of the Galileo mare favorable making him half-brother to the Prix Miesque (G3) Top Scorer deviations . There are a lot of classes back on the page because Davantage is a half-sister to the Hero of the Jockey Club (G1) Green Canariwhile the old horse champion Mtoto appeared a few generations back.
The Godolphin Draft takes center stage
Tabaretta hailed from the Godolphin draft that provided most of Friday’s gains, including the four most expensive lots. The 14 strong offers brought in a total of 578,000 gns, representing 44% of session revenue.
Rated 89 Mount Tamboraa son is placed of dark Angel Trained by Andre Fabre, got the second highest price when Naser Askar signed for 72,000 gns. Winner’s 3-year-old brother is listed Dancer Hertford is set to continue his career in Dubai.
Mount Tambora in the sale round Tattersalls July Sale
Abdullah Muammer also got his hands on the Godolphin draft as he went up to 56,000 gns for change color on behalf of Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Nuaimi.
“This horse has a good lineage, it’s physically good and it’s fast – we like sprinters,” Muammer said of his son. dubawi . “We don’t have a training plan yet.”
Godolphin was the second-highest total shipper in four sales days, with 44 shipments sold totaling 2,579,500 gns. The most expensive of the bunch is 250,000gns evening silencea daughter of no race of Galileo And wuheida was bought by BBA Ireland during Tuesday’s trading of mares and canes.
The acquisition of Evening Hush has contributed to BBA Ireland topping the buyer chart with 9 purchases totaling 1,711,000gns. The group is topped by the top shipment overall sales sweet and lovely a sister of no race Saturday Heaven in ponies to Wootton Bassett who made 350,000gns being referred by WH Bloodstock on Day One.
The vendor with the highest total revenue in the sale was The Castlebridge Consignment, with 96 lots sold generating a total revenue of 3,742,000gns.
Jacques guarantees heaven wish
Viewers could have been forgiven for thinking that ITV Racing was among the buyers on Friday morning, when host Sally Ann Grassick won the bid with a mic in hand and a camera crew in tow.
Meanwhile, Grassick is not only filming a segment that will air on ITV Racing this weekend, but also stands in place of her sister Cathy, with 23,000gns heavenly wish source on behalf of Yvonne Jacques of Carisbrooke Stud.
Thien Wish is the daughter of Crucial who cut some bandages on her two runs for Michael Bell and her owner/raider, Lady Bamford. However, the 3-year-old boasts a large pedigree, and one of the new relationships has been particularly close as she is not a half-sister with Chachamaidee who had seven wins including being awarded Matron Shares (G1).
Chachamaidee breeding record is led by double level 2 winner Meydan Brave Prince And classic who won the Peak Stock (G3) in Jacques’ familiar pale blue and pink.
Though better known for his media work, Grassick is no stranger to public auctioning. When asked how she found this experience while the cameras were rolling, she said: “It was definitely a little more stressful and (auctioneer) Alastair Pim also played a little in front of the camera. , so everyone is watching. We planned to be more discreet!”
The data holds
Friday’s trading session ended with a 96% success rate as 66 lots were sold out of a total of 69 offered for sale. Revenue reached VND1,301,500 billion, with an average price of VND19,720 billion and a median price of VND13 trillion.
An expanding category always seems to have the potential to impact four-day revenue and payout ratio, and year-over-year comparisons for those two metrics are on track, albeit to a lesser extent. big.
The number of lots offered for sale has increased by 71 (13%) this year as 635 horses are put up for auction. Among them, 574 units have found buyers (54 more than in 2022) with a liquidation rate of 90%, down 2% from 12 months ago.
Those 574 deals brought in a record revenue of 16,986,000gns ($23,375,747), up 1% year-on-year. The average price dropped 8% to 29,592gns ($40,724), but the average price, often the most revealing market indicator, held steady as high as 15,000gns ($20,643).
Tattersalls President Edmond Mahony said: “Tattersalls July Sale sales that broke last year’s record-breaking large margins is a clear sign that the market is strong and vibrant, year over year years have made this fixture popular with sellers as well as buyers.”
