Worldwide consumers made their presence felt on the current Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, significantly the highly effective American contingent at Guide 1, and the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Coaching Sale is all however assured to supply a variety of consumers from around the globe with horses to swimsuit their wants.
Graduates of the four-day sale have been lighting up racecourses domestically and abroad, most notably former Sir Michael Stoute inmate Zaaki , who has landed a brace of group 1s and three group 2s for trainer Annabel Neasham in Australia, while closer to home there has been the rags-to-riches tale of Rohaan , who sold to Martin Wanless and David Evans from George Scott and climbed up the ranks from Class 6 contests to winning the Sandy Lane and Wokingham Stakes.
Among the consignors with a sizeable draft this year is Kevin Ryan’s Hambleton Lodge Stables. The multiple group 1-winning trainer’s son and assistant Adam Ryan is confident their horses will hold wide appeal.
“They’re quite commercial for a spectrum of potential buyers, they’re very sound horses, and they’ve proven themselves on varying ground, which is good for owners here and abroad,” he said.
“It’s important not only to have commercially viable horses but also sound ones who look like they could be trained anywhere.
“It is at all times good to see funding from completely different components of the world and I feel it is vital for our gross sales anyway. We produce a few of the finest horses on the planet and it is good to have that funding acknowledged.
“The sale has confirmed all through the years that it is an amazing place to supply horses for anybody, you’ve got seen a few of the tales of the horses who’ve been bought overseas. It maintains the repute of the horses that are produced on this nation.”
Tabdeed wins the 2020 Hackwood Stakes at Newbury
Requested to level out one or two standouts of the draft, Ryan was fast to focus on the successful Cotai Glory gelding Pockett Rocket (Lot 562), who landed a Hamilton maiden before finishing a close second in a valuable nursery at York behind the useful Flaming Rib.
Flaming Rib has been an easy winner twice since, most recently in the listed Doncaster Stakes Oct. 23, when he became Ribchester ‘s first stakes winner.
“They’re all quite similar types, we’re very fortunate to have the backing of some big owners, who have quite a lot of stock,” said Ryan. “Horses who haven’t quite made the grades for them would certainly be good, fun horses for other people, both at home and abroad.
“I think a horse who could provide plenty of fun is Pockett Rockett, he progressed from his first runs before winning his third start. He was beaten only a nose by a very talented horse of Tom Dascombe’s in Flaming Rib, who’s now rated 108.
“Pockett Rockett ran in the Rockingham Stakes last time—the ground was very dead and tacky—but I think he could potentially progress as a 3-year-old and he’s by Cotai Glory, who has had a great start to his career.”
Elsewhere, among the most eyecatching lots on offer at Park Paddocks are this season’s Chester Vase Stakes (G3) scorer Youth Spirit (Lot 1186A) and group 3 winner and Gold Cup (G1) third Master of Reality (Lot 1186C)—who are both wildcards, as their lot numbers indicate—along with Cazoo St. Leger (G1) third The Mediterranean (Lot 238), Windsor Castle Stakes winner Chipotle (Lot 1055), and bet365 Hackwood Stakes (G3) winner Tabdeed (Lot 1149).
The last-named is one of a huge original draft of 154 horses from the downsizing Shadwell.
Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said upon publication of the catalog: “The unique diversity of the sale is the key to its enduring appeal to both domestic and international buyers.
“This year’s catalog has all the ingredients to appeal to the customary global audience, including the significant, high-class consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, and Shadwell Estates.”
The opening session begins Oct. 25. The sale runs through Oct. 28.
