Barbados Blue (Ire) (Getaway {Ger}) (lot 8) topped the Tattersalls Online August Sale on Wednesday, selling for 90,000gns to Richard Venn Bloodstock. In foal to Golden Horn (GB), the Crimbourne Bloodstock-consigned 8-year-old sports wins on the Flat, over hurdles and jumps, and was second in the Listed Lady Godiva Mares' Novices' Chase. She is also a half-sister to More Buck's (Ire) (Presenting {GB}), a listed-chase winner.
A breeding right in successful Flat stallion Showcasing (GB) was offered as lot 34, and made 60,000gns on a bid from Tinnakill House Stud. Hyde Park Stud shelled out 17,500gns after the sale for a breeding right in Group 1 sire Aclaim (Ire) (lot 35).
At the close of trade, 17 lots sold from 28 (60.7%) through the ring for a gross of 231,500gns. The average was 13,618gns and the median was 3,800gns.
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