With over 100 horses boasting Timeform ratings of 100 or greater in a catalogue that includes high-quality drafts from Coolmore, Juddmonte and Shadwell, is it any wonder that buyers flock from all over the world to get in on the action at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale? If there is one jurisdiction that has flexed [...]

Impressive Eyrefield Stakes winner Sigh No More (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) will head to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, according to Johne Murphy, the former Munster Rugby player who heads Stride Racing.  Sigh No More provided Stride Racing with its greatest day on a racetrack at Leopardstown on Saturday when landing a 40-1 knockout punch to [...]

Opportunities to source next year's two-year-old talent are running thin on the ground and leading buyers like syndicate manager Nick Bradley, bloodstock agent Federico Barberini and breeze-up handler Johnny Collins revealed that they are hoping to stock up at the October Yearling Sale at Arqana this week. This year's French 2,000 Guineas winner Metropolitan (Fr) [...]

The action at Tattersalls continued apace on Thursday as Book 3 of the October Yearling Sale kicked off with a Whitsbury Manor Stud-offered Havana Grey (GB) filly fetching 200,000gns to Alex Elliott on behalf of Amo Racing. That result matched the record price at Book 3 and became the most expensive filly ever sold at [...]

Alex Elliott lauded Tattersalls for its “hold my beer” flex during Book 1 and 2 of the October Yearling Sale after the leading bloodstock agent signed for the 600,000gns Too Darn Hot (GB) joint-top lot on Tuesday for Amo Racing and Al Shaqab from Appletree Stud.  One of the stories to emerge from Park Paddocks [...]

Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale piggybacked off last week's bonanza at Book 1 with Godolphin once again flexing its muscle for a 875,000gns Sea The Stars (Ire) colt on a day when all of the key figures were up on last year.  Monday's trade carried on from the trends set at Book [...]

At 30 years of age, Hamish McCalmont has already experienced two different worlds. Having spent seven years working in finance in London, and enjoyed the delights that comes with city living, McCalmont made the decision to return home to his family's Norelands Stud in County Kilkenny and immerse himself in the world of bloodstock.  In [...]

Galbertstown Stables boss Pa Doyle described trade at Goffs this week as “very strong for the nice horses” after selling a Sioux Nation half-brother to Diego Ventura (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) to Tally-Ho Stud for €135,000.  That was the highest-price paid on Friday as the curtain came down on Book 2 where a 72% clearance rate [...]

Book 2 of the Goffs Orby Sale kicked off with joint top lots by Acclamation (GB) and Supremacy (Ire) at €80,000 with the gavel falling to trainer Johnny Murtagh and American buyers Legion Bloodstock respectively.  The Acclamation colt was consigned by Clare Manning of Bohergy Stud while the Supremacy filly was offered by Yeomanstown Stud [...]

Croom House Stud boss Denis Brosnan opened up on how a gamble to back Goffs with some of the farm's best yearlings this year paid off when the County Limerick-based operation's Frankel (GB) colt (lot 323) out of Listed winner Loch Lein (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) brought an Orby Sale-topping €2 million to Godolphin on [...]

Joseph O'Brien was the big winner on day one of the Goffs Orby Sale with the trainer coming away with a number of six-figure yearlings, including the €850,000 Blue Point (Ire) half-sister to Classic contender Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}).  Billed as one of the highlights of the sale, the sister (lot 114) [...]

The hunt for the next Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) is on at this year's Goffs Orby Sale, with Henry Beeby saying that he is convinced the sales house has never assembled such a strong group of yearlings to be offered at Ireland's premier yearling sale this week.  Trained by George Scott, Bay [...]