Half-Sister To Dewhurst Hero Chaldean Anchors Tattersalls December Foal Catalogue

A Kingman (GB) half-sister to G1 Dewhurst S. hero Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 1025) is one of the highlights of the 1172-strong catalogue for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale which is now online. The sale will be held from Nov. 23-26 and will begin at 10 a.m. each day.

There are a total of 161 full- or half-siblings to group and listed winners, among them 11 Group 1 winners. Besides the Kingman filly offered by Whitsbury Manor Stud, half-brothers to G1 1000 Guineas heroine Cachet (Ire) (Aclaim {Ire}) (lot 1033) and G1 St Leger hero Eldar Eldarov (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1027), by Mehmas (Ire) and Lope De Vega (Ire), respectively, will also go through the ring for Hyde Park Stud and St Simon Stud. G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire})'s half-brother by Wootton Bassett (GB) (lot 982) hails from the Clara Stud draft, while G1 Nassau S. heroine Lady Bowthorpe (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire})'s Kingman half-brother (lot 1011) will be consigned by Fittocks Stud. Acorn Stud will send an Invincible Army (Ire) half-brother to G1 Cheveley Park S. victress Lezoo (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) (lot 1013) to the sale.

The sale has catalogued 92 foals out of group and listed-winning mares, among them Too Darn Hot (GB) colts out of G1 Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) (lot 1030) from Ashbrittle Stud and G1 Irish St Leger heroine Voleuse De Coeurs (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 1032) from Hazelwood Bloodstock. The late Kitten's Joy is represented by a Tweenhills Farm & Stud-consigned colt out of St Leger winner Simple Verse (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}) (lot 1078); and there is also a Saxon Warrior (Jpn) filly (lot 777) out of Group 1 winner Sultanina (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) from Newsells Park Stud. Another lot of note is a Sea The Moon (Ger) colt, consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment, out of French Classic heroine Flotilla (Fr) (Mizzen Mast) (lot 1034). Highlighting the nine foals catalogued by leading sire Frankel is Trinity Park Stud's half-sister to Group 1 winner Accidental Agent (GB) (Delagator {GB}) (lot 1051); and another filly (lot 1041) out of GI Beverley D. S. runner-up Awesometank (GB) (Intense Focus) from Heatherwold Stud.

There are at least 153 foals by the current top 15 active British and Irish sires and 209 lots by the current top 20, including Acclamation (GB), Camelot (GB), Churchill (Ire), Dandy Man (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Dubawi, Frankel, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kingman, Kodiac (GB), Lope De Vega, Mehmas, Nathaniel (Ire), Night Of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Oasis Dream (GB), Sea the Stars (Ire), Showcasing (GB) and Starspangledbanner (Aus).

First-crop sires feature prominently with a total of 24 represented including Classic and Group/Grade 1 winners Circus Maximus (Ire), Earthlight (Ire), Ghaiyyath (Ire), the aforementioned Golden Horde, Hello Youmzain (Fr), Honor A P, Kameko, King Of Change (GB), Mohaather (GB), Persian King (Ire), Pinatubo (Ire), River Boyne (Ire), Sands of Mali (Fr), Sottsass (Fr) and Without Parole (GB).

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The Tattersalls December Foal Sale has enjoyed a banner year, with Group 1 winning 2-year-old colts Chaldean and Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never) burnishing its reputation as the showcase for the cream of the British and Irish foal crop. As well as consistent racecourse success, the Tattersalls December Foal Sale has been the source of spectacular pinhooking triumphs and we have some truly outstanding foals catalogued this year, with the quality and diversity to appeal to buyers from throughout the world at all levels of the market.”