Berkshire Phantom (Ire)

The two-time winner Berkshire Phantom (Ire) (Expert Eye {GB}) (lot 19) caught the eye of Fionn McSharry and brought a sale-topping price of 28,000gns at the close of the Tattersalls Online July Sale on Thursday. The 88-rated gelded son of Italian Group 3 winner Silver Step (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}) was consigned by Andrew Balding's Park House Stables. His extended family features stakes-winning German gallopers Network (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and Novello (Ger) (Esclavo {Fr}). McSharry said, "As a new trainer we are hoping to get some nice runs from him,...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Online July Sale is now available on www.tattersallsonline.com. Taking place July 5-6, the sale features 34 lots, including 27 horses in and out of training and four broodmares. Among the horses in training is the Ralph Beckett-trained Come Together (Ire) (Gleneagles) (lot 9), third most recently, in addition to two-time winner in 2023, Berkshire Phantom (Ire) (Expert Eye) (lot 8). Among the mares in foal, Glebe Farm Stables consign the Apple Lily (Fr) (Almanzor) (Lot 31) in foal to Whitsbury Manor Stud's sire Lope Y...