breeze up sales

NEWMARKET, UK—Alan King may be best known for his exploits with top-class jumpers such as Voy Por Ustedes (Fr) and My Way De Solzen (Fr) but he has been making an increasingly notable impact on the Flat scene in recent years. His 2020 Royal Ascot treble is undoubtedly the highlight of his diversification to date and, with the assistance of his regular agent Anthony Bromley, he added another four Flat-bred horses to his string on Wednesday, including the day's top lot, a colt by Excelebration (Ire). "He was our favourite...

As the action switched from the Goffs UK catalogue to Arqana at Doncaster, Grove Stud's daughter of War Front (lot 224) lit up the ring with a £650,000 final bid from Kerri Radcliffe and U.S.-based owner Larry Best of OXO Equine. The $185,000 Keeneland September yearling is out of the GIII Orchid S. winner Beauty Parlor (Elusive Quality)--not to be confused with the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}).

DONCASTER, UK--There is little doubt that the decision to hold the Goffs UK and Arqana Breeze-up Sales in the same place on the same day has reaped dividends for vendors and the sales companies alike. In times of trouble, anything that can make life a little easier for those longing for some return to normal business practices has to be applauded. As emphasised by bloodstock agent Richard Brown after he signed for an American Pharoah colt at £175,000, the international resale market remains reassuringly recession-proof, which in turn has emboldened...

All of the breezes for the upcoming Tattersalls Craven & Ascot Breeze Up Sale will be shown live at www.tattersalls.com on both the Tattersalls main page and the Tattersalls Ascot main page, the sales company announced on Sunday. Beginning at 9 a.m. local time at Newmarket's Rowley Mile on June 22, the breezes will be split, with the Craven Breeze Up Sale juveniles going first and the Ascot Breeze Up 2-year-olds breezing second. The sale proper will begin at 11 a.m. on June 25. Individual videos of the breezes will...

Nine wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale, which will be staged on June 25 alongside the Ascot Breeze-Up Sale and will be the first European breeze-up sales with horses and people on-site post lockdown. In addition to a colt from the first crop of Awtaad (Ire) out of the well-bred listed winner Patience Alexander (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 153) from Meadowview Stables, the supplements include four new offerings from last year's sale-topping consignor Tally-Ho Stud: a Kodiac (GB) great grandson of the G1 1000 Guineas winner...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up Sale on July 8 is online, numbering 157 juveniles. The breeze will take place on the Rowley Mile on July 6 at 9 a.m. Graduates of the sale will be looking to follow in the footsteps of Far Above (Ire) (Farhh {GB}), the winner of last weekend's G3 Palace House S. and one of 49 stakes winners produced by the sale since 2015. Two-year-olds are catalogued by leading sires like Dark Angel (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea...

Derryconnor Stud, vendor as 2-year-olds of G3 Nell Gwyn S. winner and Classic-placed Daban (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains runner-up Le Brivido (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), will showcase its 11 juveniles for the 2020 breeze ups on a new website. Derryconnor's Katie McGivern said, "As we find ourselves in these testing and changing times, we feel that we need to change our approach and be more proactive in promoting our stock to potential clients. We have a lovely selection of 2-year-olds that are ready to rock when...

In an ordinary year, the breeze-up consignors, just like any trainer targeting a race, would have a sale date in mind for each horse under their care and work backwards from that date in tailoring the horses' preparation. This year, of course, is anything but ordinary. Along with sweeping date changes to the breeze-up sales calendar, auctions have either been relocated or, in the case of the Osarus Breeze-up, will be held solely online. Goffs UK and Arqana have taken the sensible approach of moving sales that were due to...

The breeze-ups can't seem to catch a break. Europe's 2-year-old sales suffered a nosedive in fortunes in 2018-a combination of polarization and oversubscription causing figures to plummet-but the market bounced back in 2019 in buoyant fashion. The breeze-up pinhookers, already surely some of the thickest-skinned players in the game, soldiered on, stocking up their barns at the yearling sales to take another shot in 2020, when the renaissance of the 2-year-old sales would surely continue. And then, along came a pandemic. "There is a lot of concern out there given...

The big question to which everyone in the industry would like to know the answer is when will racing be able to resume? It is a key concern for many, not least the breeze-up consignors, whose sales season in Europe should have started this week at Ascot. The Tattersalls Ascot and Craven Breeze-up Sales have already been postponed until the end of April, while Arqana has pencilled in an early June slot for its Deauville sale currently scheduled to be held on May 8 and 9. On Wedesday, Goffs UK...

A Shalaa (Ire) colt out of GI Beverly D. S. winner Royal Highness (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) (lot 116) and a Dubawi (Ire) filly out of G2 Park S. victress Meeznah (Dynaformer) (lot 83) are among the expected highlights of the 145 juveniles in the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, for which the catalogue was released on Monday. The sale takes place Apr. 14 and 15, with the breeze on Apr. 13 on the Rowley Mile. The Shalaa colt, a €25,000 Arqana October yearling, is consigned by Kilminfoyle House Stud and...

The Tattersalls Ascot Breeze Up Sale, set for Apr. 1, has drawn 95 juveniles that will be again eligible for the £100,000 Ascot Breeze Up Bonus for winning any one of the six 2-year-old contests at Royal Ascot. Last year's sale produced four listed-winning 2-year-olds from just 78 offered: Flaming Princess (Ire) (Hot Streak {Ire}), Lorelei Rock (Ire) (Camacho {GB}), Cacciante (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) and Summer Sands (GB) (Coach House {Ire}), the latter of which was also third in the G1 Middle Park S. This year's catalogue includes...