Edmond Mahony

NEWMARKET, UK -- Records, records, records. It didn't feel particularly blockbusting on the final half-session of mares at Tattersalls, but that is the nature of any sale. Big days, quieter days. The days they all come for - Monday and Tuesday - certainly didn't fail to deliver some showstopping moments. It could have been predicted that Kia Joorabchian, after his spectacular spending spree at Book 1, and with plenty of stallions now at stud, would play a similarly prominent role during the December Sale, and his Amo Racing was again...

New dreams abound for Harry and Oliver Vigors, some of the youngest pinhookers to get in on the action at Tattersalls this week, with the pair going to 72,000gns to secure a Perfect Power (Ire) colt in partnership with Redwall Bloodstock.  That proved to be the sale-topping figure for the final session of what has been record-breaking foal trade at Tattersalls. In fact, such records had already been achieved by Friday when the 30,906,000 turnover for that memorable session exceeded what was spent during the entirety of this sale 12...

Tweenhills owner David Redvers has applauded Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony for speaking out against the government's budget announcement that limits inheritance tax for farms to £1m.  Despite having just overseen another memorable sale at Park Paddocks, where a new record was broken for the highest-priced horse sold at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale at 1.3 million gns, Mahony used that platform to highlight changes made in the budget that he says will have a "negative impact on the whole racing and breeding sector" in Britain. Agricultural property has been passed...

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony outlined his concerns arising from the government's budget announcement when reflecting on what proved to be a memorable Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale that saw a record-high price paid for the 1.3 million gns Delius (GB) (Frankel {GB}) earlier in the week.  That Coolmore-owned three-year-old was sold on Wednesday to continue his career in Australia for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Mahony praised the large cohort of international buyers who made the trip to Tattersalls for what has been another successful sale at Park Paddocks. Despite...

A total of 197 lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale, which takes place at Park Paddocks on Monday, November 25. The catalogue features 11 siblings to Group 1 winners, including lot 63, a Dark Angel (Ire) half-sister to this year's Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner Camille Pissarro (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and the Commonwealth Cup winner and sire Golden Horde (Ire); lot 102, a Nathaniel (Ire) half-sister to this year's Irish Champion Stakes scorer Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}); and lot 179, a Saxon Warrior (Jpn)...

NEWMARKET, UK -- The contrast could not have been more stark. From the high-flying bids of Book 1, the wave of a hand or catalogue was harder to spot on Friday as Books 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale drew to a close. If last week and the beginning of this week had an almost surreal air, this then was reality. Overall, however, there was little doubting since the close of Book 1 that this would be a vintage edition of the sale as a whole, and...

Last week's G3 Tattersalls Stakes winner The Waco Kid (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) is one of the highlights of the five-day Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, which takes place at Park Paddocks from Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1. The Waco Kid is rated 109 and will be offered as lot 1059 by the Castlebridge Consignment, who are responsible for the largest draft of 178 horses in training from a catalogue comprised of 1,619 lots. The G3 Thoroughbred Stakes winner Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) also features in their offering...

NEWMARKET, England--For the second consecutive year Havana Grey (GB) and Whitsbury Manor Stud were responsible for the highest-priced yearling at the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale as a filly by the in-demand stallion went the way of Alex Elliott, acting on behalf of Amo Racing, for 140,000gns during Tuesday's session at Park Paddocks. Lot 419 was the headline buy on a productive day for Elliott, who signed for the top three lots from the session in some shape or form. Lot 376, a Sergei Prokofiev colt offered by Chasemore Farm, is...

Dr Caroline Scott has been appointed as the new finance director at Tattersalls, it was announced on Wednesday. Scott is a chartered accountant and has been head of finance at Tattersalls since 2023, having first joined the sales organisation in 2006 as the assistant financial controller. In addition to her new role as finance director, Scott has been appointed as company secretary and her appointment also holds significance as the first woman to join the Tattersalls board in its 258-year history. Besides her longstanding role at Tattersalls, Scott's broad engagement...

A total of 465 yearlings have been catalogued for the fourth edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale, which will be held over two days at Park Paddocks for the first time this year. The opening session starts at 10am on Monday, September 2. Graduates of the Somerville Yearling Sale include Anisette (GB) (Awtaad {Ire}), who started her career in Britain after being bought for 26,000 guineas back in 2021. She later joined Leonard Powell in the US and was last seen gaining her third top-level win in the Gamely...

For only the second time in its history, Tattersalls has accrued annual turnover in excess of 350 million gns, while its season-ending December Sale had an aggregate of more than 100 million gns for the second year in a row. There is no denying the allure of the elite European breeding stock sales, and nowhere is the high drama of the sale-ring more captivating than at Park Paddocks. The sales business is not all high days and holidays, however, as most people trying to sell a foal at either of...

After a busy five days of selling, the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale concluded at Park Paddocks in Newmarket on Friday. Topping the final session was Veiled Illusion (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 1562), who sold for 55,000gns to Nawaf Abdullah Al-Saif. Consigned by James Tate's Jamesfield Stables, the Lingfield winner is bound for Saudi Arabia. "He is in good form, and will ship soon to Saudi," said Al-Saif. "I think he will like the better weather in the Middle East and should be one to go on both the turf and...