Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale

Gordon Elliott was the key player at last year's Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale when going to £420,000 to secure the joint top lots, Jalon D'Oudairies (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) and Romeo Coolio (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}), two names that will be familiar to National Hunt enthusiasts following the running of the G1 Champion Bumper back at the track on Wednesday. Having shared top billing 12 months earlier, this time it was Romeo Coolio who got the better of the argument, two and a half lengths ahead of stablemate...

The Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale, which takes place after racing at Prestbury Park on Thursday, has the highest profile among the expanding market of boutique jumping sales and takes a break from the norm by offering a mare entered to run at the Festival on Friday. Traditionally, the auction has offered winning point-to-pointers and bumper horses with the potential to be stars of the future, as Grade 1-winning graduates such as Bravemansgame (Fr), Gerri Colombe (Fr), Santini (GB) and Slate House (Ire) have demonstrated. However, there could be a much...

A total of 30 lots have been catalogued for this year's Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale, which will take place immediately following the conclusion of racing in the winner's enclosure on Thursday, March 14. The catalogue and race replays can be viewed online. Previous graduates of the Cheltenham Festival sale include the Grade 1-winning chasers Bravemansgame (Fr) (Brave Mansonnien ([Fr}) and Gerri Colombe (Fr) (Saddler Maker {Ire}), both of whom will be seeking further top-level honours in Friday's G1 Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. This year lot 1 is the Grade 2 winner Harmonya...

Thirty top class point-to-pointers will sell during this year's Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale, which will take place immediately following the conclusion of racing in the winner's enclosure on Thursday Mar. 16. The catalogue and race replays can be viewed online. Graduates of the Cheltenham Festival sale include Grade 1 winning chasers Bravemansgame (Fr) (Brave Mansonnien ([Fr}) and Gerri Colombe (Fr) (Saddler Maker {Ire}). This year's list of Lots features siblings to a number of black-type horses. Printed catalogues will be available on Tuesday at the RDA stable yard, the weighing...

CHELTENHAM, UK—A captive audience of some of jump racing's leading owners, along with their trainers and bloodstock agents, gathered in the parade ring after the final race of Wednesday's card for the Tattersalls Ireland Cheltenham Festival Sale, which saw 15 young point-to-pointers sold for a total of £2,195,000. Donnchadh Doyle's Monbeg Stables enjoyed a good evening, consigning two of the top three lots, including the most expensive horse of the sale, Killer Kane (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}), who was sold for £300,000 to Ross Doyle on behalf of trainer Colin Tizzard,...

Thursday's Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale, featuring National Hunt horses-in-training and point-to-pointers, has attracted 24 lots, as the catalogue was released on Monday. Among the two dozen set to go under the hammer in the winner's enclosure on Thursday from 6:15 p.m. local time are lot 18, Indigo Breeze (Fr) (Martaline {GB}), a gelded half-brother to Grade 1-winning hurdler Brindisi Breeze (Ire) (King's Theatre {Ire}) consigned by Maizey Manor Farm; and Monbeg Stables' Killer Kane (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}) (lot 21), who is a half to MG1SW jumper Go Native (Ire) (Double...