Tattersalls Ireland

Tattersalls Ireland released its catalogue for the September Yearling Sale, which features 555 lots and takes place on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 September, with Part II taking place on Thursday 26 September where 275 yearlings are catalogued. The €250,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes has long been a feature of the sale, and will offer the connections of two-year-olds catalogued in the September Yearling Sale, the opportunity to compete at the 2025 Irish Champions Festival, with prize-money being offered to 10th place. The vendor of the winning horse...

A joint-record sale price was created in Thursday's session of the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale when lot 388A, a gelded son of Order Of St George (Ire), brought €65,000 from Ballycrystal Stud's Matthew Flynn O'Connor. The point-to-point trainer snapped up the wildcard entry from Mount Eaton Stud. He was originally a €21,000 November National Hunt Sale pinhook as a foal and is a half-brother to two winners. His dam, the Shernazar (Ire) mare Miss Cilla (Ire), is a half-sister to the three-time Grade 1-winning hurdler Peddlers Cross (Ire) (Oscar...

Charles O'Brien trainee Wizard Of Odds (Ire) (Arizona {Ire}--Starlight Symphony {Ire}, by Oratorio {Ire}), who ran fifth in outings at the Curragh and Listowel earlier in the campaign, stepped forward to garner Friday evening's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Down Royal, becoming the first winner for his freshman sire (by No Nay Never). 3rd-Down Royal, €18,000, Mdn, 7-19, 2yo, 7f 25yT, 1:28.67, gd. WIZARD OF ODDS (IRE) (c, 2, Arizona {Ire}--Starlight Symphony {Ire}, by Oratorio {Ire}), who ran fifth in outings at the Curragh and Listowel earlier in the...

Forty-three wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale, which takes place on July 24-25, starting at 10am on both days. In total, there are 577 lots catalogued for Ireland's final store sale of the year, including siblings to some smart black-type performers, while the progeny of well-related dams feature among the new additions. They include a Harzand (Ire) gelding (lot 1A) out of a half-sister to the Grade 1 winner Roksana (Ire) (Dubai Destination), plus a Soldier Of Fortune (Ire) gelding (lot 17A) out of a...

A 3-year-old store by Doctor Dino (Fr) rounded out Day 2 of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale when going to Gordon Elliott Racing for €350,000. The gelding is the highest-priced Store horse sold in 2024 and the joint-second highest-priced store horse ever sold at public auction. Consigned by Sluggara Farm, Lot 283 is out of 17-year-old Matnie (Fr) (Laveron {GB}), who has produced five winners, all of whom are Grade 1 or Grade 2 scorers to date. "Once again, the Derby Sale has proven why it is held in the...

Eva Nieslanikova's six-year-old entire Ponntos (Ire) (Power {GB}--Blessing Box {GB}, by Bahamian Bounty {GB}), undefeated in Europe since returning from a five-race winter jaunt to the Middle East, made it three-for-three this term with a dominant performance in Sunday's G2 Prix du Gros-Chene at Chantilly. Ponntos was successful in April's Listed Premio Certosa and last month's G3 Prix de Saint-Georges, his second victory in the latter, and assumed his customary frontrunning role from flagfall in this straight five-furlong dash. Untroubled throughout, the 6-4 favourite had all 11 rivals on the...

A three-year-old filly already named Lady Blackmore (Fr) (Bathyrhon {Ger}) (lot 188) brought a sale-topping bid of €45,000 from Milestone Bloodstock and James Kenny at Thursday's Tattersalls Ireland May Store Sale. Consigned by Galbertstown Stables, Lady Blackmore is out of the five-time winner Pennsylvanie (Fr) (Dadarissime {Fr}), a half-sister to the dam of Jango Baie (Fr) (Tiger Groom {GB}), the winner of last December's G1 Formby Novices' Hurdle and a previous graduate of the May Store Sale. "We have bought her with Colin Bowe," said Kenny. "I love her--she has...

Four-year-old gelding Arslan (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (lot 10), who filled the runner-up spot on his point-to-point debut at Tralee last weekend, topped Wednesday's Tattersalls Ireland May Point-to-Point and Horses-in-Training Sale when selling to Harold Kirk and trainer Willie Mullins for €180,000. Bred by Al Shaqab Racing, Arslan is out of the dual Grade I-winning mare Harmonious (Dynaformer) and was consigned by Richard Black of Ballinapark Stables, who had purchased him in France last July for €28,000. "This is a beautiful horse, by a fantastic sire and with a pedigree,"...

With a little help from above, Stephen Byrne of Knockgraffon Stables enjoyed an emotional fillip during a time of unimaginable heartache when selling his Coulsty (Ire) colt for €200,000 just over two weeks after his brother and former jockey Michael died in tragic circumstances.   The sales ring can be a magical place. Full of dreams and disappointments, but on Friday, Tattersalls Ireland was full of tears. And smiles. Lots of smiles.  An understandably emotional Byrne said, "It's been a very rough couple of weeks but my brother Michael was looking...

The talk on the breeze-up circuit this year has been dominated by poor clearance rates combined with a record number of private sales, an ever-increasing polarisation to the market and a Houdini-like disappearing act by the middle tier buyers.  So what has the mood been like on the eve of what is widely considered to be the final big breeze-up sale in Europe at Tattersalls Ireland? Pretty good actually. This sale has almost always been operating in its own realm--you never know who you are going to see here. Take...

Star Bloodstock, the consignment that unearthed talents like Malavath (Ire), A'Ali (Ire) and more, is set to wind down its breeze-up operation and concentrate entirely on producing future top-notchers on the racetrack instead.  The shift in focus has reaped immediate rewards with the aptly-named Make Haste (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), a leading Royal Ascot contender after posting a stunning debut success at Naas for trainer and breeze-up consignor Diego Dias, being snapped up by Gainesway and LNJ Foxwoods.  Bought by Byron Rogers, Star Bloodstock and Dias at the Tattersalls Book...

Do you want to feel old? It's over a decade since a baby-faced Connor King burst onto the scene in Ireland and landed Champion Flat Apprentice titles in 2013 and 2015.  King rode winners for some of the biggest names in the sport but his career on the Flat was cruelly cut short when he started to fill into his massive frame. In short, nature took its course.  After a spell riding under National Hunt rules, King is now concentrating fully on training winners rather than riding them, and sent...