Tattersalls July Sale

NEWMARKET, UK—This week would normally be one of Newmarket's finest. Top-class racing, the Tattersalls July Sale, stallion parades and parties. As Britain reawakes from lockdown, the business end of the bloodstock world has managed to operate almost normally and racing has been back in action since early June behind closed doors, meaning that we have a July Week of sorts, albeit one without all the fun. The rearranged breeze-up sales have just two fixtures left, Wednesday's belated Guineas Sale at Tattersalls which leads straight into two days of a reduced...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls July Sale-which has been combined with the Guineas Breeze-Up Sale and runs July 8 to 10-is online and numbers 572 lots. The sale features consignments from leading owner/breeders like Cheveley Park Stud, Godolphin, Juddmonte, Shadwell and The Royal Studs, and highlights include Shadwell's Monya (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 321), a half-sister to last year's G2 Royal Lodge S. winner Royal Dornoch (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) and G2 German 1000 Guineas winner Hawksmoor (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) and Raasekha (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) (lot 224), a listed-placed half-sister...

The first edition of the new Tattersalls August Sale, to be held at Park Paddocks in Newmarket on Aug. 25-26, was announced by the sales company on Wednesday. Comprised of primarily horses and fillies in training, the catalogue will also include some breeding stock and is in a similar mould to the Tattersalls July Sale. "The decision to stage an August Sale is entirely in response to the unique COVID-19 related circumstances we all find ourselves facing," said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. "We were acutely aware as we took entries...