Tattersalls Online September Sale

Defence Missile (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}) (lot 33), a half-brother to group winners Speak Of The Devil (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Morando (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), topped the Tattersalls Online September Sale for 41,000gns on Thursday. Consigned by Dullingham Park and purchased by Paul Corrigan, the bay placed in three starts this season and is out of the winner Moranda (Fr) (Indian Rocket {GB}). Paul Corrigan said of the 78-rated colt, "Sam [Haggas, bloodstock agent] said the time of his run at Salisbury was pretty quick so he could be rated...

Anchored by the Group 2-placed stakes winner Mgheera (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) (lot 64), the catalogue for the Tattersalls Online September Sale from Sept. 18-19, is now online. Rated 107 by Timeform, the daughter of Zoustar is joined by 170 other lots ranging a breeding right in Classic-winning sire Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) (lot 171), to broodmare Biri's Angel (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) in foal to Sergei Prokofiev as lot 154. There is also a Too Darn Hot (GB) yearling filly (lot 131), as well as 118...

Listed winner Mgheera (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}), who ran second in the G2 Prix du Gros-Chene in June, will be part of the upcoming Tattersalls Online September Sale catalogue on Sept. 18-19, the sales company announced on Wednesday. Twice placed at group level this term and a winner of the Listed Prix Hampton for Manon Scandella-Lacaille who began training her last summer, the filly is rated 107 by Timeform. She is entered in the G3 Prix du Petit Couvert at ParisLongchamp on Sunday, Sept. 15, as well as the G1 Prix...

A pair of sons by Teofilo (Ire) filled the top two places during Thursday's Tattersalls Online September Sale. Topping the sale was the 3-year-old colt Teorie (Ire) (lot 24) who was knocked down for 45,000gns to Fergal O'Brien Racing and his stable jockey Paddy Brennan. Already a winner from five starts, the colt is a full-brother to the winning Theodulus (Ire) and is from the extended family of G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). He was consigned by Jim Bolger's Glebe House Stables. "We bought a...

Lord Protector (Ger) (Pastorius {Ger}) (lot 58), who is rated 105, is one of 89 lots catalogued for the Tattersalls Online September Sale on Sept. 13-14. A five-time winner on the Flat from a mile to 10 furlongs, the bay won at Sandown in July. From a varied catalogue featuring 72 horses in- and out-of-training on both the Flat and in the National Hunt sphere, there are also eight yearlings, five broodmares, three stores and a breeding right in Group 1 sire Profitable (Ire) (lot 90). Among the other 64...

Floral Splendour (GB) (Farhh {GB}), a winning 3-year-old filly out of Red Tulip (GB) (Kheleyf, brought a sale-topping 36,000gns from Castle Construction North East, Ltd. during the Tattersalls Online September Sale on Wednesday. Lot 26 was consigned by Jamesfield Stables, while her second dam is the listed winner Red Carnation (Ire) (Polar Falcon). Floral Splendour's dam is a half-sister to GIII Knickerbocker S. hero Legendary (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). Under the third dam is the stakes-winning Red Fort (Ire) (Green Desert), who was placed in both the 2005 and...