Tattersalls Summer Sale

The re-located one-day Tattersalls Summer Sale, held Tuesday at Newmarket's Park Paddocks, saw 77 lots of the 96 offered pass through the ring as sold (80%) for gross receipts of 778,200gns. Formerly under the now-defunct Tattersalls Ascot umbrella, the sale averaged 10,106gns, and the median was 5,000gns. Horses owned by Rabbah Bloodstock were offered by a variety of agents and filled the top three spots, with wildcard entry Midnight Lion (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) (lot 79) bringing 85,000gns from Nick Taylor, assistant to Tom Malone Bloodstock, to top the day. The...

Seven wildcards have been added to the catalogue for Tuesday's Tattersalls Summer Sale, which gets underway at 11:00 a.m. at Park Paddocks in Newmarket. Among the additions are the 3-year-old colt Midnight Lion (GB) (Nethaniel {Ire}), who captured a Goodwood maiden in June. He is a half-brother to flat Listed winner and Group 3 hurdles winner Eradicate (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Group 3 winner Oh Goodness Me (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The Tattersalls Summer Sale, formerly the Tattersalls Ascot July Sale, will offer 125 lots and the catalogue can viewed on...

The winning Laafi (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}) (lot 74) is one of 120 lots catalogued for the Tattersalls Summer Sale set for Tuesday, July 18 in Newmarket. Moved to Park Paddocks and formerly the Tattersalls Ascot July Sale, the sale features 37 fillies and mares in and out of training, 55 colts and geldings in and out of training, four broodmares, four point-to-pointers, and 15 store horses. Consigned by William Haggas's Somerville Lodge, Laafi is rated 98, having a win and a fourth-place run in the Listed Lingfield Derby...

Tattersalls will no longer hold sales at Ascot Racecourse beginning immediately, the company announced on Wednesday. The final sale at the venue under the Tattersalls banner was the Ascot June Sale, which took place on Tuesday, June 6. Both the Tattersalls Ascot July Sale on July 18 and the Tattersalls Ascot November Sale on Nov. 9 will be moved to Park Paddocks in Newmarket and retain their dates on the calendar. Entries are now being taken for the Tattersalls Ascot July Sale, which has been renamed the Tattersalls Summer Sale....