ThoroughBid

Battleoverdoyen (Ire) (Doyen {Ire}) (lot 24), offered by Gordon Elliott Racing, was purchased for £13,000 during ThoroughBid's October Sale. Sold to trainer Max Comley, the 11-year-old gelding has nine wins to his name, including Grade 1s over hurdles and fences. Comley, who saddled 22 point-to-point winners in the UK last season, said, "We always flick through the ThoroughBid catalogues, and in this instance, I had an owner who was looking for an older horse, so Battleoverdoyen fitted the bill nicely. We agreed on the price we wanted to go to...

A quartet of Flat horses owned by Paul Wildes will be sold on ThoroughBid on Sunday, Oct. 13. Bidding will open at 9 a.m. and close at noon. The dispersal features the two-for-two Minnie Wildes (Ire) (Bated Breath {GB}) (lot 1); Chester winner Stapleford Park (GB) (Ardad {Ire}) (lot 2); multiple-placed filly Cressida Wildes (GB) (Grain Race {GB}) (lot 3) and the 85-rated gelding Way To Dubai (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) (lot 4). Paul Wildes, whose priorities have shifted since his children are more involved in sports, said, "I've...

  Wildcard Top Man Tom (Ire) (Ask {GB}) (lot 46) claimed the top podium at the ThoroughBid August Sale on Thursday. Consigned by Ben Pauling Racing, the 5-year-old gelding was knocked down for £13,500 to Dave Armstrong. The bay is out of Miss Your Top (Ire) (Luso {GB}), a half-sister to Grade 3 chase winner Little Josh (Ire) (Pasternak {GB}). Just behind the topper was El Fabienne (Fr) (Spanish Moon), with Another Partnership signing for the Willie Mullins-consigned mare. Sold as lot 34 for £12,000, the brown mare is a...

Set to go Thursday, Aug. 29, the ThoroughBid August Online auction has attracted over 40 lots, the company announced via presser on Friday. The catalogue is a mix of National Hunt prospects, drafts from Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott, horses in and out-of-training, and several Flat prospects as well as a well-bred yearling and the Judy Craymer dispersal of racing and breeding stock. Going live from 9:00a.m., the lots will finish at two-minute intervals from 12:00p.m. For the full catalogue and to register to bid, please go to the ThoroughBid...

George Waud's Englemere (Ire) (Goken {Fr}--Ascot Family {Ire}, by Desert Style {Ire}), who finished within eight lengths of the winner when 14th in Royal Ascot's G2 Queen Mary Stakes, ran second in a Sandown nursery last month and made the transition back to stakes company a winning one in Friday's Listed Highclere Thoroughbred Racing St Hugh's Stakes at Newbury. The 8-1 chance occupied a position at the tail of the larger far-side pack and remained in rear when the field's two groups merged soon after halfway. Making eyecatching progress into...

Maiden winner Wizard Of Odds (Ire) (Arizona {Ire}) topped the ThoroughBid July Sale on Thursday. BBA Ireland's Michael Donohoe bought the juvenile for £50,000. Sold as lot 28 by Baronrath Stables, he was trained by Charles O'Brien to win at Down Royal two weeks ago. Donohoe said, "I've been keeping my eye on the ThoroughBid sales ever since they kicked off and was interested when I saw Wizard Of Odds entered. He's a horse I've been following all season. "He'll be staying in-training in Ireland for some Irish clients and...

The ThoroughBid Online Yearling Sale will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the company announced on Friday. Nominations are now open. Englemere (Ire) (Goken {Fr}) and Sensorium (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), graduates of last year's inaugural sale, ran in the G2 Queen Mary Stakes and Listed Windsor Castle Stakes, respectively at Royal Ascot. Alpha Magic (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), another alumni, won at Thirsk on debut for Mick and David Easterby on Thursday. Any yearling sold that goes on to win first time out in any International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA)...

Broodmare Speech Bubble (Ire) (Well Chosen {GB}) (lot 6), sold with a free cover to Nathaniel (Ire), topped the ThoroughBid February Sale at £25,000. Consigned by Noel Williams Racing, the Grade 2-placed 9-year-old was picked up by JP McGrath Bloodstock, Ltd. The winner of a hurdle race and a bumper, the bay is rated 130. Sholojack (Ire) (Sholokov {Ire}) (lot 8) was second on the buyers' sheet at £12,500. Picked up by Nathaniel Barnett and Hugo Merienne, the relative of Grade 2-winning chaser Super Tactics (Ire) (Furry Glen {Ire}) was...

The Racing for a Reason online charity auction, hosted by ThoroughBid, will run from Jan. 1-7 starting 9 a.m. that first day, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated equally between the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. On offer are yard visits with some of the top racing operations in the UK and Ireland, stallion nominations to the likes of Inns of Court (Ire) and Dawn Approach (Ire), and membership to the Byerley Indians Syndicate. The last was created to increase awareness of the...

Hamad Al Jehani snapped up juvenile colt Handsome Chap (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) (lot 13) for £42,000 to top the ThoroughBid December Sale on Wednesday. Out of a Johannesburg half-sister to American stakes winners Malibu Light (Capote) and Lyin Goddess (Boston Harbor), the colt has finished second twice in a pair of Wolverhampton seven-furlong races in November and December. He was consigned by Harry Eustace Racing. Second on the leaderboard was the John Reddington, Ltd.-consigned Grass's Jet (Ire) (Jet Away {GB}) (lot 11), who was knocked down to Dan Astbury for...

A pair of colts by Kodiac (GB) and 34 other yearlings will go under the hammer at the ThoroughBid Online Yearling Sale on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Bidding for the first ever online-only yearling sale by a UK auction house will begin at 9 a.m. and will last approximately three hours. The catalogue is available here. Yearlings by sires like New Bay (GB), Gleneagles (Ire), Farhh (GB), and Highland Reel (Ire) will also feature among the consigned horses. Each lot is sold with the opportunity to win the £5,000 Every 1's...

Wildcard additions to ThoroughBid's October Sale catalogue include three-time bumper winner and Grade 2-placed Shearling (GB) (Rail Link {GB}-Casual {GB}, by Nayef), in-foal to Stradivarius. Also listed placed on the Flat, the 10-year-old mare, offered as Lot 43, is a half-sister to G1 Australian Cup winner Harlem (GB) (Champs Elysees), and is the first mare in-foal to Stradivarius to be listed for sale in a public auction. Also added as a wildcard is the Sophie Leech-trained Maillot Vert (GB) (Dunaden {Fr}-Santoria {Fr}, by Limnos {Jpn}), Lot 14, who has placed...