Richard Frisby added a third Walk In The Park (Ire) foal to his purchases at the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale on Tuesday when going to a sale-topping €92,000 for the Ballincurrig Stud-consigned colt out of the Astarabad mare En Vedette (Fr).
A Listed winner over hurdles in France, En Vedette is the dam of five winners from six runners, including two black-type performers in Sabrina (Ire) (Yeats {Ire}) and Lady Adare (Ire) (Sholokhov {Ire}). Her 2020 gelding by Flemensfirth made €140,000 at the Derby Sale in 2023, bought by Tom Malone and Paul Nicholls.
Speaking on behalf of his father, J J Frisby said of lot 509, “This colt has everything–it is a good price. She is still quite a young mare and has had some good sales ring results.”
A total of 16 lots surpassed €50,000 on Tuesday, compared to just two across the first two days of the sale, with the others including the Golden Horn (GB) colt out of Mill Quest (Ire) (Milan {GB}) who went through the ring as lot 576.
The only colt by Golden Horn on offer this week, he was sold by Glen Stables for Kieran and Billy Kenneally, with Kevin Ross Bloodstock and Ben Case emerging as the successful bidders on behalf of Lady Jane Grosvenor.
“The sire is doing well,” said Ross. “The mare was a tough mare and she won nine times. He was one of our picks, a lovely type, a lovely mover. I think this is the first National Hunt type by the sire we have bought and he will be for resale.”
Ross was also responsible for the pick of the day's other lots, this time buying alongside Chris Jones of Killeen Glebe Stud when spending €72,000 on a filly by Poet's Word (Ire) (lot 463) from Sunnyhill Stud. Her dam, Ballyshannon Rose (Ire) (Doyen {Ire}), was a Grade 2 winner over fences for Paul Fahey.
“She is the best foal we have seen here,” said Ross's wife Anna. “There is quite a good word now about the sire and this filly is very well made, a lovely mover, and she has a stunning pedigree. There is black type in every dam and she is a great first foal out of the mare.”
The final session of the November National Hunt Sale gets underway at 10am on Wednesday.
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