Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is one of the highlights of the 991-strong Tattersalls December Mares catalogue, which was released on Friday.
The third edition of the Sceptre Sessions will take place on Monday, Dec. 2 and Tuesday, Dec. 3. An additional two sessions of the December Mares Sale will continue on Dec. 4-5.
The first Irish Oaks winner (lot 1753) to be sold at Tattersalls as a 3-year-old for over 40 years, the filly will be joined by up-and-coming sprinter Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) (lot 1740), as well as 34 group and listed-winning race fillies across the Sceptre Sessions. G1 Pretty Polly Stakes runner-up Stay Alert (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 1734) will be offered, as will G1 Matron Stakes second Rogue Millennium (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1752), and the 2024 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas bridesmaid A Lilac Rolla (Ire) (Harry Angel {Ire}) (lot 1735).
G1 Prix de l'Abbaye victress Mabs Cross (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) (lot 1724) will sell in foal to Havana Grey (GB); while Cairde Go Deo (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) (lot 1473) and Rawdaa (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 1472), both Group 1 placegetters, will sell in foal to Night Of Thunder (Ire) and Lope De Vega (Ire), respectively. Elizabethan (War Front) (lot 1731), a full-sister to Group 1 winners Roly Poly and U S Navy Flag, and Deadly Nightshade (lot 1737), a Justify half-sister to fellow top-level winner Above The Curve (American Pharoah), will sell in foal to Wootton Bassett (GB).
Among the Group 1 producers are Frangipani (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) (lot 1747), carrying a full-sibling to G1 Deutsches Derby hero Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}); Landikusic (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) (lot 1465) and Morning Mist (Ger) (Peintre Celebre) (lot 1464) are in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) and Sea The Moon with the latter on Southern Hemisphere time; while Sweety Dream (Fr) (Dream Ahead) (lot 1722) and Kentucky Belle (Ire) (Heliostatic {Ire}) (lot 1485) are in foal to Night Of Thunder (Ire).
Juddmonte's draft of 37 includes Group 1 winner Capla Temptress (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) (lot 1689) in foal to Dark Angel (Ire); and Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Pleascach (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 1322), in foal to Farhh (GB), anchors the 53-strong Godolphin draft. Barton Stud fields the largest consignment at 85, and they were the leading consignor during last year's December Mares Sale. Their draft contains Desirous (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 2031), a half-sister to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Bluestocking (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). The Castlebridge Consignment's Daldiyna (Fr) (Dansili {GB}) (lot 1717), a half-sister to Group 1 winner Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}), is pregnant to Wootton Bassett and one of 84 lots in the draft.
Other highlights of the catalogue are the Ballylinch Stud-consigned Nariman Point (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1422), a half-sister to top-tier victress Place Du Carrousel (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) in foal to Lope De Vega; WH Bloodstock's Mean Machine (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1417), a full-sister to a pair of Group 1 winners in foal to Wootton Bassett; Frill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1375), a half-sister to Group 1 winner Garswood (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who will also be offered in foal to Wootton Bassett by Glenvale Stud; Baroda Stud's Hibiscus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1654), a full-sister to Breeders' Cup hero Line Of Duty (Ire) in foal to Too Darn Hot; and Manister House Stud's Allez Alaia (Ire) (lot 1677), a Pivotal (GB) own-sister to Group 1 winner and exceptional broodmare Halfway To Heaven (Ire), in foal to Ghaiyyath (Ire).
In 2023, the four-day sale grossed 68,502,085gns for 630 lots sold (75%). The average was 107,544gns and the median was 30,000gns. Barton Sales offered the 4,500,000gns top lot in Teona (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who was sold to Juddmonte in foal to Frankel.
Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The acclaimed Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Sale continue to attract an abundance of outstanding fillies and broodmares with Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me exemplifying the quality that buyers from every continent in the world can expect to find at Europe's premier breeding stock sale. The Tattersalls December Sale is an unmissable event for so many, combining not only the quality and diversity to suit all budgets and requirements, but also the depth and numbers which make it the European breeding stock sale worth travelling for. Crucially buyers know that there are future Group 1 producers to be found at every level of the December Sale market with the dams of 2024 superstars Charyn and Kalpana purchased for 3,000 guineas and 35,000 guineas respectively and it is results of such distinction which make the Tattersalls December Mares Sale truly the most influential breeding stock sale in Europe.”
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