Lot 668: PARASAIL

 

The unsurprising highlight of the first draft of horses from Mark Johnston's Kingsley House Stables was Parasail, a daughter of Prix de Diane heroine West Wind from the immediate family of Prix Jean Prat winner Thunder Snow.

 

As with all horses under the ownership of Godolphin, Edmond Mahony had to drop to the minimum bid to open proceedings. Federico Barberini got the ball rolling before Richard Brown, Jill Lamb and Cathy Grassick entered the fray but they had no answer to Tally-Ho Stud, who had the final say at 57,000gns.

 

The unplaced daughter of New Approach is a half-sister to a winner and one of five foals of racing age out of West Wind. Her granddam is Sun Chariot Stakes winner Red Slippers, also granddam of Thunder Snow.

Lot 703: DREAMTIDE

 

Harold Kirk, signing for Willie Mullins, goes to 37,000gns for Wicklow Brave's half-sister Dreamtide. The daughter of Champs Elysees - himself now marketed as a dual-purpose stallion - was recently placed at Bath for Amanda Perrett and has an official rating of 61 for her new connections, who have done so well with Wicklow Brave, to work with.

Lot 707: DODDINEL

 

Johnny McKeever had better luck on one of the more interestingly bred fillies of the morning, Doddinel. McKeever paid 55,000gns for the filly, who is a Dansili granddaughter of Dunhill's dam Razyana - and therefore inbred 3x2 to the great mare.

 

The unraced filly is out of the placed Far Shores, a Distant View half-sister to Danehill, Eagle Eyed, Shibboleth and Harpia. Delve further back and this filly descends directly from Natalma.

 

Lot 742: MARATHA

 

Norris/Huntingdon, which purchased Via Serendipity for 100,000gns last night, strike again on behalf of Happy Valley Racing, this time when going to 62,000gns for recent winner Maratha.

 

The son of Cape Cross was the winner of his handicap debut at Nottingham last week.

Lot 748: DON VALENTINO

 

 

So far, Al Ghazali has spent 480,000gns on eight purchases. Listed winner Vona, at 140,000gns, has been the most expensive but he was also underbidder on Jewel House.

Lot 833: ASANTA SANA

 

This regally-bred daughter of Galileo becomes the new top lot of the entire sale so far, selling to Saeed Manana, signing as Rabbah Bloodstock, for 330,000gns.

 

Manana and Grassick clashed earlier today on Impala and it was the same story with this filly, with Grassick giving way only late on. Sydney-based Andrew Williams was also among the underbidders. 

 

The filly is a sister to Munster Oaks winner Pretty Perfect and out of Australian Group 3 winner Milanova, herself a sister to Holy Roman Emperor. Her third dam is none other than Fanfreluche.

 

 

Asanta Ana was bred in Ireland by the 'Milanova Syndicate' but raced for 'Andy Smith and friends'. She has been placed fourth on both her starts.

 

"We will try and win a race with her," said James Tate, "and then she will join Saeed's broodmare band. She will come straight back to us and we will ready her for a race in the autumn."

 

Lot 849: QATAR MAN

 

UAE 2,000 Guineas fourth Qatar Man will join Wick Powell on the trip to Singapore after selling for 150,000gns to Elite Bloodstock Singapore.

 

A rare European representative from the first crop of former Kentucky stallion Archarcharch, who was recently sold to Korea, Qatar Man won his third start at Kempton last season before heading to Meydan, where he ran fourth to Thunder Snow in the UAE 2,000 Guineas and third in the Listed Al Bastakiya.

 

His sale provided the highlight of Marco Botti's draft, in which Wolverhampton winner Makaarim made 72,000gns to Stroud/Coleman. Another member of the draft, Italian 2,000 Guineas winner Poeta Diletto, failed to sell for just 27,000gns.

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

 

At the conclusion of the 2017 Tattersalls July Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“The Tattersalls July Sale continues to go from strength to strength. The 2016 renewal produced record turnover and average as well as an 88% clearance rate, and this year’s sale has made gains across the board with turnover approaching 15 million guineas, an average well over 25,000 guineas and a remarkable clearance rate of almost 90%. The figures look even more impressive when considering that as recently as 2012 the July Sale turnover was below 5 million guineas and the average price was less than 12,000 guineas.

“Tribute should be paid to the consignors whose consistent support of the July Sale has made it an important international fixture which regularly attracts buyers from more than 30 different countries. The significant consignments from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell have yet again been particularly eagerly sought after with Godolphin fillies fetching three of the top five highest prices including the 300,000 guineas TIME CHECK. Strong international demand for quality breeding stock is always an encouraging sign, but arguably the feature of this week’s sale has been the apparently insatiable demand for horses in training at all levels of the market. The combined clearance rate for the horses and fillies in training sold on days two and three was an extraordinary 95%, further enhancing the July Sale’s reputation as Europe’s premier midsummer sale."

 

A remarkable trade - as someone remarked yesterday, if it had three legs, they'd still buy it.

 

Offered: 643

 

Sold: 570 (89%)

 

Aggregate: 14,633,700gns

 

Average: 25,673gns (+19%)

 

Median: 12,000gns (+20%)

 

Leading vendor: GODOLPHIN, 66 sold for a total of 4,015,000gns

 

Leading purchaser: RABBAH BLOODSTOCK, 9 bought for a total of 1,070,000gns