What a distinction a day makes. On Nov. 25, Tattersalls celebrated unprecedented ranges of commerce on the December Yearling Sale, the place a full of life market was capped by the 900,000gns (US$1,233,000, 1 guinea=US$1.37) half sister to Camille Pissarro .
However enterprise on Nov. 26 laid naked the sobering actuality that exists on the decrease rungs of the bloodstock ladder, with the primary day of the December Foal Sale bringing a clearance fee of simply 61%.
The 111 offered heaps might have generated positive aspects within the common and median costs, besides, most breeders could have been a good distance wanting masking their manufacturing prices. The typical worth went up by 8% year-on-year to 12,085gns, whereas the median was up 13 factors at 9,000gns, having been 8,000gns 12 months in the past. Turnover dropped by 12% to 1,341,500gns, (US$1,837,855, 1 guinea=US$1.37), and the 182 heaps on provide represented a drop of 45 foals (20%) in comparison with 2023.
Admittedly, larger issues are anticipated later within the week, notably on Friday, when the selection choices embrace a Frankel colt out of group/grade 1 winner Audarya and a sister to Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Chaldean . These occasions will undoubtedly give the whole-sale figures a a lot rosier look, however day one served as a reminder of the challenges confronted by these working away from the higher echelons.
The highest worth on Tuesday got here late within the session when Michael and Ciara Carty of Kilmoney Cottage Stud struck a web based bid of 82,000gns to safe the Area Traveller half brother to Windsor Fortress Stakes winner Ain’t No one .
Ciara Carty mentioned: “For us he was one of the best bodily at the moment. He walks nicely, has dimension and scope and is barely a Might foal, so he stood out for us. We won’t fault the sire—he was an excellent racehorse. We underbid one by him final week, one other good bodily, and the stallion appears to be stamping his inventory. This colt has a pleasant pedigree too, and we’ll hope to convey him again right here for the October Yearling Sale. We’ll see how he develops.”
First-crop sire Area Traveller, winner of the Jersey and Boomerang Stakes throughout his racing days, stood his debut season at Ballyhane Stud, the place he coated 188 mares at a price of €6,500 (US$6,825, €1=US$1.05). The Barton Stud-consigned teenager was provided on behalf of Clipper Logistics’ Steve Parkin, who bred the colt underneath the banner of Rathbride Farm.
“He was the speaking horse of the day and I used to be informed that he was the standout foal right here at the moment,” mentioned Barton’s Tom Blain. “He is a wonderful colt; a wonderful mover, a wonderful shade, and to be honest the stallion is a magnificence, too. This foal is an ideal instance of what you hope to get when you ship a mare to a stallion like that.”
Blain added: “Steve Parkin wished to point out the trade that the stallion is producing good foals, and I believe this foal has achieved that. He has an excellent pedigree with a Royal Ascot winner this yr. He is ok to be provided any day this week, however at the moment has paid off and all of the judges have been on him, all of the pinhookers.”
The December Foal Sale continues on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 10 a.m.
