The catalog for the fourth version of the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale is now on-line. A two-day sale for the primary time, the catalog options 465 yearlings who might be provided on the market Sept. 2-3; all of which might be eligible for the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Public sale Stakes in addition to the £150,000 Tattersalls October Public sale Stakes.
Triple grade 1 winner Anisette was purchased for 26,000 guineas on the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale
Graduates of the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale have been lighting up racecourses in current instances with 28 particular person group/listed performers in 2023/24. Main the way in which is Anisette, the triple grade 1 winner of the Gamely Stakes, American Oaks, and Del Mar Oaks. The 26,000 guineas buy joins 12,000 guineas purchase Bradsell (GB), winner of the group 1 King’s Stand Stakes, as top-level successful graduates. They’re joined by the thrilling group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes winner Arabian Nightfall , purchased for 80,000 guineas finally yr’s sale earlier than happening to fetch 525,000 guineas on the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale.
The catalog for this yr’s two-day Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale is brimming with high quality, with personal or half brothers and sisters to 77 group and listed performers, and 66 yearlings out of group/listed performing mares.
Among the many highlights is the Earthlight half sister to grade 1 Natalma Stakes winner La Pelosa . She might be joined by the Inns of Court docket , half brother to final weekend’s group 2 Sapphire Stakes winner Believing , and the Dandy Man half brother to Royal Ascot’s Windsor Fort Stakes winner Ain’t No one , alongside the Starman half sister to group 3 Palace Home Stakes winner Seven Questions .
Tally Ho Stud’s first season sire Starman leads the way in which numerically with 23 tons cataloged, adopted by Overbury Stud’s Ardad with 22 tons, after which Rathbarry Stud’s Kodi Bear who might be represented by 21 yearlings.
The most important consignment of yearlings will come from Tally Ho Stud with 21 tons cataloged, adopted by Barton Stud with a 19-strong draft, while final yr’s sale-topping consignor Whitsbury Manor Stud will supply a draft of 11 tons.
All yearlings cataloged within the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale are eligible for the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Public sale Stakes in addition to the £150,000 Tattersalls October Public sale Stakes, held 5 weeks later and in 2025 to be run over seven furlongs for the primary time.
“The Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale has shortly established itself as a number one supply of top-class racehorses with group 1 winners Anisette and Bradsell main the way in which alongside current group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes winner Arabian Nightfall,” Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony mentioned. “Finally the choice to broaden the sale to 2 days was a simple one with the unprecedented demand for locations reflecting not solely the power of the primary three Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Gross sales, but in addition the excellent racecourse successes. By way of high quality, we’re assured that the sale has taken one other step ahead and Europe’s most progressive yearling sale but once more appears to be like set to draw a large cross-section of home and worldwide consumers.”
The catalog is on-line now at www.tattersalls.com.
This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Employees.