Amo Racing principal Kia Joorabchian picked up the place he left off at E book 1 with the two.5 million-guinea (US$3,350,000, 1 guinea= US$1.34) acquisition of a Frankel sister to Chaldean throughout a dramatic night’s session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale Nov. 29.
Whitsbury Manor Stud’s filly had been broadly anticipated to show the headline act of the four-day sale, and auctioneer Alastair Pim ensured proceedings handed with a level of comedy in addition to seven-figure theatrics.
The person with the gavel went searching for a gap bid of three million guineas and proceedings by no means dipped under seven-figure territory as Philipp Stauffenberg, standing in the back of a packed entranceway, received the ball rolling at 1 million guineas with a wave of his catalog.
Richard Brown was additionally concerned in reducing out the early working earlier than the bidding grew to become a straight joust between workforce Amo Racing, standing of their now acquainted place within the bidders’ space, and coach Paddy Twomey, taking directions on the telephone by the far exit.
“She want by no means look by way of a bridle,” stated Pim as the worth continued to climb. “All she wants is a pair of overlaying boots!”
Twomey delivered the increase to 2.4 million guineas, at which level Joorabchian seemed to be feeling the pinch.
“You’ve got hardly ever let me down earlier than,” Pim stated wanting immediately on the Amo man. “This is not the time to start out!”
After laughing off the auctioneer’s quip, Joorabchian picked up the telephone and seemingly referred to as for back-up. After an extended and expectant pause, Joorabchian struck the telling bid.
“I do not find out about you however I am sweating!” Pim stated, having diverted his consideration again to Twomey. However the coach gave a resigned shake of the pinnacle and turned to go away the auditorium because the gavel fell in Amo Racing’s favor.
The filly’s worth equals the European document set in 1997 when Satish Sanan, bidding by way of BBA Eire, landed Padua’s Pleasure, a full brother to twin Derby winner Beneficiant.
“What’s there to say?” stated Joorabchian’s bloodstock agent Alex Elliott. “We gave 4.4 million guineas for a Frankel filly out of a bunch 2 winner (at E book 1) and now we have purchased a sister to a traditional winner for two.5 million guineas.”
Elliot added: “It’s totally laborious to get into that form of pedigree, however we’re there now. The mare is unbelievable, the farm is unbelievable, and the sire is unbelievable.”
Suelita , dam of the seven-figure filly, has proved one of the impressed broodmare purchases of current occasions. She was purchased by Whitsbury Manor’s Chris Harper for 21,500 guineas on the finish of her 4-year-old marketing campaign in 2013. She received 4 races in Italy however has fully eclipsed these achievements on the paddocks.
Her seven winners embody the listed-winning The Broghie Man and the listed-placed Gloves Lynch . Issues received even higher when she was mated to Showcasing in consecutive years, first producing 2020 Mill Reef Stakes winner Alkumait , who now stands at Capital Stud, after which the Listed-winning Get Forward , who additionally ran second within the 2023 Flying 5 Stakes (G1).
Suelita went to a complete new stage when she visited Frankel for the primary time in 2019. The results of that tryst was, after all, Chaldean, who joined the Juddmonte fold at a price of 550,000 guineas on the foal gross sales in 2020.
His 5 victories for Andrew Balding included the 2022 Dewhurst Stakes (G1) and the next 12 months’s Two Thousand Guineas (G1). He retired to Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud for the 2024 breeding season and duly served a debut e-book of mares numbering 173. Friday’s transaction took receipts for Suelita’s Whitsbury Manor-consigned younger inventory to five,137,000 guineas.
The sister to Chaldean was not Amo’s solely involvement Friday, because the upwardly cell outfit additionally secured a brace of 850,000-guinea foals, together with the Frankel colt out of 2020 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T) winner Audarya from Genesis Inexperienced Stud and a Frankel filly out of Auria , a half sister to Beat The Financial institution , from Hazelwood Bloodstock.
Seven-Determine Sea The Stars Colt to Coolmore
The sister to Chaldean was not the one seven-figure lot throughout Friday’s record-busting session as Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier went to a spherical 1 million guineas for a well-related Sea The Stars colt who additionally got here from the Genesis Inexperienced draft.
The Sea The Stars colt consigned as Lot 937 within the ring on the Tattersalls December Foal Sale
The teenager is the primary foal out Angel’s Level, a Darkish Angel half sister to Coolmore’s 2018 Solonaway Stakes (G2) winner I Can Fly , who additionally got here inside a neck of defeating Roaring Lion within the 2018 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1).
It is a pedigree going locations at a fee of knots as I Can Fly’s first foal is the listed-placed Platoon , whereas her second foal, the 2-year-old January , received a listed contest at Tipperary and was final seen ending second to Desert Flower within the Fillies’ Mile (G1).
Magnier stated: “He was a really good horse and we have been fortunate with Sea The Stars with The Lion In Winter, who sadly issues simply did not go proper for later within the season. Michael Swinburn has at all times been very fortunate with this entire household, going again to Landseer, who was an excellent horse for us.
“I Can Fly was a particular filly too and January has a variety of potential. I Can Fly may find yourself being a vital broodmare, she’s booked in to Justify subsequent 12 months. It is a pretty horse too and I am very blissful for the Swinburns.”
Statistics
One other blockbuster day at Park Paddocks noticed all method of benchmarks reached. Not solely did the highest lot equal the European excessive worth for a foal, however 5 of the 12 most costly heaps ever offered on the December Foal Sale modified palms Friday.
Turnover reached 30,906,000 guineas (US$41,414,040), which, in addition to being a rise of 72% year-on-year, was additionally a document determine for a single session at a European foal sale.
The median worth was up 41% at 87,500 guineas (US$117,250), having been 62,000 guineas on today 12 months in the past, whereas the common rose 66% to 159,310 guineas (US$231,475). The clearance fee was a rock-solid 91% as 194 foals offered from 215 provided.
The Tattersalls December Foal Sale concludes Nov. 30 with the fourth and remaining session beginning at 10 a.m. native time.
