Consumers seized the chance as Godolphin pruned its broodmare band throughout a humid opening to the Tattersalls July Sale July 9. Sheikh Mohammed’s operation offered 21 tons on Tuesday, a gaggle that generated receipts price 1,139,000gns (US$1,528,472, 1gn=US$1.35) and included three of the highest tons on the day.
The market was led by Godolphin homebred Whispering Phrases, who was signed for by BBA Eire having been knocked right down to Charles Shanahan, son of Coolmore’s Paul Shanahan, at 280,000gns ($375,764). The 4-year-old daughter of Dubawi , winner of one in every of her 5 begins for Charlie Appleby, was supplied in foal to Kingman  .
“It is an amazing pedigree, and being by Dubawi is essential,” stated Shanahan. “He appears to be doing superb issues as a broodmare sire. She’s in foal to Kingman as effectively, and he is having such an excellent yr, so I feel she was good worth at that worth. She’s been purchased for Timmy Hyde and my father will take a chunk of her, too. She’ll return to Camas Park Stud.”
Whispering Phrases is the primary foal out of the listed-winning New Strategy mare Hadith. Her new connections could effectively count on to obtain an essential replace or two as Hadith additionally has a 2-year-old filly by Dubawi on the bottom and produced a filly by Wootton Bassett for Godolphin final yr.
There’s loads of top-level type again within the pedigree, as Hadith is out of Candy Solera Stakes scorer Discourse, who in flip is a sibling to grade 1 winner Bandini and Najoum, who is best often known as the dam of four-time group 1 scorer Lord North .
Being in foal to Kingman means Whispering Phrases’ first foal shall be bred on the identical cross as Zardozi, who’s one in every of 12 group/grade 1 winners by the sire after her victory in final yr’s Kennedy Oaks (G1) at Flemington.
One thing New and One thing Blue for Newsells Park
The very subsequent lot into the ring introduced the session’s second-highest worth as Newsells Park Stud went to 270,000gns for the listed-placed Artwork of Magic. The 4-year-old daughter of Invincible Spirit was supplied in foal to second-season sire sensation Blue Level .
Artwork of Magic consigned as Lot 249 within the ring
“As a person, she was most likely the nicest mare we noticed, and he or she was mated very commercially with Blue Level, which was very enticing for an operation like ours,” stated Newsells’ normal supervisor, Julian Greenback. “Blue Level appears to be like very thrilling and has gone on together with his 3-year-olds, in order that appealed. Once we factored in what the foal may make, if that is half respectable, then I feel she ended up being fairly cheap worth.”
Greenback continued: “She’s been purchased for Newsells Park Stud’s breeding fund. We even have You Acquired To Me and Sibila Spain as a part of that, and the concept is to offer individuals a chance to get into breeding and to return with us in what we’re doing. A number of the individuals who’ve been concerned within the racing partnerships have gotten concerned on the breeding aspect they usually’ve actually loved having the ability to see that aspect of the enterprise.”
Artwork of Magic started her profession with Appleby however moved to the French steady of Henri-Alex Pantall after her juvenile season. She received three races in France and was second in listed contests at Hoppegarten and Saint-Cloud. Her pedigree options excessive achievers resembling Territories and goes again to 3rd dam Helen Road, who received the Irish Oaks (G1) earlier than breeding Road Cry and Shamardal’s dam, Helsinki.
The Tattersalls July Sale continues Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. native time.
