Derby National Hunt Store Sale at Tattersalls
Catch up on the highlights of the Derby National Hunt Store Sale at Tattersalls.
- Overall the Average worked out at €31,586 and the Median was €22,000. There were 331 sold out of a possible 517 (64%) and 186 (36%) were not sold over the 2 days.
Day 1 Review
- A 3yo son of the top jumping sire Presenting made a record price for a National Hunt store when the gelding was sold to Alan Potts for €340,000. A bidding war between Alan Potts and Bobby O’Ryan ensured the gelding broke the record price for a National Hunt store horse. He is a half brother to 4 winners out of a full-sister to Mister Morose who won the Gr 1 Aintree Hurdle. He is also related to Albertas Run, the 3 time winner at the Cheltenham Festival.
- A 3yo son of the recently deceased King’s Theatre was bought for €175,000 from Pallas Stud by Cork-based trainer Liam Burke for owner Paul Barber. He is a grandson of Sadler’s Wells out of the Presenting mare Famous Lady and a half-sister to the Gr.2-winning Queen Of Spades. He is also closely related to the Gr 1 novice hurdler winner Pettifour.
- David Minton and Nicky Henderson paid €135,000 for a son of Westerner from Goldford Stud. He is a half-brother to 4 black type performers including the Gr 2 Aintree bumper winner Diamond Sal and Ring The Boss, a Listed handicap hurdle winner.
- Another 3yo son of King’s Theatre made €135,000 after M V Magnier beat Mouse Morris to get this full brother to Eddie Harty's Carrigmartin, a 5 times winner including a Gr.2 handicap chase at Leopardstown. He is out of the Supreme Leader mare Donna’s Princess.
- Dessie Hughes bought a 3yo son of Presenting from Galbertstown Stud for €130,000. He is a full brother to Shirley Casper who Hughes trained and won a Gr.2 bumper and a Gr.3 novice hurdle. He is also a half-brother to Oligarch Society, a Listed hurdle winner and Lonesome Dove who was a Listed placed jumper.
- Aiden Murphy paid €85,000 for a son of Presenting from Ballincurrig House Stud. He is a foal out of Dato Fairy who is a full sister to a former Cheltenham Bumper winner Dato Star and a Gr.2 novice hurdle winner Hoh Invader.
- Aiden Murphy also bought a 3yo son of King’s Theatre out of Listed French hurdle winner Georgia On My Mind for €95,000. He then went to €80,000 to secure another son of the Sadler’s Wells horse out of a half-sister to the staying hurdler Pragada.
- Kevin Ross bought a son of Westerner from Mill House Stud for €95,000. He is a half brother to 2 winners and is out of a fullsister to Hors La Loi, the Gr.1 Champion Hurdle scorer and the former Stayers Hurdle winner Cyborgo.
- The current Champion National Hunt trainer Willie Mullins bought a few with the €76,000 son of Robin Des Champs standing out. He is a half brother to a winner out of a Listed hurdle winner Dernier Empereur.
- Jonjo O’Neill got a son of Milan for €72,000 from Ballincurrig House Stud. He is a half-brother to 3 winners including Kimberlite King who won 4 times and was placed in a Gr 2 hurdle.
- Alan Potts also bought a son of Old Vic for €70,000 from Ballincurrig House Stud. He is a half-brother to Sky’s The Limit who won the Gr.3 Coral Cup and 2 Gr.1 novice chases for Edward O’Grady. They are out of a Highness Lady dam who is a German Gr.2 winner and has bred 9 winners from just 10 runners.
- Favourites Racing secured a Presenting gelding for €75,000. He is out of an unraced Perrault half sister to Azertyuiop, the Gr.1 Queen Mother Champion Chase winner.
- The Average on Day 1 was €31,988 with the Median being €22,000.
Day 2 Review
- Alan Potts paid €160,000 for the top lot who was a son of King’s Theatre and a half brother to a winner out of an unraced half sister to the high class staying chaser and Sun Alliance Hurdle hurdle winner at Cheltenham, Ten Plus.
- Alan Potts then bought a Milan 4yo for €80,000 from the Hallstown Stables and is a half-brother to a winner out of a mare with siblings that include the Gr.2 novice hurdle winner Native Estates.
- Margaret O’Toole got a son of King’s Theatre for €145,000. The 3yo is a half-brother to unbeaten bumper and maiden hurdle winner Staying Article. He is out of an unraced daughter of former Triumph Hurdle winner Shawiya.
- Aidan Murphy paid €140,000 for a son of Presenting from Dara Stud. The 3yo is out of an unraced daughter of Supreme Leader, whose dam is a half-sister to Padre Mio, the Gr.2 Fighting Fifth Hurdle winner. He will be going into training with Paul Nicholls.
- Aidan Murphy also bought another son of Presenting from Rathbarry Stud for €100,000. He is the first foal out of the 4 time Gr.1 winning mare Asian Maze, including a wide margin win of the Aintree Hurdle.
- Pat Connell got a 3yo son of Milan from Liss House for €140,000. He is a half brother to Join Together, who was placed in a Gr.2 novice hurdle this year. He is out of Open Cry, the bumper winning mare.
- M V Magnier bought a 3yo son of Presenting from Hawthorn Villa Stud for €125,000. He is the first foal out of a Saddlers’ Hall mare who is related to the Blazing Liss, the Gr.1 bumper runner-up.
- M V Magnier beat Aiden Murphy for a 3yo son of Oscar from Jimmy Murphy’s Redpender Stud. He is out of the classy Be My Belle, who won the Gr.2 Thyestes Chase.
- Bobby O’Ryan bought a Presenting gelding from Kilminfoyle House Stud for €100,000 and he is a half-brother to 2 winners, including Mosstown, a Gr.3 placed juvenile hurdler.
- Bobby O’Ryan earlier went to €62,000 to secure an Oscar full-brother to Rock On Ruby who was runner-up in the Gr.1 Neptune Investment Novices Hurdle this year.
- Jim Dreaper bought a son of King’s Theatre from Parkville Stud for €95,000. He is out of the four-times winning mare Toulon Rouge and are related to top class jumpers like Buck House, a former Champion Chase winner.
- Willie Mullins secured a Flemensfirth gelding from Redpender Stud after Harold Kirk went to €85,000 for the Alleged grandson. He is the first foal out of an unraced half sister to Moorish, a former Gr.1 Triumph Hurdle runner-up.
- Stowaway again proved popular when a son of his from Ronnie O’Neill was bought by Philip Fenton for €78,000. He is a full-brother to Western Leader, who won a Gr.2 novice hurdle and was injured when finishing second in a Gr.1 novice hurdle at Aintree last year.
- Jonjo O’Neill bought a King’s Theatre gelding from Ballincurrig House Stud for €75,000. He is out of the Listed French hurdle winner Belle Innocence.
- The Average on Day 2 was €31,810 with the Median being €23,000.