Less than two months have passed since the Tattersalls December Sale ended the year of the Park Paddocks sale, and the curtain has begun on the 2023 sale season, when the two-day February Sale, kicks off. beginning on Thursday.
The catalog includes a diverse group of over 370 mares and mares in/not in training, mares, ponies and castrated in/untrained, one year old foals and 2 year old foals.
One of the highlights of the sale was consigned by Barton Sales on behalf of Lady Ogden, lot 93. A prominent son of the late Galileo (Ire), who was born on April 26, was out. Messias Da Silva (Tale Of The Cat), and thus half-brother to female G1 winner Falmouth S. and G1 Prix Rothschild Amazing Maria (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). Bred by the late Sir Robert Ogden, the foal, acquired by Ogden with the dam for $700,000 from the sale of 2-year-old Fasig-Tipton Florida Select, also belongs to the same family as GIII heroine Morven S Clever Power. as Integra graded winners, Secret Odds and successful runners became Clever Trick and Alydeed males.
Provided by Wood Hall Sales as wildcard Starry Sky (Ger) (Kendargent {Fr}) (lot 190D) in the pony of the three-times World Champion Group 1 sprinter (GB). Already the mother of 2-year-old pony Kitten’s Joy and the avid sister of the pony she’s holding, the 9-year-old’s brightest day in the sun was while participating in G2 T von Zastrow Stutenpreis at Baden-Baden . Her dam, Mother Sworn (Ger) (Samum {Ger}) is bet half-sister to G3 heroine Preis der Winterkonigin Sworn Pro (Ger) (Guardian {Ger}), also a Sworn Sold (Ger) double bet winner (Empty Soldier {GB}).
The catalog is full of high-quality drafts from some of the biggest names in the business, and Godolphin’s double-digit shipments include morning blush (justification). Set to pass the ring with the number 151, the 3-year-old came out of GII Pocahontas S. heroine Dothraki Queen (Pure Prize), who was also runner-up in GI Alcibiades S., and third in GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Castlebridge consignment has the biggest sales draft with 68 pre-draws and 90 lots, an aspiration of sottsass (Fr), comes from a smart family tracking down the Hedgeabout (Riva Ridge) bet winner, who has been placed in the classification level three times. A half-sister to three winners, the bay belongs to the same family as GI Hollywood Turf Cup S. winner Boboman (Kingmambo). Her first male ponies sold for €180,000 in 2022.
Tweenhills Farm & Stud will offer a Classic set Now Or Never (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}) (lot 130). Pregnant with G1 2000 Guineas Kameko hero, the 10-year-old won the G2 Rose of Kingston S. in Australia, as well as the G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial in her native Ireland. At the age of three, she finished third in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and was half-sister to the Group 1 double winner Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). Now Or Never’s second smash is the Land Of Dreams (GB) multi-group winner (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), she’s the Group 1 top scorer smash who became a Group 1 male Dream Ahead.
Pure Nature (GB) (Dansili {GB}) (lot 190E), pony of Mehmas (Ire), was part of the draft Baroda Stud. Three-time winner, the 6-year-old was holding her first pony and was not among the winners listed in France Nature Spirits (Fr) (Beat Hollow {GB}) from her family Curtain Call (Fr) group winner (Sadler’s Wells), and Classic and Gentleman Hernando (Fr) winner.
In 2022, a growing pony of Night Of Thunder (Ire) and consigned by Shadwell topped sales at 175,000 gns for Ballyhimikin Stud. A total of 328 horses were sold (85%) for 5,849,100gns. The average is 17,833 gns and the average is 10,000 gns.
Thursday’s session begins at 11 a.m., after TBA Flat Stallion Parade that feature Stradivarius (Ire) among others. The sale round action begins at 10 a.m. Friday.
