2008 DECEMBER YEARLING SALE PRESS STATEMENT
DAUGHTER OF SINNDAR TOPS TATTERSALLS DECEMBER YEARLING SALE
A daughter of the 2000 Derby winner SINNDAR topped proceedings on the opening day of the Tattersalls December Sale. A total of 187 yearlings went through the ring with 103 sold for a total of 1,997,000 guineas, at an average of 19,388 guineas and a median of 8,500 guineas.
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Cat |
Off |
Sold |
Agg |
Average |
Median |
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2008 |
237 |
187 |
103 |
1,997,000 |
19,388 |
8,500 |
2007 |
281 |
217 |
143 |
4,086,300 |
28,576 |
15,000 |
The top lot for the day was Lot 172, the bay filly by SINNDAR out of the DARSHAAN mare ALASANA who was knocked down to agent Liam Norris for 170,000 guineas. The filly is a sister to ALASHA, the Sir Michael Stoute trained filly who was third in the Group 1 1000 Guineas in 2002. Consigned to the sale from David and Diane Nagle’s Barronstown Stud, the filly was purchased by Norris after he saw off the efforts of agent Charlie Gordon-Watson and will go into training with Sussex based trained William Knight.
LOT 172: SINNDAR - ALASANA
Purchased by Norris/Huntingdon for 170,000 gns
Late in the afternoon Gill Richardson signed for the smashing colt by MIZZEN MAST consigned by agent John Troy. The daughter of the Listed winning TAUFAN mare MILLIE’S CHOICE is a half brother to the Grade 3 winning and Grade 1 placed MILLIE’S QUEST and was secured by Richardson on behalf of Dubai based businessman Jaber Abdullah after she saw off the efforts of John Ferguson and Willie Browne. Richardson and Abdullah have enjoyed success at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale previously, with the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes winning filly NAHOODH a 19,000 guineas graduate of the 2006 renewal of the sale.
LOT 191: MIZZEN MAST - MILLIE'S CHOICE
Purchased by Gill Richardson for 140,000 gns
John Ferguson had earlier signed for a KING’S BEST filly for 100,000 guineas after outlasting the BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe. Consigned from Bill and Tara Dwan’s The Castlebridge Consignment, the filly is out of the Listed placed SADLER’S WELLS mare CHAMELA BAY, the half-sister to the incomparable RAFHA. A winner of the Group 1 Prix Diane Hermes, RAFHA is also the dam of the Group 1 winning sprinter and successful stallion INVINCIBLE SPIRIT as well as a further six black-type horses.
