Group 1 winner Sands of Mali to be Offered at Tattersalls December Sale

The Group 1 winning sprinter SANDS OF MALI is be offered as a Wildcard at the forthcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale that takes place next week from Monday 2nd December to Thursday 5th December. The son of PANIS is catalogued as lot 1621A and will be offered on Monday from Richard Fahey’s Musley Bank Stables.

The four-year-old colt has won on five occasions including last year’s Group 1 British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot where he defeated the Group 1 winners BRANDO, DONJUAN TRIUMPHANT, HARRY ANGEL, LIBRISA BREEZE, LIMATO and THE TIN MAN. He also won the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes as a two-year-old and the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes as a three-year-old, defeating the classy sprinter INVINCIBLE ARMY on both occasions. 

SANDS OF MALI, who raced most recently for Cool Silk Partnership and Phoenix Thoroughbreds, will be offered as a horse out of training to dissolve a partnership. He recorded a ‘Timeform’ rating of 120 following his Group 1 victory and his highest BHA rating was 118.

SANDS OF MALI joins four other lots as Wildcards in the December Mares Sale including BIG BROTHERS PRIDE (lot 1793C), the Group 3 winning sister to Group 1 winner POLYDREAM, the SHAMARDAL mare SALAMAH (lot 1793B), in foal to NO NAY NEVER, the Listed placed EXCEED LOOSE (lot 1793A) and Joseph O’Brien’s recent highly-rated Group 3 winning filly WAITINGFORTHEDAY (lot 1793D). 

Catalogues for the Tattersalls December Mares Sale are out now and available from Tattersalls and Tattersalls representatives and online at www.tattersalls.com.