High Class Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale Catalogue Now Online

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale, which will take place Monday 15th – Wednesday 17th April, can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com and will be available from Tattersalls and Tattersalls representatives from Wednesday 6th March.  

180 high quality juveniles are catalogued for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale which enjoyed yet another exceptional year on the racecourse in 2023 with dual Group 1 winning two-year-old VANDEEK and more Group and Listed winners than any other European breeze up sale, following on from the remarkable successes of 2022 with two Craven Breeze Up Sale Classic winners in Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas victor NATIVE TRAIL and 1000 Guineas heroine CACHET.  

All 180 lots are eligible for the £250,000 Tattersalls Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus which was won in 2023 by VANDEEK, the highest rated two-year-old trained in Britain, and in its inaugural year by European Champion Two-Year-Old NATIVE TRAIL. The scheme offers a £125,000 bonus for the first Craven Breeze Up winner of any of the six two-year-old races at the Royal Meeting and an additional £125,000 bonus to the first Craven Breeze Up winner of any of the 15 European Group 1 races open to two-year-olds.  

The catalogue features own or half brothers and sisters to 29 Group or Listed winners, including the MEHMAS half-brother to the 1000 Guineas winner and Craven Breeze Up Sale star graduate CACHET. Tally-Ho Stud’s exceptional young sire will also be represented by half-brothers to last year’s Group 2 Coventry Stakes winner RIVER TIBER and the Group 2 German 2000 Guineas winner FOX CHAMPION. Other colts with top class siblings include the HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR half-brother to the multiple Group 1 runner up LIGHT INFANTRY and the SIYOUNI half-brother to Grade 3 winning sire DEMARCHELIER out of an own-sister to Group 1 winners YESTERDAY and QUARTER MOON. The last crop of the peerless GALILEO will be represented by a three-parts brother to Listed winner HIDDEN DIMPLES, who will be offered by VANDEEK’s consignors Glending Stables.  

In addition there are a further 23 two-year-olds out of Group or Listed winning mares catalogued including the FRANKEL colt out of the Listed winner BAHIA BREEZE, already the dam of Group 2 winner BESHAAYIR, and the NO NAY NEVER colt out of Group 1 winning two-year-old CLOTH OF CLOUD. Further Group/Grade 1 winning dams include US Grade 1 winners FUNNY MOON and ROSALIND, both blacktype producers who are represented by a filly by Classic winning first season sire TIZ THE LAW and a colt by multiple Grade 1 producer TWIRLING CANDY respectively.

No fewer than 49 of the sires represented in the catalogue have already produced Classic or Group 1 winners including ACCLAMATION, AUSTRALIA, BLUE POINT, CHURCHILL, DARK ANGEL, FASTNET ROCK,  FRANKEL, GALILEO, HAVANA GREY, INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, KINGMAN, KODIAC, LOPE DE VEGA, MEHMAS, NEW BAY, NO NAY NEVER, OASIS DREAM, SEA THE MOON, SEA THE STARS, SHOWCASING, SIYOUNI, STARSPANGLEDBANNER, TOO DARN HOT, WOOTTON BASSETT, ZARAK and ZOUSTAR.  

Last year’s Champion first season sire BLUE POINT has the highest number of two-year-olds catalogued at 15, including fillies out of Group winners MISSUNITED and KILLACHY LOOSE, and the Listed performer DUBAI FASHION. They will be joined by colts from several exceptional families including a son of the Listed perfomer and producer NYARHINI, a sister to Group 1 winner REBECCA SHARP and to FLECHE D’OR, the dam of European Champion GOLDEN HORN, a colt out of a half-sister to ANNA LAW, the dam of European Champion sprinter BATTAASH, and a colt out of a sister to Juddmonte’s Group 1 winners PASSAGE OF TIME and TIMEPIECE. There are also fourteen two-year-olds catalogued by Whitsbury Manor Stud’s sire sensation HAVANA GREY, the leading second crop sire last year.

A strong contingent of USA based stallions are represented including proven Grade 1 sires AMERICAN PHAROAH, BERNARDINI, CITY OF LIGHT, GOOD MAGIC, JUSTIFY, KITTEN’S JOY, MEDAGLIA D’ORO, MORE THAN READY, MUNNINGS, NOT THIS TIME, PRACTICAL JOKE, SPEIGHTSTOWN, STREET SENSE, TWIRLING CANDY, UNION RAGS and UPSTART, as well exciting first-season sires GAME WINNER, IMPROBABLE and TIZ THE LAW. Their domestic contemporaries are equally impressive with ARIZONA, EARTHLIGHT, FAR ABOVE, GHAIYYATH, HELLO YOUMZAIN, KAMEKO, KING OF CHANGE, MOHAATHER, PERSIAN KING, PINATUBO, SERGEI PROKOFIEV, SOTTSASS and WITHOUT PAROLE all represented by their first crops of two-year-olds.

Willie Browne’s Mocklershill will offer the largest consignment with fifteen juveniles catalogued, followed by Thomond O’Mara’s Knockanglass Stables with ten and Con Marnane’s Bansha House Stables with nine. Norman Williamson’s Oak Tree Farm, last year’s leading consignor who sold the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas winner NATIVE TRAIL in 2022, has five well-bred colts catalogued and Roderic Kavanagh’s Glending Stables, who consigned last year’s brilliant joint sale topper VANDEEK, will offer six juveniles.

In addition to all lots being eligible for the £250,000 Tattersalls Craven Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus, buyers looking to benefit from additional incentives will be well catered for with 11 two-year-olds eligible for French Owners’ Premiums, 21 lots entered in the Swedish Derby and Oaks Series and 4 fillies registered for the Great British Bonus Scheme. There are also several lots entered in lucrative Tattersalls sales races including the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes, the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes and the €250,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Stakes as well as the ever popular £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus scheme.

Commenting on the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up catalogue, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said:

“The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale’s market leading status was reinforced again in 2023 with another exceptional year on the racecourse following the Craven classic double of Native Trail and Cachet in 2022. The £125,000 Tattersalls Craven Group 1 Bonus was won for the second time in three years by Vandeek, whose two spectacular Group 1 victories saw him crowned the highest rated British trained two-year-old, following in the footsteps of European Champion Two-Year-Old Native Trail. The sale produced more Group and Listed winners in 2023 than any other European breeze up sale, and the unrivalled racecourse results are testament to the outstanding quality that Europe’s leading breeze up consignors offer year after year. Their support has again resulted in a catalogue with quality in abundance, which combined with unrivalled bonuses on offer makes the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale a compelling prospect for both domestic and overseas buyers.”  

The ‘breeze’ for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale will take place at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse on Monday 15th April starting at 9.30am, with the sale taking place on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th April after the conclusion of racing on the first two days of Newmarket’s three-day Craven Meeting.