Quality Tattersalls December Yearling Sale Now Online

2024 Cox Plate and five-time Group 1 winner Via Sistina was bought for just 5,000 guineas at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale and subsequently sold for 2,700,000 guineas at the Sceptre Sessions of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale
2024 Cox Plate and five-time Group 1 winner Via Sistina was bought for just 5,000 guineas at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale and subsequently sold for 2,700,000 guineas at the Sceptre Sessions of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale

The catalogue for the 2024 Tattersalls December Yearling Sale is out now and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. Numbering 197 lots, the December Yearling Sale will take place on Monday, 25th November.

The catalogue features 11 own or half siblings to Group 1 winners led by the DARK ANGEL half-sister to this year’s Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère winner CAMILLE PISSARRO and Group 1 Commonwealth Cup winning young sire GOLDEN HORDE, the NATHANIEL half-brother to the brilliant Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes winner ECONOMICS and the SAXON WARRIOR three-parts brother to French Derby winner and exciting young sire STUDY OF MAN.  

Other siblings to Group 1 winners include half-sisters to REGIONAL, PAKISTAN STAR and LIVE IN THE DREAM by PALACE PIER, VICTOR LUDORUM and JAMES GARFIELD and half-brothers to AVILIUS, LIMATO, ROYAL MEETING and WESTERN ARISTOCRAT by PALACE PIER, ST MARK’S BASILICA, PROFITABLE and HELLO YOUMZAIN respectively.  

In total there are own or half brothers and sisters to 65 Group and Listed winners catalogued and 32 yearlings out of Group and Listed winning dams, including the KINGMAN colt out of Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner PERSUASIVE, the SIYOUNI colt out of Group 1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes winner MADAME CHIANG and the SHOWCASING colt out of Irish 1000 Guineas winner PLEASCACH.  

Buyers looking for future winners of valuable Tattersalls bonuses and sponsored races will not be short of choice with 9 yearlings eligible for the ever popular £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus Scheme and 27 yearlings eligible for the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes and the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes. The catalogue also features 35 fillies already entered for the Great British Bonus and one lot qualified for French Owners’ Premiums.  

Sixteen of the current top 20 active British and Irish sires have yearlings catalogued including DARK ANGEL, KINGMAN, LOPE DE VEGA, MEHMAS, NEW BAY, NIGHT OF THUNDER, NO NAY NEVER, SEA THE STARS, STARSPANGLEDBANNER, TOO DARN HOT and WOOTTON BASSETT as well as leading French sires GALIWAY, SIYOUNI and ZARAK who have a total of 44 yearlings catalogued between them. Exciting first crop sires are also well represented including Group 1 and Classic winners PALACE PIER, SPACE BLUES, ST MARK’S BASILICA, STARMAN, SUPREMACY and VICTOR LUDORUM.  

Commenting on the catalogue for the 2024 Tattersalls December Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;  

“The combination of quality and value for money is the key to the popularity of the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale and the extraordinary success of 5,000 guineas purchase and now five times Group 1 winner VIA SISTINA as well as the 1 million guineas pinhooking triumph at this year’s Craven Breeze Up Sale have been spectacular advertisements for the sale. The 2024 renewal features consignments from many of Britain and Ireland’s most successful nurseries and in addition to a host of well bred yearlings, buyers will also find a large number of yearlings eligible for lucrative £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonuses, Great British Bonuses and the ever popular £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes.”