Tattersalls December Foal Sale Catalogue Online Now
The catalogue for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale is online now at www.tattersalls.com and will be available in print on Monday, 21st October. Numbering 1,008 lots, the December Foal Sale will take place from Tuesday, 26th November to Saturday, 30th November with the same format that was introduced last year. Foals will sell on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with a viewing day on Thursday, 28th November.
The catalogue features own and half brothers and sisters to 129 Group and Listed winners including six Group 1 winners. These are headed by the FRANKEL own sister to the Group 1 2,000 Guineas winner CHALDEAN, who himself was purchased for 550,000 guineas at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. Breeder and consignor Whitsbury Manor Stud’s blue hen SUELITA is already the dam of five black type performers including the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes winner ALKUMAIT as well as the Listed winner and Group 1 runner-up GET AHEAD who sold for 2,500,000 guineas at last year’s Tattersalls December Mares Sale.
There are also 107 foals out of Group and Listed winning mares catalogued including a pair of FRANKEL colts, two of seven by the great sire in the catalogue. They include the colt out of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf and Prix Jean Romanet winner AUDARYA who will be consigned by Genesis Green Stud, whilst Bearstone Stud consign the second foal out of the triple Group 1 winner GLASS SLIPPERS whose victories included the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, the Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp and the Flying Five Stakes.
Other fillies who are siblings to Group 1 winners include the WOOTTON BASSETT half-sister to the Dubai Turf winner FACTEUR CHEVAL and the OASIS DREAM half-sister to the Haydock Sprint Cup winner REGIONAL, who will be consigned by McCracken Farms and Old Buckenham Stud respectively. They will be joined by the Spencer Sales consigned PINATUBO half-sister to the Group 1 Premio Lydia Tesio winner SORTILEGE, who is also a three-parts sister to the dam of this season’s Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris winner SOSIE.
The catalogue also features a STATE OF REST half-brother to the Grade 1 Japanese Derby winner DEEP BRILLANTE who will be consigned by AK Thoroughbreds and the SEA THE STARS three-parts brother to the German Derby winner FANTASTIC MOON, who will be consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment.
Europe’s premier foal sale features an impressive 262 lots by the current top 25 active British and Irish based sires, including BLUE POINT, CAMELOT, CHURCHILL, DARK ANGEL, FRANKEL, GLENEAGLES, HAVANA GREY, INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, KINGMAN, KODIAC, LOPE DE VEGA, MEHMAS, NATHANIEL, NEW BAY, NIGHT OF THUNDER, NO NAY NEVER, SEA THE STARS, SHOWCASING, STARSPANGLEDBANNER, TOO DARN HOT and WOOTTON BASSETT.
As ever first crop sires feature prominently with a total of 14 represented including Classic and Group 1 winners BAAEED, BAYSIDE BOY, BLACKBEARD, GOLDEN PAL, MINZAAL, NAVAL CROWN, PERFECT POWER, SEALIWAY, STATE OF REST, STRADIVARIUS and TORQUATOR TASSO. There is also significant representation from stallions who have made a favourable impression with their first crop of runners in 2024, including EARTHLIGHT, HELLO YOUMZAIN, MOHAATHER, KAMEKO, PINATUBO, SANDS OF MALI, SERGEI PROKOFIEV and WITHOUT PAROLE.
The largest consignment is the team of 80 foals coming from Tom Blain’s Barton Stud followed by the 43 catalogued from The Castlebridge Consignment. Jamie Railton and Mickley Stud have consignments of 39 and 38 respectively whilst the National Stud, who sold Irish Oaks winner YOU GOT TO ME at this sale in 2022, have a consignment of 30. Whitsbury Manor Stud, leading consignor at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale for the last two years, have a team of 24 foals including the aforementioned sister to last year’s 2000 Guineas winner CHALDEAN.
Commenting on the 2024 Tattersalls December Foal Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;
“The Tattersalls December Foal Sale is well established as Europe's premier foal sale, consistently attracting the cream of the British and Irish foal crops. This has been reflected in an exceptional year on the racecourse, headed by the Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me and Economics, one of Europe's top three-year-old colts. In addition to outstanding racecourse success, the sale never fails to produce numerous and remarkable pinhooking triumphs. This year's catalogue as ever has the quality and diversity to attract buyers from all corners of the globe and across all levels of the market.”