Tattersalls February Sale Catalogue Now Online
331 lots have been catalogued for the two-day Tattersalls February Sale which will take place Thursday 30th – Friday 31st January and will feature the popular Tattersalls Stallion Parade as well as the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Showcase which will commence at 11am before the start of the sale on Thursday 30th January. The catalogue for the Tattersalls February Sale can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com and will be published on Wednesday 15th January.
Comprising 124 fillies and mares in/out of training, 23 broodmares, 157 colts and geldings in/out of training, 18 yearlings and nine two-year-olds, the catalogue features high class consignments from leading owner-breeders Godolphin and Juddmonte and lots on offer from leading British trainers including Andrew Balding, Karl Burke, John & Thady Gosden, Richard Hannon and William Haggas.
The broodmares catalogued include two close relations to last year’s brilliant Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner BLUESTOCKING led by her KINGMAN half-sister DESIROUS, the dam of promising debut winner SAND GAZELLE, and DIVISIMO, a DANSILI own-sister to BLUESTOCKING’s Group 1 winning dam EMULOUS, who will both be offered by Barton Sales. Far Westfield Farm will offer a large draft of 21 lots including the Listed placed GALILEO mare FACADE, offered in foal to exciting young stallion STUDY OF MAN.
Other eyecatchers among the mares include PROPEL, the DUBAWI half-sister to three Group 1 performers from the brilliant family of Champion L’ANCRESSE who will be offered by Hazelwood Bloodstock in foal to PINATUBO, and PUBLICIST, the DARK ANGEL half-sister to Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye winner TOTAL GALLERY from the close family of 4,500,000 guineas broodmare TEONA who will be offered by Houghton Bloodstock in foal to MODERN GAMES. Other covering stallions represented include proven Group 1 sires BATED BREATH, CRACKSMAN, OASIS DREAM, SEA THE MOON, SHOWCASING and STUDY OF MAN, as well as exciting young Group 1 winners MODERN GAMES, MOHAATHER, PERFECT POWER, PINATUBO and STRADIVARIUS.
Fillies from the Godolphin consignment are always eagerly sought after and this year’s draft is led by the Listed placed VALDIVARA, a daughter of BLUE POINT out of an own-sister to Group 1 winner TERRITORIES, and three-parts sisters to French 1000 Guineas winner CASTLE LADY and Group 1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes winning young sire NAVAL CROWN, as well as daughters of Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner WUHEIDA and Group 1 Prix de l’Opera winner LADY MARIAN. They will be joined by daughters of sought after stallions DUBAWI, LOPE DE VEGA, NEW APPROACH, NIGHT OF THUNDER and SEA THE STARS. The Godolphin draft numbers 42 lots in total with promising colts and gelding including the lightly raced four-year-olds KING’S REIGN and GRACIOUS LEADER, Timeform rated 91 and 85 respectively, and the dual Listed winner GALASHIELS, runner up in Listed company on his two most recent starts, heading several highly rated horses with proven form.
Further exciting prospects among the colts and geldings in training include the four-year-old colt BARAQ, a FRANKEL half-brother to four Group winners, rated 100 by Timeform, and FIRST AMBITION, the first foal out of six time Group 1 winner LAURENS who was awarded a Timeform rating of 83p for his recent impressive winning debut and will be offered by Consign Ltd. Other unexposed lots include two smart prospects consigned by Marco Botti’s Prestige Place in three-year-old colt MOLVENO and the four-year-old RAAGI, both winners of their most recent starts and Timeform rated 92 and 84p respectively.
The Castlebridge Consignment will offer the largest draft in the catalogue with a team of 45 lots including FIREBLADE, the four-year-old FRANKEL own-brother to dual European Champion CRACKSMAN who will be offered with a Timeform rating of 81 following a second placed finish on his most recent start for John & Thady Gosden. Horses catalogued with proven form include Jack Morland Racing’s ANGEL OF ANTRIM who was awarded a Timeform rating of 91 for his fourth wide margin win in a row for his young trainer, and the Timeform 100 rated four-year-old colt FIRE DEMON who leads a select draft of three smartly bred lots from Juddmonte.
The nine two-year-olds catalogued are by both proven and promising young sires in CRACKSMAN, EXPERT EYE, IFFRAAJ, PINATUBO, SAXON WARRIOR, STARMAN, TEN SOVEREIGNS and WOOTTON BASSETT and pinhookers also look well catered for with eighteen yearlings by ACLAIM, CATURRA, IFFRAAJ, MASAR, MASSAAT, MOHAATHER, PERFECT POWER, PINATUBO, SAXON WARRIOR, SHOWCASING, TASLEET, TIME TEST and UBETTABELIEVEIT.
Commenting on the catalogue for the 2025 Tattersalls February Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;
“2024 was a landmark year for the Tattersalls February Sale with Irish Derby winner Los Angeles, French 2000 Guineas winner Metropolitan and Dubai Turf winner Facteur Cheval, all out of mares purchased at the sale for a total of just 66,800 guineas. As well as Classic and Group 1 producers, Group and Listed winners such as multiple American Graded Stakes winner Missed The Cut and last weekend’s King Faisal Cup winner Uncle in Saudia Arabia continue to fly the flag for the February Sale globally as a consistent source of high class horses in training. There is plenty of quality breeding stock and horses in training in this year’s catalogue including consignments from Godolphin and Juddmonte and from many of Britain and Ireland’s leading trainers and stud farms. Alongside the ever popular Stallion Parade, this year’s February Sale will also feature the inaugural Retraining of Racehorses Showcase and looks certain to appeal to the usual diverse mix of domestic and international buyers who have made the Tattersalls February Sale Europe’s leading midwinter sale.”
The 2025 Tattersalls Stallion Parade will showcase nine young British-based sires who will be available for viewing in Left Yard and Right Yard after the parade. The stallions parading will be A’ALI, BANGKOK, BRADSELL, CATURRA, EL CABALLO, ISAAC SHELBY, LOPE Y FERNANDEZ, STRADIVARIUS and UBETTABELIEVEIT.
The debut RoR Showcase will celebrate the versatility and adaptability of retired racehorses as they transition into successful second careers with nine retrained racehorses parading in the Sale Ring to open the morning at 11am. The inaugural RoR Showcase is the latest development in Tattersalls' long-standing commitment to supporting the Retraining of Racehorses charity following the new RoR Sales Company Welfare Levy funding announced in 2024, and sponsorship of the Tattersalls RoR Showing Series which enters its tenth year in 2025.
The RoR Showcase will be followed by the Tattersalls Stallion Parade at 11.30am and key industry organisations including the British Racing School, the National Stud, TB-Ed and RoR will also have exhibition displays in the Lower Sale Ring Bar with hospitality provided by British EBF Stallions until 1pm.
The Tattersalls February Sale will commence immediately after the Stallion Parade on Thursday 30th January and at 10.00am on Friday 31st January.