Alastair Donald purchased the Mehmas colt on behalf of King Power Racing Norman Williamson, Mark Dwyer and Katie Walsh are all successful jump jockeys who have transitioned into shrewd and skillful breeze-up consignors, and Grade 1-winning rider Andrew Lynch could be the next familiar name to follow the same career path after the Kilbrew Stables... Read More

Temperatures were being taken upon entrance at the combined Tattersalls Craven and Tattersalls Ascot Breeze-Up Sales on Thursday, but after there were decidedly mixed fortunes in the ring it was the health of the market that provided the greatest cause for concern, with one leading vendor branding trade “a disaster.” By the close of trade,... Read More

Buyers will be allowed back into the sales rings of Europe for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit when the combined Tattersalls Craven and Tattersalls Ascot Breeze Up Sales take place in Newmarket later this week, with the auction potentially providing a guide to the northern hemisphere buyers’ appetites to invest in new... Read More

The Osarus Breeze-Up Sale broke new ground on Wednesday by staging what was essentially Europe’s first bloodstock online auction, with each of the 63 lots offered sequentially in absentia.  The sale, originally due to be held in a physical format at La Teste on April 8 and 9, was forced to reschedule due to coronavirus... Read More

There was a dramatic end to day one of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale as Peter Swann of the Cool Silk Partnership went to 600,000gns to buy out Phoenix Thoroughbreds’ shares in the Group 1-winning sprinter Sands Of Mali (Panis). Swann stood with agent Matt Coleman in the bidders’ area and traded sizeable increases with... Read More