Much to Recommend Tattersalls Breeze-Up and HIT Sale

The Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up and Horses in Training Sale has long been a source of proven talent, with former graduates such as Far Above, Trip To Paris, and Trueshan plying their trade at group level. 

A sense of normality has also ensued after last year's sale was moved to July as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and confidence among vendors will have been boosted after the Craven Breeze-Up Sale registered a positive set of figures, while the Goffs UK variant produced the finest returns in the history of the sale. 

The Breeze-Up Sale, which takes place April 30 at 11:30 a.m. local time following the horses in training section at 10 a.m., has produced 30 individual listed/group winners since 2018 and includes lots by leading sires such as Camelot , Dark Angel , Kodiac , Sea The Moon , Siyouni , and Oasis Dream , while the first-season sires feature Almanzor , Ardad , Cotai Glory , and Profitable . 

Almanzor's first crop have been eagerly anticipated and Haras d'Etreham's sire did not disappoint when his first runner, Faro de San Juan, struck at Chantilly on Monday. His sole lot here is the Kilminfoyle House Stud-consigned colt (Lot 208) out of Italian group 1 winner Waikika. 

Other eyecatching lots include Silver Hill Stables' Sea The Moon colt (Lot 55) out of a stakes-placed Lawman half sister to Qatar Sussex Stakes (G1) hero and Tweenhills sire Lightning Spear ; The Bloodstock Connection-consigned Time Test colt (Lot 63) out of an unraced daughter of Qatar Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (G1) heroine Gilt Edge Girl ; Feigh Stables' Highland Reel half brother (Lot 126) to the popular dual-purpose Palmerstown House Estate Irish St. Leger (G1) winner Wicklow Brave ; and Longways Stables' Siyouni filly (Lot 151) out of an unraced Oasis Dream half sister to Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) winner Queen's Trust . 

The preceding horses in training sale has also enjoyed plenty of success of late, with Mister Sea Wolf, a 32,000 guineas (US$49,087) purchase from Cosy Seal Racing to BBA Ireland in 2016, winning two group 2s at Randwick and placing third in the Heineken 3 Canterbury Stakes (G1) last year for Chris Waller. 

Other subsequent black-type performers from the HIT sale include Bodhicitta, a 60,000 guineas ($82,108) buy from Michael O'Callaghan to Meah Lloyd Bloodstock in 2019. The daughter of Showcasing landed the Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2T) at Del Mar and finished second in the Gamely Stakes (G1T) beforehand. 

Among this year's offerings are EAM Bloodstock's Crossed Baton (Lot 21), a gelded son of Dansili who won Epsom's Investec Blue Riband Trial and was placed in the Prix Eugene Adam Grand Prix de Maisons Lafitte (G2) and Hampton Court Stakes (G3) for John Gosden; Fitzroy House's Heaven Forfend (Lot 23), a Frankel  gelding who has notched up a brace of recent wins; Nortonthorpe Boy (Lot 27), a six-time winner for Phil McEntee; and Alpha King (Lot 28), Juddmonte's placed Kingman  half brother to grade 1 winner Juliet Foxtrot .