Lots to Watch at Tattersalls December Mare Sale

The four-day Tattersalls December Mare Sale begins Nov. 29, with plenty of offerings of note in the 1,170-horse catalog. 

Tattersalls reported that during the 2020 Mare Sale, 735 lots sold from 866 that went under the hammer. Gross receipts totaled 43,111,900 guineas (US$60,324,800), the average price was 58,656 guineas ($82,075), and the median was 20,000 guineas ($27,985).

Those to keep an eye on this year include:

Monday

Lot 1318: Dusty Dream, a 4-year-old filly by Dubawi  out of Memory  (Danehill Dancer) consigned by The Royal Studs.

The Queen's beautifully bred half sister to group winners Call To Mind , Learn By Heart , and Recorder —now a promising first-season sire at Montfort et Preaux—is arguably one of the most eye-catching lots early on in the sale. 

By a burgeoning broodmare sire in Dubawi, who was responsible for the likes of Cazoo Derby (G1) hero Adayar , Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein (G2) winner Real World , and Darley Stakes (G3) scorer Mostahdaf  this term, the 4-year-old is offered in foal to Showcasing  to boot. 

Aside from her black type-winning siblings, Dusty Dream is out of an Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cherry Hinton Stakes (G2) and Albany Stakes (G3) winner in Memory, who could provide further updates in due course as she has a yearling Dubawi filly and a Night of Thunder  colt foal. 

Lot 1426: Sun Tide, a 4-year-old filly by Siyouni  out of Midsummer (Kingmambo) consigned by Juddmonte Farms.

The Juddmonte draft is always eagerly anticipated at this sale, and this Siyouni half sister to the great Midday  looks a likely candidate to get the green team off to a good start. 

Sun Tide won her maiden on her third start at Chepstow last August and looks a particularly valuable prospect as a broodmare given she is a half sister to six-time group/grade 1 winner Midday as well as the group 3-winning QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mare Stakes (G1) third Sun Maiden  and Lanwades Stud Nell Gywn Stakes (G3) winner Hot Snap . 

The 4-year-old has an exciting covering too, having visited last year's QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Kameko , while she is by one of the best sires in the world in the Aga Khan Studs' Siyouni. 

Lot 1567: Cambridgeshire, a 3-year-old filly by Galileo out of Sahara Sky (Danehill) consigned by The National Stud.

Bred on the cross that has famously produced the likes of Frankel , Highland Reel , and Japan , this filly does not quite have their talents but holds plenty of potential when it comes to a paddocks career. 

The 3-year-old was placed four times for Martyn Meade but it seems her calling could lie as a broodmare prospect. She is out of the unraced Danehill mare Sahara Sky and is therefore a half sister to group 1 winner Dick Whittington  plus four further minor winners. 

Under the second dam is champion European sprinter Owington, Nell Gwyn winner and Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (G1) runner-up Nathra , and champion Italian juvenile filly Fly On The Night .

Tuesday 

Lot 1679: Mohjatty, a 3-year-old filly by Awtaad  out of Ezima  (Sadler's Wells) consigned by Shadwell Estate Company.

Whether they are yearlings, horses in training, or broodmares, Shadwell's drafts have been in great demand over the course of sales season and it is not hard to understand why. 

Lots who descend from carefully crafted bloodlines are the order of the day and this filly, by Derrinstown Stud's classic hero Awtaad, would be an asset to any stud. 

The unraced 3-year-old is out of the stakes-winning Sadler's Wells mare Ezima and is, therefore, a half sister to the brilliant Taghrooda , a daughter of Sea The Stars  who swept all before her when landing the Investec Oaks (G1) and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) for Shadwell. 

There is quality throughout Mohjatty's page, with champion 3-year-old filly Ebadiyla , Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) scorer Ebadiya, and Gold Cup (G1) hero Enzeli all under the third dam.

Lot 1735: Dandalla , a 3-year-old filly by Dandy Man  out of Chellalla (Elnadim) consigned by Spigot Lodge Stables.

A high-class performer for Karl Burke and Nick Bradley Racing, Dandalla cost only €22,000 ($24,208) as a yearling when bought by Kelly Burke from the Castlebridge Consignment at the 2019 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale. It is fair to say the daughter of Dandy Man will command a fair bit more on her return to the sales ring. 

Dandalla proved a high-class talent at 2 when winning her first three starts, including the Albany Stakes and bet365 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes (G2), before finishing a respectable fifth in the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) to Alcohol Free . 

Fourth in the Commonwealth Cup and a stakes winner at Ayr this term, the 3-year-old heads to Park Paddocks as an exciting broodmare prospect. Her dam is a winning half sister to a stakes winner, while further back in the page are Epsom Derby winner North Light, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) scorer Gamut, and CIGA Prix du Cadran (G1) victress Sought Out. 

Lot 1756: Mondelice, an 8-year-old mare by Montjeu out of Compelling (Kingmambo) consigned by Haras D'Etreham.

The daughter of Montjeu's broodmare record was given a sparkling update or two through her son Dubai Honour , a son of Pride Of Dubai  who graduated from handicaps to win the Qatar Prix Dollar (G2) and Prix Guillaume d'Ornano-Haras du Logis Saint-Germain (G2), as well as finishing second in the QIPCO Champion Stakes (G1) at Ascot this term. 

With the 3-year-old gelding set for international targets as well as an ambition campaign in Britain, there could well be a winning group 1 update to the page in due course. 

Montjeu is an excellent broodmare sire and his daughter, whose Cracksman  colt sold for 200,000 guineas ($286,084) to Anthony Stroud at the October Yearling Sale, has an exciting covering in New Bay . Her juvenile filly by Wootton Bassett , Shishito , was a promising second on her sole start to date in the United States. 

Wednesday

Lot 2072: Misty, a 5-year-old mare by Oasis Dream out of Ceilidh House  (Selkirk) consigned by Jamie Railton.

By an established broodmare sire in the venerable Oasis Dream, whose daughters have produced the likes of Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Siskin  and the top-class Sir Dragonet , Misty also has the added bonus of having an updated page to boot. 

Her Kingman  half brother, Kinross , was already a listed winner but added two group wins to his name this term with successes in the Unibet Lennox Stakes (G2) and Betway John of Gaunt Stakes (G3) as well as a fine fourth in the Qatar Prix de la Foret (G1) last month. 

Misty, who was covered by the high-flying Time Test , is in turn out of a stakes winner in Ceilidh House, who is herself a half sister to Villa Sonata, the dam of 888sport Solario Stakes (G3) scorer and Poule d'Essai des Poulains (G1) second First Selection . 

Lot 2096: Attendant, a 3-year-old filly by Frankel out of Zuhoor Baynoona  (Elnadim) consigned by Cheveley Park Stud.

A daughter of Frankel from a typically in-depth Cheveley Park family, Attendant has plenty to offer prospective buyers. 

The 3-year-old, who was covered by Twilight Son  but is believed to not be in foal, is out of the stakes-winning Elnadim mare Zuhoor Baynoona, herself a half sister to Betfair Sprint Cup (G1) and Diamond Jubilee Stakes (G1) scorer Hello Youmzain  as well as Gran Criterium (G2) winner and IDEE Deutsches Derby (G1) third Royal Youmzain . 

Frankel has made a good start to his broodmare sire career with a stakes winner and group 1-placed performer in Noble Truth , in addition to two further black-type runners, while Elnadim's daughters have produced Sportingbet W. S. Cox Plate (G1) and Secretariat Stakes (G1T) hero Adelaide  and the group 2-winning group 1-placed Zousain. 

Lot 2118: Zawahir, a 2-year-old filly by Lope de Vega  out of Fawz (Medaglia d'Oro  ) consigned by Shadwell Estate Company.

Another consigned by Shadwell is this unraced juvenile filly from one of the operation's most illustrious families, being out of a half sister to Aghareed , a listed-winning daughter of Kingmambo and the dam of the unbeaten Baaeed  and the high-class Hukum . 

Baaeed needs little introduction, having maintained his flawless record when defeating Palace Pier  in last month's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1), and there could be a lot more to come for the page with the son of Sea The Stars remaining in training next year. 

Further back in the family are the likes of the top-class Nayef  and Two Thousand Guineas, Epsom Derby, and Coral-Eclipse hero Nashwan —the pair the offspring of Shadwell's mighty blue hen Height of Fashion . 

Thursday

Lot 2290: Masonbrook Lady, an 8-year-old mare by Canford Cliffs out of Gali Gal (Galileo) consigned by Barton Sales.

The daughter of Canford Cliffs is another well-related lot, being a full sister to the stakes-winning Salouen , who ran Cracksman very close when second in the Investec Coronation Cup (G1) at Epsom, as well as being a half sibling to another stakes performer in Madernia . 

There could be some exciting updates to the page too as the 8-year-old has a yearling by Whitsbury Manor Stud's promising young sire Havana Grey . 

Further back in the page are the likes of Prix du Muguet (G2) scorer and Gainsborough Poule d'Essai des Poulains third Krataios  and Loxias, a group 2 winner at Saint-Cloud and third in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. 

Lot 2294: Golden Wattle, a 3-year-old filly by Australia  out of Chrysanthemum  (Danehill Dancer) consigned by Brook Stud.

Brook Stud's daughter of Australia is a three-parts sister to Cunco , the winner of Sandown's bet365 Classic Trial (G3) and third in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot. 

There has also been a more recent update to the page too as, under the third dam, Highfield Princess  landed a first black-type success in the Louis Roederer Queen Charlotte Stakes at Chelmsford in July, as well as two group placings in the Sky Bet City of York Stakes (G2) and Whispering Angel Oak Tree Stakes (G3). 

Her Frankel three-parts sister added further luster to the book when selling to Joseph O'Brien and Fernando Laffon for 200,000 guineas ($285,241) at the October Yearling Sale. In short, she is a filly with plenty of back class to her name. 

Lot 2318: Frisky, a 2-year-old filly by Bated Breath  out of Thrill (Pivotal) consigned by Cheveley Park Stud.

Bated Breath has long since proved himself a reliable stalwart of the Banstead Manor team and his daughter looks a likely candidate for any stud in the future. 

She is out of a winning full sister to Nell Gwyn Stakes winner and Coronation Stakes (G1) second Infallible —the dam of Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (G1) heroine Veracious  and multiple group scorer Mutakayyef —in addition to the stakes-winning Remarkable  and the group-placed Watchable . 

Thrill, a daughter of the Newmarket stud's late, great Pivotal, is also closely related to Penchant, the dam of LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) winner Garswood  and Debutante Stakes (G2) third Zagitova .