Catalog Released for Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale

A high-class catalog for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale is now online, with full or half siblings to 30 group or listed winners among the entries bidding to follow in the footsteps of last year's Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Native Trail  and One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Cachet .

All lots entered are eligible for the £250,000 Tattersalls Royal Ascot/Group 1 Bonus, won in its first year by Native Trail. The scheme offers a £125,000 bonus for the first Craven Breeze-Up winner of any of the six 2-year-old races at Royal Ascot and an additional £125,000 bonus to the first Craven Breeze-Up winner of any of the 15 European group 1 races open to 2-year-olds. This is in addition to the £15,000 Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Bonus.

Among the entrants for the auction are a Kingman  half brother to Investec Derby (G1) and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) hero Golden Horn  (Lot 151), full brothers to top-class sprinters The Tin Man  (Lot 9) and Wooded  (Lot 153), and a Ten Sovereigns  half brother to Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Obviously  (Lot 185). Other notables include a Territories  half sister to last year's Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) winner Lezoo  (Lot 38) and a Night of Thunder  half sister to Molecomb Stakes (G3) scorer and Middle Park Stakes (G1) third Rumble Inthejungle  (Lot 162).

There are also 23 2-year-olds out of group or listed-winning mares, including a Medaglia d'Oro   colt out of Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) heroine Belvoir Bay  (Lot 106), a Kingman colt out of dual group/graded winner Stellar Path  (Lot 63), and a Mehmas  colt out of group 3 scorer Obama Rule  (Lot 2), the dam of Kilboy Estate Stakes (G2) winner and group 1-placed Insinuendo .

Classic and/or group 1-producing sires represented include Acclamation  , Aclaim , Ardad , Cotai Glory , Dark Angel , Exceed And Excel , Farhh , Gleneagles , Invincible Spirit , Kingman, Kodiac , Lope de Vega , Mehmas, New Bay , Night of Thunder, No Nay Never , Oasis Dream , Sea The Stars , Showcasing , Siyouni , Starspangledbanner , and Wootton Bassett .

There is also strong representation from America-based stallions such as proven sires American Pharoah  , Blame  , More Than Ready, and Munnings  , while first-season sires with offerings include Advertise , Blue Point , Calyx , Inns of Court , Invincible Army , Land Force , Magna Grecia , Masar , Soldier's Call , Ten Sovereigns, and Too Darn Hot .

Con Marnane's Bansha House Stables and Willie Browne's Mocklershill have the joint largest consignments with 11 juveniles entered, while Tally-Ho Stud could bring forward 10. Norman Williamson's Oak Tree Farm, which sold Native Trail, has four colts cataloged, and John Bourke's Hyde Park Stud, which sold Cachet, will offer four colts and a filly.

In addition to all lots being eligible for breeze-up bonuses, a further six horses are entered in the £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus and invaluable sales races. There are also 14 2-year-olds eligible for French owners' premiums, five fillies registered for the Great British Bonus Scheme, and nine lots entered in the Swedish Derby and Oaks Series.

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said: "The Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale's market-leading status has been reinforced by exceptional results on the racecourse. 2021's champion 2-year-old Native Trail won the 2022 Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas to complete a Classic Craven double following Cachet's victory in the One Thousand Guineas, whilst last year's sale has produced twice as many group/listed performers as any other 2022 European breeze-up sale, a testament to the continued strong support of breeze-up consignors.

"This year's catalog has both quality and quantity in abundance, and with the unrivaled bonuses on offer, the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale looks certain to attract a broad cross-section of domestic and international buyers."

The breeze for the sale will take place at Newmarket's Rowley Mile Monday, April 17, from 9 a.m., with the sale commencing on the Tuesday and Wednesday after racing at the Craven meeting.