Tattersalls Ireland stages its final auction of the year Nov. 14 when the focus quickly switches to the flat and the Sapphire Sale of foals, yearlings, and breeding stock.
Tally Ho Stud’s first crop sire Starman has enjoyed popularity with purchasers at preceding yearling sales and one of the potential gems Thursday is Graigue Stables’ half brother to 2016 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) and 2013-14 Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T) winner Obviously .
A late April foal, he is in bred 3×2 to Starman’s broodmare sire Montjeu and is also a half brother to Lealas Daughter, dam of Soprano , who was third in the Matron Stakes (G1) and second in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T) this season for George Boughey.
Gleneagles doubled his tally of group 1 winners this year, with July Cup Stakes (G1) hero and new Yeomanstown Stud sire Mill Stream and Palladium , successful in the Deutsches Derby (G1) showcasing their sire’s versatility.
Kilmacoliver Stud consigns a son (Lot 900) of the multiple group 1 winner from one of the most famous families in the studbook. The bay is a half brother to the 2013 Easter Cup (G3) winner Jet Away and closely related to Onshore, by Sea The Stars , the dam of last year’s Grand Prix de Paris (G1) winner Onesto .
Kalima, their unraced dam, is a Kahyasi full sister to blue hen mare Hasili and listed winner Arrive, dam of 2008 Pretty Polly Stakes (G1) winner Promising Lead .
Knocklong House Stud consign a yearling filly (Lot 939) who could have an instant pedigree update as her 2-year-old half sister Great Mover is entered in the nursery at Dundalk Nov. 15 for Willie McCreery and the Probity Racing Syndicate. They are the first two foals out of And Yet She Moves who is related to listed winners Lord Cromby and Highway.
In the foal section, an Elzaam full brother to two winners is to be found (Lot 999) consigned by George Ball. Out of the winning Kodiac mare Dance For Livvy, the May foal’s successful elder siblings are St Cianans Fire and Maura’s Gift.
Dance For Livvy’s dam, Dancing Steps, is an unraced Zafonic full sister to the Dubai group 3-placed Seeking The Prize and a half sister to Pardoven, dam of 2022 Sprint Cup Stakes (G1) and 2020 Gimcrack Stakes (G2) winner Minzaal who stands at Derrinstown Stud and his first foals are due to sell in the next couple of weeks.
The Sapphire Sale offers the first opportunity to purchase a foal from the debut crop of July Stakes (G2) winner and Tally-Ho Stud resident Persian Force .
Kildallan Farm consigns the son (Lot 976) of Persian Force, who was placed three times at the highest level during his sole season to race, and the colt has received a timely catalog update. His Mehmas half brother Musical Touch won a six-furlong handicap at Wolverhampton in late October for Richard Fahey.
They are out of Ray of Light, a winning Canford Cliffs half sister to Cairde Go Deo, who won the 2022 listed Yeats Stakes and the King George V Cup and was third in the 2022 Irish Oaks (G1) for Ger Lyons and Mark Dobbin.
The sale begins at 11 am local time Thursday. The complete catalog can be viewed online here.
