Benie des Dieux | Tattersalls Eire
5 mares broke the six-figure mark throughout the fifth and ultimate day of the Tattersalls Eire November Nationwide Hunt Sale, and Benie des Dieux (Fr) (Nice Pretender {Ire}) was undoubtedly the star of the present. Provided by Closutton Stables, the bay went for €350,000 to MV Magnier/Bective Stud. Bought as lot 1253, she is a three-time Grade 1 hurdle winner and was in foal to Stroll In The Park (Ire).
Closutton additionally provided the third- and fourth-dearest heaps– lot 1254 and lot 1257, Buildmeupbuttercup (GB) (Sixties Icon {GB}) and Salsaretta (Fr) (Kingsalsa), respectively. The previous was snapped up by Jayne McGivern for €165,000 and is a listed winner and Grade 1-placed hurdler in foal to the favored Crystal Ocean (GB). Salsaretta, a Grade 2 winning-chaser entered the ring carrying to Blue Bresil (Fr), and went to Seamar Bloodstock Ltd.
Magic of Gentle (Ire) (Flemensfirth) (lot 1251) was second on the end-of-day standings at €185,000 and caught the attention of Coolmara Stables. The Baroda Stud draft member ran out a twin winner of the G2 Warfield Mares’ Hurdle, in addition to the G2 Glencarraig Girl Mares H. Chase. She is a half-sister to Grade 1 hurdler Pingshou (Ire) (Particular Article {GB}) and offered in foal to younger sire Crystal Ocean (GB).
On the conclusion of the sale, 857 heaps offered of 1,182 (73%) provided for an mixture of €15,758,100. The typical dropped three factors to €18,388 and the median was additionally marginally all the way down to €12,500 (-4%). Thursday’s commerce ended with 135 offered and a gross of €2,420,250. The typical was €17,928 and the median was €7,000.
Commenting on the conclusion of the November NH Sale, Tattersalls Eire CEO Simon Kerins stated, “What a tremendous couple of days now we have witnessed at Tattersalls Eire because the November NH Sale reached unprecedented heights with a commerce that was merely extraordinary. The November NH Sale continues to be such a robust hallmark sale for breeders and the 2021 renewal is one which solely provides to the story in a vastly optimistic manner. The sale kicked off with the very best turnover for a yearling session since 2015, setting the tone for per week of super highs that noticed data proceed to fall with the turnover, common and median all making big features on the earlier decade.
“Our foal session set data for a four-day sale and to interrupt the €5,000,000 barrier on Tuesday was exceptional. The sale was an outstanding illustration of the cream of the 2021 foal crop with so many main breeders persevering with to promote their finest in November at Tattersalls Eire.
“The Breeding Inventory Sale continued the development with high costs of €350,000, €185,000, and €165,000 to consumers from France, Eire and UK illustrating the enduring enchantment for the most effective NH broodmares, and so they had been the highlights of one other extremely robust renewal of our mare and filly sale with robust commerce which loved a file high lot.
“On behalf of all of the crew at Tattersalls Eire, I lengthen our appreciation to the distributors for giving us the chance to advertise their top-class yearlings, foals and breeding inventory and to each one among our consumers.”
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