Siblings to Group 1 winners bid to follow in Via Sistina's footsteps as Tattersalls December Yearling Sale catalogue is unveiled

Siblings to 11 Group 1 winners feature in the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale, including a Dark Angel half-sister to Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner Camille Pissarro and a Nathaniel half-brother to Irish Champion Stakes hero Economics.

With star graduates including recent Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina, this year's sale includes full or half-siblings to 65 Group and Listed winners catalogued and 32 yearlings out of Group and Listed-winning dams.

Also among the siblings to Group 1 winners is a Saxon Warrior three-parts brother to French Derby winner and Group 1-winning sire Study Of Man, while there is a Kingman colt out of Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner Persuasive, a Siyouni colt out of British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes winner Madame Chiang and a Showcasing colt out of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Pleascach. 

Nine yearlings catalogued are eligible for the £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus Scheme, with a further 27 eligible for the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes and the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes. The catalogue also features 35 fillies already entered for the Great British Bonus and one lot qualified for French Owners’ Premiums.

A Nathaniel half-brother to Economics featuresCredit: Patrick McCann

Other leading sires represented include Lope De Vega, Mehmas, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea The Stars, Starspangledbanner, Too Darn Hot and Wootton Bassett, as well as French stallions Galiway and Zarak.

Exciting first-crop sires are also well represented, including Group 1 and Classic winners Palace Pier, Space Blues, St Mark's Basilica, Starman, Supremacy and Victor Ludorum.

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said: "The combination of quality and value for money is the key to the popularity of the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale and the extraordinary success of 5,000gns purchase and now five-time Group 1 winner Via Sistina, as well as the 1,000,000gns pinhooking triumph at this year’s Craven Breeze-Up Sale have been spectacular advertisements for the sale. 

"The 2024 renewal features consignments from many of Britain and Ireland’s most successful nurseries and in addition to a host of well-bred yearlings, buyers will also find a large number of yearlings eligible for lucrative £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonuses, Great British Bonuses and the ever popular £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes."

The sale takes place on November 25 and the catalogue can be viewed here. 

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