'Hopefully he'll be another Russian Camelot' - Hyde on his €170,000 sale-topper

Pinhookers continued to clash over the prime offerings at the Goffs November Foal Sale on Tuesday as trade went through the gears.

The second lively session in as many days brought turnover of €7,374,500, a 50 per cent year-on-year increase, an average of €34,460, 23 per cent increase, and a median of €28,000, up 40 percent. The clearance rate was 84 per cent as 214 foals found a new home.

The familiar figures of Camas Park Stud's Timmy Hyde and Michael Fitzpatrick of Kilminfoyle House Stud fought out the closing stages of the bidding for Airlie Stud's son of Camelot who topped the session, with the former winning out at €170,000.

The colt's catalogue page features just two dams, as his own, the winning Invincible Spirit mare The Fairy, is out of Cinnamon Rose, whose brood includes Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Chelsea Rose.

That daughter of Desert King not only won a Group 1 during her time on the racecourse but has since started a dynasty of her own, with her five black-type offspring headed by St Leger and Grand Prix de Paris scorer Kew Gardens.

"He's a lovely horse with a lovely pedigree, it's a proper family," said Hyde, who confirmed his purchase was made with resale in mind. "We've been lucky with the sire before. Hopefully he'll be another Russian Camelot."

Airlie Stud has enjoyed a productive time of it at the November Foal Sale, having also sold a Zoustar colt to Yeomanstown Stud for €90,000 and a Starspangledbanner filly to Glenvale Stud for €62,000 on day one.

"It's a family we've had for a while and this was a lovely colt," said the stud’s Anthony Rogers. "He's very straightforward with a beautiful temperament and is by a very good sire. I'm still digesting it but it's been a good week."

Anthony Rogers: 'It's been a good week'Credit: Peter Mooney

He added: "Cinnamon Rose was the first horse who ran in my colours. Gerry Cusack trained her, she was also the first winner in my colours when she won at Roscommon. Unfortunately she had an accident and she wasn't quite the same after that but she had a lot of ability."

The O'Callaghan family from Tally-Ho Stud hung around to secure the last lot into the ring on Monday, the session-topping Mehmas colt who fetched €140,000, and the same team were back in action early on Tuesday when they gave €130,000 for the Exceed And Excel colt out of the Listed-placed Ejaazah.

Tally-Ho Stud sprung back into action for this colt by Exceed And ExcelCredit: Peter Mooney

The youngster was offered by The Castlebridge Consignment on behalf of Shadwell Estates, who also sold the colt's half-brother Elsals, who finished third on his debut at York, to Kevin Philippart de Foy for 140,000gns at the recent Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale.

After two days of action Tally-Ho Stud was out clear at the head of the leading buyers' chart, with the O'Callaghans having signed for 11 foals at an outlay of €759,000.

Aughamore Stud in action

Brothers Michael and Laurence Gleeson of Aughamore Stud in County Westmeath got among the action when they combined with Howson and Houldsworth Bloodstock at €120,000 to secure the Camelot colt out of Lady Magdala.

Offered by Stanley Lodge and bred by John Kennedy, the March-born youngster is the first foal out of the Teofilo half-sister to three black-type performers, namely Group 3 Zetland Stakes scorer Max Vega and the Listed-placed pair Camphor and Quickstep Girl.

The Camelot colt out of Lady Magdala hammered down for €120,000Credit: Peter Mooney

"We're big fans of the stallion and we thought this was an outstanding individual," said Michael Gleeson. "He comes from a good home at Stanley Lodge too; we got a good result with a Mastercraftsman we bought off them last year [bought for €50,000, resold for 140,000gns].

“We've had a brilliant year selling so we'll try to do the same in 2022, and this colt is one to look forward to bringing back next year."

Although the colt was not bred by the team behind Stanley Lodge, William Kennedy, who owns the Cashel farm with John Wall, explained that he has a particularly close association with the pedigree, having bred Max Vega and his high-performing siblings from Paraphernalia, a Listed-placed daughter of Dalakhani who joined the broodmare band at a cost of 135,000gns in 2013.

"He's a lovely horse," Kennedy said of the Camelot colt. "He moves so well and has been very popular here so we're delighted for the owner. The mare doesn't board with us but we have the whole family as we bought Paraphernalia and bred all her foals. We know the pedigree inside out.

"He's a bigger model than others in the family as they're generally a bit Dalakhani-like, light and a bit narrow. They're all very good runners though with good minds and are all very good in terms of physique, wind and limbs."

Ten Sovereigns makes his mark

The foal sales offer a platform for a new cohort of first-season sires to showcase their talents, and a member of Ten Sovereigns' debut crop proved a fine advertisement for his sire when bringing a winning bid of €90,000 from John Cullinan and Roger Marley, who signed as JR Bloodstock.

The colt, who was consigned by Joe Hernon's Castletown Stud, is out of Princesse De San, an unraced daughter of Mastercraftsman and the Cheshire Oaks winner Sail. This breeding means the colt is bred on a similar cross to smart juvenile Dhabab, who is by Ten Sovereigns' sire No Nay Never and out of a Mastercraftsman mare.

"He's a good, square model who's well developed," said Cullinan. "He's strong with good bone and a good walk. He's what we all want. Obviously he's by a first-season sire who was a very talented racehorse; I haven't seen that many by the stallion but I've been impressed by the few I have seen.

"There are some fantastic racehorses among this year's bunch of first-season sires so it would be hard to pick a standout from among them. We bought one earlier by Magna Grecia [for €70,000] who's another of those. They're a cracking bunch and I hope we're on the right ones."

Ten Sovereigns won four races for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners, most notably the Middle Park Stakes and the July Cup. His first foals were bred at a fee of €25,000, while the son of No Nay Never is due to stand 2022 at €17,500.

On the state of trade, Cullinan added: "It's strong for the desirable foals. It's a bit polarised but there's been a great clearance rate all year and there seems to be a great hunger for horses right down through the whole spectrum from top to bottom. It's frustrating buying in a strong market, but I'd sooner be buying in a strong market than a weak one."

Another first-crop sire to enjoy a big result was the National Stud's Advertise, with the colt out of True To Love, who was offered by The Castlebridge Consignment, going the way of Yeomanstown Stud at €98,000.

The Goffs November Foal Sale continues on Wednesday at 10am.

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