Siblings to top-level winners among stacked Tattersalls December Foal Sale catalogue

Full or half-siblings to Group 1 winners Chaldean, Facteur Cheval and Regional feature among an exciting catalogue for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. 

The event takes place from November 26-30 and features siblings to 129 Group and Listed winners, including six Group 1 winners. They are headed by Whitsbury Manor Stud's Frankel sister to 2,000 Guineas and Dewhurst winner Chaldean, while McCracken Farms offers a Wootton Bassett half-sister to this year's Dubai Turf winner Facteur Cheval. 

Old Buckenham Stud will present an Oasis Dream half-sister to Haydock Sprint Cup victor Regional, while Spencer Sales consigns a Pinatubo half-sister to Italian Group 1 scorer Sortilege, who is also a three-parts sister to the dam of 2024 Grand Prix de Paris hero Sosie.

The Castlebridge Consignment offers a Sea The Stars three-parts brother to Deutsches Derby winner Fantastic Moon, while AK Thoroughbreds offers a half-brother to Japanese Grade 1 winner Deep Brillante, by State Of Rest.

There are also Frankel colts out of Group/Grade 1 winners Audarya and Glass Slippers, offered by Genesis Green Stud and Bearstone Stud.  

Audarya: Breeders' Cup winner's Frankel foal will be up for grabsCredit: Bobby Ellis (Getty Images)

The sale features lots by some of the leading British and Irish based sires, including Blue Point, Camelot, Dark Angel, Frankel, Gleneagles, Havana Grey, Invincible Spirit, Kingman, Kodiac, Lope De Vega, Mehmas, Nathaniel, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea The Stars, Showcasing, Starspangledbanner, Too Darn Hot and Wootton Bassett.  

Sires with their first foals selling include Baaeed, Bayside Boy, Blackbeard, Golden Pal, Minzaal, Naval Crown, Perfect Power, Sealiway, State Of Rest, Stradivarius and Torquator Tasso. 

There is also representation from stallions with their runners in 2024, including Earthlight, Hello Youmzain, Mohaather, Kameko, Pinatubo, Sands Of Mali, Sergei Prokofiev and Without Parole.  

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said: "The Tattersalls December Foal Sale is well established as Europe's premier foal sale, consistently attracting the cream of the British and Irish foal crops. This has been reflected in an exceptional year on the racecourse, headed by the Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me and Economics, one of Europe's top three-year-old colts.

"In addition to outstanding racecourse success, the sale never fails to produce numerous and remarkable pinhooking triumphs. This year's catalogue, as ever, has the quality and diversity to attract buyers from all corners of the globe and across all levels of the market.”

The catalogue can be viewed here. 

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