Tattersalls Craven and Ascot Breeze Up Sale rescheduled for May

The amalgamated Tattersalls Craven and Ascot Breeze Up Sale has been postponed until Wednesday May 27, following uncertainty surrounding the resumption of racing.

The two sales have been moved from dates between April 27 and May 1 to later in the month following the coronavirus outbreak. If the new date of May 27 to May 29 remains unsuitable then a contingency date has been arranged in June.

The new date means the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training Sale are switched to July.

In Ireland, the Goresbridge Breeze Up sale is still scheduled for May 21 with two-year-olds breezing at Fairyhouse the previous day.

Revised Tattersalls UK sales dates

Craven and Ascot Breeze Up Sale: May 27 to May 29 (Contingency date: June 8 to June 10)
Guineas Breeze Up Sale: July 6 to July 7
Guineas Horses in Training Sale amalgamated with July Sale: July 8 to July 10

Tattersalls Ireland sales dates

Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale: Date unchanged, May 22

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said: “As has been the case since the outbreak of this virus, we're having to respond as best we can to rapidly changing scenarios, at all times balancing social responsibility and prevailing government restrictions with the best interests of all Tattersalls clients.

"While racing in Britain, Ireland and further afield is suspended we strongly feel that it'd not be in the best interests of our clients to conduct any of our sales until such time as racing has at least partially resumed and a measure of normality has returned, not just to our own industries, but also to the wider world.

"We hope that the latest changes we have made will allow sufficient time for the current disruption to all our lives to dissipate, but at the same time we will continue to explore all sensible options, recognising that further changes may still need to be made in response to global events outside our control.

“In the meantime all of us throughout the Tattersalls group are available to respond to any queries or concerns surrounding any of our sales and we will continue to work tirelessly towards staging sales as successfully as possible in these unprecedented and troubling times.”

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