First Tattersalls Cheltenham Sale of the campaign loaded with potential from Irish point-to-points

The initial catalogue for the Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale, due to take place on Friday, November 15 after racing on the opening day of Cheltenham’s three-day November meeting, has been unveiled.

The current 32-lot catalogue features promising young National Hunt talent, and all lots catalogued are winners or have finished second in competitive Irish point-to-points. 

They include 15 four-year-old winners, ten of whom won on their debut, 28 winning and placed four-year-olds and four winning five-year-olds.

The cast is by top jumping sires such as Affinisea, Balko, Castle Du Berlais, Cima De Triomphe, Getaway, Harzand, Jet Away, Jukebox Jury, Kalanisi, Malinas, Order Of St George, Sholokhov, Tunis, Walk In The Park and Westerner.

Leading point-to-point consignors are strongly represented, including Colin Bowe's Milestone Stables, Denis Murphy's Ballyboy Stables, Ger Quinn's Caherty Stables, Colin Motherway's Yellowford Racing, Cormac, Sean, Donnchadh and Eamonn Doyle's Monbeg Stables, Anna Calder's Leamore Horses, Ross O'Sullivan's Greenhills Farm, and Rob James Racing.

Tattersalls Cheltenham sale graduates have been to the fore as the 2024-25 jumps season goes through the gears, with last weekend's card at Down Royal witnessing success for both emerging and established Tattersalls Cheltenham stars.

Envoi Allen registered a ninth Grade 1 triumph with victory in a thrilling renewal of the Champion Chase, the win taking his prize-money haul to just shy of £1 million.

On the same card, the exciting hurdling recruit Romeo Coolio, runner-up in last season's Grade 1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper and sold the year before by Donnchadh Doyle's Monbeg Stables at the Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale for a joint-top price of £420,000, impressed on his jumping debut with a stunning 18-length victory. 

Trainer Gordon Elliott is considering stepping the five-year-old immediately into top-level company, with an entry in the Grade 1 Royal Bond Novices' Hurdle.

In Britain, Kim Bailey's 2024 Grade 3 Cheltenham Festival winner Chianti Classico, like Envoi Allen also a Milestone Stables-consigned graduate, carried top weight to victory in the Grade 3 premier handicap chase at Ascot on Saturday on his seasonal debut. 

The trainer has the Grand National as the horse's target and the son of Shantou may run next in the Grade 3 Becher Chase.

Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale graduate Beacon Edge won the Grade 2 Bet365 Hurdle at Wetherby. It was the Gordon Elliott-trained gelding's fourth Graded race success, and added to his Grade 1 Drinmore Novice Chase victory.

Further entries will be taken for the sale from this weekend’s Irish point-to-point meetings at Quakerstown, Dromahane and Knockmullen House, and the UK’s first meetings of the season at Knightwick and Dunsmore.

The catalogue and race replays can be viewed here, with printed catalogues distributed from this Thursday.

Tattersalls Live Internet Bidding will be available for those who are unable to attend the sale in person.

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