The Tattersalls December Mare Sale came to close on Thursday with lower prices but plenty of competition for the fillies and mares on offer.
The final session saw a total of 124 lots sell for 656,400 guineas with a clearance rate of 73%.
This took the four-day December Mare Sale turnover to 68,315,300 guineas for the 675 lots sold, a rise of 53% on last year’s corresponding sale whilst the average and median were returned at 101,208 guineas and 25,000 guineas respectively.
The two week long December Sale incorporating Yearlings, Foals and Breeding Stock returned turnover of 105,255,000 guineas whilst the annual turnover for Tattersalls was a remarkable 331,489,750 guineas, up 25% on last year’s record-breaking turnover.
It was a case of saving the best until last on the final day of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale with the four-year-old Dark Angel mare Angelical, the last lot to go through the ring at Tattersalls this year, being knocked down to Bill Dwan for 35,000 guineas. The filly, who was in training with Mark Loughnane, is a half-sister to the Group-winning pair Harlem Shake and Tropical Paradise.
Angelical – sold for 35 000 guineas (Pic – Tattersalls)
Following the purchase Dawn commented;
“She is for a friend who was looking for a well-bred filly – he has headed home and left me in charge!”
Angelical was consigned by DML Racing and owner Mark Brilley was on hand to see his filly sell.
“She is a well-bred filly, but it was the right point to sell – she had won a race and was not going to improve further,” said Brilley
“She has made three-times her purchase price so we are very pleased,” added Loughnane.
The sale marked the final episode in the history of the Weinstock family’s legendary Ballymacoll Stud, appropriately played out in front of a packed sale ring.
“We have been immensely proud to have conducted the dispersal on behalf of the trustees of Ballymacoll Stud. In its rich 58 year history Ballymacoll Stud has achieved greatness and the success of the dispersal was a magnificent tribute to an impeccably run and uniquely successful breeding operation,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony.
