by Renee Geelen
Cover image courtesy of Inglis
A collaboration between Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital will see Tattersalls Online host a pop-up auction on August 7. Two three-year-olds in training will be offered to the public, both expected to generate strong interest from Australian buyers.
Bidding will commence at 8p.m. AEST on Wednesday, August 6, and will remain open for 24 hours, closing at 8p.m. AEST on Thursday, August 7.
A Cups prospect with time to qualify for this year
Consigned by Jim Boyle Racing, 3-year-old Many Men (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}) has won four of his 11 starts and was a last start winner at Ascot on a good surface over the two miles of the G1 Melbourne Cup journey.
“A sound time and solid form. The winner's improving and the second is still going places. Many Men attracted solid support and made it three wins for the term, getting this new trip well. The valuable event he contested at Haydock last time is working out well and further progress looks likely,” said Racing Post’s form analysts about the performance.
Many Men ran third at York over 2400 metres in May, and the winner Merchant (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) won Thursday night’s G3 Gordon Stakes at Goodwood and is being touted as a possible G1 St Leger or G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe prospect.
Exciting stakes class Zoustar filly
Lightly raced 3-year-old filly Bountiful (GB) (Zoustar) will be consigned by Highclere Thoroughbred Racing. Winner of two of her four starts at two, she was fourth in the G2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes to conclude her juvenile season. This season at three, she resumed with a third in the Listed Lingfield Spring Cup and has had four starts.
Bountiful (GB) | Image courtesy of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing
She is one of two winners for G2 Doncaster May Hill Stakes winner Rich Legacy (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), who has a 2-year-old colt Legacy Rock (Ire) (Kameko {USA}) and a yearling by Ghaiyyath (Ire).
Rich Legacy is out of a daughter of Champion Older Mare in Europe in 1989 Britannia (Ger) (Tarim {GB}), dam of dual Group 1 winner and Champion 3YO Filly in Germany & France Borgia (Ger) (Acetanango {Ger}), and dual Group 1 winner Boreal (Ger) (Java Gold {USA}).
Sheridan and Bailey comment
Tattersalls Online Sales Manager Katherine Sheridan commented:
“Tattersalls Online is pleased to continue its unique partnership with Inglis Digital, following the success of the inaugural Southern Hemisphere Session in December last year. The aim of this pioneering initiative is to expand on the opportunities available to vendors and purchasers in the global thoroughbred marketplace. This sale has been strategically timed to align with upcoming racing carnivals in the southern hemisphere and we are delighted to be taking a collaborative approach to presenting these horses to the widest possible audience.”
Inglis Bloodstock Sales Manager and European Representative Harry Bailey added:
“I have seen Bountiful and she makes obvious appeal to an Australasian audience. She is good looking with some quality form and good depth of pedigree. Zoustar is a champion stallion now and a likely champion broodmare sire of the future, so it makes sense that his daughters would be well sought after.”
“Our first Digital Sale collaboration with Tattersalls in December worked particularly well and these two horses provide an excellent opportunity to leverage our respective networks to the benefit of the vendors.”
Any queries regarding the sale can be directed to Tattersalls Online Sales Manager Katherine Sheridan (Katherine.sheridan@tattersalls.com) or Inglis Bloodstock Sales Manager Harry Bailey (harry.bailey@inglis.com.au).
