Lunar Tide Tops Proceedings at Tattersalls Online May Sale

A lively afternoon of trade in the Tattersalls Online May Sale, which attracted the highest number of bidders for an online sale this year, resulted in three-year-old gelding LUNAR TIDE leading proceedings when selling for 34,000 guineas to George Baker Racing.

Consigned by Baroda Stud, the progressive son of SEA THE MOON was a winner of a Gowran Park maiden on just his second start last month for trainer Joseph O’Brien, earning a Timeform rating of 77p from that performance.

Winning purchaser George Baker said following the sale:

“He looks a nice type who was spotted by a good form student friend of mine and he’s for a lovely, fun bunch of owners. We’ll get him home and it would be great if he could go to Glorious Goodwood as the owners are based in the south and love the course. Hopefully, he could end up going to Bahrain later in the year.”

A regular purchaser with Tattersalls Online, Baker added on the platform:

“I have a lot of owners who like proven form and you have to take the opportunities when they come online. It’s somewhere you can buy proven form and potential.”

“My heart is still beating after all of those late bids!” commented Baroda Stud’s Bloodstock and Marketing Executive, Sarah Kelly following the sale.

“Having been unsold at last week’s Guineas Sale, we decided to keep him in Newmarket and enter him online, where we’ve had great interest since the weekend. His page generated 988 views and 77 veterinary certificate views, demonstrating the audience that the Tattersalls digital sales have. Thank you to Joseph O’Brien for training him so well, and good luck to George and Candida Baker. It is a gratifying endorsement of our concerted effort to strengthen our presence in digital sales, where we’ve been consigning with great success since 2021.”

Elsewhere in the sale, three-year-old colt DIRECTOR’S CUT and three-year-old filly ADA ROSE shared the joint-second highest priced lot when selling for 28,000 guineas to Ross Burdon Racing and Amo Racing respectively. 

A winner at two at Newcastle in November, the Clarehaven Stables consigned DIRECTOR’S CUT boasts a current Timeform rating of 78 and promises further improvement being a half-brother to prolific Australian Group 1 winner LIGHT INFANTRY. Meanwhile ADA ROSE, who was sold to dissolve a partnership, has also shown promise in four starts to date having most recently finished third when stepped up in trip over 1m 4f. 

James Tate’s Jamesfield Stables secured the leading consignor title with all five lots offered selling for an aggregate of 74,900 guineas. Highest priced of the quintet was dual winner DANEH OF DANDY who sold for 23,000 guineas to ABC Bloodstock closely followed by BLUE DEVERON who realised 22,000 guineas when purchased by The Rann Family. 

Also enjoying 100 per cent clearance on the day were leading thoroughbred operation Al Shaqab Racing who successfully sold five lots to new connections in Britain, Ireland and France. 

Elsewhere in the sale, Willie Brown’s Mocklershill enjoyed success with both two-year-olds offered led by a filly from the first crop of Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner TORQUATOR TASSO who sold to Prospect Stables for 23,000 guineas. 

The Tattersalls Online May Sale realised a turnover of 465,100 guineas for 61 lots sold at an average price of 7,625 guineas. Over 350 bidders joined the sale from countries including Britain, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands as well bidders from throughout the Gulf region.

Unsold lots remain available and offers can be made through the Make An Offer facility on the Tattersalls Online website. Enquiries are also welcome by phone or via email to the Tattersalls Online team to tattersallsonline@tattersalls.com.

Entries are now open for the Tattersalls Online June Sale which features the Online Breeze Up Session and is scheduled to take place on 3^rd – 4^th June. Entries for the breeze up session at Dundalk Stadium close on Friday 15^th May whilst standard entries close on Friday 22^nd May. All entries can be submitted through the Tattersalls Online website at www.tattersallsonline.com.