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The Tattersalls December Foal Sale came to a close on the fourth and final day with the sale continuing in robust fashion and a colt by SIOUX NATION topping proceedings at 88,000 guineas. A strong final day clearance of 78% saw turnover for the sale of 26,255,100 guineas, at an average of 41,807 guineas, the fifth-highest at the fixture, and a median of 20,000 guineas.
Sioux Nation Colt to Elliott for 88,000 Guineas
The top-priced lot on the final day of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale was the SIOUX NATION colt out of the INVINCIBLE SPIRIT mare AUTUMN SNOW who sold for 88,000 guineas to agent Alex Elliott. The colt is from the first crop of the son of SCAT DADDY who won the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes and Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot as a 2YO.
The colt was sold by Barton Stud on behalf of breeder The Brigadier Partnership, which is headed by Rebecca Matthews.
AUTUMN SNOW was purchased for just 1,500 guineas at the 2018 Tattersalls February Sale by Matthews. She is out of the Listed-placed LOMITAS mare EPIC SMILE, herself a half-sister to the Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner ULTRA.
Australia Colt to Houldsworth for 62,000 Guineas
Bloodstock agent Matt Houldsworth secured the AUSTRALIA colt out of the DIKTAT mare BITOOH for 62,000 guineas on behalf of Aughamore Stud.
BITOOH is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup winner REKINDLING and was bred by consignors Stringston Farm. The Somerset-based stud sold her as a foal here in 2005. She was subsequently bought by Sheikh Mohammed and Godolphin for whom she raced before being resold to Sunderland Holdings as a breeding prospect in 2009. Stringston Farm’s Robert and son Nick Pocock then bought BITOOH back two weeks after REKINDLING’s Melbourne Cup victory.
Stringston Farm sold seven foals for 326,000 guineas.