A top-class cast of fillies and mares headline the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, including five individual group 1 winners in the Sceptre Sessions.
At Park Paddocks from Dec. 4-7, the sale's featured Sceptre Sessions are held on the first two days. The catalog features 1,059 lots from the likes of Godolphin, Juddmonte, and Shadwell, to name a few.
Featuring among the Sceptre Sessions are the likes of One Thousand Guineas (G1) heroine Cachet, the top-class Via Sistina, and Ralph Beckett's group 1-winning pair in Lezoo and Prosperous Voyage. The quintet of group 1 winners is completed by South African performer Vernichey and Prix Vermeille heroine Teona.
Overall, 33 group and listed winners feature in the catalog, including Duke of Cambridge Stakes (G2) winner and Matron Stakes (G1) second Rogue Millennium, Lowther Stakes (G2) winner Relief Rally and the stakes-winning Flying Five Stakes (G1) second Get Ahead. The last named is a Showcasing half sister to this year's Two Thousand Guineas (G1) winner and 2022 Dewhurst (G1) scorer Chaldean. Others include Lancashire Oaks (G2) winner Poptronic, as well as fellow group 2 scorers Polly Pott, Purplepay, and Zain Claudette.
There are also high-class performers carrying their first foals, namely Nazanin, Geocentric, and Primo Bacio, all of whom are in foal to Frankel . Eve Lodge, Silence Please, and Twilight Spinner are in foal to Justify , Kingman , and Mehmas.
Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said: "The Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Sale were introduced last year to widespread international acclaim and made an immediate impact. This year's Sceptre Sessions look set to follow suit with an outstanding array of Classic and group 1-winning fillies and producers among some of the finest fillies and mares to be offered for sale anywhere in the world.
"In addition to the extraordinary quality showcased in the Sceptre Sessions the Tattersalls December Mares Sale features consignments of real quality from so many of Europe's leading owner-breeders, including the much sought-after drafts from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, and Shadwell Estates all of which combine to enhance the reputation of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale as the most influential breeding stock sale in Europe."
The catalog is available here.
