Siblings to Classic Winners Head Tattersalls December

Siblings to classic/group 1 winners Chaldean (GB), Gstaad (GB), Ten Bob Tony (IRE), and Orthodox (GB) headline the mouth-watering catalog for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. Taking place from Nov. 24-28 at Park Paddocks, the sale features full or half siblings to 155 group and listed winners, including 18 group 1 winners. They include a Wootton Bassett half sister to Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) hero Gstaad and dual group 1 winner Vandeek (GB), a Chaldean half sister to grade 1 winner Portfolio Duration (GB), a Little Big Bear (IRE) half brother to Queen Anne Stakes (G1) winner Ten Bob Tony, and a Too Darn Hot (GB) half brother to recent Middle Park Stakes (G1) winner Orthodox. The 10 lots by Frankel (GB) include the brother to 2023 Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (G1) and 2022 Dewhurst Stakes (G1) winner Chaldean, the latest foal out of the remarkable Suelita (GB), a sister to United States grade 1 winner McKulick (GB), a filly out of group 1-placed Chil Chil (GB),and a half sister to Temple Stakes (G2) winner Dramatised (IRE). Night of Thunder (IRE) has nine lots cataloged, including a half brother to grade 1 winner El Cordobes (IRE), a half sister to group 2 winner Trevaunance (IRE), and a filly out of a sister to grade 1 winner Photo Call (IRE). Fillies with group 1-winning siblings include a Kingman (GB) sister to Regional (GB), a Blue Point (IRE) half sister to Onesto (IRE), a Chaldean half sister to Supremacy (IRE), and a Little Big Bear sister to Lush Lips (GB). Colts with group 1-winning siblings include a No Nay Never half brother to 2024 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Starlust (GB), a City of Troy half brother to Opera Ballo (IRE), and a Sea The Stars (IRE) half brother to Hong Kong superstar Waikuku (IRE). There are 88 foals out of group and listed-winning mares cataloged, including a Blue Point colt out of triple group 1 winner Glass Slippers (GB), as well as a New Bay (GB) filly out of the 2011 Fillies' Mile Stakes (G1) winner Lyric of Light (GB), and an Auguste Rodin (IRE) colt out of dual grade 1 winner Harmonious. There is a total of 19 first-crop sires represented, including classic and group 1 winners Big Evs (IRE), Bradsell (GB), Charyn (IRE), City of Troy, Henry Longfellow (IRE), King of Steel, Look de Vega (FR), Metropolitan (FR), Mill Stream (IRE), and Vandeek. Sires represented who have had their first runners this year include Bayside Boy (IRE), Persian Force (IRE), Blackbeard (IRE), and Minzaal (IRE). Tattersalls managing director Matthew Prior said: "The Tattersalls December Foal Sale is Europe's premier foal sale and continues to be an outstanding source of top-class international racehorses as well as rewarding those buying to resell. Another exceptional year on the racecourse has been headed by group 1 winners Gstaad, Orthodox, Portfolio Duration and Sir Delius, further underlining the quality of foals offered at Park Paddocks each year. "This year's catalog is an outstanding one, bringing together an exceptional collection of the British and Irish foal crop, and we look forward to welcoming buyers from throughout Europe and further afield to Park Paddocks this November."