The catalog for the 2022 Tattersalls July Sale can be viewed online at www.tattersalls.com and will be published June 16. Numbering 852 Lots, the sale comprises 721 horses and fillies in/out of training and 131 broodmares, six of which have foals at foot. Taking place July 6-8, the three-day sale features high-class consignments from many of the world's leading owner-breeders including Cheveley Park Stud, Coolmore, Godolphin, Juddmonte, Lanwades Stud, and Shadwell Estates.
Long established as Europe's premier midsummer sale, the Tattersalls July Sale has produced the dams of an impressive 12 individual group 1 winners since 2019, including last year's group 1 winners Walton Street, Campanelle, and Hungry Heart, purchased for 15,000 guineas (US$20,512), 39,000 guineas ($53,330), and 60,000 guineas ($82,045), respectively.
The major owner-breeders Godolphin, Juddmonte, and Shadwell Estates have 96 Lots cataloged among them, while the 131 broodmares on offer include mares in foal to proven group 1 sires Acclamation , Aclaim, Ardad, Bated Breath, Bungle Inthejungle, Dandy Man, Dark Angel, Gleneagles, Havana Gold, Iffraaj, Invincible Spirit, Kodiac, Make Believe, Mayson, Mehmas, Sea The Moon, Showcasing, Sir Percy, Starspangledbanner, Territories, and Wootton Bassett.
Young sires are equally well represented with mares in foal to exciting group 1 winners Advertise, Blue Point, Earthlight, Ghaiyyath, Kameko, Masar, Mohaather, Palace Pier, Pinatubo, Sottsass, Study of Man , Ten Sovereigns, Waldgeist, and Without Parole. Several stallions impressing with their first crop of runners are also represented with mares in foal to Expert Eye, Harry Angel, Havana Grey, Sioux Nation, and Tasleet all likely to attract attention.
Amongst the highlights of the broodmares on offer is undoubtedly the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes (G1) winner Chachamaidee, herself the dam of group 3 winner and dual group 2-placed Klassique, in foal to exciting young sire Mohaather. The daughter of Footstepsinthesand will be consigned by DVA Equine Services alongside her Galileo daughter For Henry, a full-sister to Klassique, in foal to Advertise.
The Godolphin draft at the July Sale is always highly sought after and this year looks set to be no exception with high-class lots among the Godolphin-consigned broodmares, including German Champion filly and multiple group winner Antara, the dam of group 3 winner Algiers, in foal to dual European Champion Palace Pier. Others of note include the listed winner Fountain of Time and Balsamine, a daughter of European Champion Balanchine, who are both in foal to exciting young sire Earthlight. Etruria, a winning full-sister to group 1 winner and QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) runner-up Territories, is also cataloged in foal to the same sire. Concordia, the dam of group 1 winner Polarisation, and Autumn Lily, the dam of group 1 runner-up Botanik, are cataloged in foal to Palace Pier and Masar respectively.
Well-bred fillies amongst the Godolphin consignment include Sweet Whisper, by Dubawi out of dual group 1 winner Gonbarda, the dam of European Champion Farhh. Other daughters of group 1 winners include Carnival Girl, by New Approach out of 2005 Aston Upthorpe Yorkshire Oaks (G1) winner Punctilious, and Naasma, by Churchill out of 2010 Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes (G1) winner Music Show. Two well-bred daughters of Dubawi certain to attract interest are Cheradi, a half sister to group 1 winner and sire Territories, and Agent Sonya, a daughter of the three-time group 2 winner and group 1 runner-up Very Special.
The draft from Shadwell Estates contains several eye-catching broodmares, including Raaqy, a listed placed daughter of Champion filly Natagora, by Dubawi, and Baqqa, a Shamardal full-sister to three-time group 1 winner Dunboyne Express, in foal to Pinatubo and Mohaather, respectively. Mudawanah, a Dansili sister to three group/listed winners out of the Investec Epsom Oaks (G1) third Rumoush, is cataloged in foal to Blue Point. Juddmonte Farms will offer the listed winner Zaminast, a half sister to the top-class Famous Name and three further group and listed winners, in foal to Bated Breath.
Other mares from high-profile families include Baroda Stud's Formal Affair, a half sister to group 1 winners Make Believe and Dubawi Heights, and Barton Sales' Shining Bright, a Galileo full-sister to this year's Boodles Chester Vase Stakes (G3) winner and Cazoo Derby In Memory of Lester Piggott (G1) fifth Changingoftheguard out of grade 2 winner Lady Lara, in foal to Starspangledbanner. The Castlebridge Consignment will offer several well-bred mares, including Footprints, a Galileo full-sister to joint European Champion 3-year-old Armory in foal to Wootton Bassett; Sarita, a daughter of Galileo and dual Oaks winner Sariska in foal to Ten Sovereigns, and Almangara, a daughter of Almanzor and dual grade 1 winner Angara in foal to Waldgeist.
Buyers focused on horses in training look equally well catered for with an abundance of winning proven and unexposed performers amongst the 721 horses in/out of training cataloged. The lightly raced 4-year-old colt Stowell, placed in the Queen's Vase Stakes (G2) for John and Thady Gosden and third in the Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise John Porter Stakes (G3) this season, he is among the older horses with smart recent form as well as group performers Agitare, Ace Aussie, and Mehmento.
Three-year-olds cataloged with high-class form include the Alice Haynes-trained listed winner Mr Professor and the lightly raced Coolmore duo of King of Bavaria and Scriptwriter, rated 101 and 102, respectively, following encouraging efforts in group/listed company in their last two starts. Shadwell Estates will consign the listed runner-up Asad Zabeel, and Baroda Stud will consign Roger Varian's group 3-placed colt Claim The Crown and the 96-rated Exquisite Acclaim, trained by Jessica Harrington and fourth in the Ballylinch Stud Red Rocks Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas Trial and Dundalkstadium.com Race, both of this year.
Promising lightly raced 3-year-olds include the Charlie Hills-trained Tuscan, who has won two of his six starts and boasts an official rating of 105, and the Ken Condon-trained Warren Beach, a half brother to group 1 winner Here Comes When and Timeform-rated 95 after impressive wins in his two most recent starts. Grenoble was beaten only a head in his most recent start on the Derby undercard at Epsom and is Timeform-rated 98 for William Haggas' Somerville Lodge, and Juddmonte Farms will offer the Invincible Spirit colt Culcor, who broke his maiden by 3 1/4 lengths on his most recent start at Gowran Park and is out of Hot Snap, a group 3-winning and group1-placed half sister to the Champion mare Midday.
Eye-catching lots among the fillies in training are the listed winner Dima, second in listed company on her most recent start and consigned by Jamie Railton, and Hilal Kobeissi's 3-year-old Mehmas filly Rolling The Dice (IRE), third in last year's Cazoo May Hill Stakes (G2). Other well-bred fillies to feature include Gainsborough Thoroughbreds' Beau Rivage, a half sister to group 1 winner Best of Days; East Everleigh Stables' Say Goodnight, a half sister to last year's Cazoo Derby (G1) and Cazoo St. Leger Stakes (G1) runner up Mojo Star, and Amzaan, a daughter of Dubawi and DFS Park Hill Stakes (G2) winner Meeznah consigned by Rathmoy Stables. Juddmonte Farms will offer its customarily strong draft of well-bred fillies, including Captious, a winning Frankel half sister to group 1 winner Epicuris; Convection, a winning daughter of Oasis Dream out of a sister to group 1 winners Timepiece and Passage of Time, and Pluperfect, a daughter of Invincible Spirit out of a winning half sister to European Champion Kingman .
"Quality and diversity are the hallmarks of the Tattersalls July Sale, which has long been established as Europe's premier midsummer sale, and this year's catalog holds plenty of appeal for buyers from throughout the world, whatever their requirements," said Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony of the July Sale. "In 2021 mares bought for as little as 8,000 guineas from the July Sale produced group 1 and 2 winners in America, Australia, Canada, Dubai, Great Britain, and Japan, and this year's Tattersalls July Sale catalog features the usual compelling combination of well-bred fillies and in-foal mares as well as high-class horses in training, all of which look set to attract plenty of interest from domestic and international buyers alike."
