Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale concludes Oct. 6 and here we pick out a handful of youngsters who are the first foals of their dams and that are among those who catch the eye at Park Paddocks.
Lot 374
Frankel —Big Brothers Pride (Invincible Spirit)
Consigned by: Baroda Stud
As first coverings go, there can't be much better than Frankel and for a group 3 winner, who is closely related to a group 1 star, he is the obvious choice.
Big Brothers Pride won the Prix Sigy (G3) at Chantilly for Francois Rohaut and the Invincible Spirit three-parts sister to LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) Polydream was bought for 975,000 guineas (US$1,324,909) by BBA Ireland at the end of her 3-year-old season.
She was sent to Frankel for her first cover and the resulting foal is this filly. Big Brothers Pride also has a colt foal by the reigning champion sire.
Frankel has sired the Heineken Metropolitan Handicap (G1) winner Mirage Dancer out of a daughter of Green Desert and multiple group winners out of mares by Oasis Dream and Cape Cross, so the promise of this cross is exciting.
She comes from a top-class Wildenstein family as second dam Polygreen, by Green Tune, won the listed Prix d'Angerville and, in addition to Polydream and Big Brothers Pride, is the dam of listed winner Evaporation, by Red Ransom, who was placed on numerous occasions in group 2 and group 3 contests.
Lot 393
Zoustar—Carolinae (Makfi)
Consigned by: Highclere Stud
Zoustar is flying high in both hemispheres, with two new group 1 winners just in time for the biggest European yearling sales, including a first top-level Northern Hemisphere winner, the Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) heroine Lezoo, from his debut Tweenhills crop.
This filly is the first foal of Carolinae, who was a tough and talented performer, running 31 times over four seasons. The highlight of her career was her success in the listed Queen Charlotte Stakes at Chelmsford as a 6-year-old, having previously been third in the listed Kilvington Stakes.
The daughter of Makfi is the best horse under her first three dams, but her fourth dam has quite the list of black-type performers descended from her. She is the Coronation Stakes (G2) third Someone Special, dam of Juddmonte International (G1) and Sun Chariot Stakes (G1) winner One So Wonderful, who is the second dam of this season's March Stakes (G3) winner and Cazoo Derby In Memory of Lester Piggott (G1) second Hoo Ya Mal.
Someone Special is also the dam of Homeowners Dante Stakes (G2) and Craven Stakes (G3) winner Alnasr Alwasheek, Tattersalls Rockfel Stakes (G3) winner, and Airlie Coolmore Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) third Relatively Special, and listed winner Raucous Lad.
Lot 396
Fastnet Rock—Celestial Beast (Kitten's Joy)
Consigned by: Baroda Stud
Another offering from David and Tamso Doyle's Kildare farm, this filly has exceptional residual value even though her dam is unraced.
She is the only yearling in the sale by leading dual hemisphere sire Fastnet Rock and out of a Kitten's Joy full sister to Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner and Lanwades Stud sire Bobby's Kitten, five-time graded stakes winner Camelot Kitten, and the stakes winner Major Magic.
Second dam Celestial Woods is a winning daughter of Forestry and she is a half sister to Blissful Song, the dam of Chilean triple group 1 winner Sixties Song and the group 2 winner Celestial Candy.
Another of her half sisters, by Jim Bolger's Budweiser Irish Derby (G1) and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (G1) winner St. Jovite, is the dam of Lettre de Chateau, a listed winner in France, and Joiedargent, also listed-placed in France.
Her third dam, Celestial Bliss, is a half sister to grade 1 winners and sires Paradise Creek, Wild Event, and Forbidden Apple, and to the stakes winner and sire I'm Very Irish. She is also a half sister to the dam of Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) winner Eden's Moon and to the dam of Coral Eclipse (G1), Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (G1), and Dubai Duty Free (G1) winner David Junior.
Lot 415
Siyouni—Contemptuous(New Approach)
Consigned by: Lynn Lodge Stud
A filly who would adorn any blue-blooded broodmare band, she cost 360,000 guineas ($503,641) in utero at the 2020 Tattersalls December Mares Sale when purchased by Mags O'Toole from Kiltinan Castle Stud.
Her dam Contemptuous is an unraced New Approach half sister to the Coronation Stakes (G1) and Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes (G1) winner Lillie Langtry. That daughter of Danehill Dancer is the dam of no fewer than three Classic winners by New Approach's sire Galileo—the outstanding racemare Minding, last season's Irish One Thousand Guineas winner Empress Josephine and this year's Cazoo Oaks (G1) champion Tuesday.
Lillie Langtry is also the dam of Derrinstown Stud One Thousand Guineas Trial (G3) winner Kissed By Angels, a full sister to those Classic winners. Their 2-year-old full sister Delightfulwill attempt to get off the mark at Thurles on Thursday afternoon for Ballydoyle and Coolmore.
An unraced daughter of Darshaan, Hoity Toity is also the dam of listed Dubai Duty Free Millenium Millionaire Celebration Stakes winner Count of Limonade, by Duke of Marmalade, and the Dahlia Stakes winner and Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) second Danilovna, by Dansili.
Another of her offspring, the Hawk Wing mare Lady Hawkfield, is the dam of Bet365 Classic Trial (G3) winner Master Apprentice.
As if the pedigree needed further boosting, another group 1 winner was added under the third dam Hiwaayati at the weekend. Sunday's surprise Prix de l'Opera Longines (G1) winner Place du Carrousel, by Lope de Vega, is descended from Sweet Emotion, who was second in the listed E.B.F. Insulpak Swinley Stakes at Ascot and is a half sister to Hoity Toity.
Lot 539
Kitten's Joy—Indian Blessing (Sepoy)
Consigned by: Newsells Park Stud
One of just three yearlings in the entire catalog by the late Kitten's Joy, the leading conduit of the Sadler's Wells line in North America, this colt is an exciting first foal for his talented dam.
Indian Blessing was a black-type performer on two continents and in six different countries. The daughter of Sepoy won the Sparkasse Holstein Cup (G3) in Germany, a listed race in Scotland, and another in France. She was also third in the First Lady Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland and group-placed in Ireland and England.
The family traces back to one of the best in Germany; that of Anna Paola. Her fourth dam Anna Matrushka, a daughter of the great mare, is the dam of Accessories, whose sons Helmet and Epaulette were group 1 winners in Australia and Darley sires.
Another daughter, Anne of Kiev, is the dam of group 1 winner Anna Monda, while her Worthington Best Bitter Park Hill Stakes (G3)-winning daughter Anna of Saxony is the dam of last year's Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Adayar, the recently deceased Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Grand Criterium (G1) winner and sire National Defense, and the Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (G1T) winner Ave.
