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Two sons of Oasis Dream were among six lots to top the six-figure mark during the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale.
The sale saw turnover of 4,200,500 guineas for the 118 lots sold with a new record average of 35,597 guineas and a median of 21,500 guineas.
The session-topping lot was the Oasis Dream colt out of the Hurricane Run mare Azanara who was knocked down to John Gosden for 260,000 guineas.The colt was consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment on behalf of his breeders Martin and Lee Taylor who also race his G3 placed two-year-old brother Azano, also trained by Gosden.
"The mare has produced five foals. She had a filly foal by Frankel this year and is in-foal to Sea The Stars," said Martin Taylor.Azanara is a half-sister to the G1 Prix Ganay winner Astarabad as well as to the dam of the four-time G1 winner Azamour.
The other lot to sell for 200,000 guineas or more was the Gleneagles half-brother to the multiple Group winner Hawksmoor.The son of the Danehill Dancer mare Bridal Dance is from the first crop of the dual Guineas winner Gleneagles and was consigned by David and Diane Nagle’s Barronstown Stud.
He was knocked down to agent Amanda Skiffington for 240,000 guineas.Bridal Dance is also the dam of the G2 placed Magical Fire.
The four-day Tattersalls December Foal Sale starts on November 28.|
December Yearling Sale 2018 Sale Statistics |
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