Caravaggio Colt Tops Second Day Of Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale Sponsored by:
Lot 143, a Caravaggio colt, brings 240,000 guineas at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale.
The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale continued in robust fashion during the second and final session with a son of Caravaggio lighting up the sale ring when selling for 240,000 guineas. The clearance rate remained a feature of the sale, finishing on 88 percent, whilst the turnover of 10,408,500 guineas was the fourth highest for the sale since 2008.
SackvilleDonald s Alastair Donald secured the attractive colt by first-season sire Caravaggio for 240,000 guineas after seeing off the efforts of Irish trainer Michael O Callaghan. The son of the Galileo mare Bright Sapphire is a half-brother to the group-placed colt Wall of Fire.
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Stallion Deal on Hold for Saudi Cup Winner Mishriff
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Studs and stallion masters have already thrown their hat into the ring in a bid to secure the breeding rights to Mishriff, winner of last week s $20 million Saudi Cup, but racing manager Ted Voute has said that the colt s owner Prince Faisal is content to bide his time before reaching an agreement.
A blue-blooded homebred son of the Prince s dual Group 1 winner Make Believe, Mishriff already rated a highly desirable stallion prospect before his victory in the world s richest race having landed the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club.
The Saudi Cup does not have Group or Graded status, though Mishriff undoubtedly enhanced his profile no end after switching from turf to dirt to see off a strong US contingent, including Grade 1 winners Charlatan and Knicks Go, as well as the high-class Juddemonte homebred Tacitus.