TATTERSALLS Ireland Derby Sale graduates won 12 Grade 1s during the 2025/2026 season - the highest number for any store sale in that period - and has attracted another high-class catalogue this year in an effort to repeat the feat in the coming years.
Siblings to Brighterdaysahead, Eachtotheirown, Koktail Divin, Old Park Star and Talk The Talk are among 420 lots catalogued to go under the hammer on June 24th and 25th, followed by a further 216 lots at Part II on June 26th.
They include a total of 10 siblings to Grade 1 winners, along with another 15 siblings of Grade 1-placed horses. Of the catalogue, 23% are siblings to blacktype horses, 13 are out of Grade 1 mares and a total of 70 are out of blacktype mares.
A full-brother to last year’s €285,000 top lot, a Walk In The Park gelding out of three-time listed winner Posh Trish, also features.
Ballyreddin and Bushertown’s offering was the highest-price store of 2025 and headlined a record-breaking renewal in which 38 horses sold for six figures.
Turnover jumped 25% year on year, while the average price of 53,261 represented an increase of 11%, with the median rising by 5% to €43,000.
Monbeg maintained their leading in the buyer ranks, accumulating 27 horses totalling €1,407,000.
Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins spent €1,230,000 on nine, with Aiden and Olly Murphy in third with a spend of € 862,000.
As he does on the track, Walk In The Park topped the tables in the ring, with 22 lots sold for a total of €1,788,000.
Crystal Ocean wasn’t far behind with an aggregate of €1,750,000, followed by Poet’s Word at €1,551,000.
All three are well-represented again this year, alongside the likes of Affinisea, Camelot, Diamond Boy, Getaway, Golden Horn, Harzand, Jukebox Jury, Maxios, Nathaniel and Yeats.
French sires, unsurprisingly, were responsible for a number of the six-figure sales and this year’s catalogue features the progeny of French sires such as Choeur Du Nord, Doctor Dino, Goliath Du Berlais, Kapgarde, Masked Marvel, Nirvana Du Berlais, No Risk At All and Saint Des Saints.
Repaid in spades
The list of consignors is equally impressive and it’s worth nothing that the seven graduates who scored top-flight wins during the 2025/2026 season were each consigned by different vendors. Additionally, all seven were bought by different buyers.
Their prices ranged from €40,000 for now three-time Grade 1 winner Grey Dawning to €310,000 for the brilliant Brighterdaysahead. Those operating at a smaller budget can be inspired by Blackhall Stables’ €12,000 purchase Backmersackme, who won a Grade 3 at the Dublin Racing Festival.
Other bargain buys to achieve blacktype success last season include Answer To Kayf (€35,000), Coming Up Easy (€30,000), Jacob’s Ladder (€27,000), Johnnywho (€25,000), O’Toole (€19,000) and Wendigo (€35,000).
Point-to-point handlers have also reaped rewards with their Derby Sale recruits, most notably Monster Truck, who was bought by Monbeg Stables for €90,000 and resold for a whopping £530,000 at the Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale.
That was the highest price ever achieved by the venue, while £435,000 is the highest price ever commanded by a mare there - Monbeg Stables graduate Mifa d’Airy boasts that title and was sourced at the Derby Sale for €70,000.
The same outfit resold €32,000 buy Palinca for £400,000 - the same resale value as Highflyer and Jet Bloodstock’s €67,000 purchase Monzon Sport. Terence O’Brien also achieved a major coup when reselling €20,000 store Uncle Pad for £310,000.
Both buyers and vendors have the chance of a significant pay day at the 2027 Leopardstown Christmas Festival, as all horses catalogued and offered at the Derby Sale are eligible for the Tattersalls Ireland MSL Mercedes-Benz Sales Bumper. The vendor of the winning horse will drive away in a brand-new Mercedes-Benz.
Two-year-olds
Lot 197: Walk In The Park gelding out of Grade 3 winner and Grade 1 runner-up Minella Melody
Lot 208: Crystal Ocean gelding is a full-brother to impressive four-year-old maiden winner Mourne Crystal
Lot 209: Vadamos filly out of a Grade 2-winning Presenting mare
Three-year-olds
Lot 5: Galileo Chrome half-brother to Grade 2-winning chaser Senecia
Lot 14: Walk In The Park gelding out of Grade 2 juvenile hurdle winner and twice Grade 1-placed French Made
Lot 21: Walk In The Park gelding out of a listed-winning half-sister to dual Grade 3 winner Rock The Kasbah
Lot 25: Golden Horn gelding out of dual listed winner Golden Sunbird
Lot 117: No Risk At All half-brother to five graded winners, including the top-class Brighterdaysahead, multiple Grade 1 winner Mighty Potter and dual Grade 1 winner Caldwell Potter
Lot 131: No Risk At All half-brother to Grade 3 hurdler, out of a dual blacktype winner
Lot 144: Vadamos half-brother to Irish Grand National third The Enabler and Punchestown Grade 3 bumper winner Even Though
Lot 150: Rich History half-brother to Supreme Novices’ Hurdle victor Old Park Star and dual graded winner Chosen Mate
Lot 151: Tunis half-sister to two blacktype winners including Duca De Thaix
Lot 162: Crystal Ocean half-brother to Grade 1 chaser Dunvegan
Lot 176: Walk In The Park out of multiple listed winner Posh Trish. Full-brother topped 2025 Derby Sale at €285,000
Lot 179: In Swoop half-brother to three blacktype horses, including a multiple graded winner
Lot 241: Nirvana Du Berlais gelding out of a full-sister to top-class chaser Allaho
Lot 258: Crystal Ocean full-brother to impressive four-year-old maiden winner Down Jones Road, out of a three-time listed winner
Lot 268: Vadamos half-brother to Troytown Chase winner Run Wild Fred
Lot 279: Santiago half-brother to Grade 2 novice hurdle winner Loughglynn
Lot 280: Poet’s Word half-brother to multiple Grade 2 winner Castlegrace Paddy, out of a blacktype mare
Lot 294: Kapgarde filly is an own-sister to
Midlands National winner Isaac Des Obeaux
Lot 302: Named Walk The Talk, this is a Karaktar half-brother to Grade 1 novice hurdle winner Talk The Talk
Lot 307: Getaway gelding out of Grade 1 Punchestown Mares Champion Hurdle heroine Whiteout
Lot 317: Crystal Ocean half-sister to dual Grade 3 winner Embassy Gardens, out of Grade 1 winner Adriana Des Mottes
Lot 337: Walk In The Park half-brother to Grade 1-winning hurdler Latest Exhibition, out of a Grade 1-placed mare
Lot 348: Blue Bresil half-brother to Grade 1 Punchestown Champion Novice Hurdle winner Eachtotheirown
Lot 351: Nirvana Du Berlais half-brother to multiple Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 runner-up Blueking D’oroux
Lot 354: Doctor Dino half-brother to two dual graded winners, out of a listed-winning Montjeu mare
Lot 360: Walk In The Park filly out of Grade 1 winner Bitofapuzzle. Half-sister to Grade 2 winner The Changing Man
Lot 401: Affinisea half-brother to dual graded winner Andy Dufresne
Lot 410: Karaktar half-sister to Grade 1 Manifesto Novices’ Chase winner Koktail Divin
Lot 428: Poet’s Word half-brother to dual graded winner Youcantcallherthat
Lot 440: Crystal Ocean gelding out of a listed-winning half-sister to Grade 1 winner Bitofapuzzle
Lot 487: Maxios half-brother to listed bumper winner Balliniska Band
Lot 504: Flintshire gelding out of a listed juvenile hurdle winner
Lot 550: Soldier of Fortune filly is a full-sister to a Grade 3 hurdler and a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Belfast Banter
Lot 563: Kool Kompany half-sister to Grade 1 runner-up Act Of Innocence
Lot 592: Hillstar gelding out of a Grade 1-placed Old Vic mare
Lot 593: Crystal Ocean half-brother to Grade 1 second Soldier Reeves
Lot 596: Poet’s Word filly is a full-sister to Grade 2 bumper third Tiktok Casey and impressive four-year-old True To My Word, who resold for £160,000
Lot 607: Poet’s Word full-brother to a blacktype hurdler and a half-brother to Grade 2 winner Queenohearts
Lot 612: Mogul half-brother to Grade 2 winner Annie Mc
Lot 625: Diamond Boy filly out of a multiple graded-placed mare
