TATTERSALLS Ireland is still accepting entries for its first Cheltenham Sale of the year which will take place on Thursday week, February 18th.

The sale was originally scheduled for last weekend but was deferred due mainly to the lack of point-of-point racing in January.

Winsome Bucks, a seven-length bumper winner at the Leopardstown Christmas Festival for trainer Tom Hogan, is one of the star lots engaged. From the point-to-point scene, Denis Hogan’s Beneficial mare Lady London, a winner at Boulta, will be popular, as will the Colin Bowe-trained Farm The Rock (by Yeats), an impressive winner at Borris House before Christmas.

Killeagh winner Mr Brinkley (half-brother to Roberto Goldback) and Killeagh runner-up Carrigmoorna Matt (half-brother to four blacktype winners) will also be in the catalogue which goes to press this weekend.

Richard Botterill of Tattersalls Ireland said: “We expect a raft of entries over the weekend and we wil be taking wildcard entries up to the day of the sale.”

Selling will start at 1.30pm with pre-sales vetting taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday (February 16th-17th). Viewing will take place on the Wednesday also.

The next Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sale follows swiftly on Tuesday, February 23rd.

This week Tattersalls Ireland released a smart video to promote Bidpoint, the company’s online resource to buy horses from Irish point-to-points.

The animated video explains how easily owners and handlers can add their horses, to this marketplace. Bids are handled in confidence and third parties will not know whether a horse has been sold or attracted no bids.