IT didn’t take long at this week’s Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale for the six-figure mark to be reached.
Lot 12 on Tuesday was a filly by Ten Sovereigns and she was knocked down to Anthony Bromley of Highflyer Bloodstock for €100,000. Offered by Ciaran Conroy’s Glenvale Stud the attractive brown filly out of All Time High is a half-sister to the useful Joseph O’Brien trained Lakota Seven who was stakes placed last year and will go into training with Ed Dunlop.
“I’ve bought her for Andrew Megson,” Bromley said. “Ten Sovereigns is doing great with his first crop. This filly is a very good walker and very athletic,” he added.
Bromley was in the company of former trainer Harry Dunlop with whom he bought Group 2 May Hill Stakes winner Polly Pott as a yearling for the same owner. “Harry is helping the Megsons, and this filly is going to his brother Ed, who has a few for the couple to run on the flat for some fun.
“Joseph [O’Brien] had the two-year-old last year, who was smart over a mile and sold well at the end of the year. The pedigree goes back to a good Juddmonte bloodline in Monroe, the dam of Xaar. There are a few Group 1 performers down at the bottom of the page. It is really exciting, and this filly looks as though she has the size and scope to make up into a nice three-year-old also,” he said.
Bromley and the Highflyer team were the top purchasers by aggregate, buying eight yearlings for €444,000 and he struck again when going to €100,000 for a son of Mehmas. This colt was a €40,000 pinhook purchase by his vendor Rochestown Lodge Stud last year and he was bought this week with another trip to the sales in mind next spring.
“He is for an Irish breeze-up client,” Bromley revealed. “It’s a punchy enough price but I love the sire and this colt has a little more scope than some by Mehmas. He’s very athletic, looks a racehorse and my client thinks the same, so let’s hope he is a weapon!”
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