JAMES Sheehan of Clonmult Farm had a productive half hour at Tattersalls Ireland on Tuesday, selling two closely catalogued yearlings for decent prices.

One was a filly by Blue Bresil and, apart from being by the sire of Constitution Hill, she is also a daughter of the brilliant racemare Asian Maze who won four Grade 1 races over hurdles.

As a broodmare she has produced the Grade 3 winner Cup Final and it took a bid of €41,000 from Dromoland Farm’s Gareth Barry to secure the February-born filly.

Barry will keep his options open with his new purchase and said: “She is a fine-walking filly and she has been bought with two options. We could offer her for sale again at some stage or we could also race her and breed from her. We will decide as we go on.”

Not long before that Clonmult Farm sold a son of Nathaniel to Richard Rohan for €35,000.

Given his prowess as a sire of world-class flat horses, as well as his emergence as an influential sire of jumpers, Nathaniel remains very good value at a covering fee of £15,000 and his stock’s popularity in the sales ring was also evident with this transaction.

The colt out of the French-bred mare Aisance is a half brother to two promising young recent winners and the dam is a full-sister to Wait For Me who was placed in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham several years ago.

“The mare has done well,” said Sheehan. “She has bred two winners from two runners and she is now in foal to Blue Bresil. Her 2021 foal by Blue Bresil did well at this sale last year when making €48,000.”

Glenview stallion Blue Bresil was also the sire of a colt who was knocked down to Tom Malone on behalf of Frannie Woods of Abbeylands for €40,000.

The grandson of Ebor winner Sesenta out of Carrigmorna Fame will be offered for re-sale, most likely as a three-year-old.

Sire power really was a feature of the day’s trade. With Blue Lord and red-hot Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill advertising his ability, Blue Bresil is a stallion everyone wants a piece of.

Lot 193 from Borris House proved that when selling to Kevin Ross for €44,000.

Impervious relation

Ross was acting for an existing client for the son of the stakes-placed King’s Theatre mare I’m All You Need, who comes from the family of Bilboa and the hitherto unbeaten chaser Impervious.

Constitution Hill is also out of a King’s Theatre mare and this fact wasn’t lost on Ross who said: “This horse could be resold or he could be kept to race. The cross has certainly been successful already so let’s hope it works again.”

The final yearling by Blue Bresil to enter the ring was the Ballincurrig House Stud offering and he proved just as popular when selling to Kieran Shields for €45,000.The half-brother to last year’s sale topper Robin De Carlow will aim to return to this sale ring in two and a half years’ time.