Doncaster Sales

Outstanding catalogue available for the Top Rated Two Year Old Sales

The DBS Breeze Up Sales is the only sale in Europe to have enjoyed Group 1 juvenile success on the racecourse in 2010 and the victories of Dream Ahead in the Group 1 Prix Morny and Group 1 Middle Park Stakes led to him being crowned joint champion two-year-old of 2010 and a leading contender for Classic success in 2011.

Following on from this outstanding year on the racecourse, the 2011 catalogue contains 193 horses that will breeze on Doncaster Racecourse on 19 April before they come under the hammer on 20 April and vendors have again shown great faith in a sale that has produced the Group 1 performers Total Gallery, Paco Boy and Emerald Commander as well as Marine Commando, who won the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot just two months after he was sold at this sale last year.

Highlights of the catalogue include Yeomanstown Stud’s Pivotal colt out of the Group 2 winning Beyrouth (Lot 21), a Cape Cross half brother to the Group 1 winning Caradak offered by Gilbinstown Stud (Lot 34) and a Dylan Thomas colt out of a half sister to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and leading sire Pleasantly Perfect that will be consigned by Harefield Lodge (Lot 125). The same vendor will also offer a Teofilo colt out of the Group 3 winning Mamela (Lot 112) whilst Mocklershill will consign a draft of 24 horses that includes a Pivotal half brother to the Group 3 winning Officer Rocket who is out of a Grade 1 winning mare (Lot 126), an Elusive Quality colt out of the multiple Listed winning Top Ten List (Lot 183) and a smart colt from the first crop of the son of Danzig, Hard Spun (Lot 152).

The Bloodstock Connection will offer a draft that includes a Red Clubs half brother to the Group 3 placed Saint Etiennel, who is out of a half sister to the Group 1 winning Firebreak (Lot 170) and a  Seeking The Best colt with 13 Black Type winners under the first dam including the Group 1 placed Arch Swing (Lot 129)  whilst Malcolm Bastard will consign an Elusive City colt out of Fez, who was second in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes (Lot 63) alongside a Teofilio colt out of the Listed winning Santa Sophia (Lot 151) and an Ifraaj colt out of a half sister to the Group 3 winning Lady’s Purse (Lot 93).

Other standout Lots include an own sister to the Listed winning Sweet Cicily (Lot 1)  to be offered by Bansha House Stables whilst the same draft includes a Dark Angel colt out of a Listed winning mare who has three Black Type horses under the first dam (Lot 165). A consignment from Hawthorn Villa Stud will include an Excellent Art half brother to the Listed winning Snow Watch (Lot 136) whilst Clenagh Castle Stud send an Acclamation filly out of an own sister to the Group 3 winning St Clair Ridge (Lot 83) and Knockanglass Stables will offer a Speightstown colt out of the Listed winning Dynamous (Lot 51).

Tally Ho Stud sold Dream Ahead in 2010 and their draft of 16 horses includes an Aussie Rules colt out of an own sister to the Group 2 winning Gabr (Lot 84) whilst the draft from Kilminfoyle House Stud includes an own brother to the Listed winning Monsieur Boulanger (Lot 167) and Oak Tree Farm will offer a Lawman colt out of an own sister to the Group 3 winning Lime Gardens (Lot 17). Other notable pedigrees include a Cadeaux Genereux half sister to the Group 2 winning Coroner offered by Ballycullen Stables (Lot 177), a Jeremy half brother to the Listed winning Smirk consigned by Egmont Stud (Lot 53), an own sister to the Group 3 winning Capt Chaos offered by Ballyhane (Lot 25), an Invincible Spirit half sister to the Group 3 winning Senlis consigned by Brown Island Stables (Lot 157), a Manduro half sister to the Listed placed Ikan, Valjary and Qadar offered by Cedar Park Stud (Lot 80) and a Shamardal half brother to two Black Types horses including the Listed winning Brindisi that will form part of a draft from Meadowview Stables (Lot 72).

Dubawi has had an outstanding year on the racecourse and Grove Stud will offer a filly out of the Listed winning Lady Angharad, who is also a sister to the Group 3 placed Barefoot Lady (Lot 97), whilst the same draft includes a Strategic Prince colt with six Black Type winners under the first dam including the Group 3 winning Eisteddfod (Lot 131). Exceed and Excel is another sire that has plenty of top class winners and Church Farm Stables will offer a half sister to the Group 2 placed Without A Trace (Lot 169) whilst the same sire is responsible for a filly out of an own sister to the Grade 1 winning Subtle Power who will be consigned by Mayfield Stables (Lot 118).

The diverse range of stallions includes the established sires Acclamation, Bahamian Bounty, Cadeaux Genereux, Cape Cross, Dubawi, Elusive Quality, Exceed And Excel, Green Desert, Iffraaj, Invincible Spirit, Kodiac, Kyllachy, Medicean, Pivotal, Red Ransom, Shamardal etc alongside the exciting young sires Amadeus Wolf, Authorized, Dark Angel, Dutch Art, Dylan Thomas, Excellent Art, First Samurai, Jeremy, Lawman, Manduro, Multiplex, Red Clubs, Sir Percy, Speightstown, Strategic Prince, Teofilo and Three Valleys.

Following the publication of the catalogue, DBS Managing Director Henry Beeby said:

‘This sale has an outstanding record for success on the racecourse and having been the only sale to sell a European Classic winner we are delighted that we have again broken new ground by selling the top rated two year old of 2010 in Dream Ahead. He is an extremely exciting prospect for 2011 but graduates of his calibre are not unique and Group 1 winners, Royal Ascot winners and Top Class two year olds are exactly what this sale is famous for whilst we are proud of the fact that this sale continues to be Europe’s Leading Breeze Up for Winners year on year.
As a result of this success we are delighted that vendors have shown great faith in DBS and helped us to put together a catalogue that is nothing short of exceptional.  Whilst the pedigrees are some of the best to have ever featured at this sale, the DBS inspection team are delighted with the physical specimens that have been put forward by our professional band of vendors and we are confident that this sale will appeal to purchasers looking to race horses on every continent and has all the requirements for a Premier League Breeze Up Sale’