Churchill Foals Successful At Tattersalls December Sale
Galileo's champion son Churchill (IRE) & one of Coolmore's most successful shuttling stallions, showed his might at the recent Tattersalls Foal Sale which was part of the two-week-long December Sale returned more than 90 million guineas.
Churchill's first crop saw him enter the top ten stallion table at last week’s Tattersalls Foal Sale, where a select offering of nine foals returned an average price of 99,556gns and total of 896,000gns.
Norman Court Stud celebrated a terrific result when their May-born colt bred from a covering fee of €35,000 sold for 220,000gns. Baroda Stud paired up with Peter and Ross Doyle to secure the colt (Lot 1050), who is closely related to Grade 2 winner Nancy From Nairobi.
John McAteer of Ballycrighaun Stud was another breeder thrilled by the sale of his Churchill colt foal, who sold for 190,000gns to Camas Park Stud. Four years ago, McAteer paid €25,000 for the dam Tanyeli (Mastercraftsman), a half-sister to two Stakes winners, and this is her highest-priced produce to date.
Camas Park Stud had earlier purchased a good-looking son of Churchill from Ringfort Stud for 105,000gns. Offered as Lot 878, the bay is out of a winning half-sister to multiple Stakes winner Jack Sullivan and comes from the family of top-class racemare Seventh Heaven (Galileo).
Agent Margaret O’Toole bought three from Churchill’s first crop at Tattersalls, with other buyers including Blandford Bloodstock and Jamie Railton. It follows on from a terrific start by Churchill at Goffs, where all three of his foals offered sold for six-figure sums.