Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale Catalogue is Now Online

Leading hurdler Ballyburn is a graduate of the November National Hunt Sale.
Leading hurdler Ballyburn is a graduate of the November National Hunt Sale.

Four of the most eagerly anticipated days in the National Hunt sales calendar are approaching, with the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale set to take place from Sunday 10th November to Wednesday 13th November. The sale will witness the latest offering from some of Ireland’s leading National Hunt families put through the Tattersalls Ireland sales ring.

The catalogue is now online and includes 887 lots. The breakdown of the catalogue sees 804 foals, 37 yearlings and 43 mares offered for sale.

The sale will begin at 10am daily, with yearlings offered on the opening day, followed by foals, while the mares section will conclude the sale on day four. The sale is formatted alphabetically beginning with the letter “T” each day.

Pinhookers were well rewarded earlier this year with November National Hunt sale graduates producing significant profits at the 2024 Derby Sale, among them a €50,000 November foal purchase sold for €135,000, and a €68,000 November foal purchase sold for €160,000.

Over 80 sires are represented in the overall catalogue, including 35 foals from the 2023-2024 leading National Hunt sire Walk In The Park. The progeny of Poet’s Word, Order of St George, No Risk At All, Doctor Dino, Blue Bresil, Goliath Du Berlais, and Jeu St Eloi were all in high demand earlier this year at the Tattersalls Ireland Store sales, and these sires are strongly represented numerically.

Among the many highlights within the foal section of the catalogue are:

  • Lot 90 Order of St George colt, half-brother to Scottish Champion Hurdle winner COCKNEY SPARROW
  • Lot 132 Blue Bresil filly, out of a half-sister to eight-time Grade 1 winner SIZING EUROPE
  • Lot 170 Blue Bresil filly, out of a half-sister to three-time Grade 2 winner MONKSLAND
  • Lot 215 Santiago colt, out of a half-sister to LANGER DAN
  • Lot 235 Maxios filly, out of a half-sister to Grade 1 winners THE STORYTELLER and STELLAR STORY
  • Lot 277 Walk In The Park colt, half-brother to five-time winner and Grade 2 placed LUNAR POWER
  • Lot 298 Poet’s Word colt, out of black type mare GRANGECLARE GOLD
  • Lot 321 Diamond Boy colt, out of Grade 3 winner KILBARRY CHLOE
  • Lot 350 Harzand colt, half-brother to Grade 2 winner DIVA LUNA
  • Lot 389 Walk In The Park colt, out of a half-sister to three-time Grade 1 winner BRAVEMANSGAME
  • Lot 463 Poet’s Word filly, out of Grade 2 winner BALLYSHANNON ROSE
  • Lot 474 Blue Bresil colt, half-brother to three-time Grade 2 winner IMPERVIOUS
  • Lot 511 Mahler filly, half-sister to Grade 2 winner SHANAGH BOB
  • Lot 563 Crystal Ocean colt, half-brother to three-time Grade 1 winner FLOORING PORTER
  • Lot 568 Crystal Ocean colt, half-brother to listed winner LYRICAL THEATRE 
  • Lot 591 Walk In The Park colt, half-brother to Grade 3 winner DANCING ON MY OWN, out of listed winner MORNING SUPREME
  • Lot 598 Vadamos filly, half-sister to Grade 1 winner MASTER MCSHEE
  • Lot 616 Walk In The Park colt, out of a half-sister to four-time Grade 1 winner BOBS WORTH
  • Lot 619 Crystal Ocean filly, out of Grade 1 winner RELEGATE
  • Lot 637 Affinisea colt, out of Grade 1 winner SKYACE
  • Lot 646 Poet’s Word colt, half-brother to Grade 3 winner JEREMY’S FLAME
  • Lot 661 No Risk At All filly, out of Grade 2 winner VIOLIN DAVIS
  • Lot 673 No Risk At All colt, out of Grade 3 winner ZARKAREVA
  • Lot 686 Shirocco colt, half-brother to Grade 3 winners QUEEN’S BROOK and SHOTGUN PADDY
  • Lot 731 Affinisea colt, half-brother to three-time Grade 1 winner SIR GERHARD
  • Lot 756 Affinisea colt, half-brother to Grade 1 winner FIDDLERONTHEROOF
  • Lot 757 Poet’s Word colt, out of a half-sister to 11-time Grade 1 winner FAUGHEEN
  • Lot 807 Maxios colt, half-brother to Grade 1 winner CONEY ISLAND
  • Lot 823 Blue Bresil colt, out of a half-sister to 10-time Grade 1 winner ALTIOR
  • Lot 832 Goliath Du Berlais filly, half-sister to Grade 2 winner HILLCREST, out of Grade 3 winner SHOP DJ

The yearling section that gets the sale underway on Sunday 10th November includes relatives to some smart performers:

  • Lot 16 Sholokhov filly, a half-sister three-time winner and Grade 1 placed VINA ARDANZA
  • Lot 21 Jukebox Jury filly, a granddaughter of Grade 1 winner J’Y VOLE
  • Lot 24 Gentlewave filly, a half-sister to five-time winner and Grade 1 placed HIGH CLASS HERO
  • Lot 36 Poet’s Word gelding, out of a half-sister to Grade 2 winner ROYAL KAHALA

The November National Hunt Sale will conclude on Wednesday 13th November with a select band of mares being offered. Among those catalogued are:

  • Lot 847 INSTIT, listed winner and multiple Grade 2 and Grade 3 placings, in foal to Walk In The Park 
  • Lot 852 LADY TOMBSTONE, a half-sister to black type mares Tintangle and Tombstone, in foal to Walk In The Park  
  • Lot 858 MINX TIARA, listed winner and Grade 2 placed, seven-time winner in total, in foal to Hurricane Lane
  • Lot 862 JUNTA MARVEL, unbeaten in two bumpers including at Grade 3 level, in foal to Blue Bresil
  • Lot 884, HEAVEN HELP US, winner of Grade 3 Coral Cup, five-time winner in total, in foal to Jeu St Eloi

Graduates from the November National Hunt Sale have performed with distinction at the highest level in the last 12 months, with Ballyburn now the fourth highest rated hurdler in Ireland after a superb novice campaign that included three Grade 1 victories. Other graduates of the sale include the 2023 Champion Hurdle winner Constitution Hill, and six-time Grade 1 winner Shishkin.