Ger splashes the cash

Kiltale-based racehorsetrainer Ger Lyons purchased the second top lot of the day at Tattersalls September Yearling Sale going to €55,000 for a colt by Dark Angel (Lot 543) from Torard House.

The trainer purchased eight horses through the sale, including an Iffraaj colt (Lot 403) sold by Taroka Stud out of Dance Of Light for €52,000.

There was also a Dark Angel colt from Cooneen Stud for €30,000, a Dandy Man colt (Lot 356) from Ballyhane for €40,000 and a Piccolo colt for €50,000.

 “We wanted one by Dark Angel,” said Lyons, “and the Piccolo is a gorgeous type. Both are for the Sean Jones draft.”

 Consigned Baroda & Colbinstown Studs, the Piccolo achieved a handsome pinhooking result, the colt having been purchased for just 9,000gns at the Tattersalls December Sale by Noel Redmusson and the late Derek Larkin.

Day Two of the sales (on Wednesday) saw a continued improved average of €15,321, an aggregate of €3,539,100 and a median price of €11,500.

Over the two days 470 lots sold for €6,912,400 at an average of €14,707 and a median of €12,000, increases of 43%, 26% and 30% on 2012.

At the conclusion of the best set of yearling sale results since 2007, Tattersalls Ireland Managing Director Roger Casey said:

“This has been a vibrant sale from start to finish and represents the fourth consecutive year of growth for our September Sale.'

 'The key indicators of average, median and turnover are all significantly higher than last year, we have witnessed the second highest price achieved at this sale, and the clearance rate is the second-highest achieved in the last 11 years,' he added.

Conall Collier