TATTERSALLS MILLIONS SERIES ATTRACTS BUMPER ENTRY

Article taken fron the EBN.

A bumper entry of 408 two-year-olds, with purchase prices ranging from 5,000gns to 700,000gns, has been made for the Tattersalls Millions, a series of eight races offering a total of £1.75 million in prize money.

The most extensive sales race series ever run in the northern hemisphere takes place over this year and next, with races from six to ten furlongs and all run at Newmarket. The races are only open to horses from Book One of the 2009 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and owners will pay a total of £4,000 for their horses to run.

The first race, the £100,000 Tattersalls Millions Fillies’ Auction Stakes, will be run over six furlongs at Newmarket’s July Course on 28th August, while the eighth and final race in the series takes place over ten furlongs at the end of June 2011.

Among those targeting the series are the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing syndicate whose entries include a 110,000gns Danehill Dancer filly with Jeremy Noseda, a 100,000gns Cadeaux Genereux colt with William Haggas, a 95,000gns son of CACIQUE trained by Michael Jarvis, a 72,000gns Danehill Dancer filly with Richard Hannon and a Haggas-trained son of OASIS DREAM, who was bought privately.

“I think that CACIQUE only had 28 foals due to fertility issues but this colt seems a really good-looking prospect and is very much a three-year-old in the making. He is going the right way but he should be a late summer starter who won’t be seen at his best until next year,”continued Herbert.

“On the other hand, our OASIS DREAM colt out of Wyola looks very precocious and a real two-year-old in the making – neat, strong, very athletic. He is already skipping up Warren Hill for William Haggas and he is most likely to be seen to best effect as a juvenile."

Date: 14 January 2010