Kris Lees lands 95,000-guinea French Artist as Australians buy more than 20 lots at Tattersalls
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees and Bahen Bloodstock bought once-raced two-year-old French Artist for 95,000 guineas, the top price on the final day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, where Australian buyers took more than 20 lots.
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will take charge of French Artist, the Farhh two-year-old who topped the final session of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale at Newmarket, when Sam Haggas of Hurworth Bloodstock signed for him at 95,000 guineas (A$190,000) on behalf of Bahen Bloodstock and Kris Lees Racing.
The colt, offered as lot 1273 and previously trained by Ollie Sangster, has had one start. He finished fifth of 11, beaten 4.65 lengths, over an extended mile on good-to-soft ground at Nottingham on October 14.
“I thought this horse ran a very good race on debut, and he’s a bit of a blank canvas. He’s been bought and priced more on his potential than on what he’s actually achieved so far,” Haggas said.
Haggas expects the colt to improve as he steps up in trip, pointing to his late foaling date and pedigree.
“He’ll get into Australia off a very good low level, so he can work his way up through the ranks and hopefully pay his way as he progresses,” he said.
The four-day sale, which began on October 26, generated turnover of more than 30 million guineas (A$60 million) for a sixth straight year, with buyers from more than 30 countries. Tattersalls managing director Matthew Prior said Australian buyers purchased more than 20 lots across the week.
Ciaron Maher accounted for the biggest of those purchases.
Ciaron Maher Bloodstock and JS Bloodstock paid 600,000 guineas (A$1.2 million) on day three for Tyrrhenian Thunder, a Night Of Thunder colt who won on debut at Ayr in September before running second in the Listed Silver Tankard Stakes at Pontefract.
Maher’s operation also bought the Ulysses four-year-old Organ for 375,000 guineas (A$750,000), while Astute Bloodstock paid the same sum on the opening day for Cambridgeshire winner Pierre Royal, who will also join Maher after changing hands at last year’s sale for 48,000 guineas (A$96,000 at the current exchange rate).
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