International Sales News

Blaxland goes stateside once more in search of outcross gold

A cohort of Australian buyers have set sail for the US and the ten-day Kentucky breeding stock sales extravaganza in a bid to bolster their own and clients’ broodmare pool with potent outcross US bloodlines. One of the most successful in sourcing US mares and race fillies since he first ventured to the US sales... Read More

Father-and-son Snowden team make first Tattersalls purchase

Australians continued their European buying spree late into Wednesday’s session at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, with a first Tattersalls buy for the Sydney-based father-and-son training partnership Peter and Paul Snowden featuring among several purchases destined for Down Under, as Snowden Racing and Will Johnson Bloodstock purchased Lot 1113 for 250,000 guineas (approx.... Read More

Waterhouse returns to Tattersalls with eye-catching purchase

The third day of action at the 2021 Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale saw Australian interest hit peak levels as at least eight different buyers struck for purchases, including Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, and Annabel Neasham and Stuart Boman, who returned to the sale after sourcing dual Group 1 winner Zaaki (Leroidesanimaux) a... Read More

Busuttin and Young add northern hemisphere power to earlier Australia buys

Australian interest was again high on the second day of the Tattersalls 2021 Autumn Horses In Training Sale as Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young added to their three buys at the Inglis Ready2Race Sale hours earlier, with the purchase of Bonneval, an improving gelding by Siyouni (Pivotal).   Catalogued as Lot 640, Busuttin, bidding online,... Read More

Australians active on opening day of Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale

As expected, Australian buyers were out in force on the opening day of Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, with Ciaron Maher and Australian Bloodstock securing prospects to continue their career Down Under.  Maher and David Eustace purchased two lots, with Stuart Boman signing for Montather (Dubawi) on behalf of Maher after he went to... Read More

Lanwades hope for more Australian success as Tattersalls auction gets underway

Zaaki (Leroidesanimaux) may not have been afforded the chance to add to his Group 1 haul in Saturday’s Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m), however, for his breeder Kirsten Rausing’s Lanwades Stud and the Tattersalls Horses in Training sale itself, he remains the flagbearer of both operations as potent sources of elite-level winners in Australia.  An... Read More