Progressive pointers up for grabs at Tattersalls Ascot March Sale

Tattersalls Ascot hosts its first auction of 2019 on Thursday, with the March Sale kicking off at 10.30am.

A total of 196 mixed lots have been catalogued, including 52 wildcard entries. Last year's edition of the March Sale was topped by the winning point-to-pointer Treasure Dillon, who went the way of Evan Williams for £70,000.

Horses with recent form between the flags are also well represented on Thursday, including Steal The Thunder (lot 113), the first four-year-old point winner by Mount Nelson who landed the same Tyrella maiden won by Birchdale 12 months earlier; Coole Lion (110), a five-year-old son of Presenting who scored second time out at Kildorrery; and Sonru (119), a son of Jeremy who ran out a wide-margin winner of a Turtulla maiden earlier in the month.

View full Tattersalls Ascot March Sale catalogue

A selection of horses-in-training, mares and two-year-olds are also due to come under the hammer, including a 14-strong draft from Godolphin.

Last year's March Sale saw turnover of £978,300 (up one per cent year-on-year), an average of £9,783 (up 20 per cent) and a median of £5,100 (up from £4,500). A total of 100 lots sold from 142 offered for a clearance rate of 70 per cent.