Park Paddocks ready for a busy fortnight as yearlings take their turn first

An exceptionally busy period for Park Paddocks kicks off with the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale on Monday, an event that has produced luminaries such as Irish and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Sea Of Class and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Broome.

The latter, a son of Australia, has since added this season's Hardwicke Stakes to his CV, while other Group-winning graduates in 2022 include Prix Fille de l'Air scorer Via Sistina - picked up for just 5,000gns by Stephen Hillen from Jamie Railton in 2019 - and Premio Carlo d'Alessio winner Atzeco.

Another recent black type-winning graduate, Bipartisanship, took out the Kathryn Crosby Stakes in the United States this month. The daughter of Bated Breath sold from New England Stud to McKeever Bloodstock for 40,000gns in 2019.

As for the potential standout lots in this year's sale, Glenvale Stud offers the only lot in the catalogue by Frankel (178), a half-brother to two black-type winners, namely Group 3 Anglesey Stakes scorer Peace Envoy and dual Scandinavian Group winner Our Last Summer.

Shadwell offers a Dubawi colt out of City of York Stakes winner FadhayyilCredit: Edward Whitaker

There is also one offering by champion sire-elect Dubawi in Shadwell's colt (154) out of Listed City of York Stakes winner Fadhayyil, a half-brother to Australian Group 2 scorer Turaath, while Newsells Park Stud's Kingman colt (57) out of an unraced sister to Group 1 Phoenix Stakes winner Pedro The Great and half-sister to Footstepsinthesand also looks a major attraction.

Red-hot first-season sires Sioux Nation and Havana Grey are represented by three and two lots respectively, with the first-named's including the National Stud's half-brother (26) to the Group-placed Sussex Garden and from the family of the great Attraction and York Stakes winner and Juddmonte International third Elarqam.

Havana Grey's duo includes Childwickbury Stud's colt (34) out of the Exceed And Excel mare Mosa Mine and from the family of July Cup and Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Anabaa.

The Castlebridge Consignment sells a colt (6) by top juvenile sire No Nay Never, an April-born youngster who is out of an unraced Galileo full-sister to Grade 1 Belmont Derby winner Deauville, while the same consignor offers a filly by Cheveley Park Stud-winning sire Zoustar (170) out of a winning Oasis Dream half-sister to the smart Lily's Angel.

Gestut Fahrhof offers a trio of smartly bred sorts including a Sea The Stars colt out of the Listed-winning Siyouni mare Sequilla (69) and a Too Darn Hot filly out of German Oaks third Amona (108).

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