Blandford among leading buyers at Doncaster
BLANDFORD Bloodstock were among the leading buyers at the Doncaster Premier Yearling Sales where they purchased 11 lots for an average of £32,727.
The most expensive lot brought by the Newmarket-based agency was lot 14, a £75,000 chestnut filly by first-season sire and dual 2000 Guineas winner Cockney Rebel.
Her dam Roo was a fast juvenile herself being placed in the Firth of Clyde Stakes. Roo’s progeny to date have also been blessed with speed, most notably Gallagher who was among the top two-year-olds in the country in 2008.
Shamardal is proving to be one of the best young sires around and Blandford went to £62,000 to secure a daughter of the Darley-based stallion.
Being a half-sister to Group performers Polar Ben and Franklins Gardens she had one of the nicest pedigrees in the catalogue.
Another popular first-season sire was Dutch Art and Blandford succeeded in buying a colt by the Prix Morny winner for £48,000.
Lots purchased:
14. ch f Cockney Rebel- Roo £75,000
29. b c Excellent Art- Sandtime £28,000
109 ch c Ishiguru- Velma Kelly £12,000
126 b f Shamardal- Woodbeck £62,000
156 b c Bahri- Anazara- £22,000
180 b c Diamond Green- Balance The Books £42,000
211 br f Red Clubs- Canary Bird £15,000
234 ch c Dutch Art- Cosmic Countess £48,000
372 b f Acclamation- Lassie’s Gold £22,000
383 b f Rail Link- Llanito £28,000
397 b f Kheleyf- Mamnodorga £6,000