Top-Class Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale Catalogue Now Online

The Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale, due to take place on Friday 15th December after racing on the opening day of Cheltenham’s two-day Christmas Meeting, has attracted an exceptional catalogue.

The 31 initial entries includes 23-winning and placed four-year-old point-to-pointers, six five-year-old point-to- point winners, and two-winning and placed bumper horses.Matthew Flynn O’Connor’s Ballycrystal Stables, consignor of the 2021 Cheltenham December Sale graduate and subsequent Grade 1 winner Stay Away Fay, offers the winners of both divisions of the four-year-old maiden held at last weekend’s Lingstown meeting – Going Live (Doyen) and Tumuch (Buck’s Boum), who won his race by 12 lengths.

The Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale has produced ten Grade 1 winners and the sale's graduates have really hit this National Hunt season running – the most recent top-level winner being the Farren Glory, victorious in yesterday’s Grade 1 Royal Bond Novices' Hurdle on his third start over hurdles. The six-year-old was bought just 12 months ago for £60,000 by Mouse O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott after finishing second in a maiden point-to-point at Turtulla for handler Matt Collins.

Hermes Allen, a Tattersalls December Sale 2021 graduate and Grade 1-winning hurdler, took the step up to chasing in his stride when successful on his fencing debut in Newbury’s Grade 2 John Francome Novices' Chase last week, while his stable mate Stay Away Fay, winner of the 2023 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (G1), also won on his chasing debut and holds an exciting entry in Friday's Grade 2 Esher Novices' Chase.

The season’s top-level races have been dominated by Tattersalls Jockey Club Sales’ stars and the 167-rated Gerri Colombe added a fourth Grade 1 to his resume when leading home Envoi Allen, another Tattersalls Cheltenham purchase, in November's Grade 1 Ladbrokes Champion Chase.

Wildcard entries will be open until after this weekend’s Irish point-to-point meetings at Kirkistown, Boulta and Tattersalls, and the UK’s meeting at Larkhill where the maiden is now open to four-year-olds.

The catalogue and race replays can be viewed online at www.tattersallsjcsales.com with printed catalogues distributed from Wednesday 6th December.

Tattersalls Live Internet Bidding will be available for those who are unable to attend the sale in person.