5.30 2m. 14 Declared. Tattersalls Ireland Sales Bumper 4/5-y-o
1st - €60,000.00 2nd - €20,000.00 3rd - €10,000.00 4th - €5,000.00
FormscanBy Alan Magee - KOPEK DES BORDES is hardly an original choice from the powerful Mullins stable in a race where the market will provide vital clues as to the relative merits of these young prospects. Riding arrangements suggest he’s preferred of the three newcomers from the yard and the half-brother to five winners cost 130,000 euro at the Derby Sale last June. Butchers Bill is a brother to smart stablemate Romeo Coolio and was another purchased at the Derby Sale for 265,000 euro while Gordon Elliott also saddles Spinola Bay. We’re Red And Blue was odds-on when winning on debut at Hereford while there is further UK interest with Clap Of Thunder who has shown promise on all three starts.
An I.N.H. flat race for four and five years old only that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing other than one, two or three I.N.H. flat races or N.H. flat races or a combination of such races and which had been catalogued and offered in the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale of June 28th & 29th, 2023, the Tattersalls Ireland May Store Sale of May 16th, 2023 or the Tattersalls Ireland July Store Sale of July 26th & 27th, 2023. Horses must be declared by Tattersalls Ireland Ltd. as being eligible to enter and run in accordance with the relevant Conditions of Sale. Horses which do not have a registered name and are not Returned In Training with a Licensed Trainer by Wednesday, 28th February, 2024 will be automatically struck out of this race (Please note for Irish and British bred horses, trained in Ireland, an acceptable naming application should be made to HRI by Thursday, 22nd February, 2024 at the very latest. For all other foreign bred horses, trained in Ireland, naming applications will take longer to process)Weights - 4-y-o 11st 4lbs 5-y-o 12st Mares allowed 7lbs