Crafty and Necklace make 145,000gns at December Mare Sale
Australian stakes winner Crafty (Manhattan Rain) sold at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale on Tuesday after Bugley Stud Agent for Bentall and Fitzwilliams went to 85,000gns to secure the mare, who was offered in foal to Newsells Park Stud-based sire Nathaniel (Galileo).
The mare won twice in her career headed by a victory in the Taj Rossi Series Final Handicap (Listed, 1600m) in 2014, while she also finished second in the Caulfield Classic (Gr 3, 2000m) later that year.
Offered by Tweenhills Farm as Lot 1598, the daughter of Manhattan Rain (Encosta De Lago) has produced two winners from two to race and she is herself out of Spirited Dancer (Sadler’s Wells), making her a half-sister to Australian Group 3 winner Lunar Rise (Starcraft).
The filly’s third dam is Group 3 winner Petroleuse (Habitat) and she is also the dam of Grade 2 winner Peinture Bleue (Alydar), who produced dual Group 1 winner and successful sire Peintre Celebre (Nureyev), Group 2 winner Peinture Rare (Sadler’s Wells), Group 3 scorer Pointilliste (Giant's Causeway) and Listed winner Peinture Rose (Storm Cat).
Manister House sold her filly by Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale to Sunderland Holdings for 300,000gns last month and being offered for sale in foal to Nathaniel (Galileo), means the resulting foal will be a three-quarters sibling to her only winner Royal Family (Frankel).
Meanwhile earlier in the afternoon, winning Eavesdropper (Kingmambo) mare Necklace, who was bred by Emirates Park and is a sister to multiple Group 1 winner and now Darley sire Sepoy (Elusive Quality), was purchased by Galileo Chrome / Compass Stallions for 60,000gns earlier in the day.
Catalogued as Lot 1574 and offered for sale by Hazelwood Bloodstock, Necklace is also a half-sister to Mulaazem (Dubai Destination), who landed the Autumn Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) in 2013.
The mare is out of Canny Miss (Marscay) and she also produced Group 1 winner Camarena (Danehill) - the dam of fellow Group 1 winner Camarilla (Elusive Quality).
Camarilla herself produced multiple Group 1 winner Guelph (Exceed And Excel) while this is also the family of Group 2 winner Encryption (Lonhro) and three-time Group 1 winner Bivouac (Exceed and Excel).
The mare has produced two foals, a filly by Kodiac (Danehill) in 2019, while this season she foaled colt by former Darley shuttler Brazen Beau (I Am Invincible) and she was sold in foal to former shuttler Mastercraftsman (Danehill Dancer).
Meanwhile, 2019 Queensland Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Winning Ways (Declaration Of War) was passed in for 700,000gns.
