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Tattersalls has unveiled a powerful catalogue for its December Foal Sale, with a Wootton Bassett half-sister to multiple Gr1 winners Gstaad and Vandeek among the standout offerings across four days at Park Paddocks from November 24 to 28. According to thoroughbreddailynews.com, the filly is one of 1,000 foals catalogued and is particularly significant as one of only eight representatives from the final crop of the late Wootton Bassett, while the sale also features 10 lots by Frankel, nine by Night Of Thunder and eight by Sea The Stars. Bred and consigned by Maywood Stud, the headline filly's pedigree has received substantial enhancement this season through Gstaad, who added the Irish 2,000 Guineas to victories in the Coventry Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf after himself being purchased for 450,000gns at the same December Foal Sale. Vandeek had already established the family at the highest level when unbeaten through four juvenile starts, culminating in successive Gr1 victories in the Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes, meaning the Wootton Bassett filly arrives at Tattersalls with one of the most commercially potent sibling profiles in the catalogue. The presence of progeny by elite sires across the sale again reflects the importance of the December Foal Sale as both an end-user market and a major pinhooking arena, where buyers attempt to identify young stock capable of being resold as yearlings or developed into racehorses. The catalogue's concentration of high-class stallions and deeply performed female families also ensures the sale will draw buyers from across Europe and beyond, particularly at a time when demand for progeny by proven international sires remains exceptionally strong. For Maywood Stud, the opportunity to offer a half-sister to two elite performers by one of Europe's most influential stallions gives the draft a natural focal point, while Tattersalls gains a filly whose combination of pedigree, timing and scarcity is likely to make her one of the most closely watched foals of the entire sale.
