Tattersalls December Mares Sale 2024 – You Get To Me

There was roaring commerce on the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in Newmarket yesterday (3 December). It proved to be a record-breaking occasion, with a turnover of 55,168,500 guineas (£57,926,925) – the very best grossing day in European public sale historical past.

The highest lot was Group One 2024 Irish Oaks winner You Go To Me, who was knocked down for 4.8m guineas (£5.04m). This daughter of Nathaniel was the primary filly supplied on the market within the yr of her Basic triumph for 40 years.

Consigned by Newsells Park Stud, You Acquired To Me was purchased by Amo Racing’s Kia Joorabchian, who has spent a substantial sum of money in current months, securing horses to broaden his operation.

“We are attempting to do the fitting factor. Now we have to compete, and we have now been making an attempt to compete for a few years and have most likely burnt a lot money by making an attempt to do it, by making an attempt to choose the following one – why attempt to decide the following one when you might have the one right here?” stated Kia. “We had been getting to a degree that we had been pondering she was overpriced however she could possibly be very low-cost in the long term. Not less than we all know she is confirmed, she gained the Irish Oaks amazingly.

“We purchased an exquisite Frankel yearling filly for 4.4m [guineas] and so to purchase a Basic winner at 4.8m [guineas] felt prefer it wasn’t such a foul transfer.”

You Acquired To Me has been educated all through her profession by Ralph Beckett and Kia stated she’s going to most likely keep in coaching with him and can race subsequent yr.

“When you purchase a horse like that, you at all times let the coach who’s accomplished a tremendous job together with her stick with it,” Kia stated.

Transferring forwards, a profession as a broodmare can be on the playing cards for You Acquired To Me.

“We’ve received sturdy stallions going into the market now and I need to again them,” stated Kia. “She’s going to most likely keep in coaching yet one more yr, however with King Of Metal, Bucanero Fuerte, Persian Pressure and Go Bears Go, they may all simply match her.”

You may additionally be concerned about:

H&H options, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an skilled journalist, having been a part of the H&H crew since 2014, who’s enthusiastic about all equestrian sports activities, together with racing and point-to-pointing. She has loved driving out for high trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took half in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting abilities have taken her to quite a few five-star occasions round Britain and Europe, in addition to European championships.