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Dual Group 1 winner set to sell at December Mares Sale
Dual Group 1 winner Saffron Beach (New Bay) will be offered at the forthcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale as one of the highlights the new Sceptre Session on Tuesday November 29.
Winner of the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes (1m) and Group 1 Prix Rothschild (1600m) and runner up in the Group 1 1000 Guineas (1m) and Group 1 Matron Stakes (1m), Saffron Beach was bought from Ballylinch Stud at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Norris/Huntingdon and has won five Group races in twelve career starts for trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam and owners Lucy Sangster, James Wigan and Ollie Sangster.
"Saffron Beach is a very special filly. Gorgeous and supremely talented, she is also unbelievably brave and consistent. Fillies like her do not come around very often," said Chapple-Hyam.
The mare is the second foal out of the winning mare Falling Petals (Ravens Pass), who is also the dam of winning three-year-old Eshkaal (Exceed And Excel) and has a yearling colt and foal filly who are both by New Bay (Dubawi). Falling Petals also has a two-year-old who realised 450,000 guineas at Book 1 of last year's Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Now named Providenciales (Australia), she is in training with John and Thady Gosden.
Commenting on the sale of Saffron Beach, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said; "The wide margins of both her Group 1 wins are testament to Saffron Beach's exceptional ability, and she has been an outstanding race filly for Jane Chapple-Hyam and her owners.
"It is an honour and a pleasure to be asked to offer a filly of her calibre at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and there is absolutely no doubt that she will be one of the highlights of the new Sceptre Sessions."
