Horses In Training lead the way at Tattersalls July Sale!

Successful week with 32 horses sold at Tattersalls July Sale for a total of 1,124,500gns, average of 35,141gns and four lots selling for over 100,000gns!

A successful July Sale for Team Railton with a higher total sale than the past two years, proving trade is strong regardless of the economic situation following the COVID pandemic.

Highlights of the first day saw two of our fillies in training selling for six-digit figures. Lot 216 Dima, a four-year-old filly who had been trained by Mario Hofer in Germany, winner of a Listed race and placed third on her last start in the G3 Premier del Giubileo in Italy sold for 110,000gns to Astute Bloodstock where she will be covered by Frankel before taking the trip down under to Australia.

Louis Le Metayer spoke highly of his purchase saying; "This is a filly that stood out as an exceptional physical and she's a stakes winner and a multiple stakes performer with a high rating and she's a mare for us that's easy to mate to anything, she can go to any of the top stallions in Australia."

Second highlight of the day was our wildcard Lot 216A Twisted Reality selling for 165,000gns to BBA Ireland / Yulong Investments. She's a winning daughter of Fastnet Rock, out of the Listed-placed Galileo mare Lady Dragon and from a family that includes dual G3 winner Maureen.

Day two was successful with all 12 lots being offered selling. A highlight of the day was Lot 362 New Year Honours a winning three-year-old daughter of Nathaniel selling for 80,000gns to Aidan O'Ryan/Gordon Elliott.

The final day of the sale saw the last two lots through the ring fetching six-digit prices. Lot 827 Spartan Army a progressive winning three-year-old colt by Highland Reel left the ring with a value of 170,000gns, selling to Jerry McGrath on behalf of an owner with Alan King.

McGrath said: "He'll ultimately have a dual-purpose campaign... he will go jumping but he still looks progressive on the flat - hopefully there's a bit more to come."

Final lot of the day Lot 828 Upton Park a dual-winning three-year-old who was in training with Andrew Balding will be heading to Qatar following his sale of 150,000gns to Ibrahim Saeed Al-Malki.

Al-Malki said: "He looks like he appreciates distance, which is what I was looking for. He'll go straight to Qatar. He might need some conditioning but hopefully he'll be one for the Qatar Derby!"

After a successful week we thank all of our owners, buyers, viewers and amazing sales team that have made it all possible! We head to Newmarket again next month for the August Sale.

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A busy time on the road of the JR team, who have been visiting studs to view new and young stallions around the UK.

22.01.26

First stop was Darley, where we saw a full show of all their stallions on offer. New to their roster this year are Rosallion and Inisherin. Rosallion was a standout, four-time Group 1 winner on the track, he has an impressive physical outlook to back up his status. Modern Games was another stand out from Darley, we were lucky enough to purchase two foals by him in 2025 for our investment syndicate.

Next stop was Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud, where we spent time assessing 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧 and first-season sire 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭. Chaldean is a stallion we know well, having sold two of his foals last year and tried hard to buy one. He has changed a terrific amount physically over the past 12 months since we were last here. He looks every inch a stallion likely to produce sharp, quality types, a view already reflected in his strong first-crop results at the sales. Lead Artist, a Group 1-winning miler by Dubawi is a Juddmonte homebred from the renowned Hasili family, he is very much bred to be a stallion and looks ready for the role.

We visited Cheveley Park stud and saw Champion 2yo Vandeek. He is a horse with plenty of quality, size and substance. An exciting stallion prospect. It was nice to see four-time Grade 1 winner Allaho out in the stud’s paddocks, along with retired Dutch Art. Down the road to Genesis Green Stud, we inspected their new stallion Royal Scotsman. He is a very good looking horse and was a dual Group winner on the track. His price tag should attract breeders.

A further trip down to Whitsbury Manor Stud, home to Havana Grey, Dragon Symbol, Showcasing and new for 2026, 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒. Elite Status is the best-looking son of Havana Grey I’ve ever seen. He’s a proper athlete and one that really stands out when you see him in the flesh.

The last day of the UK tour concluded with trips to Barton Stud and The National Stud. Barton Stud are standing their debut sire, Scorthy Champ. He showed speed and precocity on the track, and was an impressive winner of the Group 1 National Stakes. He impressed in the flesh by having a lot of substance, a very exciting new venture for Barton Stud, he seems to have all the credentials to be a success for them. At the National Stud we saw their new stallion Diego Velazquez, winner of the Gr.1 Prix Jacques le Marois. The impressive looking son of Frankel who looks sure to appeal to breeders.

We head over to Ireland in February, and will be visiting a selection of studs on our trip.

Last Sale of 2025

12.12.25

Arqana December Sale was our last sale of 2025. We consigned 10 foals at this years sale and had a clearance rate of 80%. Our results were strong, with 3 foals making €100,000 or more.

A huge thank you to our clinets, buyers and hard working staff.

JR Investment off to a flyer! 19,000gns into £92,000

29.08.25

JR investment purchased 11 foals in 2024 to sell as yearlings this year. The first of those went through the ring at this weeks Goffs Premier Yearling Sale. The filly was by Sergei Prokofiev out of Blue Aegean, making her a half sister to Ed Walker's top class filly Mgheera. Mgheera already had 4 lots of Black Type to her name when we purchased her half sister, since then the page has recevied some fruitful updates with Mgheera winning two more Group Races, alonsgide being second in a Group 2.

The filly went down well at the sales and was purchased for £92,000 by AZR Bloodstock. We purchased her in November 2024 for 19,000gns with Peter Molony. A huge well done and thank you to Peter and his team at Rathmore Stud, who have had her since November.