Strong Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Opening

The 2021 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale in England got off to a strong start with eight lots selling for 200,000 guineas or more, A total of 65 of the 76 offered lots sold for 6,485,000 guineas, at an average of 99,769 guineas, a median of 80,000 guineas, and a clearance rate of 86%. The session’s top price was 360,000 guineas for Tally-Ho Stud’s Practical Joke (Into Mischief) filly who is out of Purim mare Purr and Prowl, and was purchased on behalf of Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm. "She is a beautiful filly and she is going back to the US and to Chad [Brown], who trained Practical Joke," said Elliott. "She has been very highly thought of from Day 1, Roger has raved about her all along. I am delighted to get her, I think she is a perfect filly to go back to the States. By Spendthrift Farm’s US sire sensations Into Mischief (Harlan’s Holiday), Ashford Stud-based stallion Practical Joke was a dual Grade 1 winner as a 2YO and finished third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, whilst at three he won the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga. Consignor Roger O’Callaghan, who previously sold the Gr1 Natalma Stakes winner La Pelosa (Dandy Man) at this sale in 2018, commented, "She is as good a filly as I have had to breeze. She has been a genuine natural from the start. I bought her as a foal with Archie St George, she didn't make the yearling sale and we brought her here. The sire line through Into Mischief is magic."