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00:00The Talisles December Sales is not just about fillies in and out of training, it's also
00:17very much about the mares in foal and Tiona is an outstanding model.
00:21She's only five years old, she's the winner of the Group 1 Prix Vermeil, she's by the
00:26superstar size, see the stars, she has an enormous amount going for her and she's in
00:31foal to Frankel, who has had 11 individual Group 1 winners this year alone, which I think
00:38is a measure of quite what an extraordinary stallion he is, as well as being the finest
00:43racehorse I think I've ever seen.
00:45But equally, she's a Group 1 winner out of a Group 1 winner, which is a pretty potent
00:49mix for anybody, so she will not be short of admirers at the December Sales.
00:55We've very kindly been asked to sell Tiona by Rabber Bloodstock, she retired to stud
01:00here from Roger Varens.
01:02She's a Group 1 winner herself, out of a Group 1 winner, she's by see the stars, she's one
01:06of the greatest horses we've seen in the last 20 years and she's in foal to Frankel, who
01:10everybody knows is probably the greatest horse, thoroughbred sake.
01:14She's a very exciting lot to have and we're very honoured to sell her on behalf of Rabber
01:20Bloodstock.
01:22Like a lot of the good fillies, she knows what she wants, she marches around the place
01:28like she kind of owns it, but she's very good looking, she's got a very good action, she's
01:32very correct, she's a good size and as you'd expect from a Group 1 winner, she's very good
01:39looking.
01:40So, she's kind of the full package and she's got a good pedigree.
01:43When the international world descends on Tattersalls in December, and with a new scepter session,
01:49that is what people want.
01:50You want to buy mares from good pedigrees and the really big guys want to buy mares
01:57from good pedigrees that are very good themselves and you can't get much better than winning
02:01Group 1s and being a Group 1 winner and out of a Group 1 winner, I think that's fairly
02:07unique.
02:08Frankel speaks for himself, he's a freak racehorse and unbelievable sire.
02:13There's only so much you can say, it's just that he's the best stallion in the world at
02:15the moment and the combination of a Frankel cover out of a Sea of Stars mare for me is
02:23incredibly exciting and I hope everybody else feels the same and comes to try and buy it.
02:31These high profile mares are so special and for us, just to build, to have a number of
02:38horses in that session is, I feel very proud of what we've done and I hope the horses can
02:44deliver and I like them all and I think Tiona especially stands out with her cover and her pedigree.
02:54We've got others like Rogue Millennium who are fantastic, fantastic racehorses and she
03:00came second in the Irish Champion Stakes and she's an unbelievable filly and by Dubawi
03:06and just, it's come together this year so we've got a nice draft so I'm really excited
03:12and I can't wait to get to celebrating.