A HALF-BROTHER to Relegate features in the catalogue for the first Irish sale of the year, the Tattersalls Ireland Winter Flat and National Hunt Sale on January 28th.

Formerly known as the February NH Sale, the one-day sale is predominantly made up of National Hunt stock, but will also feature flat-bred stock for the first time. These include a half-brother to group performer Sea Of Marengo (Lot 103) and a Hello Youmzain half-sister to three stakes horses (Lot 21).

The National Hunt yearling draft includes the progeny of leading sires such as Blue Bresil, Diamond Boy, Getaway, Harzand, Jukebox Jury, Maxios, Walk In The Park and Yeats. Promising young sires such as Crystal Ocean, Order Of St George and Poet’s Word are also represented.

Blue Bresil and Walk In The Park weanlings accounted for the three highest prices at last year’s sale, the top spot filled by Walshtown Stables’ Blue Bresil colt bought by Glenvale Stud for €62,000.

Blue Bresil’s latest offerings include yearlings out of sisters to Sizing Europe (Lot 82), Yorkhill (Lot 118), Lord Windermere (Lot 172) and Conflated (Lot 171). His catalogued lots also include siblings of Grade 3 hurdlers French Light (Lot 49) and Knockanard Lady (Lot 137).

The Beeches Stud are set to offer a strong draft, including the Crystal Ocean half-brother to Cheltenham Champion Bumper heroine Relegate and an own-sister to Grade 2 winner Shanagh Bob (Lot 45), as well as a Walk In The Park colt out of a half-sister to Envoi Allen (Lot 58).

Galbertstown Stables’ consignment includes a colt by Order Of St George out of dual graded winner Knockfierna (Lot 87), and a Jukebox Jury filly out of listed winner Duhallow Gesture.

Diamond Boy’s yearlings include half-brothers to Grade 2 chaser Irish Thistle (Lot 170) and Grade 3 hurdler Doyen Ta Win (Lot 159), while Golden Horn’s sole offering is out of a blacktype mare (Lot 112).

A number of Grade 1 winners have been offered at previous renewals, including the great Cue Card, Flemenstar, Road To Riches and Willoughby Court, with Found A Fifty a more recent graduate.

Supplementary entries will be accepted up until the start of the sale.