FAIRYHOUSE, Ireland — Hugo Palmer backed first-season Chaldean being a success at stud to the tune of €210,000 on day one of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale when, bidding alongside bloodstock agent Ed Sackville and owner Michael Owen, the powerful trio went untouched in the sales ring at Fairyhouse and ended the session as the leading buyers on top of accounting for the Tuesday top lot. Consigned by Rathbarry Stud, the flashy Chaldean colt was the most expensive horse sold during an opening session that brought a small dip in all of the key figures. However, it must be noted that what played out at Fairyhouse 12 months ago was borderline unprecedented, with turnover rising by more than 50% – and over €20 million traded throughout the week – , meaning Tattersalls Ireland faced a mammoth task in matching such figures.Nevertheless, the average fell by 4% to €41,705 while the median was down by 11% to €34,000. The clearance rate was down by 10% to 85% and, despite the bigger catalogue [10 more offered], turnover slid by over €1 million to €8,841,500.Few trainers have enjoyed as much luck buying at Fairyhouse than Palmer down through the years. His 2,000 Guineas hero Galileo Gold was bought for a song [€33,000] here in 2014 while this year's Coventry Stakes runner-up Adaay Of Scarlett is another graduate from this sale. Speaking about the top lot, Palmer said, “What excites me about Chaldean is that Frankel's previous sons to go to stud have all been successful. And this is the only one that, like Frankel, was a champion two-year-old and a 2,000 Guineas winner. Without Parole didn't run at two and Cracksman was a great big, slow, soft-ground horse whereas Chaldean is like Frankel. I'm really excited about Chaldean.”All told, Owen, Sackville and Palmer spent €537,000 on five lots on Tuesday, which is the most any buyer spent on the day.The trainer said, “This sale has been so good to me as a trainer. Literally, my first stakes winner – not that I bought her here, but she came from here – Making Eyes came from here. And then we've had everything from Galileo Gold, Hawksmoor through to Adaay Of Scarlett this year. This place has been so good to us.”He added, “I love the fact that we can come here and feel that we can buy any horse in the ring, which you can't really do at any other sale. So we feel that we can buy the horses that we think are the best horses so let's hope this is the best horse.”'We Love The Game' – Walsh Stocks Up With Sioux-Perb FillyKatie Walsh is rightly regarded as one of the founders of the Sioux Nation fan club given Letsbefrankaboutit and City Of Memphis, two high-profile graduates from her Greenhills Farm operation, flew the flag for the Coolmore Stud-based stallion in the earlier days. The leading breeze-up handler described herself as over the moon to have added a scopey filly by the red-hot stallion from The Castlebridge Consignment at €130,000. She said, “Sioux Nation has been very good to me – from Letsbefrankaboutit to City Of Memphis, you know, there's a bit of a grá [love] there for them. I thought this was just a lovely filly with a good pedigree along with plenty of scope and athleticism. She is a nice one to have along with Oak Tree Farm. It's hard to get them, but I'm absolutely over the moon to have her.”Few breeze-up handlers escaped this season without feeling some degree of pain and Walsh was no different. So, what next? Dust yourself down and go again. Despite the fact that Walsh, like so many, endured a trying year at the breeze-ups, she was busy reloading at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in America prior to jetting back home to Fairyhouse this week. She said, “I mean, who didn't get opened up at the breeze-ups this year? It was a very sad state of affairs. A lot of people got hurt and a lot of wings got clipped. It was very, very difficult. Timing in this sport – it's all about timing. The war is still going on, unfortunately, but when that war started last March, it was very tricky to try and sell stock when it came around to April and people weren't in the frame of mind for it.”Walsh concluded, “The market was definitely tricky in America last week in places. It was very good in spots and very hard in spots – it's a bit like the market here today. But we're still here and this is what we do. It's the game that we're in and the game that we love, and we will just keep going as long as we can.”Alex Elliott Lands Standout Sea The Stars FillyAlex Elliott was responsible for raising the temperature of the sale earlier in the say when going to €160,000 on a Sea The Stars filly consigned by Castledillon Stud. He said, “I bought her for Valmont – a Sea The Stars in this sale, she was going to stand out, and I thought she was a very sweet filly. The cross has worked well with Map Of Stars and See The Fire and €160,000 is probably at the top end of where I valued her at. She was here for a reason – she stood out, and she could have easily been in Book 2. She's a February foal so I don't think we will need to wait too long for her. We have a lot of trainers and not many yearlings bought – I wish it was the other way around!”Elliott went on to land one of the more interesting horses in the sale, a Bay Bridge colt from Ballinafad Stud for €65,000, while his €190,000 spend on a Kameko colt and Calyx filly alongside Billy Jackson-Stops brought his entire spend on Tuesday to €415,000 on four lots.Sir Mark Prescott Splashes Out On New Bay ColtIt has not been hard to sell the good horses of late. It seems the most obvious statement in the world but it is true and that was evident on Tuesday with 15 horses selling for six figures. Ballylinch Stud is synonymous with good horses and, in lot 205, a New Bay colt that went the way to Oliver St Lawrence on behalf of Sir Mark Prescott at €150,000, John O'Connor said he was high on the horse's potential. He said, “A very nice young colt, so this is an early sale for a May foal. But the good judges were on him, and the mare's very good, so it works. She has bred a nice horse to different sires, so this is one of the best sires she's visited, and I hope he's very good. He's gone to a good trainer – one who I think will respect the horse he has and do a really good job. I'm delighted he's going there.”O'Connor added, “Sometimes, when they're born late, it's hard to know whether to go for an early sale or a later sale, but he kind of stood out a little bit here. The nice horses are walking in and making good prices, and there are people here to buy the nice horses.”Rabbah To Send O'Brien Space Blues Brother To Green EmpressJaber Abdullah spent over €2 million at this sale on roughly 30 yearlings 12 months ago, which of course was headed by the potential top-class Star Of State (State Of Rest). Through David Ryan, who manages Abdullah's stock at the storied Kilfrush Stud in County Limerick, Rabbah Bloodstock signed for a Space Blues brother to G2 Debutante Stakes winner Green Empress (Saxon Warrior) at €130,000. Like Green Empress and Rabbah's own Star Of State, the Space Blues colt will be trained by Joseph O'Brien. Ryan explained, “Joseph saw the colt at the weekend and liked him. The mare has done very well with her two runners, they are both black-type and the colt comes from a great farm.”That great farm that Ryan referenced is Norelands Stud, whose Harry McCalmont added, “He was bred by Sunderland Holdings and is a very nice colt – he was born and raised at Norelands. The mare's obviously done very well since the catalogue was published with this year's three-year-old [Amberglen (Night Of Thunder)] now a Grade 3 winner in the US and her two-year-old Green Empress a Group 2 winner and runner-up in the G1 Moyglare Stakes. It has been a big uplift and this colt was very popular. He looks like a two-year-old and was always busy here and has had plenty of vets. We brought him here as we thought he'd stand out a bit – I think we had four or five people with €100,000 for him.”The mare is understood to have been well-covered in recent times and is reported to have a Sioux Nation colt at foot as well as being in foal to Blue Point. Condon And American Owner Tilton Land 135k Native Trail ColtClassic-winning trainer Ken Condon has built up a strong relationship with American-based owner Jim Tilton, for whom he has been buying horses in Ireland with a view towards exporting them to the States in recent years. The pair played a major role at this sale once again by going to €135,000 on a Native Trail colt out of a winning Sea The Stars mare that was offered by The Castlebridge Consignment. Condon said, “He is a very attractive colt – he was born on April 30, but didn't look like an April 30 colt. He has a lot of balance and athleticism, and obviously has the Sea The Stars mare underneath so it is a lovely pedigree to back him up. There's always an element of risk if going after a first-season sire, but we've been lucky previously buying first-season sires.”He added on the colt, “He comes from a good farm and we are delighted to get him. He will need a little bit of time, but he's going to be a lovely three-year-old – you could see him having a couple of runs by this time next year. He is going to the States and is for Jim Tilton, who's been a regular at the sale in recent years. Jim's not here himself this week as there's a few big runners Stateside on Friday. Jim looked at him online and liked him, and the colt vetted well. There are some nice horses here, the sale speaks for itself. We got around the barns on Saturday and Sunday and hopefully we can buy a few more.”Golden touchIt takes a bit of doing to be mentioned in this segment twice in the one sales season but Conor Walsh is here on merit after turning his €50,000 Mehmas colt that was picked up in the Sapphire Sale into a €125,000 leading light to Ed Sackville and Manor House Stables. That result came after Walsh turned €15,000 into €37,000 on the same day when his Bated Breath colt sold to Amy Marnane on behalf of her uncle and trainer David. Overall, it has been an exceptional few weeks for the Wexford man given he bagged the Golden Touch at the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale when selling a Calyx filly – who he had sourced for just €8,000 – for £65,000 to Tom Biggs and Archie Watson. That is what you call a good innings.“It just goes to show, good horses can be found at the Sapphire Sale,” Walsh said. “Good results come out of that sale every year and hopefully we'll be back this year as well. I hoped the Mehmas colt would be well-received but, to get to that price, I didn't think he would to be honest. We had the right people on him and it's a great result. Unbelievable.”Buy of the dayThere is always value to be gained in striking early and BBA Ireland's Michael Donohoe did exactly that when picking up the second lot in the ring, a well-bred Supremacy colt, on behalf of trainer Michael O'Callaghan for only €7,000. The agent-trainer combination revealed to TDN Europe last week that they would be combining their skills at the upcoming yearling sales and didn't waste any time with the Supremacy colt, who is related to three winners, two of which are Stakes horses. Fair enough, Supremacy might not be red hot right now, but the February-born colt has plenty of substance and looks a runner. He was definitely well-bought.The post Palmer Backs Chaldean With €210,000 Spend On The Tattersalls Ireland Top Lot appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.