The stakes-placed sprinter Aegina (Havana Grey) will join the team at Elwick Stud in County Durham after being bought online for 240,000gns. Sold by The Castlebridge Consignment on behalf of Skara Glen Stables, the three-year-old filly (lot 522) had been trained by Donnacha O'Brien to win on her last of four starts in 2025 after she had also finished third in the Listed Legacy Stakes at Dundalk. Her winning dam Twist Of Hay (Showcasing) is a half-sister to the G3 Athasi Stakes winner Twilight Spinner (Twilight Son).“She was the only one we wanted to buy and she'll come back to us for a rest before we make any plans,” said Gary Moore, manager of the Turnbull family's Elwick Stud. “She's got a bit of a quarter crack so we'll fix that and see what she's like. We'll do what's best by her, we don't want to do anything daft, but we'll aim to send her back into training, whether that's this year or next year. Hopefully she can pick up some more black type. We bought her to be a broodmare really, the racing bit is an added bonus to be honest.“Nick [Turnbull] picked her out, I went down and saw her and loved her straight away. She's not over big but she's strong, she's a real strong filly. He'll want to see her himself before he decides anything like who might train her. We're always trying to upgrade our mares though and she looked like an ideal candidate.” The trade in the ring was almost as hot as the temperature around the grounds on another roasting day at Park Paddocks, where 95% of the 185 horses offered found new homes at a wide range of destinations around the world.An eye-catching fifth-place finish in the ultra-competitive Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot was all it took for wild card Capall Rasa to become the most expensive gelding sold on the middle day of the Tattersalls July Sale at 215,000gns. The three-year-old son of Footstepsinthesand (lot 504F) will remain in Britain, switching trainers from Tom Dascombe to Ed Bethell after being bought by Raj Singh. “He's really very progressive, and he's got a nice profile,” Bethell said. “His new owner Mr Singh is new to the game and wants some horses to take him to the good days – fingers crossed he's that type.”A €68,000 yearling purchase at Tattersalls Ireland, Capall Rasa previously raced in the colours of Laurence Bellman and won twice at Southwell last autumn.If Tuesday was all about Godolphin, Wednesday's session at Tattersalls featured a strong draft from Juddmonte. Head of that smartly-bred cohort was Guardian Of Realm, a three-year-old daughter of Kingman (lot 495) who was an easy winner on her most recent start for Ger Lyons over ten furlongs at Fairyhouse. She will now return to Ireland after being signed for by Colm Sharkey at 210,000gns with Haras d'Etreham's Fernando Laffon Lomba filling the role of underbidder. Out of the four-time Listed winner Principal Role (Empire Maker), Guardian Of Realm is a half-sister to another prolific winner in Flight Leader (Frankel), whose finest hour came in the G3 Prix Noailles. “We had a mark of 200,000gns on her, and were not going to lose her for a bid,” said a determined Sharkey, who bought the filly on behalf of an undisclosed Irish client. “We will be looking for some black type. She's a progressive sort and comes recommended.”Through Mags O'Toole and Mouse O'Ryan, National Hunt trainer Gordon Elliott snapped up the most expensive colt of the Juddmonte draft when going to 120,000gns for lot 490, Contador (Kingman). The three-year-old is a brother to the Group 3-placed Colombier and is out of a Galileo half-sister to 1,000 Guineas winner Special Duty (Hennessy).Heading into a sale with good recent form is never a bad thing and wild card entry Yaupon De Replay brought a bid of 200,000gns from Charlie Swan, who was bidding from the back stairs against Mick Flanagan. Bought at last year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2yo Sale by trainer Joseph O'Brien, the first-crop daughter of Yaupon raced in the 'double green' silks of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, winning the Listed Ballyhane Blenheim Stakes on debut last September. In her most recent start on Saturday she was beaten just a short-head by L L Koulsty (Coulsty) off a mark of 96.Qatar's leading trainer Gassim Al Ghazali is a standing dish at the horses-in-training sales at Tattersalls and he was kept busy again on Wednesday, signing for four horses including lot 436, the Havana Grey gelding Seagolazo, whose half-brother A Boy Named Susie (Starspangledbanner) was runner-up in the G1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes on Saturday. Now four, Seagolazo, who sold for 160,000gns, is also from the family of leading sire Mehmas. A winner at two at Chester for Hugo Palmer, he has also been placed on six occasions and had been declared to run on Friday at Ascot.Al Ghazali, who confirmed that the the horse had been bought for Mansoor Ebrahim S I Al-Mahmoud, said, “His son is with me today and it is his first trip to Tattersalls. This horse has good form and goes on quick ground and looks as though he will suit Qatar. Hopefully, he will be one for the HH The Amir Shalfa, a race won by [the same owner's] Basalt this spring.”Will Douglass has a wide network of contacts in Qatar and that is where another of the day's leading lots will be heading in the immediate future. The Andrew Balding-trained Regal Ulixes (Ulysses) was another of the wild card entries (lot 504D), and he too had posted a decent effort at Royal Ascot when third in the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap behind Opportunity. Initially unsold in the ring, Douglass agreed a private sale of 200,000gns with the four-year-old gelding's owner Gary Gillies. Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing bought out partner Al Shaqab Racing when going to 150,000gns to retain You'll Think Of Me (Kingman) for breeding purposes. Bred by recent Royal Ascot-winning owner Craig Bernick from the Group 3 winner Love Locket (No Nay Never), the three-year-old filly was a 500,000gns Book 1 yearlings for the two racing entities and won on her first start for Kevin Philippart de Foy at Kempton in December after being transferred from Ireland. The post Elwick Stud Signs For Smart Sprinter Aegina at Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.