Fate has a funny way of intervening and Saint Des Saints swept all three Grade 1s at Auteuil on Sunday as the broodmare sire will not have been lost for many – especially Karina Casini, who will offer the only three-year-old on a grandfather’s daughter at the Tattersalls May National Hunt Sale on Thursday.

The auction is a new addition to the calendar with the Newmarket-based company buoyed by the success of several relocated sales from Tattersalls Cheltenham over the past two Covid-hit years.

The Park Paddocks will offer tacking points, horses in training and shops, the latter two of which come from Casini’s Greenlands Farm Stud, an operation based near Marlborough.

Casini has already enjoyed a handsome reward for his work, having raised and sold 2019 Ladbrokes Trophy winner De Rasher Counter to Emma Lavelle and the Makin’ Bacon partnership.

She sold Yeats’ son as store to Tom Keating for £10,500 at the then DBS Spring Sale, while here she is offering another son of the new National Hunt champion from Coolmore, out of the daughter of Saint Des Saints, Ile De See.

Extraordinary Haras d’Etreham stallion – already in evidence on the female side by Appreciate It, De Bon Coeur, Douvan, Envoi Allen and Holy King, among others – had a stellar afternoon as mother father in Auteuil on Sunday even by its high standards, such as Sel Jem, Altesse Du Berlais and Hawai Du Berlais, all out of Holy From Saints mares, won all three top prizes.

Saint Des Saints is still 24 years old and had been active for a few years before Casini started breeding in 2011, and De Rasher Counter was the first foal bred at Greenlands Farm.

She said: “We started breeding with a horse called Dedrunknmunky, who produced De Rasher Counter, when I always had a passion for horses. I have always loved breeding.

“Dedrunknmunky sadly passed away last year but Greenlands Farm is a perfect setting in the Marlborough Downs and we have just gone from one broodmare to two and now we have eight.

“We’re a small stud and I love seeing them progress from colt to year three, when we sell them in store.”

Offered in lot 150, therefore the penultimate horse in the ring, his gelding Yeats is out of the double winner Ile De See, a half-sister of the winner of the Cathcart Challenge Cup and vice-champion of the Grand National Royal Auclair and dam of Troytown Chase Prize winner Don Mirande.

Heading to Newmarket for Tattersalls NH May Sale @Tattersalls1766 with lots 150 and 152, stock the geldings of the best Yeats and Kapgarde sires. Be sure to join us there. pic.twitter.com/jGntRPtHxS

— Karina Casini (@KarinaCasini) May 23, 2022

Casini said: “He’s a great prospect, although the only thing that might put some people off is that he’s small at three. But he’s a fun individual, he’s very smart and likes to work. . “

There’s plenty of talent further down the page too, with the likes of ill-fated Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle winner Brindisi Breeze, Champion Four Year Old Hurdle third Dogora and top French Road Mix artists Tavel and Poutine.

Ile De See produced a multiple winner out of American Post gelding Al Clay, while her four-year-old son by Kapgarde is unreleased.

Casini will not have time to catch her breath after her Yeats are in the ring because following a withdrawal she is also offering the next and last horse sale, lot 152, a gelding by Kapgarde who is obviously an imposing individual. and a family with many assets.

His dam, Milanese mare Ixora, has had multiple hurdles and fences victories for Jamie Snowden and produced two winners in her second career to date, with Gentlewave gelding Jante Law and Lucarno mare Pixie Lot.

Casini said: “He’s all about strength and power, he’s a very strong individual and typical of his dad. We replaced Ixora with Jamie Snowden when she retired and so far she’s had two winners on the track out of three starters.

“The family looks promising, we have a 2-year-old Blue Brazil at home, a yearling filly Falco at home, and she has just given birth to a very beautiful filly by Beaumec De Houelle, when she was covered by Logician this year.

“What we’re trying to achieve is to have a handful of good mares and really build bloodlines and improve them.”

A number of wildcards have been added this week to the sale, which takes place from 11am and also includes two horses in training which will be offered as part of Ann and Alan Potts’ partial scatter, via Baroda Stud .

Eight-year-old Sizing Pottsie would be the better known of the two, being a five-time winner for the Jessica Harrington yard, including the Grade 2 Webster Cup Chase in March. His career-high 156 race post mark came in winning the Grade 3 Flyingbolt Novice Chase a few years ago.

Five-year-old Sizing Mauritius, who was also trained by Harrington, has only raced four times but is clearly getting used to it as he justified favoritism against 13 rivals at a first hurdle in Kilbeggan last month.

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FIRST POSTED AT 2:42 PM, MAY 25, 2022