Holy Roman Emperor’s Geography Makes 570,000gns At Tattersalls

Geography (4g Holy Roman Emperor - Guajara, by Montjeu) was one of the highlights at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale on Tuesday when selling to BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe for 570,000gns.

The son of Holy Roman Emperor has won five Group races in Germany for trainer Peter Schiergen, headed by the Group 2 Oettingen-Rennen at Baden-Baden on his penultimate start.

Geography was also a valiant fifth in the Group 1 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp earlier this month.

Donohoe said of the Gestut Fahrhof-bred gelding: “He's really the one that we identified when the wildcards came out. He's a horse we'd been following as he has extremely consistent form, his run in the Foret was good, he’s a very good physical, he vetted very well and is versatile.

“He’s for a client in the Middle East and we'll make a plan now. He’ll probably ship and be based there. He will suit the mile races in the region, and with his pedigree he might be a horse who could go on the dirt in Saudi too.

“We gave a bit more than we thought we would but we’re very happy to get him. If he can win a valuable race in the Middle East, he makes good sense from an investment view point.”