Saxon Warrior’s Rage Of Bamby Realises 750,000gns At Tattersalls

Rage Of Bamby (5m Saxon Warrior - Rabiosa Fiore, by Sakhee's Secret) proved one of the Sceptre Session highlights at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on Monday when selling to Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm for 750,000gns.

The daughter of Saxon Warrior was a high-class performer for Eve Johnson Houghton and the Hot To Trot Racing syndicate, winning the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes this year and the Listed Boadicea Stakes last season. She also finished fourth in the Group 1 Sprint Cup this autumn.

Consigned by Kildaragh Stud, Rage Of Bamby will now head to Japan to begin her breeding career.

Shingo Hashimoto, representative for Northern Farm, said: "She’s well-bred, she’s by Saxon Warrior who was bred in Japan. She's very athletic and is from the dam line of Miesque, she has a good pedigree. The sire of Forever Young is from the same family. We will take her back to Japan now.

“We’re very excited to have her on the team. Her price is what we had in mind, she was on the verge and it's always tough to buy a good mare here, even on Monday it is tough to buy!”

Peter Kavanagh of Kildaragh Stud added: “I bought her in Milan as a yearling. I only saw her on video, I loved her head and outlook. And you could see that again today, she showed liked a champ and behaved perfectly.

“We bought a fair bit of the family subsequently. We bought the half-sister in Milan the following year that topped the sale. It’s lovely to have some of the family, it’s lovely to have raced her, she’s taken us on a fabulous journey. Hot To Trot were great partners and we had a lot of fun together."