Skyace sells for £80k at Ascot The Tattersalls Ascot March Sale, the first sale at Ascot in 2022, witnessed busy trade throughout the day and produced a record-breaking top price — the Grade 1 winner Skyace (Lot 114) living up to her star billing and selling for £80,000. The seven-year-old is going back to her own stable — she was bought by her trainer Shark Hanlon on behalf of new ownership, and a date at Cheltenham next March is on her agenda. "I am delighted to get her back and I have bought her for T J McDonald, who already has horses with me," reported Hanlon. "He wants her to go back in training, race her for a year and then put her in-foal and go breeding.” Explaining the reason for the mare's sale today, Hanlon said: "She got a chip in her knee at Sandown and her former owner the Birdinthehand Syndicate decided to sell her. Hopefully, we will see her at Cheltenham next March, that is the plan.” Hanlon added: "I am thrilled, I did not think that we would get her, I thought she would make too much. The whole story has been wonderful, and the Birdinthehand syndicate has had a brilliant time." It is the second time that Hanlon has bought Skyace at Tattersalls Ascot — after she’d had three starts in bumpers, Hanlon bought her at the 2019 November Sale for just £600. The inspired purchased has more than rewarded Hanlon and her former owners — the daughter of Westerner went on to win five races, including the Grade 1 EBF Mares' Novice Final at Fairyhouse.
