Tuesday Gives Connections Third BC Win in F/M Turf

LEXINGTON, KY — There are few partnerships that have been as productive or have been firing more live ammunition during the Breeders' Cup thus far than the Coolmore group, Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore. Following a pair of championship victories Friday, the triumvirate came right back on Breeders' Cup Saturday to annex the GI Maker's Mark Filly & Mare Turf with the impeccably bred Tuesday (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who closed with a flourish to best dual Grade I winner In Italian (Dubawi {Ire}).

The victory is the first in the race for O'Brien, who now has 16 World Championship victories, and the second for Moore, who won the 2013 running aboard Dank (GB). With Saturday's victory, Moore has 12 Breeders' Cup wins.

It was clear that Coolmore meant business in this year's renewal of the 1 3/16th race, also offering up G1 Prix Saint Alary scorer Above The Curve (American Pharoah), trained by O'Brien's son Joseph, and the diminutive Toy (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), runner-up in this season's G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks for the elder O'Brien. The most fancied of the trio at 4-1, Tuesday was being reunited with Moore, who had been aboard for her G1 Cazoo Oaks victory in June, but was absent for her two latest off-the-board finishes in Group 1 company in France earlier this fall. Taking much of the play at the windows at 5-2, however, was Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}), victorious in both the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly and Goodwood's G1 Nassau S. and narrowly beaten in second most recently in the Oct. 2 G1 Prix de l'Opera.

Tuesday was shuffled back into seventh as In Italian assumed her customary place at the head of affairs through a sharp opening quarter in :22.82 before slowing things down a hair to a more sensible :46.38 half. With In Italian still moving comfortably up front, Tuesday began to pick up the tempo exiting that backstretch. With a pair of longshots briefly looming as the pacesetter turned for home, Tuesday cut into the leader's diminishing advantage, collared her in the final sixteenth and was a length clear at the wire. 'TDN Rising Star' Lady Speightspeare (Speightstown), who challenged In Italian at the head of the stretch, finished a half-length back of In Italian in third and two lengths in front of the favored Nashwa.

“The race was very straight forward,” said Moore. “Pace was strong and even. She was in a good rhythm. I was always confident and finished up very well. Aidan [O'Brien] had her in an unbelievable place today. The horse has been magnificent and has been most of year. She has bounced back.”

Following her Oaks victory, the daughter of dual Group 1 winning Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) was fourth in the G1 Irish Derby at the Curragh before getting a brief freshening. A length back of subsequent Arc heroine Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in G1 Yorkshire Oaks Aug. 18, Tuesday ran fourth in the G1 Prix Vermeille before finishing sixth in the Prix de l'Opera.

“It's incredible for everyone that's involved in the whole place,” said O'Brien. “She's a filly that won the [Epsom] Oaks when she was barely three and we were conscious of that, so we let her dally through the rest of the year. We had our eye on this race for her. She's an amazing filly from an unbelievable pedigree as well. Totally 100% homebred which makes this incredible and a privilege for us. Ryan [Moore] gave her a stunning ride.”

As for the beaten favorite, trainer John Gosden explained, “Obviously, we were a little slow way from the gate, and lost the benefit of our post position. We got a little bit too far back on what is a fast track with a tailwind. Then pinned down on the inside, couldn't get out. Finally got out and the race was over but she was running on very well there. It would be sharp enough for her, this distance. She's a grand filly and we'll be looking at next year with her.”

Pedigree Note:
Tuesday, a Coolmore homebred, offers a pedigree is as good as anything that can be found in racing. By pre-eminent international sire Galileo, the sophomore filly is a daughter of English Highweight Lillie Langtry, winner of the 2010 G1 Coronation S. and GI Matron S. Also campaigned by Coolmore, Lillie Langtry has proven prolific as a broodmare, having produced highweight middle distance mare and dual Group 1 winner Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G1 Irish 1000 Guineas victress Empress Josephine (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Group 3 scorer Kissed By Angels (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Her last reported foal is a juvenile full sister to Tuesday named Delightful (Ire).

Saturday, Keeneland
MAKER'S MARK BREEDERS' CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF-GI, $1,840,000, Keeneland, 11-5, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 1:51.88, fm.
1–TUESDAY (IRE), 120, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 7-9 1/2f, G1SW-Eng & Ire, $1,361,940), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Hoity Toity (GB), by Darshaan (GB)
3rd Dam: Hiwaayati (GB), by Shadeed
O-Westerberg Limited, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor
and Derrick Smith; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan P. O'Brien;
J-Ryan L Moore. $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Eng, G1SP-Ire,
10-3-3-1, $1,828,827. *Full to Kissed By Angels (Ire), GSW-Ire; Empress
Josephine (Ire), G1SW-Ire, GISP-USA, $366,222; Minding (Ire),
Hwt. 2yo Filly-Eur & Ire, Hwt. 3yo-Eur, Eng & Ire at 7-9.5f, Hwt.
Older Mare-Eur & Ire at 9.5-11f, MG1SW-Eng & Ire,
$3,213,340. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree.
2–In Italian (GB), 124, f, 4, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Florentina (Aus) (GSW-Aus, $250,958), by Redoute's Choice (Aus)
2nd Dam: Celebria (Aus), by Peintre Celebre
3rd Dam: Twyla (Aus), by Danehill
(475,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). 'TDN Rising Star'. O-Peter M.
Brant; B-Fairway Thoroughbreds (GB); T-Chad C. Brown.
$340,000.
3–Lady Speightspeare, 124, f, 4, by Speightstown
                1st Dam: Lady Shakespeare (MGSW-USA, SW-Can,
                                  $495,608), by Theatrical (Ire)
                2nd Dam: Lady Shirl, by That's a Nice
                3rd Dam: Canonization, by Native Heritage
'TDN Rising Star'. O/B-Charles E. Fipke (KY); T-Roger L. Attfield.
$180,000.
Margins: 1, HF, 2. Odds: 4.19, 2.96, 32.12.
Also Ran: Nashwa (GB), Moira, Mise En Scene (GB), Above the Curve, Virginia Joy (Ger), Toy (Ire), Family Way, Rougir (Fr), Going to Vegas.
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Brant and Brown Represented by First TWO Ladies at Keeneland

'TDN Rising Star' In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) capped a monumental week both at the track and in the Tattersalls sales ring for her world-renowned sire, with a front-running defeat of her commonly owned 'Rising Star' stablemate Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) in Saturday's GI First Lady S. at Keeneland. It was a second straight First Lady for owner Peter Brant and trainer Chad Brown, who saddled Blowout (GB) (Dansili {GB}) to defeat Regal Glory 12 months back. In Italian is a sixth winner of the First Lady for Brown and fifth in a row.

“It means I've had a lot of good horses sent to me by good owners and great people I'm working with. That's what it comes down to,” said Brown.

Just the third most-fancied of the conditioner's triumvirate, In Italian stumbled noticeably at the break, but she quickly recovered and led them under the line and into the first turn, chased from the rail by Vigilantes Way (Medaglia d'Oro) and stable companion Technical Analysis (GB) (Kingman {GB}) punching the breeze from up close. From there it was a gap off to Regal Glory, with Princess Grace (Karakontie {Jpn}) and Market Rumor (Afleet Alex) the joint back markers.

In Italian continued to show the way while under an easy hold from Joel Rosario entering the final half-mile, at which point Regal Glory was allowed to tack on to the first flight of horses, poised to strike when the real running began. In Italian was asked to sprint in upper stretch, pinched a break and held sway to the wire, as Regal Glory–fastest home in :22.65 and having covered an additional 20 feet (about two lengths)–made belated progress. In Italian covered her final quarter-mile in :22.80.

Named a 'Rising Star' at second asking last May, In Italian–a 475,000gns graduate of the 2019 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale–was shelved, returning to take a Tampa allowance Jan. 12. Wire-to-wire winner of Gulfstream's GIII Honey Fox S. Mar. 5, the chestnut was runner-up behind a spectacular performance from stablemate Speak of the Devil (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the GII Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill May 7 and was third to Regal Glory in the GI Just A Game S. June 11 ahead of an 8-1 surprise in the GI Diana S. at Saratoga July 16.

“She's developed–we got her out there on the lead, letting her do what she wants to do,” Brown replied when asked by Scott Hazelton what has led to In Italian's improvement. “We really like to come to this race. The only thing I was worried about was the layoff. Mr. Brant and I got together, and I wanted to run her in between, but he wanted a fresh horse for the Breeders' Cup, and that decision proved right. She overcame the layoff today and got a good prep she needed going forward.”

Two of Brown's previous First Lady winners have gone on to next-out glory at the Breeders' Cup. Dayatthespa (City Zip) scored in 2014 en route to victory in the Filly & Mare Turf, while Uni (GB) (More Than Ready) followed her win here in 2019 with another in the Mile. Brant also campaigned former 'Rising Star' Demarchelier (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who holds court at Claiborne Farm.

Pedigree Notes:

A half-sister to Villa Carlotta (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), GSP-Aus; and Fasano (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), SP-Aus, In Italian was bred by John Camilleri's Fairway Thoroughbreds and her dam Florentina was bred back Southern Hemisphere time to Juddmonte stallion Kingman (GB) in September 2018 before returning to Australia. That produce, a colt foaled Aug. 2, 2019 now named Spanish Empire (GB), sold to Tom Magnier for A$1.8m at the Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale in 2021. Florentina returned to Banstead Manor to visit Kingman in the Northern Hemisphere autumn in 2019 and, returned to Australia, she was subsequently sold for A$650,000 at the 2020 Inglis Chairman's Sale.

Florentina produced a filly in September 2020, a newly turned 2-year-old now named Fiorenza (Aus) that RNAd for A$550,000 at this year's Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, but missed the last two seasons to 2019 The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes (Aus), a son of former 'TDN Rising Star' Rubick (Aus).

Camilleri, a successful Australian businessman, has had much success breeding horses, but none more so than the irrepressible Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), who coincidentally gave birth to her first foal–a filly by Pierro (Aus)–Oct. 7.

Dubawi was represented by no fewer than eight million-guinea yearlings during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, topped by a pair of colts that each fetched 1.6-million gns from Godolphin and Japan's JS Company, respectively.

Saturday, Keeneland
FIRST LADY S. PRESENTED BY UK HEALTHCARE-GI, $683,837, Keeneland, 10-8, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:33.22, fm.
1–IN ITALIAN (GB), 124, f, 4, by Dubawi (Ire)
                1st Dam: Florentina (Aus) (GSW-Aus, $250,958),
                                by Redoute's Choice (Aus)
                2nd Dam: Celebria (Aus), by Peintre Celebre
                3rd Dam: Twyla (Aus), by Danehill
'TDN Rising Star' (475,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT). O-Peter M.
Brant; B-Fairway Thoroughbreds (GB); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Joel
Rosario. $397,963. Lifetime Record: 8-5-2-1, $989,183. Click
   for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk
   Nick Rating: A. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Regal Glory, 124, m, 6, by Animal Kingdom
                1st Dam: Mary's Follies (MGSW, $338,889),
                                by More Than Ready
                2nd Dam: Catch the Queen, by Miswaki
                3rd Dam: Wave to the Queen, by Wavering Monarch
'TDN Rising Star' ($925,000 5yo '21 KEEJAN). O-Peter Brant;
B-Paul P Pompa (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. $148,125.
3–Princess Grace, 124, m, 5, by Karakontie (Jpn)
                1st Dam: Masquerade (MSP, $233,873),
                                by Silent Name (Jpn)
                2nd Dam: Present Colors, by Prized
                3rd Dam: Blue and Green, by Miswaki
O/B-John Moore & Susan Moore (KY); T-Michael Stidham.
$74,063.
Margins: 1, 3 1/4, HD. Odds: 2.87, 1.05, 10.06.
Also Ran: Technical Analysis (Ire), Market Rumor, Vigilantes Way. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Book 1 Countdown: ‘I Think It’s Going to be a Blockbuster Sale’

NEWMARKET, UK–There may be some pretty important racing going on across the Channel, but Sunday morning at Park Paddocks was all business as buyers from across the world assembled to assess the potential stars of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Tense though these last few days of inspections can be, one man who can permit himself a small smile of satisfaction is Adrian O'Brien of Hazelwood Bloodstock.

The back cover of the Tattersalls catalogue traditionally features photographs of some of the sale's key recent graduates, and of the four shown this year, two are Hazelwood alumni: the GI Belmont Oaks winner McKulick (GB) (Frankel (GB)}) and the GI Diana S. victrix In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Sold at Book 1 in 2019 and 2020 respectively, the duo landed their top-flight wins in consecutive weekends back in July, emphasising the strong American theme that has underpinned the sale for a number of years and is only intensifying.

“It has been amazing,” says O'Brien, beaming under his customised McKulick baseball cap as a loose-walking son of freshman sire Magna Grecia (Ire) strolls up and down in front of him. The colt (lot 200) is a half-brother to the G2 Royal Lodge S. winner Royal Patronage (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and was bred by Emma Capon from the Aga Khan-bred mare Shaloushka (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}).

“We had McKulick and In Italian from previous drafts and to win two Grade Is in a week was incredible,” he continues. “Of our 10 this year, which is our biggest Book 1 draft by far, we've got four Dubawis, three colts and a filly, and they are all lovely, quality animals. Then there's a colt and a filly by Kingman (GB), a full-brother by Frankel to Hans Andersen (GB), a very good 2-year-old colt in Ireland, a beautiful Siyouni (Fr) colt, and representatives from the first crops of Too Darn Hot (GB) and Magna Grecia (Ire), so we're loaded.”

Twenty-six sons and daughters of the Darley powerhouse Dubawi grace the pages of Book 1, and as O'Brien outlines, he is fortunate enough to be consigning a quartet comprised of a half-brother to Group 1 winner Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) (lot 328); a son of Ring The Bell (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 167), who is a sister to the Group 1-winning trio of Hydrangea (Ire), Hermosa (Ire) and The United States (Ire); another colt (lot 278) whose dam is a sister to the Galileo brothers Highland Reel (Ire) and Idaho (Ire), and a filly (lot 302) who also emanates from Barney Roy's family and is the first foal of his stakes-placed half-sister Wisdom Of Mind (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

The market appears to be very strong and I would like to think that the quality here this week will emphasise the strength of the market

The one representative of Dubawi's freshman son Too Darn Hot in the draft is a filly from the stellar Niarchos family of Alpha Centauri (Ire), Alpine Star (Ire) and Discoveries (Ire), those three Group 1 winners being half-siblings to her dam Sellsabeel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Offered on Wednesday as lot 194, she will be sold five lots before the full-brother to the Sun Bloodstock-bred Hans Andersen. The Frankel colt was a 450,000gns Coolmore purchase last year and beat Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) when breaking his maiden in July before running second in the G2 Futurity S.

“It's becoming more common in conversation to hear about the strength of stallions standing in the Newmarket area in particular, and also elsewhere in the UK. We're blessed with high quality that is attracting breeders from all over the world,” says O'Brien, who runs Hazelwood Bloodstock with his wife Philippa from Red House Stud just outside Newmarket.

“The market appears to be very strong and I would like to think that the quality here this week will emphasise the strength of the market. I think it's going to be a blockbuster sale.”

Even with one of Europe's most prestigious race-days taking place on Sunday, the yards at Park Paddocks were already buzzing with action from early in the morning.

“It's a huge week and we've already been pretty busy,” adds O'Brien. “It's always a funny weekend with Longchamp on and a lot of people have commitments there, but all the right people seem to be on the ground here, and there's a lot of overseas interest, so it all looks like it's going to be a great week.”

Just across from Hazelwood Bloodstock's spot in Highflyer's K yard can be found a swanky new development in the Solario yard. The old American barn has been demolished to be replaced with regular stables and rubberised walkways with a smart flint-walled bridge for access.

Clearwater Stud, Oaks Farm Stables, Shadwell, and Book 1 newcomers Haras du Castillon from France, and Germany's Gestut Haus Ittlingen are among the consignors to be housed in the new facilities which appeared to be going down well. It's easy to feel a spring in one's step when the sun is shining on an autumn morning, and Luke Lillingston is rarely to be found without a smile on his face, but as he strides past full of purpose during his morning inspection rounds, he offers an opinion of the bluebloods assembled at Tattersalls for Europe's flagship yearling sale.

“Do you know, I really do think this is the best group of horses I have ever seen here,” says the master of Mount Coote Stud. By Tuesday, we will begin to learn whether he's right, but all the signs seem to be pointing in the right direction.

 

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Plenty of Bang For Your Buck at Tattersalls

There are undoubtedly many good reasons to have a rounded life with interests beyond the breeding, training, buying and selling of a supreme equine athlete who can run faster than his contemporaries. Those of us whose waking hours are mostly consumed by one or more of these bloodstock industry pursuits can rightly be accused of not getting out more, particularly at this time of year. But when the daily non-racing headlines revolve around the British economy in freefall, hurricanes and floods decimating parts of the world, and President Putin looming like a rapidly unravelling Bond villain intent on obliterating Ukraine, then remaining within the 'racing bubble' can seem an eminently sensible idea.

So here's the good news: people still want to buy horses. In fact, lots of people from lots of different countries want to buy horses. Unexpectedly, that fact became even more apparent throughout the Covid pandemic, and now we are all flying free once more the demand has only continued to increase. 

This week Great British Racing International (GBRI) launched an 'Invest in the Best' campaign, which in the words of its press release is “designed to highlight the strength and importance of the British racing industry globally and encourage future international investment.”

That is an admirable intention, but the excellence of the British racing 'product' is hardly a secret, and the massive international participation in the sales in this part of the world for many years stands testament to that. That starts with the breeders of course–and in fact if we are talking about massive international participation then nowhere is this more apparent than in the breeding juggernauts that are Juddmonte, Darley and Shadwell in particular being headquartered in Britain but owned by overseas individuals. With the passing of two of the heads of those organisations in recent years it is equally apparent that the sport cannot necessarily rely on that support forever, though other emerging nations are beginning to make their presence felt.

It has long been a personal belief that, while being proud of the success of one's own country is all well and good, British racing and breeding would be best served by taking a far more collaborative approach, particularly with our colleagues in Ireland, and also in France. This aim has been dealt a heavy blow by Brexit, but we can, and should, rise above that.

Away from the politics, a happy blending of the British and Irish thoroughbred industries can be found on every sales ground, and it is the sales companies who are to be applauded for driving the demand for racehorses bred in those two countries thanks to their constant international roving, wining and dining. Perhaps nowhere will the fruits of these endeavours be more apparent than at Park Paddocks next week, where Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale begins its three-day run on Tuesday. 

“For the overseas buyers, it's success-driven. They come, they buy, and they come back.”

The European yearling scene has been rolling along on a high since August but there remains a feeling that, as Bachman-Turner Overdrive once sang, you ain't seen nothing yet. For the few of us attempting to write a sale preview, it's a daunting prospect even to open the pages of Book 1 because too many corners are swiftly turned down as markers.

So let's hear from the man charged with spreading the word, Tattersalls' marketing director Jimmy George, who was also a guest on this week's TDN Writers' Room podcast, and who stresses the importance of the fact that pedigrees on the page deliver on stage.

“It's not just about pretty yearlings,” he says. “It's about top-class racehorses, and year after year Book 1 yearlings continue to perform at the highest level, and from all sectors of the Book 1 market.”

That in itself is a significant comment, as it is easy to dismiss Book 1 as a sale solely for the elite, with many buyers tempted to wait for the tide to turn the following week so as to swim in shallower waters. And in fact this perception dogged Book 1 for a time, prompting Tattersalls to take decisive action and to launch the Book 1 Bonus Scheme. 

All horses catalogued for Book 1, whether sold or not, are eligible, upon payment by their owner of £1,700, for the Book 1 Bonus. The scheme awards a £20,000 bonus to the winning owner of  a Class 2, 3 or 4 two-year-old maiden or novice race in Britain the following season, or any 'open' two-year-old maiden run in Ireland.

When this year's catalogue was published there were already 284 winners across six years, but that number has already risen to 307 and a total payout of £7,265,000 in bonuses following the win of Vermilion (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) for Andrew Balding and the Highclere syndicate at Newmarket last Saturday. The Balding stable had also won the landmark 300th bonus with Glenfinnan (Ire) (Harry Angel {Ire}), a 100,000gns purchase for owners Mick and Janice Mariscotti who have been staunch supporters of the concept since its launch in 2016.

“From the perspective of Tattersalls, to have owners like Mick and Janice Mariscotti winning the 300th bonus is absolutely what the Book 1 Bonus scheme is all about,” George says.

“I would say their Book 1 horses this year have won the thick end of half a million pounds in prize-money, but that doesn't include the bonus prize-money that they've won. Coltrane, who won the Doncaster Cup recently, is one of the most exciting young stayers in the country and he is another Mariscotti-Balding Book 1 purchase [for 50,000gns].”

He continues, “It might be fairly obvious to say that at Tattersalls we really believe that if there's a prize-money sector that deserves attention the most, it is at maiden level, and decent maiden winners winning decent prize-money. These bonuses mean that it's competitive with certainly any other country in Europe, or better if you're winning £25,000 for winning your maiden, or more at times. If you've won the Convivial Maiden with a Book 1 Bonus horse, you'd be winning about £70,000.”

Even by its own lofty standards, Book 1 does look a proper belter this year. Its 549 entrants include siblings to 61 Classic or Group 1 winners. That recommendation is bolstered by results on the track this season, which include seven Group 1 winners bought from Book 1 for 200,000gns or less–a sum below the 2021 sale average of 230,317gns.

“I think that is indicative of the quality throughout,” George says. “It's an amazing list of Group 1 winners in that sector of the market, and staggering to think that Native Trail (GB), who was an unbeaten champion two-year-old and a Classic winner at three, was actually the least expensive of the lot at 67,000gns.

“Then there's horses like Al Riffa (Fr), who won the National Stakes the other day, who could be bought for 150,000gns last year, and Luxembourg (Ire), who's now favourite for the Arc, was also bought for 150,000gns two years ago. To see horses of that calibre that were purchased for those sorts of figures emerging every year is very much part of the Book 1 story.”

Those three big names mentioned are backed up by this year's Irish Oaks winner Magical Lagoon (Ire), whose price tag of 305,000gns looks inexpensive considering that she is a daughter of Galileo (Ire) and a half-sister to the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. winner Novellist (Ger). Sadly, we are coming towards the end of the days when we see Galileo's youngsters at the sales, but there are 16 members of his penultimate crop among the pages f Book 1, including a full-brother to the Arc winner Waldgeist (GB), who is just one of many enticing yearlings from the draft of Newsells Park Stud, which has been the leading vendor at Book 1 on six occasions. In fact, it will be important to be ringside in good time on the opening day because the first lot through the ring is New England Stud's full-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Line Of Duty (Ire).

A 400,000gns Book 1 purchase , Line Of Duty is just one example of the international success of the sale's graduates. This season alone, three Grade 1 winners in America–McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Ocean Road (Ire) (Australia {GB}) and In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})–have emanated from Book 1.

🤩 Here's Belmont Oaks winner McKulick as a yearling.

Yet another Grade 1 winner for @TheRealChadCBr1 and Klaravich Stables from #TattsOctober Book 1, bought by Mike Ryan for 180,000gns from @AdrianOBrien2's Hazelwood Bloodstock. pic.twitter.com/M6pWq9mjfK

— Tattersalls (@Tattersalls1766) July 9, 2022

“It's extraordinary to think that there were more turf graded stakes winners at Saratoga last year from the October yearling sale at Tattersalls than from any other sale in the world,” says George. 

“To see Book 1 yearlings winning at the highest level in all corners of the world every year is really the key to the sale. It's what attracts the international buyers and the domestic buyers in such numbers. They know that they will be properly and richly rewarded if they win a decent maiden or novice, but for the overseas buyers, it's success-driven. They come, they buy, and they come back.”

For people buying in overseas currencies, and in particular those pegged to the dollar, there is hardly a better time to buy in Britain. That is not something for the country to be crowing about, but it is a situation that will doubtless continue to drive the demand at the yearling sales throughout October. The strong dollar is not the sole factor, however. 

“The number of yearlings from Book 1 that have gone over to America in recent years has understandably risen based on consistent success,” George avers. “The first year that the Chad Brown, Seth Klarman, Peter Brant, Mike and Mary Ryan axis came to Book 1, they went away with 12 yearlings and two Grade 1 winners out of it, and another graded stakes winner, which is a pretty extraordinary strike-rate. Again, not one year has passed without them going home with at least one Grade 1 winner. It's a strong endorsement of the quality at the sale, but also the way they approach the sale; the rigour with which they work. It's obviously not just that team: Liz Crow's team bought Aunt Pearl (Ire), another spectacular Breeders' Cup winner.”

A strong roster of stallions currently standing in Britain and Ireland is also an appealing element.

George adds, “Buyers understand the quality of the stallions and that the largest numbers of yearlings by these particular stallions–Galileo, Sea The Stars, Frankel, Kingman, Dubawi, Dark Angel, Lope De Vega, and so on–will be in front of them at Book 1 of the October yearling sale. So it's a real magnet for anybody who's looking for superior turf performers, wherever they happen to be in the world.”

Whatever troubles there may be in the outside world, it is safe to assume that a diverse array of members of the bloodstock world will be descending on Newmarket in the coming days. It is also safe to expect that the strength of the market will continue on its merry way during 2022.

“So far this year we can't really look back on a sale that we've been disappointed in,” George agrees. “The market has been very robust, whether it be the breeze-up market or our mixed sales in July and August , through to the Somerville Yearling Sale, which had a vibrant feel to it from start to finish. Park Paddocks was alive and it's been wonderful to see.”

Trickle-down economics may not work out for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng, but at Tattersalls a more positive forecast can be made for the predicted strong market at the top end to ensure that trade remains robust throughout two weeks, four books, and 2,000 yearlings. Watch this space.

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