Strong Start As Yoshida Plumps For Tatts Topper

By Chris McGrath and Emma Berry

NEWMARKET, UK–If the opening session was a mere warm-up for bigger and better things to come on Tuesday, then we are likely to be in for some red-hot trade as the stellar names come rolling out. For Monday's trade was, as we have seen at so many auctions throughout 2021, up across all sectors, with buyers from Japan, Australia, France, Britain and Ireland all participating in the day's leading ladies.

We are well used to the spending power of Japanese buyers, particularly various members of the Yoshida family, and it was Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm which signed for the day's top lot, a young mare who perhaps appropriately traces back to the great Best In Show, at 450,000gns.

Gains of 33% and 30% in median and average speak to the consistently high level of demand for breeding stock, and though the clearance rate dropped slightly, it still settled at a respectable 84%, while the aggregate had passed last year's opening day mark by late afternoon. By the end of the 12-hour session it was up by 24%, at 15,281,000gns for 232 horses sold–11 fewer than last year.

Japanese take Pride in new export

The Blush With Pride branch of the Best In Show dynasty has grown fresh limbs in the U.S. during 2021. The 1982 Kentucky Oaks winner's celebrated daughter Better Than Honour (Deputy Minister) can now add to her record new credits as respectively second and third dam of two brilliant talents, albeit both meanwhile held up by injury: GII Fountain of Youth S. winner Greatest Honour (Tapit), and GIII Kona Gold S. winner Cezanne (Curlin). And another of her daughters, Butterfly Blue (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), is third dam of GIII Dwyer S. winner First Captain (Curlin).

On this side of the water, however, it is Butterfly Blue's full sister Maryinsky (Ire) who remains the most conspicuous blossom on the family tree, notably through her champion daughter Peeping Fawn (Danehill) and her Group 1-winning son Thewayyouare (Kingmambo). Coolmore's use of Japanese titan Deep Impact (Jpn) as an outcross mate for Peeping Fawn produced a very smart juvenile in September (Ire), and now Maryinsky's 7-year-old daughter by Fastnet Rock (Aus), Crimson Rock, will participate in the Japanese industry's quest for regeneration following the loss of its perennial champion sire. Presented here as lot 1418 by Newsells Park, in the partial dispersal from Al Shahania Stud, she was sold to Katsumi Yoshida for 450,000gns.

It is instructive of the peculiar fluctuations of bloodstock values that Crimson Rock should have caused the ring to fall silent as the bidding climbed, through competition from the likes of James Wigan of London Thoroughbred Services and Greg Goodman of Mt. Brilliant Farm, to the highest level of the sale to date. For she made even more as a yearling, when knocked down to Spendthrift Farm for $1,000,000 at the 2015 Keeneland September Sale. One way or another, however, she ended up running in the silks of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Thani when winning a Newbury maiden on debut for Ralph Becket the following year. Sadly she could not live up to that promise in two starts at three, but she appeared here carrying a third foal (by Highland Reel {Ire}) and these remain early days in her second career.

“Of course this mare line is one of the best,” said Yoshida's representative here, Shingo Hashimoto. “That was very attractive, and Fastnet Rock is going well in Japan. We are always looking for the best blood to refresh our breeding. We haven't yet decided whether or not she'll go straight to Japan, but hopefully she will suit the sons of Deep Impact on the farm.”

While his odyssey via the breeding stock sales in the U.S. had gone smoothly to this point, Hashimoto will be facing new isolation rules when he returns home.

The Al Shahania draft resumes on Wednesday, headed by the offering of GI E.P. Taylor S. winner Blond Me (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) as lot 1837. At a very similar stage of her breeding career, she is carrying a foal by Siyouni (Fr).

First-time buyer aims high with Juddmonte mare 

The first of two batches of fillies and mares from Juddmonte Farms provided a late afternoon highlight during the opening session with a range of the operation's top families proving a lure for buyers.

At the head of the group was Sun Tide (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a winner last year at three and now in foal for the first time to Kameko, whose own 3-year-old career included victory in last year's 2000 Guineas. On a page which featured only two dams, and with almost every name listed being in bold black type, Sun Tide's most illustrious immediate relative is her half-sister Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Three other half-siblings have also claimed stakes races, while her dam Midsummer (GB) (Kingmambo), a listed-placed winner herself, is a half-sister to the dual Group 1 winners Reams Of Verse (Nureyev) and Elmaamul (Diesis {GB}).

For a new player in the industry signing up a first broodmare, it would be hard to think of a better way to start than with a mare who offers both owner/breeder and commercial possibilities. The lucky new owner of Sun Tide could not be named by Charlie Vigors, who was the last bidder standing at 400,000gns, but he did confirm that lot 1426 would now be residing at his Hillwood Stud.

“She's been bought for a new English-based client and I think this is their first horse. They want to have a boutique broodmare band and there's no better family to buy into. They might race a filly but she has a nice commercial cover if they do decide to sell,” said Vigors.

“She's a neat, attractive mare so there are plenty of options for where you want to go with her in the future.”

Sun Tide had followed another 4-year-old, Tacitly (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), into the ring  and the daughter of the G1 Falmouth S. winner Timepiece (GB) (Zamindar) will be heading to Normandy to join an elite group of mares after Robert Nataf and Henri Bozo went to 375,000gns.

“She's for a partnership between Ecurie des Moneaux and a client of Robert Nataf,” said Bozo of lot 1425, who is carrying her first foal by Frankel (GB). “Her pedigree speaks for itself and she is in foal to the right stallion.”

Regarding plans for next year, he added, “I have an idea but we will have to discuss the mating. Maybe she could be one for Wootton Bassett.”

Tacitly's family has been in the news of late as her relation Time Test (GB), who is also by Dubawi and is out of her dam's half-sister Passage Of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}), is currently in vogue with breeders on the back of a successful season for his first crop of runners.

The first eight of the Juddmonte draft, all in-foal mares, sold for an average of 167,750gns, with 15 fillies to be sold on Tuesday.

Showcasing mares in demand

Group 3-placed as a juvenile and finally a winner at the 23rd time of asking, Model Guest (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) was certainly a trier in her racing days, with eight runner-up finishes to her name. Covered by Kingman (GB) in February, she went through the ring on Monday as lot 1469 and will continue her secondary career in Ireland, having been bought by Eddie O'Leary for 330,000gns.

“If she produces something like herself we'll be okay,” said the Lynn Lodge Stud owner. “She's a beautiful mare and there are some good Kingman crops to come through.”

Another daughter of Showcasing with a markedly similar profile was also on the shopping list of Gerard Larrieu of Chantilly Bloodstock Agency, who bid 270,000gns for Endless Joy (GB). The 4-year-old (lot 1464) won over six furlongs at two and was third in the G3 Firth of Clyde S. on her final start for Clipper Logistics. She was sent to Darley newcomer Blue Point (Ire) for her first cover in February. 

Like so many from her breeders Whitsbury Manor Stud and Margaret Slade, Endless Joy hails from a fast family which includes her half-brother, the hardy listed winner and Group 3 runner-up Laugh A Minute (GB) (Mayson {GB}), while the further family features one of this season's leading sprinters in the July Cup and Commonwealth Cup runner-up Dragon Symbol (GB) (Dragon Pulse {Ire}).

Hillen has last word on Statement 

It was a long wait, but Stephen Hillen was “very excited” to have landed one of the final lots into the ring—the standout in a tail-end session reserved for horses in training—as a rather different project from most that had preceded her through the preceding 11 and a half hours.

Statement (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) touched an official rating of 106 for Martyn Meade, having run none other than Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) to a photo in the G3 Fred Darling S. before trying her luck in the G1 1,000 Guineas. Her form has somewhat tapered off since, despite a Group placing at Epsom, but she still has miles on the clock and Hillen hopes that she can renew her progress in the silks of his wife Becky.

He duly gave 300,000gns for lot 1568, in the process rewarding the perseverance of this filly's breeders at Ballylinch Stud. Offered at the Orby Sale as a yearling, she was knocked down for 100,000gns but ended up running in the silks of her home farm.

“I loved her run at Newbury, beaten a short head by Andrew Balding's filly that went on to win two Group 1s,” Hillen said. “It's all about her form, hopefully she can come back to something like that. I don't where she will be trained, but it will be in the U.K.”

As and when Statement does move onto the kind of career that drives the rest of this sale, she will be supported by multiple stakes placings in both her first two dams. “Lawman looks like a tremendous broodmare sire, too,” Hillen noted. “And this filly is from a brilliant nursery in Ballylinch.”

Newsells invest in French blood

Rarity value counts for plenty but it was far from the only reason that Jill Lamb singled out the only mare in the catalogue in foal to the Aga Khan Studs' rising young stallion Zarak (Fr). Of course the son of Dubawi (Ire) and Zarkava (Fr) owns a wonderful pedigree, but then the stakes-placed mare Nooramunga (Fr) has plenty to recommend her too, being by another Aga Khan resident, Siyouni (Fr), and out of the G2 Prix d'Astarté winner Turtle Bow (Fr) (Turtle Island {Ire}), herself a half-sister to the late Group 1 winner and stallion Turtle Bowl (Ire) (Dyhim Diamond {Ire}). The 5-year-old won over a mile in France as well as being listed-placed for her breeder Berend van Dalfsen, who also bred Nooramunga's dam and grandam.

After signing for lot 1387 at 270,000gns, Lamb said, “She's been bought for Newsells Park Stud. She's a lovely mare and she's in foal to a very exciting young stallion. There's a lot of quality to her and she's a black-type Siyouni mare which has got to be an exciting thing to have.”

She added of Zarak, “He looks very like Time Test to me, a beautiful horse.”

Newsells Park Stud, which was bought earlier this year by Graham Smith-Bernal, will also be acting in the role of vendor this week, with 19 of their own and clients' mares to sell. They include one of the likely stars of the show, Waldlied (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), the Group 2-winning three-parts-sister to Arc winner Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) who sells on Tuesday as lot 1839.

“We are selling a few so we will be looking to replace them and we wanted to get one under the belt today,” Lamb said. “A lot depends on what happens tomorrow but [Waldlied] sells quite late so Graham said we had to be brave before she goes through.”

Godolphin mare to Arrowfield

A well-credentialed daughter of Sea The Stars (Ire) from the Godolphin draft will be heading south to Australia after John Warren, buying on behalf of Arrowfield Stud, selected the 3-year-old filly Final Thought (Ire) (lot 1522) at 240,000gns.

“Arrowfield is a big, successful operation and she will be a marvellous mare for one of their many stallions,” said Warren of the 85-rated relation to Group 1 winners Nathaniel (Ire) and Great Heavens (GB).

He continued, “She is from one of the best families, it is pretty hard to beat, and the stud is trying to introduce these sorts of pedigrees into Australia for more diversity. Arrowfield is a Classic organisation and it doesn't want to be caught up in the narrow trend dominated by speed; she will offer that diversity.”

A daughter of the Grade III-winning Street Cry (Ire) mare Anjaz, Final Thought was a winner last year at two for Saeed Bin Suroor. Her grandam Playful Act (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) won the G1 Fillies' Mile en route to becoming the English joint-champion 2-year-old filly and she is herself out of the celebrated matriarch Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk), the dam of six black-type winners led by Newsells Park Stud stallion Nathaniel. 

Mascalls boxing clever

Whether in the sales ring or the kind with a canvas floor, it's equally important to be capable of punching above weight. And if Barry Hearn could tell you as much of boxing, then his wife Susan has done much the same at the boutique Mascalls Stud through consecutive foals of Reckoning (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), a mare bought here seven years ago for 160,000gns: dual Group 2 winner and G1 St Leger runner-up Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) and G1 Ascot Gold Cup winner Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}).

Hearn hopes that she may have found another in the same mould in Taraateel (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who formed part of the Shadwell cull as lot 1450. The 5-year-old, who won her only start in France, made 230,000gns carrying her second foal (by Blue Point {Ire}). She is out of Farmah (Speightstown), a Group winner in Italy; while the second dam is French Classic winner Torrestrella (Ire) (Orpen).

No less than in boxing promotion, it helps to have the inside track. And Hearn explained that this mare's juvenile full-brother Zawaaya (GB), who had broken his maiden at Deauville since the publication of the catalogue, has been well reviewed by trainer Francois Rohaut.

“I know a bit about what's going on further down in the family,” she said. “Francois trains for me in France, and he tells me he thinks a lot of two of Farmah's progeny, particularly her 2-year-old. It's helpful to have a bit of inside information!

“I have spent too much, but hopefully I have bought a really nice mare. I'm happy, it's a lovely family and obviously Oasis Dream as a broodmare sire is very attractive. I don't know who we'll send her to, but I'll do my best to find something nice for her.”

Regal pedigree for Fittocks client

“We are hoping to give the farm a royal touch!” smiled Luca Cumani in welcoming to Fittocks Stud the top lot of the morning, the 4-year-old Dusty Dream (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1318) carrying a first foal by Showcasing (GB). A disappointing racetrack career in the Queen's silks naturally does not diminish her own regal genes, and Cumani and his wife Sara had picked her out for a client before signing a 180,000gns docket in the name of SH Bloodstock.

Dusty Dream was homebred out of that very smart juvenile Memory (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who won the G3 Albany S. and G2 Cherry Hinton S. for Highclere Thoroughbreds. Dusty Dream herself did not build on the glimpse of promise she showed for William Haggas at two, but Memory has already produced three Group winners from just five runners to date in Call To Mind (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Learn By Heart (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Recorder (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). And Sara Cumani noted that she has a couple of fillies—a yearling sister to Dusty Dream and a foal by Night Of Thunder (Ire)—in the pipeline for the further decoration of the family tree.

“It is a beautiful pedigree,” she said. “It's mostly colts so far but we hope those fillies can do something too. She's on an early cover, which is a positive, but we need to discuss future covering plans with our client.”

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Newsells Park Stud Releases 2022 Roster and Fees

Nathaniel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will stand for £15,000 in 2022, Newsells Park Stud announced on Wednesday.

The son of bluehen Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk)'s progeny excelled on the racecourse in 2021, and his five black-type winners were led by G1 Nassau S. heroine Lady Bowthorpe (GB) and GI EP Taylor S. victress Mutamakina (GB), who struck in Canada. Bubble Gift (Fr) earned a pair of Group 2 victories in France, and Spirit Ridge (GB) landed a Group 3 Down Under. Also with an Australian slant, the bay's Floating Artist (GB), who has placed twice at group level there, was fourth in the G1 Melbourne Cup last Tuesday. Overall, Nathaniel is the sire of five Group 1 winners, among them the sublime Enable (GB).

Group 1 winner Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}) will stand his second season at Newsells Park at a fee of £8,000. The bay is winner of the G1 St James's Palace S.

Newsells Park Stud's General Manager, Julian Dollar said, “Once again Nathaniel has proven himself as one of the best and most reliable sources of middle-distance horses in Europe. With 20 Group 1 and 2 horses and over 50 Group/Stakes horses to his name, Nathaniel is the sire of five Group 1 winners, including three from a remarkable third crop, which includes the outstanding Nassau S. victress, Lady Bowthorpe and GI EP Taylor winner, Mutamakina in 2021.

“Nathaniel's stock has shown they act on all types of going and the all-weather, which is undoubtedly why his stock continue to be in such demand both domestically and internationally, as yearlings and also horses-in-training, giving owners and breeders significant residual value.

“Without Parole has let down into an absolutely stunning individual and as an emphatic winner of the G1 St James's Palace S., with an outstanding pedigree he is an extremely attractive stallion, even without the small fact that he is by Europe's champion sire-elect, Frankel.

“He was very well supported in his first year and once again, both Newsells Park Stud and his breeders, John and Tanya Gunther will be supporting him with quality mares in 2022.”

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The Weekly Wrap: In The Eye Of The Sales Storm

The lungs have been filled and we go again. Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale kicks off on Monday, launching another six days of activity at Park Paddocks. If that action is anywhere near as frenetic as it was during Book 1, then there will be plenty of happy breeders and vendors in Newmarket this week.

In a fashion particularly seen at elite sales, Book 1 was perhaps a little slowly into stride last Tuesday, as buyers and consignors alike tried to get a handle on the market. But the trade strengthened day by day, and if there weren't quite as many of the type of lots which bring the ring to an awed hush as the price climbs ever skyward, the most encouraging aspect of the three sessions was a high median throughout, indicating strong demand in the 'middle' market. Of course the middle market varies sale by sale, and it becomes increasingly important as this week goes on as we try to ascertain the level of demand across the range of yearling sectors. Signs have been largely encouraging since the yearling sales got underway in August, however, and there's no reason to expect that to change this week, certainly not for Book 2 anyway.

Last week the demand from American buyers was stronger than ever, which has been a growing trend in Book 1. Notably, the Sea The Stars (Ire) colt bought by Bill Farish's Woodford Racing from Watership Down Stud for 1.2 million gns will remain in the UK at least for the early part of his racing career, while Craig Bernick of Florida's Glen Hill Farm, who has a number of horses in training in Europe, indicated that he is likely to start his Kingman filly, purchased for 650,000gns, in Europe, too. The daughter of Ring The Bell (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) typified the hugely international aspect of the modern-day bloodstock industry: bred by Australian John Camilleri at Hazelwood Bloodstock just outside Newmarket, she is now owned by an American and is likely to go into training in Ireland or France.

Along with around 50 yearlings purchased last week to go to America, at least another eight will be heading to Australia. The international demand for European bloodlines is a double-edged sword, however. On the one hand, it pays a great compliment to breeders, particularly in Britain and Ireland, who have developed such renowned families which can produce runners to be competitive in the world's best turf races. But we must beware of a potential equine talent drain, which is now significant when taking into account the horses-in-training market, both public and private sales, for runners with decent form. British owners will find it especially hard to turn down lucrative offers when prize-money levels remain so low, and despite the warning bell having been sounding for years now, those in charge of British racing continue to turn a deaf ear. There's only so much that can be blamed on Covid, and this dire situation predated the pandemic.

Checks and Balances

With Shadwell having announced an impending serious reduction of stock some weeks in advance of the October Sale, it was clear that the name that has become a bedrock of the buyers' sheets at Tattersalls over many years would not feature in 2021. Prior to Sheikh Hamdan's death in March, his Shadwell Estates had been a significant investor at the Orby Sale and at Book 1, but it is perhaps Book 2 at which the absence will be most keenly felt, as Shadwell has been increasingly prominent among the leading buyers in the part of the sale over the last decade with some 47 million gns spent on 347 Book 2 yearlings during that time.

Juddmonte and Cheveley Park Stud have both lost key figures this year with the deaths of Prince Khalid Abdullah and David Thompson, but both operations clearly still have an eye on long-term planning and made select purchases of Book 1 fillies to introduce some new bloodlines to their broodmare bands eventually. 

There are clearly gaps to fill but Sheikha Fatima Bint Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nayhan's Al Shira'aa Farms has been a welcome addition to the list of buyers at Goffs and Tattersalls, with some blue-blooded fillies having been recruited as foundation mares for her operation at Meadow Court Stud in Ireland. As a statement of intent, signing up half-sisters to Waldgeist (GB), Poetic Flare (Ire) and Mother Earth (Ire) is a pretty strong one.

Another reason to be cheerful, for now at least, can be gleaned from the fact that we are in a golden era for stallions in this part of the world. Yes, the sun has now set on the remarkable Galileo (Ire), but his own son is rising so fast that it is hard to see Frankel (GB) not becoming champion sire for the first time this year. Galileo's half-brother Sea The Stars (Ire) was a little unfortunate that Frankel came along so soon after his own magnificent racing season of 2009 because he truly would have been a standout racehorse in any other era. He too remains a force to be reckoned with as a stallion and it was rather pleasing to see two of his yearlings within the top three slots, including the sale-topping filly out of Best Terms (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}).

Her appearance in the ring on Thursday also brought with it a rare sales visit by Robert Barnett, whose family has maintained a stalwart presence among the British owner/breeder ranks throughout the last century which has hinged largely on the equine family from which this filly emanates. “We've been in this racket a long time,” said Barnett with a smile after his filly sold to Sheikh Mohammed–who was present at Tattersalls throughout Book 1–for 1.5 million gns.

Since the sale of Fair Winter Farm in 2017, the Barnett mares have resided at Newsells Park Stud, which was the leading consignor at Book 1 with some excellent results both from their own stock and that of their clients and partners, including Gestut Ammerland and Andrew Stone of St Albans Bloodstock. It's nothing new for Newsells Park to top Book 1–Julian Dollar and his team have pulled this off for the last four years running and six times in total–but this year was perhaps extra sweet as it is the first with new stud owner Graham Smith-Bernal at the helm.

A brief chat with Andrew Stone, breeder of the Group 1 winners God Given (GB) and Postponed (Ire), served as a good reminder of the level of investment, both financial and emotional, required in producing these horses. After selling a Frankel (GB) half-brother to Mrs Sippy for 925,000gns to Coolmore, Stone appeared close to tears and admitted that he felt quite emotional watching the horse go through the ring. Breeders of all sizes need to sell some stock to keep the wheels turning, but even when great financial reward is involved, only the hardest of hearts will find it easy to part with animals whose very existence has, in many cases, been carefully planned for generations. It is clearly bittersweet to see them go, even when the price is right.

What next?

Sometimes updates go your way, and sometimes they don't. In the case of the Saxon Warrior (Jpn) filly out of Archangel Gabriel (Arch) sold last week by Stauffenberg Bloodstock, there was a bit of both. Her half-sister Ville De Grace (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) won a listed race for owner/breeders Hunscote Stud and Chris Humber on Sept. 21, but the day after the yearling sold for 325,000gns, her 3-year-old sister stepped up again to land the G3 Pride S. at Newmarket. 

Ahead of the start of Book 2, perfect timing was kept by Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). At the time of the catalogues being printed, the £120,000 Arqana Breeze-up graduate was still unraced but she's been a busy girl in the interim and has now won two of her four starts, including Saturday's G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte. It will come as no surprise that the filly was bred by Tally-Ho Stud, who can't stop producing winners this season. Malavath's full-brother can be found in box 633 in the Right Yard, and will sell on Monday as lot 552. 

Bred by Jim Bolger, the colt's dam Fidaaha (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) was bought by Tally-Ho from the Shadwell draft at the Goffs November Sale four years ago for just €15,000. A four-race maiden herself, Fidahaa is a sister to two Group/Grade 3 winners and from the family of Shergar (GB). 

This year is the only one in which yearlings by the late Roaring Lion will be available and a half-brother by him to one of this season's leading juvenile fillies, Sandrine (GB), by another son of Kitten's Joy in Bobby's Kitten, is one of four yearlings from Kirsten Rausing's Staffordstown draft (lot 952). Like Tally-Ho Stud, Rausing's Lanwades Stud has been represented by winners left, right and centre this season, with Sandrine making a significant contribution by winning the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot, followed by the G2 Duchess of Cambridge S.

Ebro River (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) and Bayside Boy (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) are two group-winning colts to have graduated from last year's sale at 75,000gns and 200,000gns apiece. Sadly, both their yearling half-siblings have been withdrawn from the October Sale, but there are bound to be plenty of gems to be found throughout the week at Park Paddocks as Europe's largest yearling sale continues. Starting from 10am each day, around 800 yearlings are set to sell in Book 2 over the next three days, and it's fair to expect some pretty brisk trade.

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Godolphin Buys New Tattersalls Top Lot

There is a new top lot at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, with Godolphin spending 1.5-million gns on the Barnett Family's Sea The Stars (Ire) filly out of Best Terms (GB) from Newsells Park Stud (lot 411).

 

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