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Extraordinary Trade Fuels Record Breaking Book 2 At Tattersalls October Yearling Sale

Trade at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continued in record-breaking fashion with turnover of 17,016,000 guineas on the final day pushing the sale turnover past 50 million guineas for the first time in the sale's history whilst the average and median also recorded new highs. The clearance rate for the sale was a remarkable 88%.

A Time Test colt out of the Rainbow Quest mare Aurelia became the latest successful pinhook for John Foley's Ballyvolane Stud when knocked down for 400,000 guineas to Alastair Donald of SackvilleDonald, following a prolonged bidding duel with trainer Richard Hughes. Ballyvolane Stud has enjoyed significant pinhook success at Book 2 in recent years, selling colts by Lope de Vega and No Nay Never for 325,000 guineas in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

The top-priced foal by his sire in 2020 when purchased for 56,000 guineas at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, the Time Test colt became the stallion's highest-priced horse sold in the ring to date. He is a half-brother to Harlequeen, who finished third in both the English and Irish Oaks, and comes from the family of Grade 1 winner Forte Dei Marmi.

A delighted John Foley commented:

“He has been very popular this week, he had 20 vets. He is an amazing horse, he has never missed a beat all week. Since we have had him he has been amazing. He is a special horse, the best we have ever had. His attitude, his presence, he is a 'wow' horse.

“He was a lovely, quality, straightforward foal and very well produced by the National Stud – there is a reason he was the dearest Time Test foal. There are some that are nice foals who come back as nice yearlings, but he has done better than we thought. He has developed and he has improved the whole way through.”

Foley had signed for the colt as 'Otilia' last December and revealed: “Otilia is myself and three friends, it is the first one we have pinhooked together. We wanted to take a punt on the stallion, we knew that this lad as foal would cost a few quid and, if he did not work out, we thought with three of us involved the pain wouldn't be too much. It was a fair throw for him as a foal, we were taking a punt on him as a stallion, but sons of Dubawi have done well.

“Time Test has had a great year, he looks very good. His stats are good and I will definitely be using him next year! He will be very popular with breeders.”

Foley continued: “It is amazing to get a result like this as we all work hard – this is a very tough business and there are more hard days than good days. We have great help at home, Donnacha Higgins helps me at home and gives me a hand with the yearlings, and John, my dad, who is 77, mucks out six or seven boxes every day. We have great staff here too, and everyone is doing their best – it makes a huge difference when you have staff who want it to do well, and when it works out it is great.”

Ben McElroy has already demonstrated his admiration for the progeny of Kodiac this week and struck again at 285,000 guineas for a son of Tally-Ho Stud's star stallion. The Croom House Stud consigned colt is out of the Born to Sea mare Taste the Salt, whose first foal Cashew is a winner at two this year. Taste the Salt is a half-sister to the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes winner Baitha Alga.

“For me he is the best colt in the sale, if not maybe the best horse I have seen since I have been at European sales,” enthused the U.S.-based bloodstock agent.

“That's my quintessential horse there. He is a great mover, he has plenty of scope, and the way he behaved out the back, I am delighted to get him. A bit like the filly yesterday, I was worried what he'd cost. I could see him making 400,000 to 500,000 just as easily, but I really think he is a special horse. He goes to the States. There is a bit of stamina there too as the second dam is by Fantastic Light, and goes back to a nice family.”

Of staying in Newmarket for Book 2, McElroy added: “I am done now. I stayed for Book 2 last year, and I just said I'd take a look around and see what was here and I obviously really liked the filly last night and this colt. They were worth staying for. I have bought a wide range of prices, all similar types, but horses in different price ranges.”

The purchase of the Kodiac colt, and a filly by the same sire for 340,000 guineas during Tuesday's session, in addition to five lots purchased during Book 1 brought McElroy's total spend during the October Yearling Sale to over 2 million guineas.

At the conclusion of Book 2 of the 2021 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“At the end of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale last week we referenced the depth and diversity of the demand, and the momentum established at Book 1 has been very much sustained throughout the three days of a record – breaking Book 2.

“New record turnover at any sale is always an achievement, but for Europe's largest yearling sale to reach new levels as we all strive to return to normality after 18 months of turmoil is pretty extraordinary. Only ten years ago Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale had turnover of a fraction over 25 million guineas and an average price below 40,000 guineas. This year's October Book 2 has broken the 50 million guineas mark for the first time, produced a record average in excess of 80,000 guineas and also an unprecedented median.

“Similar to Book 1, international buyers have again made a massive contribution to the market, with notable participation from American and Australian interests as well as from Hong Kong, Japan and throughout the Gulf region, but perhaps the most encouraging feature of the record – breaking sale has been the domestic demand. British and Irish trainers have been the backbone of the sale and to see such a voracious appetite for quality yearlings, not only at Books 1 and 2 of the October Yearling Sale, but also at our Newmarket based yearling sales last month, has been fantastic.

“As ever, we are hugely indebted to the consignors from Britain, Ireland and further afield, who make Books 1 and 2 of the October Yearling Sale the showcase for so many of the finest yearlings to be found in Europe. Consistent quality is the key to attracting the buyers in such numbers and we now turn our attention to Book 3 of the October Yearling Sale where buyers will continue to find yearlings of the highest caliber.”

Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale starts at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14.

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Kingman Colt Lights Up Second Day Of Tattersalls October Book 2

Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continued in robust fashion on the second day with six lots selling for 300,000 guineas or more and a Kingman colt topping proceedings at 525,000 guineas. There were rises across the board with turnover topping 18 million guineas for the second consecutive session.

The top price on the second day of Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale was 525,000 guineas for the Kingman colt from Adrian and Philippa O'Brien's Hazelwood Bloodstock. The son of the Listed winning and Group placed Galileo mare Reem was knocked down to Juddmonte Farms' Simon Mockridge after he saw off the effort of John Gosden who trains King Leonidas, this colt's older brother who topped this sale at 750,000 guineas in 2018 and who is officially rated 103.

Consignor Adrian O'Brien of Hazelwood Bloodstock said: “What more is there to say than, in a nutshell, we are delighted. The full-brother topped the sale three years ago and it is clearly a cross that works. King Leonidas has had a few setbacks, but he is back on track now and he is clearly a very talented horse.

“I am very flattered that Juddmonte has bought a horse of his quality from our farm and delighted for the breeder and for everyone. It is just fantastic, we wish them the very best of luck.”

Juddmonte Farms purchased three yearlings at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale for 1,230,000 guineas.

U.S. agent Ben McElroy will be hoping that history repeats itself after buying a Kodiac filly from the draft of Tally-Ho Stud for 340,000 guineas. It was that combination at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2019 that resulted in the purchase of dual Group 1 winner Campanelle.

“She has been bought for same connections as Campanelle,” revealed McElroy. “I saw her two or three days ago, she has a lot of likeness with Campanelle. She has the scope for a Kodiac filly and is a half-sister to a filly we are familiar with in Ventura Diamond, and her siblings are all well rated. She is obviously by a top sire of fillies, and we have had a lot of luck with the sire.”

The filly, who is out of Zamindar mare Shehila, is a half-sister to the Listed Bosra Sham Stakes winner and Group 3 Bengough Stakes placed Ventura Diamond and was secured by McElroy after a bidding duel with Anthony Stroud.

McElroy added: “She stands over a lot of ground, I think she is going to be quick. She has a lot of presence and a lot of class, just everything you like to see in a filly. She will go back to America.”

Campanelle is owned by Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Stables and trained in the U.S. by Wesley Ward. She won the Group 1 Prix Morny Stakes and Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes as a 2-year-old and returned to Royal Ascot this year to win the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup.

McElroy continued: “Hopefully the luck continues, and I think Barbara Banke has already picked out a name for her!”

Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continues with the third and final session at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

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Record Trade On Opening Day Of Tattersalls October Book 2

The opening day of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale saw remarkably strong trade with 20 lots selling for 200,000 guineas or more on a day that saw a record turnover, average and median for a session at this sale. The average rose 27 percent and the median 35 percent to 89,318 guineas and 70,000 guineas respectively whilst the turnover was up 24 percent to 18,935,500 guineas.

A colt by Night of Thunder proved the star turn on the opening day of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when selling for 375,000 guineas to Dwayne Woods, alongside his brothers, trainer Sean and Brook Stud's Wendyll. The successful team saw off the persistent efforts of Ross Doyle and Richard Hannon, standing with Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian.

“He is a stunning colt, for me the best colt in the sale,” said Woods, adding: “He is very strong, and probably the cleanest Night of Thunder I have ever seen – conformationally, strength, he has it all for me. Rathbarry is a wonderful producer of horses and he goes to Sean.”

Sean Woods said of the immediate plans for the colt: “He'll have a bit of time out, and he'll come to us in January at Shalfleet. He is for a client.”

The March-born colt is out of Harlequin Girl, a half-sister to three blacktype horses including Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes winner Blaine and Listed Two Year Old Trophy victor Bogart, Harlequin Girl is already the dam of two winners, including his full-sister Hanaady who won at Nottingham last week on her second career start.

Rathbarry Stud's Franny Woods, who bought the colt privately as a foal from Genesis Green Stud, commented:

“He is a lovely colt, and a horse with a great mind. He is lovely to do anything with, just a pleasure. The full-sister won for Ed Dunlop, which just brought everything together – it has proved that the mare can get a winner by the full-sister, it gave some people some confidence. He looks fast, he vetted very well and everything went according to plan.”

The Hong Kong Jockey Club's Mick Kinane secured a son of Kingman consigned by Ballyhimikin Stud for 300,000 guineas. Bred by Trevor Stewart, James Hanley and Anthony Stroud, the colt is the first foal out of the Group 3 winning Tamayuz mare Hunaina from a deep Aga Khan family represented in recent years by the dual Classic winner Hurricane Lane and dual Derby winner Harzand. Hunaina is also a half-sister to the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial winner Hamariyna.

“He's by a great stallion and he's a lovely correct model for what I want,” commented Kinane. “That's the first one I've tried on today, but good horses are hard to buy! I bought five last week.”

“We bought the mare as a 3-year-old in training and sent her to trainer Henri Devin, and she won a Listed race and a Group 3,” recalled joint-breeder Stewart.

“We are very happy with the result. He was a really nice first foal, good walking and a good strong individual. It is a nice start for the mare, who is at Ballyhimikin and had a colt by Sea The Stars this spring.”

Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continues at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

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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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