There are 449 blue-chip tons in Guide 1 of this 12 months’s Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. As you’ll anticipate, the overwhelming majority are bred within the deepest shade of purple. Earlier than withdrawals the catalog contained siblings to 45 group 1 winners.
Nevertheless, one amongst these 449 guarantees to face head and shoulders above the others. Lot 72 from Staffordstown, Eire, is by Frankel  and out of Alwilda, making Kirsten Rausing’s filly a sister to none aside from Alpinista , winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe two years in the past.Â
The query on everybody’s lips is: How a lot is she going to value? There have been different siblings to Arc winners provided on the yearling gross sales, however it will be honest to say none of these possessed fairly such a flawless profile.Â
Nonetheless, it’s value contemplating what different yearlings with related credentials have fetched to gauge what kind of ballpark we’re coping with.Â
The newest instance is Caelestis, a Dubawi half sister to 2019 Arc hero Waldgeist who commanded 1,250,000gns from Al Shira’aa Farms in 2021. Earlier than that, two siblings to Golden Horn , who triumphed in Europe’s richest race in 2015, modified fingers at Tattersalls, with Frankel colt Dhahabi fetching 3,100,000gns from Godolphin in 2019, whereas the identical operation gave 2,000,000gns for Princesse D’Or, a filly by Frankel, 12 months later.Â
The one full sibling to an Arc winner in latest instances is Terre, a sister to back-to-back heroine Treve . She was led out of the Arqana ring unsold at €1.2 million, though she is by Motivator , who wouldn’t command something just like the industrial clout of a twin champion sire corresponding to Frankel. By the way, Hillwood Stud gives a Lope de Vega colt out of Terre as Lot 5.Â
Even the extra pessimistic estimates have the Alpinista sibling fetching someplace within the area of three,000,000gns ($4.125 million US), whereas some have prompt that the filly will grow to be the most costly yearling ever bought in Europe, which might imply surpassing the excessive mark set by Al Naamah in 2013. The Galileo sister to Oaks winner Was introduced 5,000,000gns from Al Shaqab Racing.Â
One other burning query will not be solely how a lot will the filly fetch, however whose bid will convey the gavel down?
The roll name of these working their method across the barns at Park Paddocks throughout a vibrant and barely breezy Monday of inspections did not precisely slender issues down. That’s to say, nearly anybody with the inclination and monetary firepower to purchase what one bloodstock agent described as a “collector’s merchandise” was on the town.Â
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Sheikh Mohammed has been conspicuous by his absence on the headline gross sales at Arqana and Goffs this 12 months, regardless of his group spending €5.27m (roughly $5.79 million) on seven recruits at Goffs simply final week. Nevertheless, the ruler of Dubai arrived at Park Paddocks shortly earlier than 3 p.m. Oct. 7 and duly started conducting inspections, accompanied by a sizeable entourage.Â
The group, together with chief expertise scouts Anthony Stroud and David Loder, steadily labored their method across the Wall Packing containers and the Somerville Paddock earlier than disappearing towards the Highflyer barns.Â
And Godolphin was removed from the one superpower on deck. Additionally combing the grounds had been the Coolmore shopping for crew, headed by MV Magnier. Sheikha Hissa was main the group from Shadwell, whereas Juddmonte’s Simon Mockridge and Barry Mahon had been additionally rigorously assessing a number of inventory.Â
Different main gamers in attendance included Yuesheng Zhang of Yulong Investments and Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing, whereas Gavin O’Connor, consultant of upwardly cell American proprietor John Stewart, was additionally doing his due diligence. There was a notable presence from Japan and the USA, with regulars Mike Ryan, Chad Brown, and Peter Brant joined by some newer faces.Â
After all, the Alpinista sister is much from the one eye-catching pedigree within the catalog. For a taste of what’s in retailer, take into account that there are 20 tons by Dubawi, 21 by Frankel, 26 by Kingman  , and the identical quantity by Lope de Vega, 22 by Sea The Stars, 9 by Siyouni , and 21 by Wootton Bassett , to checklist however a number of.Â
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