Godolphin secured the most costly colt ever offered at Ebook 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when touchdown a well-bred son of Kameko from Tweenhills Farm and Stud at a cool 1 million guineas (US$1,370,000, 1 guinea=US$1.37) Oct. 16.
The teen got here to the ring armed with a significant pedigree replace as he’s a full brother to New Century , who turned his sire’s first top-flight winner when touchdown the Sept. 14 Summer time Stakes (G1T) at Woodbine. That was not the one replace within the Qatar Racing-owned colt’s profile, as he additionally landed the Stonehenge Stakes on his penultimate outing.
“I feel he is a really good horse and he is a full brother to a grade 1 winner,” mentioned Anthony Stroud, who stood beside Charlie Appleby throughout the bidding. “Kameko has had an excellent begin; (the colt’s) a fantastic, high quality horse and he’ll go to Moulton Paddocks. It is nice to have him, though the valuation was on the upper facet of what we would thought.”
The colt is out of Potent Embrace , who joined the Tweenhills-based broodmare band when bought by David Redvers for €150,000 on the Goffs November Breeding Inventory Sale in 2016, the place she was offered by Godolphin. The daughter of Avenue Cry has now bred two daring black-type winners as her first foal is Ardour And Glory , who carried Sheikh Mohammed’s royal blue silks to victory in eight races, most notably the 2021 Wonderful Stakes (G3).
“He is really extra like his dad than his brother,” mentioned Redvers. “His brother appears a correct 2-year-old however this horse, I can see him being a bit scopier actually. The factor in frequent with all the Kamekos although is that they have this unbelievable temperament, which is why the brother was capable of go throughout to Canada and are available again and go on to America. He takes all of it so effectively. The mare died foaling this lad in Eire. It was a kind of merciless twists of destiny, however she has left fairly a parting reward.”
The transaction marked a profitable return to promoting on the October Sale for Tweenhills, which final offered yearlings beneath its personal title again in 2012. The seven-figure commerce is the newest constructive step in Kameko’s burgeoning stallion profession. His debut juvenile crop comprises 10 European winners, two of which have caught in black-type firm. New Century is joined by Wimbledon Hawkeye , a snug winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) on his newest outing.
Regardless of breaking into seven-figure territory Godolphin’s newest buy couldn’t fairly attain the file worth for Ebook 2, which belongs to the listed-placed filly and four-time winner Tarhib , a 1.05 million guineas signing by Shadwell again in 2019.
Info and Figures
A tighter catalog noticed 697 heaps provided, 37 fewer than 12 months in the past. However that didn’t cease the variety of offered heaps rising by six, with 632 yearlings discovering a purchaser at a clip of 91%. These transactions yielded an mixture of 68,517,000 guineas (US$93,868,290), which was up totally 27% year-on-year, regardless of the smaller catalog.
The three days produced a six-figure common for the primary time in Ebook 2’s historical past, closing at 108,415 guineas, (US$148,529). The median worth was 70,000 guineas (US$95,900), which confirmed a 13% enhance to equal the benchmark posted in 2022.
In his common end-of-sale handle, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony mentioned: “The outcomes from Ebook 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale final week had been fairly exceptional and positively instilled some confidence main into Ebook 2, however but once more the extent of commerce has outstripped essentially the most optimistic of presale expectations.
“The extraordinary success of Ebook 1 has been effectively and really replicated in Ebook 2 and once more it’s the excellent high quality of the yearlings and the sale’s repute for persistently producing racehorses of the very highest caliber which have introduced the consumers to Tattersalls in overwhelming numbers. Yearly British and Irish breeders and consignors place huge religion within the two weeks of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and the unrelenting demand all through Ebook 2 reveals that their confidence has been totally justified.”
He added: “Above all, nevertheless, we are able to mirror on one other Tattersalls yearling sale which has exceeded expectations at a time when confidence has generally understandably been in brief provide. It has not all been plain crusing lately, however we work exhausting to carry as many consumers as potential to Tattersalls for the October Yearling Sale and as we transfer on to Books 3 and 4 we are able to look ahead with slightly extra optimism and look again on one other Tattersalls sale which has introduced a collective smile to the face of the British and Irish Thoroughbred breeding trade.”