Guide 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continued its record- breaking tempo Oct. 15 with the highest-grossing session within the historical past of the sale and 6 heaps realizing 500,000 guineas or extra.
Turnover surpassed 20 million guineas for the second consecutive day, the typical and median each realized double-figure will increase, and the clearance price was a outstanding 91%.
The joint high lot on the second day of Guide 2 was Lot 898, a Too Darn Scorching filly out of the Galileo (IRE) mare Lola Paige (IRE) who offered for 600,000 guineas (US$823,691, 1 guinea=US$1.37) to the bid of agent Alex Elliott on behalf of Al Shaqab and Amo Racing.
The sale decreased Robert “Choc” Thornton, stud supervisor at Paul Dunkley’s Appletree Stud, to tears. It’s the highest worth achieved so far by the farm.
“Paul places a lot into the stud,” mentioned Thornton. “She is a queen, I assumed she’d get 200,000 guineas or so, after which thought perhaps 400,000 guineas, however to do this… She has been a star during, and naturally we have been tempted to maintain her, however the boss has put some huge cash in. He deserves to get some again.
Purchaser Alex Elliott mentioned: “She has been cut up between Al Shaqab and Amo. A coach is but to be determined, however now we have a staff of trainers who we’re very proud of and she’s going to go to a kind of. Either side gave her high marks, she is by Too Darn Scorching, who’s a worldwide stallion now, and she or he is out of a Galileo mare.”Â
The final lot into the ring equaled the session-topping worth of 600,000 guineas (US$823,691) when knocked right down to Jane Mangan on behalf of the Thoroughbred Racing Company after seeing off a decided effort from American agent David Ingordo.
The Sea the Stars filly out of the Siyouni mare Monaawara (GB) was consigned by Philipp Stauffenberg on behalf of Meadow Farm Stud.
Mangan, answerable for bidding, mentioned: “Now we have been making an attempt to purchase the precise kind of filly for the final two weeks and we received two final week. This filly stood out, I assumed she is the most effective filly on this e-book. She comes from an awesome farm, she is simply very straightforward on the attention, there is no such thing as a thriller right here!
“We need to win classics, middle-distance classics. She matches that invoice. She is by the precise horse, she has an awesome damsire, she has received the scope to hopefully be good. I realized over the past two weeks that all of us have an analogous set of eyes, it would not matter what time of day a horse sells, individuals will go to the moon for the precise horse.”
On the session, 234 heaps have been provided, with 214 offered for twenty-four,639,000 guineas (US$33,824,868). That whole was up 36% from the corresponding session a 12 months in the past, when 237 have been provided and 205 offered. Tuesday’s common of 115,136 guineas (US$158,061) was a 31% enhance from final 12 months, and the median of 75,000 guineas (US$102,961) represented a 14% year-over-year achieve.
The third and last session of Guide 2 is scheduled for Oct. 16.
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This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Workers.
