2004 AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING SALE
DAY 1 PRESS STATEMENT
GATWICK TOPS OPENING DAY OF TATTERSALLS AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING SALE
The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training got off to a bright start with three year olds GATWICK and FAASEL both realising in excess of 200,000 guineas on a day when 204 lots were sold for 4,408,600 guineas, at an average of 21,611 guineas and a median of 11,500 guineas. This represented a rise of 90% in aggregate and 45% and 15% in average and median respectively on the corresponding day in 2003.
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Year |
Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
2004 |
364 |
253 |
204 |
4,408,600 |
21,611 |
11,500 |
2003 |
262 |
188 |
156 |
2,325,200 |
14,905 |
10,000 |
The three year old colt GATWICK topped proceeding's for the day when Dwayne Woods made the final bid of 270,000 guineas. Consigned from Mick Channon's West Ilsley Stables, GATWICK always looked likely to be one of the main attractions on day 1 as the winner of four races and £138,000 in prizemoney and with a Timeform rating of 115. Interest in the colt came from all quarters with four bidders involved as the price passed the 200,000 guineas mark. The BBA Ireland's Patrick Cooper traded bids with Newmarket based Dwayne Woods before New York based trainer Steve Young, accompanied by London based agent Jamie McAlmont, entered proceeding's with a bid of 250,000 guineas. This was countered by County Durham trainer Howard Johnson who bid 260,000 guineas before Woods, rejoined the fray with the final bid of 270,000 guineas. Woods indicated that the son of ALI-ROYAL would go to Hong Kong to join his brother Sean, currently in his third season as a trainer in the Chinese territory.
LOT 287: GATWICK
Purchased by Dwayne Woods for 270,000 gns
The second highest priced lot for the day was the 230,000 guineas paid for FAASEL, a three year old gelding consigned from Kevin Prendergast's Friarstown Stables in Ireland as the property of Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell Estates. The son of UNFUWAIN has improved steadily this year, earning an official handicap rating of 97 following a recent victory in a handicap at Naas, his third for the year and fifth overall. It was the National Hunt fraternity which dominated proceedings with widespread interest before Bloodstock Ireland's Kevin Ross and trainer Nicky Richards locked horns. Richards, based in Greystoke in Cumbria, finally secured the gelding for an existing owner.
LOT 247: FAASEL
Purchased by Mr Nicholas Richards for 230,000 gns
National Hunt interests were also to the fore earlier when another
three year old, the LINAMIX colt CONFLUENCE, was offered from Chantilly
based trainer David Smaga on behalf of the late Lord Weinstock's Ballymacoll
Stud. A winner two starts back and a close-up fourth in the Listed
Prix Le Fabuleux at Longchamp on his most recent start, CONFLUENCE
saw initial interest from French bloodstock agent Crispin de Moubray
and Highflyer Bloodstock's David Minton. The pair were superceded by
Oxfordshire based National Hunt trainer Paul Webber and Newmarket based
bloodstock agent Dick O'Gorman as the price soared past 100,000 guineas
before O'Gorman made the final bid of 140,000 guineas on behalf of
an existing client.
