2003 FEBRUARY SALE PRESS STATEMENT
FIGURES UP ACROSS THE BOARD AT TATTERSALLS FEBRUARY SALE
At the conclusion of the fourth Tattersalls February Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;
" It is always good to start any year on a positive note, and bearing in mind the prevailing global uncertainties we would have to be pleased with today's Sale. The catalogue was larger than last year and had greater strength in depth which has attracted solid domestic demand as well as buyers from throughout Europe and further afield.
" As ever the quality lots have had no shortage of admirers but most importantly for a Sale of this nature we have seen realistic reserves rewarded by a good clearance rate. There have been more than double the number of five figure transactions than at this Sale last year, and the top price of 50,000 guineas was also a record for a mare at the February Sale, which bodes well for the long term future of the fixture. "
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2003 |
219 |
181 |
122 |
769,400 |
6,307 |
3,500 |
2002 |
170 |
135 |
74 |
452,600 |
6,116 |
3,000 |
The top price for the sale was the 50,000 guineas paid for the five year old Classic placed mare MISS MELTEMI. The Group 1 Oak's d'Italia third was offered carrying to Champion older miler DANSILI who stands at Prince Khalid Abdullah's Banstead Manor Stud, outside Newmarket, and it was Hedsor Stud's Tim Lock who secured the mare with a single bid. The daughter of MISWAKI TERN whose dam BLU MELTEMI was also placed in the Oak's d'Italia was offered by leading consignor Jamie Railton and was a record price for a broodmare at the February Sale.
Lot 41: MISS MELTEMI
Purchased by Hedsor Stud for 50,000 guineas
The second highest price for the day and the top price for a filly in training was the 38,000 guineas paid for the three year old filly BLACK BELT SHOPPER. Consigned from Barry Hills' Faringdon Place Stables, the three year old daughter of DESERT PRINCE out of the UNFUWAIN mare KOUMISS had been placed in the Listed Silver Tankard Stakes at Pontefract last year and was purchased by locally based bloodstock agent Jill Lamb on behalf of an undisclosed British breeder.
Lot 97: BLACK BELT SHOPPER
Purchased by Jill Lamb Bloodstock for 38,000 guineas