2003 JULY SALE DAY 3 PRESS STATEMENT
RECORD AVERAGE AT TATTERSALLS JULY SALE
The Tattersalls July Sale finished with a flourish that saw a new record average and the second highest turnover in the history of the sale. The third day's trade saw 75 lots sold for 820,200 guineas, at an average of 11,717 guineas and a median of 7,250 guineas. This brought the full sale figures to 287 lots sold for 3,238,800 guineas, allowing the average to rise 3% to the new record level of 11,285 guineas. The median of 6,000 guineas was the same as last year.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2003 |
505 |
336 |
287 |
3,238,800 |
11,285 |
6,000 |
2002 |
534 |
391 |
333 |
3,635,100 |
10,916 |
6,000 |
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2003 |
107 |
79 |
70 |
820,200 |
11,717 |
7,250 |
2002 |
120 |
90 |
75 |
794,600 |
10,594 |
7,000 |
The top price and a new record price for a two year old at the July sale was the 170,000 guineas paid by Bedfordshire based bloodstock agent David Metcalfe for the Group 3 winning colt CLIFDEN. The winner of the Premio Primi Passi at San Siro in Milan had received a Timeform rating of 104 after his runaway Italian success, making him currently the equal fifth highest rated juvenile in Britain. Trained in Newmarket by first season trainer Mark Wallace, CLIFDEN was purchased on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed's son Sheikh Rashid who will keep the horse in training with Wallace. Sheikh Rashid tasted success yesterday when his recently acquired colt NEVISIAN LAD won the Group 2 TNT July Stakes.
Lot 498: CLIFDEN
Purchased by David Metcalfe for 170,000 guineas
At the conclusion of the 2003 Tattersalls July Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;
“It is hard to draw too many conclusions from a mixed sale such as the July Sale, but as ever we have seen a truly cosmopolitan cast of buyers at Park Paddocks this week which has produced a record average, and turnover second only to last year’s Sale which was significantly larger.
“There have been a number of individual highlights, most notably the 170,000 guineas for the Group 3 winning two year old CLIFDEN, which is a record for a two year old at this sale, but the crucial element has been the clearance rate. Very few horses have failed to find buyers which is a massive endorsement of the enduring popularity of this sale.
“ Quality consignments from so many of the major owner/breeders including Cheveley Park Stud, Darley, Juddmonte, Gainsborough Stud Management and Shadwell Estates have made a huge contribution to the continued development of the July Sale and it is great to see such support rewarded.”