2005 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 1 DAY 3 PRESS STATEMENT
KINGMAMBO COLT TOPS MILLION AT TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE
A son of KINGMAMBO recorded the highest price for a yearling at auction in Europe during 2005 when he was sold for 1,250,000 guineas on the third day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Part 1. Selling continued in robust fashion during the day with 129 lots sold for 16,111,000 guineas at an average of 124,891 guineas and a median of 75,000 guineas.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2005 |
172 |
150 |
129 |
16,111,000 |
124,891 |
75,000 |
Lot 360, the son of KINGMAMBO out of the ALZAO mare LAST SECOND looked one of the standout lots in the catalogue on pedigree, and recieved a timely catalogue update last week when his half-brother AUSSIE RULES won the Group 3 Somerville Tattersall Stakes at Newmarket. The colt is also a half-brother to the Listed winner APPROACH as well as Sir Mark Prescott's exciting three-year-old filly INTRIGUED, fourth in the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac last year. Consigned from Chris Budgett's Kirtlington Stud on behalf of Prince Faisal Salman's Belgrave Bloodstock, the colt is a son of the Group 2 Nassau Stakes winner LAST SECOND, herself a half-sister to the dams of the Group 1 winners ALBANOVA, ALBORADA, YESTERDAY and QUARTER MOON. Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown made much of the early running along with Mohammed Jaber, acting on behalf of Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum's Gainsborough Stud and the pair traded bids as the price raced past half a million guineas. Just when Jaber had seemingly secured the colt, Japanese agent Nobutaka Tada entered the fray with a bid of 850,000 guineas. The million guineas barrier was soon breached, but when Jaber bid 1,250,000 guineas, Tada was unwilling to up the ante any further. A decision on who the colt will go into training with will be made at a later date.
LOT 360: KINGMAMBO - LAST SECOND
Purchased by Gainsborough Stud Management for 1,250,000 gns
Sons of MONTJEU have been in great demand all week following the exploits of his progeny this year, most notably the Group 1 winning trio HURRICANE RUN, MOTIVATOR and SCORPION. Lot 394, by MONTJEU out of the Listed winning MARIGNAN mare MAJINSKAYA was another to attract the attention of buyers with Adena Springs' Frank Stronach and Hirokazu Okada from Big Red Farm in Japan going head-to-head for the half-brother to Listed winner MODEEROCH and Group 2 Lowther Stakes second DANASKAYA. Okada saw off the efforts of Stronach but Coolmore principal John Magnier signalled his interest and the pair took the price past the half million guineas mark. Few are able to outlast the efforts of Magnier and after he bid 570,000 guineas, Okada waved the white flag. Consigned from John O'Conner's Ballylinch Stud, the colt is set to join Aidan O'Brien at his Ballydoyle base.
LOT 394: MONTJEU - MAJINSKAYA
Purchased by Demi O'Byrne for 570,000 gns
Another stallion whose progeny have been in great demand this week is PIVOTAL, Cheveley Park Stud's homebred son of POLAR FALCON. Eleven of his sons and daughters have sold for 100,000 guineas or more, with the three highest priced all selling during today's third session. The highest of these was the 430,000 guineas given for Lot 425, a colt out of MODEL QUEEN consigned by John and Lady Caroline Warren's Highclere Stud . The colt was purchased by Darley Stud's John Ferguson after he outlasted Lambourn based trainer Charlie Egerton. Ferguson was also successful in securing Lot 500, the colt out of PRETTY SHARP for 420,000 guineas. Consigned from David Brown's Furnace Mill Stud on behalf of Courtleigh Stud, the half-brother to Group 2 winner TWILIGHT BLUES was the subject of a bidding duel between both Ferguson and Coolmore's John Magnier. Lot 460, the Swordlestown Stud consigned filly out of the Listed winning mare OUT OF AFRICA was the top-priced PIVOTAL filly for the day, having been knocked down Charlie Gordon-Watson for 380,000 guineas. A further seven PIVOTAL's are set to be offered at tomorrow's final session.
