2005 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 1 DAY 4 PRESS STATEMENT
RECORDS TUMBLE AT TATTERSALLS OCTOBER PART 1
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Part 1 concluded in robust fashion, with 120 lots selling for 14,302,000 guineas, at an average of 119,183 guineas and a median of 68,000 guineas, taking the four day total to 499 lots sold for 59,635,000 guineas, at an average of 119,509 guineas and a median of 70,000 guineas. The turnover for the four days was up 13% on last year's corresponding figures whilst the average rose 16%. The strength of the sale was reflected by the fact that 99 yearlings sold for 200,000 guineas or more compared with 67 last year, whilst 42 sold for 300,000 guineas or more compared to 28 last year.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2005 |
688 |
592 |
499 |
59,635,000 |
119,509 |
70,000 |
2004 |
791 |
708 |
512 |
52,631,500 |
102,796 |
70,000 |
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2005 |
171 |
147 |
120 |
14,302,000 |
119,183 |
68,000 |
Fillies with strong pedigree's have been in demand all week and on the final day it was again a member of the fairer sex who topped proceedings. Lot 659 was such a filly, being the daughter of fourteen-time GB/Ireland Champion sire SADLER'S WELLS out of the Group 3 Tattersalls Musidora Stakes winner and Group 1 placed TIME AWAY, herself the grand-daughter of the legendary TIME CHARTER, the multiple Group 1 and Classic winner. Irish-based bloodstock agent Hugo Merry started the ball rolling with an opening bid of 200,000 guineas and was joined in the battle for the regally bred filly by London-based bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson and Newmarket-based trainer John Gosden. Irish veterinarian Demi O'Byrne, standing alongside Michael Tabor and John Magnier, soon entered the fray as the priced passed 500,000 guineas, but it was Gosden who reigned supreme, making the winning bid of 570,000 guineas. The Jamie Railton consigned filly was purchased on behalf of Stanley and Ira Gumberg's Skara Glen Stables and will be sent to Watership Down Stud before going into training with Gosden next year. The sale completed a wonderful week for consignor Jamie Railton who sold 17 yearlings for 2,650,000 guineas, second only to Timmy Hyde's Camas Park Stud who sold 23 yearlings for 3,910,000 guineas.
LOT 659: SADLER'S WELL - TIME AWAY
Purchased by Skara Glen Stables for 570,000 gns
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale featured the last yearlings to be sold at public auction by DANEHILL and the last of his colts through the ring was lot 630, a bay out of the RED SUNSET mare SUNSET CAFE. Consigned from Seamus Burns' Lodge Park Stud, the half-brother to Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner SEAZUN drew interest from Adena Springs' Frank Stronach and Irish bloodstock agents Peter Doyle and Bobby O'Ryan. Stronach along with Anthony Stroud, who he has been purchasing through, have been very active all week, but they were not willing to match Doyle or O'Ryan who bid 500,000 guineas and 520,000 guineas respectively. That pair were in turn unwilling to increase their bids when Coolmore Stud's John Magnier chimed in with a bid of 550,000 guineas. Seamus Burns was another consignor celebrating at the end of the sale, his six yearlings yielding 1,702,000 guineas.
LOT 630: DANEHILL - SUNSET CAFE
Purchased by Demi O'Byrne for 550,000 gns
At the conclusion of Part 1 of the 2005 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;
“We have seen a number of individual records broken in the course of the last four days with perhaps the most notable being the record aggregate for a European yearling sale by a very wide margin. In addition the KINGMAMBO colt out of LAST SECOND was a record price for the sale, and at 1,250,000 guineas the highest price for a yearling in Europe this year, while the average has comfortably bettered last year’s level.
“Most important, however, has been the overall feel to the sale. There has been a genuine buzz around Park Paddocks from start to finish and the sale format has met with universal approval. After last year’s yearling sales we said that we felt the numbers should be controlled more tightly and the decision to cut the numbers and to catalogue alphabetically by dams name throughout the sale has been the key to attracting a greater number of buyers and to keeping them here throughout the week.
“There is no doubt that the high profile successes of recent sale graduates such as MOTIVATOR, SHAMARDAL and GEORGE WASHINGTON have encouraged buyers, and new faces from throughout the world have had a significant impact on what has been a successful week. Part 2 of the October Yearling Sale starts this coming Tuesday and with FLASHY WINGS, ALWAYS HOPEFUL and SIR PERCY all graduates of Part 2 last year, buyers can be certain that there are still plenty of quality yearlings to come for those who have been unable to fill their orders in the last four days.”