2003 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 2
DAY 1 PRESS STATEMENT
STRONG START TO PART 2 OF TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE
Part 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale started in strong fashion today, with 179 yearlings selling for a total of 1,343,900 guineas, a figure only 280,400 guineas short of last year's two day total. The average of 7,507 guineas and median of 5,000 guineas were also both above the overall two day sale figures from last year. The top price for the day of 46,000 guineas was shared between two colts by ALZAO and NIGHT SHIFT.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2003 |
300 |
265 |
179 |
1,343,900 |
7,507 |
5,000 |
The first was Lot 1251, a bay colt by NIGHT SHIFT out of the ROCK CITY mare ROXY. The full brother to this year's winning filly NIGHT KISS was consigned from David and Trish Brown's Furnace Mill Stud on behalf of Poulton Stud. The Brown's were continuing a hugely successful two weeks at Tattersalls having sold a son of DIKTAT for 310,000 guineas on the third day of last week's October Yearling Sale Part 1. The colt was purchased by locally based economist Dr Klaus Rohde who was spurred on following a successful week as a vendor at the Tattersalls Houghton Yearling Sale where he sold the SADLER'S WELLS yearling filly out of his Classic winning and Group 1 producing mare FILIA ARDROSS for 330,000 guineas.
Lot 1251: NIGHT SHIFT - ROXY
Purchased by Dr Klaus Rohde for 46,000 gns
An hour later, Lot 1280, a bay colt by ALZAO out of the SELKIRK mare
SERENITY equalled the highest price for the day when Catridge Farm
Stud's David Powell went to 46,000 guineas to secure the colt on
behalf of owner Eric Gadsden. The sale represented a pinhooking success
for the colt who was purchased as a foal for €16,000 by Paddy
Twomey, and consigned by Co. Tipperary based Michael Downey. The
son of the Group 3 Rockfel Stakes third SERENITY and half-brother
to 2003 winner CAMILLE PISSARRO also saw interest from trainer Paul
Cole and agent Peter Doyle before Powell secured him to go to Cullompton
based trainer Stewart Kittow.
LOT 1280: ALZAO - SERENITY
Purchased by Mr Eric Gadsden for 46,000 gns
The third lot to break the 40,000 guineas barrier on the opening day
was lot 1338, the PIVOTAL filly out the winning PRIMO DOMINIE mare
TANGERINE . Yearlings by the Cheveley Park Stud based PIVOTAL have
been in high demand at Tattersalls during the past two weeks and
it was locally based bloodstock agent Penny Barnes who landed the
filly for 40,000 guineas after seeing off the efforts of Irish based
Breeze Up consignor Willie Browne. The filly, consigned from Green
Stone Stud, represented another pinhooking triumph, having been purchased
for 12,000 guineas at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale.