2004 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 2
DAY 3 PRESS STATEMENT
HALLING COLT TOPS THIRD DAY OF TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 2
A son of HALLING sold for 50,000 guineas, and a further three yearlings made 40,000 guineas on the third day of Part 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. A total of 184 yearlings were sold for 2,333,900 guineas, at an average of 12,684 guineas and a median of 9,750 guineas. This took receipts for the sale thus far to 11,094,000 guineas at an average of 19,395 guineas for the 572 lots sold.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2004 |
269 |
256 |
184 |
2,333,900 |
12,684 |
9,750 |
The fifth lot into the ring in the morning was lot 1342, a chesnut colt by HALLING out of the Listed winning CADEAUX GENEREUX mare RAMBLING ROSE. Consigned from Renee Robeson's Southcourt Stud, the colt saw initial interest from Kern Lillingston Association's Luke Lillingston before Newmarket trainer William Haggas made the winning bid of 50,000 guineas. The colt's dam RAMBLING ROSE won the Listed Galtres Stakes at York and was also placed in the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Group 3 Lancashire Oaks. The Darley based HALLING has enjoyed a successful year with the multiple Group 1 placed NORSE DANCER as well as the Listed winning two year old QUEEN OF POLAND representing him this season.
LOT 1342: HALLING - RAMBLING ROSE
Purchased by Mr William Haggas for 50,000 gns
Two of the three lots which sold for 40,000 guineas are set to join
trainer Terry Mills at his Loretta Lodge Stables in Epsom. The first,
lot 1353, was a colt by INCHINOR out of the winning PRINCE SABO mare
SABINA. The colt, consigned from Robert Allcock had recieved a major
pedigree update when his ROYAL APPLAUSE half brother TREMAR, trained
by Mills, won the Group 3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly on October 1st.
Johnny McKeever, standing alongside trainer Brian Meehan was underbidder.
Mills' other 40,000 guineas purchase was the SHINKO FOREST colt consigned
from Shanaville Stables. Mills purchased the son of the RAHY mare
MARITANA after seeing off the efforts of Lambourn trainer Sylvester
Kirk.
LOT 1353: INCHINOR - SABINA
Purchased by T.G.& B.B.Mills for 40,000 gns
LOT 1556: SHINKO FOREST - MARITANA
Purchased by T.G.& B.B.Mills for 40,000 gns
The top priced filly for the day was lot 1496, by FANTASTIC LIGHT out
of the Group 2 placed FABULOUS DANCER mare FRESHER. Consigned from
agent John Troy, the half sister to Group 3 placed ZULEIKA DOBSON
saw interest from agent Dick O'Gorman but he was unable to match
the 40,000 guineas bid by German bloodstock agent Manfred Hofer.
The filly, who is from the first crop of Darley's six time Group
1 winner FANTASTIC LIGHT is set to go into training with the agent's
brother, Mario Hofer.