2006 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 2 DAY 3 PRESS STATEMENT
DAY 3: STRONG INCREASES ON THIRD DAY OF TATTERSALLS OCTOBER 2
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Part 2 continued in robust fashion on the third day with a brace of yearlings selling for 100,000 guineas, impressive increases in turnover, average and median comparable to the opening two days and a clearance rate of 84%. A total of 181 yearlings were sold for 4,249,700 guineas, a rise of 58% compared with the third day last year whilst the average and median rose 15% and 25% to 23,479 guineas and 20,000 guineas respectively.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2006 |
239 |
216 |
181 |
4,249,700 |
23,479 |
20,000 |
2005 |
178 |
155 |
132 |
2,689,500 |
20,375 |
16,000 |
The first of the two 100,000 guinea lots was lot 1377, the MONTJEU colt out of MACHIAVELLIAN mare MARCIALA who was consigned by The National Stud on behalf of their popular breeding enterprise, The National Stud Never Say Die Club. London based bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson signed for the colt at 100,000 guineas after seeing off the determined efforts of agent Tim Corby and indicated that he would go into training with Michael Jarvis at his Kremlin House Stables. The sale represented a great return for the club, who purchased MARCIALA, carrying the MONTJEU colt in utero, for 46,000 guineas at the 2004 Tattersalls December Mare Sale.
LOT 1377: MONTJEU - MARCIALA
Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock for 100,000 guineas
The second six figure lot for the day was lot 1407, the COMPTON PLACE filly out of the LOMOND mare NOBLE PEREGRINE who was knocked down to bloodstock agent Geoffrey Howson for 100,000 guineas after he outbid BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe. The filly, consigned from Caherass Stud in Ireland, is a half-sister to this year’s Listed Washington Singer Stakes winner and twice Group 2 placed DUBAI’S TOUCH as well as to the Group horses NOBELIST and WANNABE AROUND. Howson indicated that the filly was purchased on behalf of a North American based client and would go into training in Ireland.
Lambourn trainer Marcus Tregoning received an unexpected pedigree update following his purchase of lot 1312 when the colt’s three parts sister FIRENZE won the Listed Boadicea Fillies’ Stakes at Newmarket a few hours later. Tregoning purchased the EFISIO colt out of the BE MY CHIEF mare DONNA ANNA for 80,000 guineas from the Swinburn family’s Genesis Green Stud, who consigned the yearling on behalf of Lady Juliet Tadgell. The colt, who is also a three parts brother to the Group 1 July Cup winner FRIZZANTE, is out of a half-sister to the dual Grade 1 winner DONNA VIOLA.
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continues at 9.30am on Friday, October 13.