2008 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE BOOK 2
DAY 1 PRESS STATEMENT
DAY 1: MAKTOUMS CONTINUE SPENDING ON OPENING DAY OF TATTERSALLS OCTOBER 2
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his brother Sheikh Hamdan continued their spending spree on the opening day of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. With John Ferguson bidding on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed, and Angus Gold bidding in conjuction with Sheikh Hamdan, a total of 24 lots were knocked down to the Darley and Shadwell Stud principals for a total of 1,922,000 guineas. Trade on the day saw 160 lots sold for 6,039,700 guineas at an average of 37,748 guineas and a median of 30,000 guineas.
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Catalogued |
Offered |
Sold |
Aggregate |
Average |
Median |
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2008 |
283 |
240 |
160 |
6,039,700 |
37,748 |
30,000 |
The top price for the day was 190,000 guineas for lot 841, the OASIS DREAM colt out of the RUDIMENTARY mare ROO who was knocked down to John Ferguson. The colt, consigned from Denis Brosnan’s Croom House Stud, had received a good catalogue update via his BAHAMIAN BOUNTY half-brother GALLAGHER who has finished fine seconds in both the Group 1 Prix Morny and Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes. His sire OASIS DREAM, who stands at Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Stud near Newmarket, has enjoyed a particularly good year, with five Group winners in 2008 including his first Group 1 winner when NAAQOOS won the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere recently. Ferguson only secured the colt after seeing off the efforts of locally based agent Grant Pritchard-Gordon, of Badgers’ Bloodstock.
Lot 814: OASIS DREAM - ROO
Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock for 190,000 guineas
The next two highest priced lots of the day both fell to Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Estates. Bidding through his racing manager Angus Gold, Sheikh Hamdan signed for 13 lots for a total of 1,005,000 guineas including lot 653, the FOREST CAMP colt out of the UNBRIDLED’S SONG mare LOOK FOR GOOD. Consigned from Gay O’Callaghan’s Yeomanstown Stud, the colt was knocked down to Gold for 150,000 guineas after he saw off the efforts of agent Angie Sykes.
Lot 653: FOREST CAMP - LOOK FOR GOOD
Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company for 150,000 guineas
Lot 759, the colt by ACCLAMATION out of the INDIAN RIDGE mare PARK APPROACH was knocked down to Shadwell Estates for 135,000 guineas after Gold and Hamdan had seen off the efforts of agent John Warren and trainer Mark Tompkins. The progeny of ACCLAMATION have been in great demand over the sales season following the exploits of his two and three year olds which have included last year’s Group 1 Middle Park Stakes winner DARK ANGEL and this year’s Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes winner EQUIANO.
