2005 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 3
PRESS STATEMENT

SOLID TRADE AT TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 3

The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Part 3 concluded with 124 lots sold for 836,000 guineas, at an average of 6,742 guineas and a median of 4,850 guineas.

2005 OCTOBER YEARLING SALE PART 3 FIGURES
	Catalogued	Offered	Sold	Aggregate	Average	Median
2005	220	184	124	836,000	6,741	4,850

TThe top price during the day was the 46,000 guineas given for Lot 1741, a bay colt by BAHAMIAN BOUNTY out of the EL GRAN SENOR mare SANGRA. The colt, consigned from Swallow Hole Farm on behalf of Mr David Forecast was the subject of a bidding duel between Newmarket trainer William Haggas and Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown. Brown, who was standing alongside another Newmarket trainer Neville Callaghan and his son Simon eventually proved triumphant when Haggas exited the ring, refusing to increase his bid of 45,000 guineas. The sale was yet another success for the National Stud's BAHAMIAN BOUNTY whose progeny were very well recieved at Parts 1 and 2 of the October Yearling Sale following 2005 Group 1 sprint victories for his sons PASTORAL PURSUITS and GOODRICKE.

LOT 1741: BAHAMIAN BOUNTY - SANGRA

Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock for 46,000 gns

Late in the evening bloodstock agent Geoffrey Howson went to 31,000 guineas to secure a colt from the first crop of Darley stallion BEST OF THE BESTS. Consigned from Lavington Stud on behalf of Sunley Stud, the colt out of the winning WOLFHOUND mare SUNLEY SCENT went to Howson after he outbid locally based bloodstock agent Oliver Gaisford-St Lawrence of McKeever St Lawrence.

LOT 1767: BEST OF THE BESTS - SUNLEY SUNSET

Purchased by Geoffrey Howson Bloodstock for 31,000 gns

The top price during the morning session was the 30,000 given for Lot 1597, a brown filly by TOMBA out of the POLAR FALCON mare CHERISH ME, herself an own sister to Listed Zetland Stakes third POLAR ECLIPSE. Consigned from Box Hedge Hall Stud, the filly was purchased by Yorkshire based bloodstock agent Gill Richardson who indicated that the filly would head to trainer Kevin Ryan's Hambleton Lodge stables in North Yorkshire. Ryan has enjoyed a spectacular year with his two-year-old's PALACE EPISODE and AMADEUS WOLF, winners of the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy and Group 1 Middle Park Stakes respectively, and both graduates of this year's Tattersalls Breeze Up Sale.

LOT 1597: TOMBA - CHERISH ME

Purchased by Gill Richardson for 30,000 gns

At the conclusion of Part 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented:

“October 2005 has been a month on which the British and Irish bloodstock industries can look back with considerable satisfaction, and it has concluded in an equally satisfactory manner today at Part 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

“Although today’s Sale has been some way removed from the heights achieved at Parts 1 and 2, it has proved to be a good solid outlet for commercial yearlings, and given another ringing endorsement to the small format changes that we introduced to our yearling sales this year.”

 

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