"He is a corker, he it is a very good pinhook for Yeomanstown and he is a very fast-looking colt," said Elliot. "He is going to trainer Raphael Freire in Lambourn – in September he won the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes with Benevento and is doing a great job.

"This was the colt that Kia particularly wanted. We bought a lot of Classic horses last week, we need some speed horses, too, and, hopefully, he is one of them."

Elliot has also signed for a further four horses today, bought on behalf of Valmont.

"The whole market has gone up and we are finding it hard to buy for Valmont. I keep on playing second fiddle to Anthony Stroud, it is starting to annoy me! laughed the busy agent. (17:29)

The colt was bred by the Kitcarina Partnership and Sunderland Holdings, and breeder Fiona Marner was at Tattersalls to see the colt sell.

"I bought her in training from Andre Fabre and then sent her to Andrew Balding and she did win a race," reported Marner of Windmill Stud. "We sent her to Sea The Stars for her first cover, a foal share kindly arranged by the late John Clarke, and went back to the sire again and produced this colt.

"He foaled with me and spent his time with us until going to Natalie and Matt to prep, they are based at Fonthill Stud and it is such a lovely farm, beautiful land. This colt has always been just such a lovely person and individual, and I am so pleased for Natalie and Matt, it is so nice to see young people getting on."

The mare had a filly by Baaeed this spring and was covered by Showcasing.

Natalie Folland and Matt Bowen, speaking after the colt's wind test had been concluded and having packed up the draft for the evening, were still slightly shellshocked by the result.

"It is our biggest sale ring result, we sold a Showcasing for Lord Margadale last December for 170,000gns,"said Bowen. "It is still sinking in! I don't think he'd go to that sort of level, but as the week went on we thought we'd be ok.

"We are very thankful for Fiona sending him to us, we have had him for ten weeks and it is all credit to Fiona's team, we just had to finish him up."

Folland added: "We sold the Zoustar out of Frangipanni today to Steven Hillen so another gone to a good judge, so we are really pleased. We prepped 20 yearlings this year, our biggest draft, and we have ten foals, tens mares and three yearlings for December,.It is busy year, we are delighted with how things are going."

Anthony Stroud said: “Sea The Stars speaks for himself and this is a powerful, strong horse. He’s a very good mover, comes from a very good farm and the pedigree goes back very well. It’s so important to try and get these horses that can stay a mile and a half. We’ve bought a number of horses but we could do with more of that type, and he fitted that criteria. Sea The Stars was a top-class racehorse and is a top-class stallion.”

So far across the October Yearling Sale, Godolphin has purchased four yearlings by Sea The Stars, three colts and a filly, and she is the top-priced of the quartet having fetched 1,600,000gns for Kildaragh Stud (Lot 325). (16:51)

"She is strong and square and a lovely filly," said consignor Peter Kavanagh of Kildaragh Stud. "She is from a good Gerry Oldham family that we know well and she is by Australia – we have a few by him on the farm and I like him as a stallion, you can't turn your back on that sort of blood."

RC Bloodstock is a syndicate made up of Roderic Kavanagh, Cormac O'Flynn and Kildaragh Stud. (16:15)

She is dam of two winners from three runners, including the Listed placed Disillusion (Profitable), and is a half-sister to Laws Of Indices, winner of the Prix Jean Prat (G1) and the Railway Stakes (G2). He was also placed in at Group 1 and Grade 1 level races in Australia, France and Hong Kong. (15:23)

The April-born colt is out of the Foxwedge mare Hertford Dancer, who won the Lingfield Oaks Trial (L) and was third in the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2). Third dam is Massarra, winner of the Prix Robert Papin (G2) and an own-sister to Kodiac and a half-sister to Invincible Spirit.

She is dam of 12 winners, including the champion juvenile Nayarra, the Superlative Stakes (G2) winner Gustav Klimt, the Group 3 winner Wonderfully, the Group 1 placed Mars, as well as the Listed winners Friendly, Blissful and Cuff. (15:18)

Peter Fagan, who is at Tattersalls with his father John, said: "It is fantastic, it is great for the farm. Dark Angel is a wonderful sire, and a great broodmare sire, too, and the filly has not put a foot wrong here and behaved so well all week. I just breeze into Tattersalls for the sale, all the credit goes to the farm, to my father and mother Vourneen, farm manager Patrick Kirwan, and Rachel Harvey who has done a fantastic job this year."

He continued: "Suzanne Roberts bought the mare for us, she was a pricey mare but she was in-foal to Kingman at the time. It has been wonderful to see Place Of Safety [second foal] do so well this year. The Gosdens have done so well with her this year and she is an exciting prospect for next year. "

Those 2024 achievements for the three-year-old filly Place Of Safety (Night Of Thunder) include a Group 3 third-place in the Dubai Stakes at the end of September.

"I am so pleased that Oliver has put his faith in the farm," added Fagan. "That price exceeded our expectations, we had a lot of interest, a lot of the right people, but you never know what is going to happen.

"We paid 230,000gns when we bought Havre De Paix and we bought her from owner Clive Washbourn, I think she was the first stakes winner for trainer David Menuisier. Clive then bought into her first foal, Adela Of Champagne and raced her with me. She had a lot of ability and Clive kept her and she is in-foal to Baaeed.

"So far, Havre De Paix has only had fillies, she is in-foal to Gleneagles and we have yet to decide on next spring's cover – this will help!" (14:50)

Granola was bought by Denniff Farms for just 28,000gns at the 2014 Tattersalls December Mares from Tweenhills Stud and Qatar Racing, and Fiona Denniff said: "It was really the late trainer David Brown, who recommended her to us as he had trained her. He always said after that he felt part of Brunch [the mare's 2017 foal by Harbour Watch and winner of the Pomfret Stakes (L)].

"That is her best result in the ring, and considerably so. I loved this filly, if we weren't sellers, I would have loved to her kept her, but we need to be commercial."

of the decision to cover the Makfi mare with Blue Point, Denniff outlined: "Blue Point really stood out to me as a racehorse. I know a lot of people go way back into the five generations and so on, but I tend to go on whether or not I love a stallion. I don't often send a mare to Ireland, but I made an exception here. Granola did not have a foal this year, but she is in-foal to Havana Grey."

Granola is a half-sister to Know It All (Lord Kanaloa), winner of the Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial, Astrophysical Jet (Dubawi), winner of the Flying Five Stakes (G3), and Coral Wave (Rock Of Gibraltar), winner of the Park Stakes (G3).

Third dam is Highbrow, the dam of the black-type winners Blueprint and Fairy Godmother, and ancestress of Kingdom Of Fife, Dubai Next and the two-time Group 1 winner, Ask. (13:54)

The yearling was pinhooked as a foal by Lynn Lodge Stud and today's sale gave County Westmeath-based farm a fine result on last year's investment of €100,000. (12:47)

She was bred and sold by Ballylinch Stud, and John O'Connor, who mentioned yesterday that today he has a "couple of bullets to fire", said: "We are very happy with that price, we were pretty confident she would sell well. She is a beautiful filly with the best combination of Camelot and Lope De Vega. The mare was very quick, she has already bred a good one, so the pedigree is stacking up for everyone. Then her physical, her temperament and her ability to show is just exceptional, pretty well most of the big operations were interested."

Of the decision to use Camelot on Fort Del Oro, he outlined: "It is interesting, we have done some statistics that indicates that Camelot does well with fast mares, which was not something I expected. Camelot is a very solid sire, I like him, he brings a lot of quality and class and then if you get the right individual you can be in business. I liked her a lot – we were tempted to keep her, I would have quite liked her to walk around the paddocks at home!"

And of Lope De Vega as a broodmare sire of note, he added: "I think he looks very promising as a broodmare sire, he is passing on that athleticism that he has himself in his own stock and his daughters seem to be passing it on too pretty regularly, a big stride." (12:37)

The team was sat in the seats, and Roger Varian said: "His page speaks for itself, he is a lovely individual and he comes straight to me from here. As his pedigree suggests he looks as though he might need a bit of time."

Not only is the colt a three-quarters relation to the Epsom Derby winner, he is a half-brother to the Listed winner and Group placed Eastern Belle (Champs Elysees), dam of the Group winner Medgallan (Kingman), as well as the Listed placed Dhahabi (Frankel).

It is the second good result in Book 2 for Norelands with a colt by Sea The Stars – yesterday the farm sold Lot 547 for 475,000gns to Godolphin. (12:00)

The colt is out of the unraced Shamardal mare Excellent View, dam of the Meydan Listed winner and Group 3-placed Mutaraffa. (11:34)

The May colt is the first foal out of Dubious Affair, placed second in the Further Flight Stakes (L) and fourth in the Park Hill Stakes (G2).

Yesterday, Tradewinds sold a Cotai Glory colt out of Wedding Wish (Lot 501) to the same buyer for 280,000gns, giving a fine pinhook return over the €52,000 foal-purchase price. (10:54)

He is out of the unraced Dubai Destination mare Endless Love, who had a colt foal by Churchill this spring. (10:42)

She is dam of one winner from one runner – Bluedrum who also boasts black-type form from a second placing in the Brownstown Stakes (G3). (10:12)

Catalogued: 258 (274)

Offered: 232 (249)

Sold: 208 (210)

Turnover: 21,596,500gns (+17%)

Median: 65,000gns (-6%)

Average: 103,829gns (+18%)

% Sold: 90% (83%)

Top lot: Lot 597, Sea The Stars ex Bighearted, sold for 875,000gns to Godolphin by Staffordstown

300,000gns+: 13

Leading consignor (by agg): 1. Staffordstown, 2. Whatton Manor Stud, 3. Yeomanstown Stud

Leading purchaser (by agg): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Godolphin, 3. Al Shaqab / Amo Racing

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Blue Point, 3. Mehmas

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Gleneagles

Top five

Lot 597: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Bighearted (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Staffordstown, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 875,000gns

Lot 551: St Mark's Basilica (FR) / Angelic Light (IRE) Ch.F. (IRE) >> Yeomanstown Stud, Ireland >> Al Shaqab / Amo Racing >> 600,000gns

Lot 547: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Angel Fairy (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Norelands, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 475,000gns

Lot 512: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Zain Hana (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Highclere Stud >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 425,000gns

Lot 514: Too Darn Hot (GB) / Zero Gravity (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Whatton Manor Stud >> Shadwell Estate Company >> 425,000gns (21:04)

The colt, sold by Mountain View Stud, is out of the Dick Poole Stakes (L) runner-up Dorothy B (Fastnet Rock), the dam of two winners, and from the family of Starman, the champion European older sprinter of 2021 and sire at Tally-Ho Stud. (20:33)

The mare has bred four winners and two horses rated over 100 – Silent Film (New Approach), the winner of five races, and Embesto (Roaring Lion), winner of the Sovereign Stakes (G3). (20:23)

"It was a bitter sweet moment,"said Kirsten Rausing of Lanwades Stud, where the son of Mark Of Esteem stood throughout his stud career and breeder of this colt. "I am delighted that Marcus has bought the horse. I have been mentioning the horse on several occasions to him!

"He is a very attractive colt, the dam has done well, she has bred a lot of winners and it is a family that we have nurtured for three generations here."

Of selling today's top lot, Lot 597 by Sea The Stars, Rausing said: "We have had a very good day. The Sea The Stars colt is a very nice horse, strong, well-balanced and with a great walk. He made a bit more than expected – that is always a nice surprise!"

Of the sale last week of the full-sister to her Arc winner Alpinista (Lot 72, by Frankel) she said: "It was bitter-sweet to be parting with a full-sister to Alpinista, but all in all it was a good sale, and I am very fortunate have at home Alpinista, her filly foal, her dam Alwilda in-foal, herself in-foal and two further half-sisters so I am well stock with the family!"

Of the trade seen in Book 1, she reflected: "Last week is a rarified atmosphere, if you have the right article you are lucky to be selling there. But it was marvellous to see the inward investment, which we sorely need. We do still have the best racing in the world." (20:16)

"He has bene bought to breeze," said Logan, who was standing behind the partition with Alan Harte. "The stallion is having a good run, he is out of a four-time-winning Sea The Stars mare and is a fine individual." (19:51)

She is out of the Teofilo mare Dear Dancer, the dam of one winner from one runner and a half-sister to Rewarding Hero (Exceed And Excel), a Listed winner and Group 1-placed in Sha Tin. (19:29)

The mare has bred the Chalice Stakes (L) third Galmarley, a daughter of Sir Percy, whom the Pakenham's owned and stood at Lanwades Stud until his retirement from stud duties last year. The stallion's last yearling due to go through the ring is Lot 690 from Staffordstown Stud (19:10)

Crowley's Law was a Grade 1-placed filly in the US and the winner of four races. She has had two winners, headlined by the Medaglia D'Oro gelding Chrysos (2019), who achieved a rating of 85.

Crowley's Law was bought by Bridlewood Farm / Ballylinch Stud for $700,000 in 2019. She had a colt by Saxon Warrior in 2024, and was covered by Nathaniel this spring. (18:48)

Clem Fandango, who was owned in training by Middleham Park Racing LXXV, is dam of the Group 3 Albany Stakes third-placed Ivory Madonna, who is also by Dark Angel. (18:07)

The colt was sold by Ballyvolane Stud, who pinhooked the February-born for €28,000 last autumn. (17:27)

The February-born colt was bred by Michael E Perlman and Sunderland Holding Inc and is the first foal out of the Listed John Musker-placed mare Bighearted (Farhh). She is a daughter of the Irish champion two-year-old filly of 1996, Bianca Nera.

"The mare is actually catalogued in the December Sale and that will freshen things up," said Richard Frisby, stud representative. "This colt was accepted for Book 1, but we felt that dropping him in here he would be a stand-out, and I think that is what has happened.

"He is a fine first foal, obviously he is a horse who will need a bit of time, but he has been bred to be a Classic horse and that is what you would expect to need to give him some time. I bought Bianca Nera as a yearling, it is a family who has been very kind to us. Bighearted is in-foal to Modern Games."

Of expectations coming to sale this week, he said: "You never know really how much they are going to make, the price at half at what he has made was a good sale and who could forecast that?"

Buyer Anthony Stroud said: “He’s a very strong, well-made horse from Staffordstown. It’s a wonderful family and he’ll be a nice staying horse for the future. He fitted the bill as a nice horse for Godolphin so he’ll go to Charlie Appleby, as will the other Sea The Stars [Lot 547]. I thought he was a very nice horse from Norelands, he’s very athletic. I thought they were the two standout horses.

On the price: “We were definitely stretched as that was more than I personally anticipated but we’re very glad to get the horse.”

Godolphin has bought two horses so far through Book 2, Stroud Coleman has signed for 12 and is the current leading purchaser. (16:30)

"It was a timely update with the Group 2 Beresford Stakes win for Hotazhell, who has the Group 1 entry in the Futurity – it is all very timely," added Voute. "He is by a great stallion and it is a great price. Imad [Al Sagar] is delighted, he wants to sell a certain amount of horses each year as wants the farm to be commercial. The colt is going to Aidan O'Brien, which is great. Gerry did a top job preparing them, they look in good order, the coats all look amazing."

With a laugh, Voute added: "He'll win the Middle Park next year... it is as easy as that!" (15:13)

"We underbid Richard Brown on the Night Of Thunder and Shadwell on the Kalpana part-sister," said Elliott. "She is an exceptional physical out of a fast Dark Angel mare, who has bred two decent horses. St Mark's is obviously an unknown but you like to think he has got every chance. It was the physical that was attractive, you like to think she could be a Royal Ascot filly. She is an early foal, she is very together, she was giving us all 'Fairy Godmother' vibes, let's hope we can replicate that."

She was bred by and sold by Yeomanstown Stud, the mare bought here for 165,000gns in December 2019.

"We need to keep adding horses if we think they are the right ones, but this market has got very very strong, which is fantastic for everyone. It is making it very hard to buy horses, everyone hones in on the best ones; it is just who is going to bid last." (14:36)

Harry McCalmont of Norelands Stud said: "We love this horse, he could have sold in any sale. We decided on this sale, we bring very few to Book 1 usually... I wish had had 30 yearlings there.

"He is a beautiful colt, we thank Mrs Tsui for sending us the mare, delighted to get another good result for her. Sea The Stars goes from strength to strength, and the page says it all."

The pedigree enjoyed success last week – Lot 311, the Wootton Bassett filly out of My Titania, was bought by William Haggas for 1,700,000gns. (14:26)

Tara Murphy, who is stud manager, said: "We are thrilled, we knew coming here that he is a lovely colt, we were very excited about him, he scoped perfect, vetted perfect, and being a colt by Blue Point he was popular. It was brilliant we were confident coming but did not expect that much!

"Last week made us hopeful and we heard that a lot of buyers had not filled there books... I wish we had a yard full of them."

She added: "We used to consign under other people, but we headed out on our, hopefully onwards and upwards! The mare was bought a number of years again and everything we have bred out of her has won and we have bred two black-type horses out of her – hopefully another one is on the way! She has never let us down. We have used Blue Point three times and he is the first one to come to market." (14:17)

She is a half-sister to the Andrew Balding-trained Kalpana (Study Of Man), who won the 1m4f Group 3 September Stakes at Kempton at the beginning of September. She is entered in the Group 1 British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Ed Player of Whatton Manor Stud said: "Richard helps us buy mares and he picked this one – at the time there was a very good half-sister in Dermot Weld's yard. Apparently, she had been working incredibly well and we bought her on the back of that. But she got injured and never ran so we thought we were in trouble.

"But thankfully Kalpana has come out and with the amazing update, so the mare has proved she can do it. Kalpana has got a very good chance on Saturday, but I think next year, when she strengthens up, she could be a very nice filly. It is a dream to get a nice update like this and it helps."

Of the cover of Too Darn Hot, he added: "We have always believed in Too Darn Hot and we believe in this mare. We always try and think big and use as good an option as we can on the mares.

"This is a lovely filly and delighted that it has worked out, it is great to have a good sale. The guys on the farm work so hard it is much for them as anyone else to be able to show the work that they are doing, it is amazing.

"At the moment it looks as though the strength from last week's trade is continuing. We have got some lovely horses this week and we are hoping for some more good sales." (13:01)

"I am a big fan of the stallion and he had a great weekend," said Brown. "He bought two fillies here last year and they have both ran on the same day at Haydock and won impressively. Saeed is here today and I showed him the filly out in the parade ring , and he fell in love with her. She is an outstanding individual and out of a Shamardal mare. We keen to buy a Night Of Thunder, I don't know who will train her. "

The filly is out of Zain Hana, winner of two races at two and three and the dam of one winner from one runner. (12:45)

Anthony Stroud was the underbidder on the Tally-HoStud-bred and sold colt.

"Roger O'Callaghan has been going on about the sire for long enough!" said Magnier. "You to have to listen to him! To be fair, this is a nice horse and the O'Callaghans they are very good breeders. He is out of a Frankel mare, let's hope he is a nice horse. He goes to Roger Varian."

Of last week's trade, he added: "It was an incredible sale, it was unnatural really. "

Of the recent announcements regarding the retirement to stud of City Of Troy and Auguste Rodin, he added: "We have got two very exciting horses to retire this year, exceptional. Aidan was talking about the two from early doors, they are so well-bred, they won Group 1s at two, they were both very precocious horses, it is exciting."

Of the decision to base City Of Troy in Ireland, he said: "The guys in Ashford were obviously very keen to get City Of Troy, we just feel that this market is so strong here [in Europe] that we felt it was the right thing."

Magnier added: "What last week's market also showed is that people want Classic horses – Classic racing is what it is all about and that is where the best prize-money is. The Guineas and the Derby are very special races and they always will be."

Back in the right-yard, the father-son double-act of Roger and Tony O'Callaghan of Tally-Ho Stud said: "This was a very good-looking horse with a good action, and two very clever men tried to buy him.

"We paid a fair price when we bought the mare Utile for 110,000gns, but she is by Frankel and was well-rated as a racehorse. We bought her because of Straight Answer [black-type winner in the second dam and by Kodiac] – we bought her to go to Kodiac, too, but he was out of action and so she went instead to Mehmas."

And it looks as though Mehmas, who has had 57 two-year-old winners this year, will take Kodiac's crown for the most juvenile winners (61) produced in a season.

"He is not far away now," said O'Callaghan the elder. "And we don't mind if he does! Life moves on."

And of the 23-year-old Tally-Ho stud stalwart Kodiac, O'Callaghan the younger updated: "He is in good form – there is certainly life in the old dog yet!" (12:12)

"It was tough to buy in Book 1, I think we got pieces of four horses," said McElroy, adding: "We are just trying to buy some fast types as we have in the past, horses who will be out early and hopefully make Royal Ascot, one of the marquee meets over here. She seemed to fit the bill º by Blue Point from a fast family, I think she is a fair price."

He added: "The Zoustar filly we bought earlier [Lot 454] had to stretch a bit on her – we got in early and I would imagine that the sale will pick up momentum as we got through today and the next few days, so hopefully will look like value.

We will take them back to the states and see how we go. She is the first we have bought by the sire, but we have been keen and bid on a few last week, he looks to be an top stallion who can get you a precocious horse and could work on both sides of the Atlantic." (11:36)

The recent Prix Jean Luc Lagardere (G1) winner Camille Pissarro was bred by and sold by the farm to MV Magnier for1,250,000gns in last year's Tattersalls October Book 1 Sale. Camille Pissarro is the third Group 1 winner, alongside Golden Horde and Dream Of Dreams, bred at the farm in County Kilkenny. (11:26)

Taraateel was bought by the filly's breeder Mascalls Stud for 230,000gns at the December Sale in 2021. Third dam Torrestrella was Classic winner of the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. (10:23)

She is from the family of the champion two-year-old Shadayd and dam Tajamhor (Candy Ride) was bought here at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale by Peter and Ross Doyle for 42,000gns. (10:13)

Selling starts at 10am. (08:48)

Catalogued: 449 (532)

Offered: 393 (470)

Sold: 345 (391)

Turnover: 127,823,000gns (+12%) *record

Median: 250,000gns (+39%) *record

Average: 370,501gns (+52%) *record

% Sold: 88% (83%)

Top lot: Lot 68, Frankel ex Aljazzi, sold for 4,400,000gns to Amo Racing by Newsells Park Stud

1,000,000gns+: 16

500,000gns+: 69

Leading consignor (by agg): 1. Newsells Park Stud, 2. Baroda Stud, 3. The Castlebridge Consignment

Leading purchaser (by agg): 1. Godolphin, 2. Amo Racing, 3. Blandford Bloodstock

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Frankel, 2. Wootton Bassett, 3. Sea The Stars

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Frankel, 2. Siyouni, 3. Dubawi

Top five

Lot 68: Frankel (GB) / Aljazzi (GB) B.F. (GB) Newsells Park Stud Ltd. >> Amo Racing >> 4,400,000gns

Lot 332: Wootton Bassett (GB) / Park Bloom (IRE) B/Br.C. (IRE) >> Lodge Park Stud, Ireland >> Amo Racing >> 4,300,000gns

Lot 407: Siyouni (FR) / Shambolic (IRE) B.F. (GB) >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd.>> Godolphin >> 3,700,000gns

Lot 183: Dark Angel (IRE) / Futoon (IRE) Gr.F. (IRE) >> Grangemore Stud, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 2,900,000gns

Lot 402: Camelot (GB) / Sense of Style (IRE) B.F. (IRE)>> Camas Park Stud, Ireland >> Amo Racing >> 2,900,000gns (18:20)

"The breeders and consignors consistently send the cream of the European yearling crop to Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and the outstanding quality of the yearlings they send to this very special sale year after year is the key to attracting so many of the world’s most successful and influential racehorse owners to Tattersalls. They come in confidence, knowing that they will find an elite collection of yearlings, more of which will go on to achieve great things on racecourses around the world than from any other European yearling sale.

“All in all it has been an extraordinary yearling sale. The statistics tell a remarkable story with massive year on year rises in average, median and turnover. The sale turnover has risen year on year by around 30 million guineas, the average price well in excess of 300,000 guineas is unprecedented, as is a median which has surpassed the previous record of 200,000 guineas by a very significant margin and all of this has been accomplished alongside an enviable clearance rate in excess of 85%.

"Newsells Park Stud’s 4.4 million guineas sale-topping FRANKEL filly out of ALJAZZI is the highest-priced yearling to be sold in the northern-hemisphere this year and Lodge Park Stud’s 4.3 million guineas WOOTTON BASSETT colt out of PARK BLOOM is not only the highest price for a yearling colt in the world this year, but also a new European record for a yearling colt.

"The very top of the market has been outlandish with an unprecedented eight yearlings selling for 2 million guineas or more, 16 selling for seven figure sums and almost 70 yearlings realising 500,000 guineas or more.

“The buyers who have made all of this possible have come from far and wide. The contribution from throughout the Gulf region has been such a feature of sales at Tattersalls for a very long time and their continued support should never be underestimated. This year they have been joined by an almost overwhelming number of overseas buyers with the large contingent of American buyers making a massive contribution alongside buyers from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan and throughout Europe, all of whom have been competing with strong domestic demand, most notably from Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing, which has become such a force on the global racing scene.

“There are so many people that can take an enormous amount of satisfaction from this sale and to see so many being so richly rewarded has been a huge boost to the British and Irish breeding industries. Every breeder, every consignor, every handler and all the teams back at the farms throughout Britain, Ireland and further afield who have raised these yearlings; they have all played their part and they should be proud of the collective achievement which is phenomenal.

“We will turn our attention very quickly to Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, which starts on Monday 14th October, but in the meantime we can reflect on a week which has shone a bright light on a great industry.” (18:10)

Catalogued: 151 (177)

Offered: 132 (156)

Sold: 111 (133)

Turnover: 44,760,000gns (+54%)

Median: 230,000gns (+48%)

Average: 403,243gns (+84%) *record for a day's trade at the October Book 1 Sale

% Sold: 84% (85%)

Day 3 top five

Lot 332: Wootton Bassett (GB) / Park Bloom (IRE) B/Br.C. (IRE) >> Lodge Park Stud, Ireland >> Amo Racing >> 4,300,000gns

Lot 407: Siyouni (FR) / Shambolic (IRE) B.F. (GB) >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd. >> Godolphin >> 3,700,000gns

Lot 402: Camelot (GB) / Sense of Style (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Camas Park Stud, Ireland >> Amo Racing >> 2,900,000gns

Lot 311: Wootton Bassett (GB) / My Titania (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> William Haggas >> 1,700,000gns

Lot 325: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Oriental Magic (GER) B.F. (IRE) >> Kildaragh Stud, Ireland (Agent) >> Godolphin >> 1,600,000gns (18:28)

General manager Julian Dollar said: "It has been an amazing sale, I wish I had more horses to sell! I am not that long in the tooth, this is my 19th year doing the Newsells draft, I did Cheveley before I then went to America for a spin, and I have never known a market like this, I really have not.

"I want to be the first to congratulate Tatts on the job the company has done bringing people to this sale this year.

"It is the premier European sale, and the company has a done a marvellous job bringing people in. Slightly reducing the size of the catalogue I think has been a good move. We will enjoy it, I am not sure I can really believe it, but we will enjoy it."

Dollar continued: "People like buying horses, and sometimes on a wet January or February night and you have a problem with a mare foaling and you think 'God, this is not much fun', But then you come and watch these lovely horses walking around the parade ring on a sunny afternoon and you think 'God, this is some job' and it is a pleasure to look at beautiful horses. It does not matter industry you are in the world, there is something about the horse that is magical – the dream of buying a top-class racehorse is alive and well in all of us." (18:00)

"The market for fillies has absolutely ballooned, when the market is up 100 per cent it is very difficult to anticipate what value these horses will make. All these top fillies were all beautifully bred and so well presented. I am surprised how buoyant the market is, but when you get all these organisations in, it propels the market to a different stratosphere. There has been a very good cross-section of horses here, and I also think the smaller catalogue was a positive move."

Leading buyer Godolphin has spent over 22,000,000gns, the organisation's second-highest spend at a Book 1 sale.

"It is a significant amount money to spend – what we want is two years' time is for that to be transferred to top results," added Stroud. (17:48)

Today's bidding all took place outside the ring, between Godolphin and Coolmore, the former the successful party with Sheikh Mohammed in attendance.

Joint breeders Graham Smith-Bernal (Newsells Park Stud) and Craig Bennett (Merry Fox Stud) answered press questions in tandem, jokingly calling themselves Morecombe and Wise, unsure quite who is "Wise" and who is "Morecombe".

"It is tremendous, Graham's team has done a brilliant job," said Bennett. "The dam just keeps on giving, and we are very lucky to have her. We are delighted with that result, it is onward and upward."

Smith-Bernal added: "It is hard to believe where this market is at, it is very strong. We knew she was very special, reflected by the fact that we had so many vettings and scopes, and the way she has conducted herself here. sShe is a beautiful, beautiful filly and we wish the new owners all the very best."

He continued: "We are very happy because we have a lovely Frankel filly foal on the ground, a full-sister to Ylang Ylang, and we will keep her and Shambolic is in-foal to Frankel.

" I also still retain a stake in the Kingman colt with John Gosden. He is called Kaizen – watch out for that name because the recent feed back from jockey Oisin Murphy [after a piece of work] was that he could be a special colt."

Shambolic (Shamardal) was bought for 800,000gns by Hadden Bloodstock from the Floors Farming dispersal in 2019 and Bennett added: "It is a hard game to make money at, but when you do, you can make it big. When we bought the mare she wasn't cheap, but she was quality and I remember the bidding as clear as day – we had another bid and managed to get her, thank god we did!" (16:33)

When Sangster was asked if he was tempted to keep the filly and race her, he said: "Very! And I have a young man who is training [Ollie Sangster], but we will look for hime next week.

"It is a strong market and she is a beautiful filly and when you get two to tango... I am just the lucky recipient! It is a lovely family, and mum has a filly foal by Camelot," said Ben Sangster. "I hope she goes to a good home and lives up to expectations. I am a bit gobsmacked, it is amazing.

"I think anyone coming here before this week started, everything that has happened this week has exceeded expectations. I have been lucky, and Camelot has had a great year and his daughter winning the Arc has just put him right up there." (15:55)

The colt is out of the mare Sagely (Frozen Power), who was bought by the farm for 42,000gns at the December Mares' Sale 2017, and she has subsequently bred Perfect Power, the winner of the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes, the Prix Morny (G1) and Norfolk Stakes (G2) and the Commonwealth Cup (G1).

Tony O'Callaghan, Tally-Ho Stud also standing the sire, said: "Sometimes you get a bit of luckily. The market is amazing, it is incredible, it is great to see, long may it last and it is good for everyone."

The colt is the second by Mehmas bought by Godolphin this week – the team having earlier spent 800,000gns on the half-brother to Mac Swiney from Boherguy (Lot 201). (15:23)