Catalogues for Books 2 and 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Now Online

The catalogues for Books 2 and 3 of the 2025 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale are now online and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. Book 2 features 812 yearlings and will take place Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th October, and Book 3 has 562 yearlings catalogued and will take place Thursday 16th – Friday 17th October.

Graduates of Book 2 have enjoyed a stellar year on the racecourse, led by OMBUDSMAN, currently the highest rated horse in Britain following his win in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. OMBUDSMAN is joined on the 2025 roll of honour by globetrotting stars BELIEVING, DUBAI HONOUR and the outstanding ten-time Group 1 winner ROMANTIC WARRIOR, and the current crop of two-year-olds boasts several stars who look likely to join them, including unbeaten dual Group 2 winner ZAVATERI, purchased for just 35,000 guineas, and the six length Group 3 Tyros Stakes winner NORTH COAST.

This year’s catalogue features own or half-brothers and sisters to an impressive 206 Group and Listed winners, including siblings to several Group 1 winning stars of 2025, led by the TERRITORIES half-brother to Group 1 July Cup winner NO HALF MEASURES who will be joined by the CALYX half-sister to French 1000 Guineas first past the post SHE’S PERFECT. Further siblings to Group 1 winners of recent years include the LOPE DE VEGA own-sister to PLACE DU CARROUSEL, the STUDY OF MAN half-brother to ZAAKI and the WOOTTON BASSETT half-brother to Group 1 winning duo TIME WARP and GLORIOUS FOREVER. 

Group 1 winners A CASE OF YOU, ACCIDENTAL AGENT, BEST OF DAYS, DREAM OF DREAMS, DURSTON, GALLANTE, LADY PRANCELOT, MUTAMAKINA and VENTURA STORM also have siblings catalogued, and the dams represented make equally impressive reading with sons and daughters of 119 Group and Listed winning mares catalogued.

Among them is the ZARAK colt out of Group 1 winner CHACHAMAIDEE, the GHAIYYATH colt out of Group 1 winner SHALANAYA, and colts by BAAEED out of the French Oaks winner STAR OF SEVILLE and Group 1 winner SEAL OF APPROVAL. Equally well-bred fillies include a daughter of FRANKEL out of the Grade 1 runner up DANZA CAVALLO, the NO NAY NEVER filly out of Champion Two-Year-Old Filly HOORAY, the BAAEED filly out of multiple Grade 1 placed SASSY LITTLE LILA and the SEA THE STARS filly out of a half-sister to Group 1 winners MAKE BELIEVE and DUBAWI HEIGHTS.

The sires index makes equally impressive reading and outstanding young sire HAVANA GREY leads the way numerically with 41 yearlings catalogued, followed by BLUE POINT with 36 and MEHMAS with 33. Leading European sires LOPE DE VEGA, NEW BAY, NIGHT OF THUNDER, NO NAY NEVER, SEA THE STARS, TOO DARN HOT and WOOTTON BASSETT are all well represented, and the first crop sires include Classic and Group 1 winners BAAEED, BAYSIDE BOY, BLACKBEARD, EPICENTER, GOLDEN PAL, MINZAAL, NAVAL CROWN, PERFECT POWER, STATE OF REST, STRADIVARIUS and THUNDER MOON.

Book 3 of the 2025 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale numbers 558 lots and will take place from Thursday 16th to Friday 17th October. All the yearlings catalogued in Book 3 of the October Yearling Sale are eligible for the £200,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes and the £200,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes run at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile and July course respectively, which both received a significant prize money boost in 2025.

Commenting on Books 2 and 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said:

“Book 2 continues to go from strength to strength, with this year’s racecourse ambassadors including Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner Ombudsman, global stars Romantic Warrior, Dubai Honour, and Believing, plus exciting two-year-old Zavateri, purchased for just 35,000 guineas. Book 3 has also excelled, producing 2025 European Classic winners Lady Ilze and Molveno for only 11,000 and 32,000 guineas respectively. Together, they showcase the outstanding quality and value on offer during the second week of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.”