Europe’s Highest Priced Yearling Colt Tops Opening Day of Tattersalls October Book 1

It was a blockbuster start to the opening day of Book 1 of the 2026 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale as Godolphin topped the purchasers’ list, headlined by a 4,600,000 guineas NIGHT OF THUNDER colt setting a new European record price for a yearling colt. Metrics rose across the board in comparison with the opening day of last year’s sale, as turnover climbed 16% to 46,778,000 guineas, the average surged by 26% to 406,765 guineas, and the median advanced by 14% to 240,000 guineas.