October Yearling Sale

By Emma Berry and Brian Sheerin NEWMARKET, UK--From a muted opening, Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale picked up the pace on Wednesday with a further four seven-figure lots gracing the ring. These sparked some solid bidding wars between established superpowers such as Coolmore, Godolphin and Juddmonte, with a decent representation of newer players from Bahrain and other Gulf nations, and strong participation from American-based Mike Ryan and Chad Brown. The ripples of Frankel (GB) combined with Hascombe & Valiant Stud were felt on the turf of Longchamp...

Tattersalls is offering for resale 17 juveniles bought at last year's October Yearling Sale for 11,055,000gns. Payment has yet to be received for the group headed by a colt by Frankel (GB) out of Bold Lass (Ire), who was sold for 2,000,000gns by Watership Down Stud. The yearlings were bought by bloodstock agent Richard Knight for an undisclosed client, who was believed to be returning to the sport having previously enjoyed Classic success as an owner in Britain and Ireland. An email sent out by Tattersalls on Friday read, "We...

The two-day OBS October Yearling Sale came to a close Wednesday in Ocala, Florida, with moderate declines in the relevant statistical categories. Following on the heels of a strong Select Sale Tuesday, the action Wednesday was a bit more subdued, with 256 open yearlings reported as sold for gross receipts of $4,367,900. The average of $17,062 was down by just over 8% from last year's $18,593. The median price declined by 13.3% to $13,000, while the buyback rate was nearly double that of 2021 at 30.2% compared to 16.6% last...

Breeder Ballylinch Stud offered a bay filly (lot 1303) by their resident stallion Lope De Vega (Ire) on Wednesday and she was knocked down for 650,000gns to Anthony Stroud. The daughter of Gallitea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-sister to the winning Oviedo (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who was third in the G3 Acomb S. in August. Gallitea is a half-sister to the ill-fated G1 Shadwell Fillies Mile and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Chriselliam (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), and Lope De Vega's triple Group 2 scorer Very Special...

Night Of Thunder (Ire)'s progeny proved popular throughout the first two books of Tattersalls, and a chestnut colt (lot 1073) hammered for 575,000gns to Jamie McCalmont on behalf of M V Magnier/White Birch near the end of the session. Offered by breeder Mountarmstrong Stud, he is a son of Listed Prix Six Perfections heroine Asidious Alexander (Ire) (Windsor Knot {Ire}), who is a half-sister to the stakes winner and Group 2-placed Accepted (Ire) (Approve {Ire}). His dam also gained group black type with placed efforts in both the G3 Prix...

The catalogue for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearling Sale is now available online at www.obssales.com. The two-day auction is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 12th and 13th. Supplemental entries will be accepted until Sept. 24th. The Selected Yearling Sale begins Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. with hip numbers 1 through 135, plus supplements. The Open Yearling Sale, with 364 horses cataloged as hip numbers 201 through 564, plus supplements, is set for Oct. 13 and will begin at 11  a.m. OBS will again offer online bidding during...