Sales

Daughter of Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Marvellous commands $1.5m winning bid

Quality Road filly leads day one trade at Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings sale The North American yearling sales season that began in earnest on Wednesday with the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase was in new territory, with the normal schedule having been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While the sale was new – effectively replacing three Fasig-Tipton... Read More

Sister to Sea The Moon equals last year’s record-breaking buy at €820,000

Sea The Sky (Sea The Stars), a sister to German Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) hero and exciting young sire Sea The Moon, lit up the BBAG Sale when hammered down for €820,000 (approx AUD$1.3million) to Dietrich von Boetticher of Gestut Ammerland, equalling last year’s record-breaking purchase by Godolphin.  Covid-19 continues to affect markets at every... Read More

Down but not out: vendors pragmatic as Premier Sale turnover drops 38 per cent

An awful lot has changed in the last 12 months, both in the bloodstock world and far beyond. At last year’s Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale there was a record-priced top lot of £440,000 to toast, along with turnover of £18,468,000, an average of £46,520 and a median of £35,000. The bare facts of this... Read More

Mixed start at Goffs UK as £170,000 colt stars but sale regulars Shadwell absent

Trade proved mixed at the curtain-raising event of the European yearling sales circuit, as the Goffs UK Premier Sale in Doncaster saw a string of six-figure transactions and a solid clearance rate but a sizeable drop in turnover and average price. While the sale is being held at a time when the British and Irish... Read More

A 650,000gns online spree sees Walkinthesand top Tattersalls August Sale

Ted Voute’s online shopping spree accounted for the top three lots at Wednesday’s session of the Tattersalls August Sale, with the 220,000gns Walkinthesand (Footstepsinthesand) claiming top lot honours at the three-day auction. Those in attendance at Park Paddocks scanned the ring to see where some punchy bids were being delivered from, but time after time... Read More

Hammer comes down at 150,000gns for talented sprinter at Tattersalls August Sale

Trade went up a gear during Tuesday’s session of the Tattersalls August Sale as Oliver St Lawrence and Fawzi Nass secured the top lot, the talented sprinter Swindler (Invincible Spirit), at 150,000gns. International trade has been a key feature of Tattersalls’ newest sale, and Bjorn Nielsen’s homebred son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert) is now... Read More