High expectations before Tattersalls October sales

Oh my God! No more three words neatly fill the collective response together on what happened in book 1 of last year’s tatters of last year. Simply put, the event was to borrow a descriptor of three words to be borrowed.

If someone has to remember it, the history books are torn and rewritten as an unprecedented 127,823,000 Guineas (about $ 181 million) of owner. That is 1,152,000 Guineas more than the previous benchmark, despite 79 fewer yearlings changing owners than on that occasion in 2023. The average price was also a clear sales record at 370,500 Guineas, just like the median of 250,000 Guineas.

But the bald financial details hardly do justice to the drama that unfolded. It was not only the prices that this event made so memorable, but also the personalities.

Tattersalls October Jaarling Sales Book 1 Catalog

Book 1 has always focused on the elite of the world races – think of Coolmore and Godolphin for starters – and the established super powers would have been within their right to expect a case of things as usual 12 months ago. Kia Joorabchian had other ideas.

The sale does not publish the most valuable player prizes (or should that be the most valuable bidder), but if they did, the AMO Racing Principal would have been a shoo-in. Joorabchian, who was accompanied by the billionary owner Evangelos Marinakis van Nottingham Forest on day 1 of the sale, ran away from Park Paddocks with the name of Amo Racing on the docket of 25 parties, including several with partners Al Shaqab Racing and Valmont.

His unparalleled expenses amounted to 22,940,000 Guineas-18% of that record-breaking aggregate. In addition, his migration recorded four of the six most expensive lots, including the graphics Frank Merrieveeulen from Royal Ascot winner Aljazzi who takes 4.4 million Guineas with them.

Joorabchian also bought the second plot, the son of Wootton Bassett and Park Bloom, which became the most expensive foal in the sales history of the European yearling at 4.3 million guineas. Subsequently mentioned Poker and sent in training with Karl Burke, he debuted last month with a never–inge sixth in Haydock.

The AMO man was not only in driving the Book 1 market, but his contribution is difficult to overestimate. Since the book 1 of last year, one question has remained: were those market conditions a deviation or is that the new standard?

Only the time will learn, although that is the lofty position of Book 1, the wisdom received suggests that those events have set the global Bloodstock market on something of a bullrun. During this year’s sale this year, trade remained in particular, even when records were posted on the two European dates that are most directly comparable to Book 1, namely the Arqana August Sale and the Goffs Orby last week.

The same has been true on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, where the Blauw-Chip auctions in Fasig-Pipe and Keeneland reached unknown heights so far. Although the trade in the United States is supported by the permanent tax debit of 100% that came into force under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by President Trump, the driving forces on the European market remain almost the same.

Nevertheless, proof of sales of sales suggests on a sultry last day of inspections that a repetition of 12 months ago remains a clear possibility.

Joorabchian was back on the deck and was busy inspecting yearlings with a considerable AMO delegation, including important lieutenant Robson Aguiar and the internal trainer Kevin Philippart the foy of the operation.

There was an important contingent from the Coolmore camp, with Aidan O’Brien in the middle of the Huddle next to MV Magnier. While the talent scouts of Godolphin were also busy performing their due diligence, Sheikh Mohammed was not under those in Park Paddocks. The ruler of Dubai is expected to arrive in Tattersalls on October 7.

Other important operations with boots on the ground are ACE Stud, which is the Yulong Investments stallions Shaquille And Soldier’s Call Al Shira’aa Racing, Juddmonte and Sumbe. Sheikha Hissa, head of the Shadwell empire, was also present and was seen as her eye over the offspring of the exciting first crop father of her operation Do .

Andrew Balding, John and Thady Gosden, William Haggas and newly beaten group 1-winning handler George Scott belonged to the trainers who did the rounds. Leading American agent Mike Ryan, copper of seven-grade 1-winning book 1 graduates in recent years, also worked through the barns alongside trainer Chad Brown.

Of course, elite buyers will only put their hand in their pocket for elite level stock. There is no shortage of this front, because the catalog contains brothers and sisters for people like Anthony Van Dyck, Battash, Bayside Boy ” Eldar Eldarov Skitter scatter, St Mark’s Basilica And Time for sandals . And they are just a few of the remarkable family trees within the first 100 lots on day 1.

“Today was a wonderful day to show horses, but Friday and Saturday were particularly challenging because of the weather,” said managing director Julian Dollar October 6. “The stream of people has been strong, it has never been manic and out of hand, but good and stable. There are many of the right kinds of people who also looked.”

Asked if he thought that the sale could match the dizzying highs from 12 months ago, said Dollar: “There were some huge prizes last year, of which we were the beneficiaries at a few times. I think last year it was this sale that really set everything. Median will correspond to an extra 70 horses in the catalog, but at the end of the day they should be the sale of the day.”

He added: “I see no reason why this will not be a strong sale. Every sale we have viewed in Europe and Noord -America has been extremely strong. There are many Americans here, which is good to see because they clearly have a big tax stimulus to buy horses. The normal domestic and middle -eastern customers have not been there.

The sale starts at 11 am local time on October 7 in the Park Paddocks Sales Complex in Newmarket.

For now, the racing and blood stock industry holds its collective breath. We don’t have to wait long to find out which three words the best events in the next three days the best sums of events.