At the time of going to press, a colt by Frankel (Galileo) was leading the way at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale yesterday after Coolmore’s M V Magnier and White Birch Farm saw off stiff competition to secure the colt for an eye-watering 2,000,000gns (approx. AU$4,025,700). Offered by Anthony Oppenheimer’s Hascombe and... Read More

Godolphin made their intentions clear on the opening day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale yesterday. At the time of going to press, Sheikh Mohammed’s operation had purchased eight yearlings for an aggregate of 4,690,000gns (approx. AU$9,436,730).  The most expensive of the octet was a colt by Dubawi (Dubai Millennium), Godolphin paying... Read More

Group 1 winner Muskoka (Sea The Moon) was the headline act of Saturday’s Arqana Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud after she was purchased by BBA Ireland’s Michael Donohoe on behalf of Yuesheng Zhang for €1.3 million (approx. AU$2.1 million).   A winner of the Preis der Diana (Gr 1, 2200m), Muskoka failed to make her presence felt... Read More

Keeneland had a strong day of trade during the ninth session of the September Yearling Sale, led by a Practical Joke (Into Mischief) colt from the family of Group 1 winner X Y Jet (Kantharos), sold for US$250,000 (approx. AU$390,380) to CJ Thoroughbreds. Out of Jetbird, a winning daughter of Wildcat Heir (Forest Wildcat), he... Read More

The closing session of Book 4 finished with solid results at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, seeing a US$925,000 (approx. AU$1,426,000) Twirling Candy (Candy Ride) colt catch the eye of Pin Oak Stud midway through the day. Paramount Sales consigned the session-topping colt as hip 2555. Jim and Dana Bernhard have been hard at work... Read More