International Sales News

Godolphin strike for blue-blooded Camelot colt at record €850,000

On a sweltering late summer afternoon the record price for a German auction melted as quickly as an Erdbeereis left out in the Baden-Baden sun as members of racing’s global elite went toe to toe for a Camelot (Montjeu) colt who has Classic-winning genes and a stallion’s pedigree. The figures might not have been quite... Read More

Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital announce online sale of southern hemisphere mares

Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital have announced plans to collaborate on an online sale of mares covered on southern hemisphere time.  The sale, the first of its kind, will be held on the Tattersalls Online platform and will feature as the headline session of the Tattersalls Online December Sale on December 11-12. The joint venture... Read More

Small breeders land a big result as Havana Grey filly tops day one at Donny

Breeding on a small scale is not for the faint hearted. There are long, hard hours, high expenses and disappointment is never far away. But on day one of the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale on Tuesday the Knox family received the sort of result that not only makes the hardship seem worthwhile but might... Read More

St Mark’s Basilica filly tops Arqana as Coolmore strike winning bid at €1.7 million

What a difference a day makes. Trade on day two had been rather more subdued than is often anticipated at the Arqana August Sale, but it took just 90 minutes for three seven-figure lots to pass through the Deauville ring on Sunday evening.   Comfortably the most expensive of the trio was the St Mark’s Basilica... Read More

The Fugue relation tops Arqana at €730,000 

The top lot on day two of the Arqana August Yearling Sale came around two hours into the post-racing session on Saturday when Solis/Litt Bloodstock struck an online bid of €730,000 (approx. AU$1,207,500) for Haras de Castillon’s Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) filly out of La Vie (Shalaa). The filly was bred in partnership by... Read More

Powerhouse new owner sees off Coolmore to secure €1.4 million Wootton Bassett colt

John Stewart is a man on a mission. On Friday that mission saw the US-based owner make his first major impact on the European sales circuit as he struck an online bid of €1,400,000 (approx. AU$2.315 million) to secure the top lot on day one of the Arqana August Sale in Deauville.  The yearling in... Read More