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By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK — Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum rarely misses Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and when the ruler of Dubai is present at Park Paddocks it is a safe bet that he will make a major contribution to the top end of the market. This he did once more, buying the day's top lot for 3,700,000gns – the most expensive yearling sold anywhere in the world this year – as well as three of the five seven-figure lots of the session. By the day's end, Sheikh Mohammed and his team of representatives, which included Anthony Stroud, David Loder and trainers Charlie Appleby and Saeed Bin Suroor, had recruited another 10 yearlings to the Godolphin fold for a first-day outlay of 9,300,000gns. Leading the session, but only narrowly, was lot 90, an exquisitely-bred son of Sea The Stars whose close relation Crystal Ocean, by the same stallion, had been champion older horse in England in 2019. Bred by Ed's Stud and consigned by Eugene Daly's Longview Stud, the colt is out of the late Sir Evelyn de Rothschild's Listed winner Crystal Zvezda (Dubawi), who was bought from the dispersal of Southcourt Stud for 775,000gns in 2022. His appearance in the ring sparked a bidding duel between the Godolphin team outside the ring and Kia Joorabchian and the Amo Racing posse inside. “He was exceptional-looking and [comes] from a very good stud farm,” said Stroud. “It's a Rothschild family so he was majestic in the way that he moved and walked. He was a lovely horse.” He continued, “Obviously the family works well with Sea The Stars and he really stood out for us. You have to pay for the ones you really want and he was the one we wanted.” With a sentence that may be music to the ears of those vendors with horses still to come, Stroud added, “Godolphin has supported this sale hugely. It's only the first day and we have two more days to go.” Stroud later also signed for lot 95, Airlie Stud's half-brother to former champion Irish two-year-old filly Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy). The son of Too Darn Hot finally brought the hammer down at 1,000,000gns. Airlie's Anthony Rogers said, “It is a great price – he is a lovely horse. You can never believe that you are going to get a million for a horse. Dane Street has been an amazing mare for us and we failed to sell her here about 15 years ago. She is still breeding, but she has had a rest this year.” Also on the Godolphin list was a Blue Point colt out of the G3 Ballyogan Stakes second Boston Rocker (Acclamation), who is the dam of six winners from as many runners to date, including the G2 Zabeel Mile scorer and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains third San Donato (Lope De Vega), as well as this year's G2 Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Rock On Thunder (Night Of Thunder). Sold as lot 67, he continued the annus mirabilis for James Hanly and his Ballyhimikin Stud when selling for 1,000,000gns. “He was a cracking colt,” said Hanly. “He was always a super horse. He never turned a hair from the day he got here.” The Godolphin team will be hoping that lot 67, who was bred in partnership by Hanly, Anthony Stroud and Skymarc Farm, can emulate another previous Tattersalls October graduate from Ballyhimikin in Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder), the winner of this year's G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes and G1 Juddmonte International, who was bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 340,000gns at Book 2 back in 2022. Another flagbearer for Ballyhimikin this year has been the high-class filly Estrange (Night Of Thunder), who was a Book 1 yearling, also in 2022, when going the way of Cheveley Park Stud for 425,000gns. Asked if selling is any less nerve-wracking after his stellar year on the track as a breeder, Hanly replied, “I just take each day as it comes. Each day is a new day, so just enjoy it and do your best. Some days it doesn't work out, so you've got to put up with those days.” Weighed In The extraordinary highs of last year were always going to be hard to match, but the returns on Tuesday were strong by most standards, even though they represented a reduction when it comes to year-on-year comparisons. From a staggering 92 per cent clearance rate in 2025, 79 per cent of the first-day yearlings were marked as sold. The turnover of 40,533,000gns from the sale of 125 yearlings (eight more than last year's opener) represented a drop of six per cent, while the average of 323,352gns was down by 11 per cent and the median by 19 per cent at 210,000gns. Family Matters for Amo Racing While Amo Racing had filled the role of underbidder to Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation on the day's top lot, it hadn't taken long for Kia Joorabchain to make presence felt again at Book 1 when outbidding MV Magnier of Coolmore at 3,600,000gns for lot 15. The brother to last year's sale-topper, by Frankel out of the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi (Shamardal), was bred and consigned by Graham Smith-Bernal's Newsells Park Stud. “The boys love him,” Joorabchian said. “We have a lot of people that really liked him around us and we couldn't really let him go. We want to keep the family tight. We want to be able to see how the family works out.” The colt's two-year-old sister, who fetched 4,400,000gns 12 months ago, is now named Partying and is with Amo Racing's new trainer Kevin Philippart de Foy at Freemason Lodge in Newmarket. He continued, “If he's a very good horse he's going to be a stallion but if he's not, he's not going to be a stallion. Obviously we like the filly [Partying] otherwise we wouldn't have gone for the brother. But who knows, right? She still hasn't run, but it's a completely different project because if the filly runs or doesn't run, she's still got a huge residual value and she can be a broodmare, and we have five stallions so it's important. “I thought we paid a little bit more than what we were expecting to but we're up against Coolmore, and they've got five [partners] versus one. So we've got to give them a crack.” Julian Dollar, general manager of Newsells Park Stud, said, “He just blossomed during the summer. Particularly during yearling prep, he just came into himself. What he has always had is a really lovely attitude – a great temperament. [He has] always been very athletic. Six or nine months ago, I thought he was just one of those gangly babies but he just started to come. He's still not where I'd like him to be now but he's a lovely horse.” Of the 12-year-old Aljazzi, he added, “Unfortunately she lost a pregnancy to Too Darn Hot back in January and we failed to get her back in foal. She's had two blank years but we will regroup and go again. I think she should go back to Frankel, don't you? “When I did the budget last December, I put him in at a measly half-a-million. I said half-a-million because some of these big, raw Frankels can still make half-a-million even if they are just legs. He really came together all year, especially during his prep. And I suppose coming in here, I thought maybe there is a chance he might make seven figures, a bit like I felt with the filly last year. But when you get two big-hitters locking horns, there's always a chance they can go and make unbelievable amounts.” Determined Bidding Pays Off There was no shortage of American buyers through the opening session of Book 1, with Repole Stable, Justin Casse, Chad Brown, Liz Crow, Mike Ryan, Andrew Cary and Alex Solis all signing for yearlings, but perhaps the most prominent so far is Matt Dorman of Determined Stables, who bought four fillies through David Ingordo. While Ingordo is a Tattersalls regular, this was a first visit to Park Paddocks for Matt Dorman. “We've purchased remotely before but we definitely wanted to be here in person,” Dorman said. “Everything has been great. I commend Tattersalls [for the] wonderful grounds, good people, and it's been very easy to look at horses and go through the process we need to go through.” The quartet of yearlings was bought for a total of 1,500,000gns and included a Bjoirn Nielsen-bred No Nay Never half-sister to French Listed winner Chartreuse (Lawman) for 540,000gns from the draft of Brian O'Rourke (lot 69). Ingordo also signed for Ballyvolane Stud's Too Darn Hot filly five lots later at 425,000gns. A first foal, she is out of Caromil (Sea The Stars), a sister to the Listed winner Boerhan from the family of G1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Millisle. Dorman continued, “We have a broodmare band in Lexington, Kentucky, and they are producing and doing well. We wanted to shift the focus a little bit to develop more runners and create some future broodmares. We are really looking long-term, and the stallion power that is present here makes a lot of sense as we like to race on turf and dirt. These [fillies] will ship back to the States and they will go to Cherie DeVaux.” Night Of Thunder Millionaire for Juddmonte Juddmonte has made a concerted effort to acquire speedier types at the yearling sales this year and, a week on from spending €440,000 on a Mehmas colt at the Goffs Orby Sale, added a Night Of Thunder colt to the roster for a cool million gns. The Night Of Thunder colt was bred by Lodge Park Stud and hails from one of the farm's most famous families given the dam, Express Way (Dark Angel), is a daughter of Alluring Park (Green Desert), who famously produced Oaks heroine Was (Galileo). Juddmonte's Simon Mockridge simply summed up the transaction, “He's just a super horse – a lovely horse. That's what you have to pay for them, I'm afraid. It's very expensive in there. He's a very good mover. Showed well all week. It's an amazing family as well. The stallion has been fantastic this year.” Meanwhile, Jamie Burns of Lodge Park Stud was visibly emotional after the sale and reported his mother, Patricia, who has cultivated the family for many years, to be “thrilled to bits”. Burns said, “He exceeded expectations greatly. He is a lovely-moving horse and he goes to a great home. Delighted to see him go to Juddmonte as he will be given every opportunity. Night Of Thunder is flying. Galileo has worked great in the pedigree so we are trying a different angle. We're absolutely thrilled to bits. Mum is delighted.” Subplots Japanese owner Tsunefumi Kusama, a first-time visitor to Tattersalls, will be racing two smartly-bred fillies in his homeland, having bought Ballyphilip Stud's Frankel half-sister to top sprinter Battaash for 600,000gns along with the Palace Pier filly out of Oaks winner Anapurna (Frankel) from Meon Valley Stud for 200,000gns. It should be noted that Palace Pier enjoyed a good sale. Three yearlings by Darley's young stallion sold for an average of 298,333gns, which placed him in the top 10 performing stallions on that metric. Nurlan Bizakov was in attendance at Tattersalls to secure lot 157, a brother to his top-class miler Charyn, whose first foals will hit the ground in 2026. The Sumbe boss went to 450,000gns to secure the Grangemore Stud-consigned brother to the multiple Group 1 winner. Bizakov said, “He is very similar to his brother, though a different colour, and he does remind me of Charyn at this stage. We were, of course, interested in the pedigree as soon as the catalogue came out – the mare has been a very good producer.” Bizakov went on to spend 300,000gns on lot 176, a Wootton Bassett colt out of G3 Athasi Stakes winner Happen (War Front) from Tweenhills. The Thompson family's Cheveley Park Stud was yet another major owner-breeder to get in on the action when spending 750,000gns on a Sea The Stars sister to the highly-rated Roi De France. Out of Bjorn Nielsen's Group 3-placed Danilovna (Dansili), who is a half-sister to multiple Group 1 scorer Lillie Langtry (Danehill Dancer), the Sea The Stars filly was consigned by Brian O'Rourke Bloodstock. The big question coming into Book 1 was whether Amo Racing would be as strong as last year. Well, that question was answered pretty quickly when Kia Joorabchian went to 3.6 million gns on a Frankel colt from Newsells Park Stud. All told, Amo Racing and Godolphin spent 13.9 million gns between them. That worked out at almost a third of the total aggregate on Tuesday. Newtown Anner Stud was one of the bigger spenders at Goffs last week and landed a sister to Saffron Beach (New Bay) for €500,000. Maurice Regan's operation was busy once again at Tattersalls when going to 525,000gns for lot 166, Whatton Manor Stud's Dubawi half-sister to multiple Group 2 scorer Silver Knott, out of the Group 1 winner God Given (Nathaniel). Golden Touch Taking a chance on a foal by young stallion Space Traveller paid off in spades for Michael Carty of Kilmoney Cottage Stud when he almost tripled his money on the half-brother to Royal Ascot-winning two-year-old Ain't Nobody (Sands Of Mali). Bought for 82,000gns, the Space Traveller colt fittingly sold to Ain't Nobody's trainer Kevin Ryan for 240,000gns. Carty said, “We can't afford to buy the foals by the big stallions so we took a chance on Space Traveller and we have been well rewarded. I'd give him a big chance. This is a grand colt, now. He prepped well and has been very easy to deal with. I liked him a lot as a foal and we were lucky to get a nice update when his half-brother Ain't Nobody was second in the Nunthorpe earlier in the summer. He's gone to a very good trainer which is important. We buy around 10 foals every year and, while we knew this lad was nice, we are pleasantly surprised by what he made. It's a great day.” Buy of the Day Lot 60: Nathaniel colt ex Bizzi Lizzi (Muhaarar) Vendor: Meon Valley Stud Buyer: Andrew Balding, 75,000gns A strong colt by one of the best middle-distance stallions in Europe from an excellent breeder which has diligently nurtured this particular family for more than four decades. There's plenty to like about what appears to be a very reasonable purchase of this son of the dual winner Bizzi Lizzi, herself out of the dual Group 1 winner and multiple stakes producer Izzy Top (Pivotal). Trainer Andrew Balding was standing alongside Mick and Janice Mariscotti when bidding for this colt and history tells us that it pays to follow the purchases of this particular team. Coltrane, who was retired on Saturday after finishing runner-up in the G1 Prix du Cadran, won nine races, including six at stakes level, and amassed more than £1 million in prize-money having been bought by Balding at Book 1 seven years ago for 50,000gns. They trio has also enjoyed success with another Meon Valley Stud-bred by Nathaniel in the G2 Queen's Vase winner Dashing Willoughby, bought at Book 1 for 70,000gns in 2017. The Mariscottis also have Zavateri running in this weekend's G1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes. The Without Parole colt, who is unbeaten and is already a three-time group winner, was a Book 2 purchase last year for 35,000gns by Anthony Bromley and trainer Eve Johnson Houghton. We'll be watching this well-bred Nathaniel colt with interest in the years to come. Tattersalls Takeaways: Day 1 The opening session of the October Yearling Sale provided the two most expensive yearlings sold anywhere in the world this year at 3,700,000gns (approximately $5.2m) and 3,600,000gns (approximately $5.08m). This compares to a top price of $4.1m at the Saratoga Sale, $3.3m at Keeneland September, and the equivalent of $2.83m at Japan's JRHA Select Sale. Godolphin dominated the buyers' list on Tuesday, signing up 10 yearlings for 9,300,000gns, including the top lot and four of the top ten. Next on the list was Amo Racing, whose three purchases totalled 4,600,000gns. The Coolmore partners were notable absentees from the first-day buyers' sheet. A third of the way through Book 1, Frankel is the leading sire with six yearlings sold at an average of 939,167gns. There was a decent result for Ballylinch Stud's first-season sire Bayside Boy when Blandford Bloodstock signed for lot 137 at 300,000gns. The colt out of Fairy Dancer (Fastnet Rock) was bought last year from breeder Ballylinch for 80,000gns by Oneliner Stables. From a larger catalogue this year (537 compared to 448 in 2024), the key figures took a dip during the opening session, with the clearance rate of 79 per cent being down from 92 per cent 12 months ago. The post Tattersalls on Top of the World as Two Most Expensive Yearlings in 2025 Launch Book 1 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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A 25% ownership interest in Bentornato, a leading candidate for the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and earner of more than $1.2 million, will be offered at the second edition of the Keeneland Championship Sale Oct. 29 at Del Mar.View the full article -
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A rundown of this week’s television, streaming, and radio horse racing coverage as compiled by America's Best Racing.View the full article -
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Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features a spn of Halfway To Heaven. 3.52 Navan, Mdn, 2yo, 8f 40yT PROPOSITION (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) is one of two newcomers from Ballydoyle and not the pick of Wayne Lordan, but as the eighth foal of the outstanding producer Halfway To Heaven (Pivotal) a highly significant runner for Coolmore. The dam, who captured the Irish 1,000 Guineas, Nassau and Sun Chariot, is so far responsible for the brilliant Galileo mares Magical and Rhododendron with the latter of course gifting the operation Auguste Rodin. The yard's first-string in a race they have won for the last three years appears to be Ex Animo (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), a son of the Group 3 winner Peach Tree (Galileo) whose daughter Serenity Prayer (Dubawi) was runner-up in this year's Musidora. 1.28 Nottingham, Novice, 2yo, f 5f 8yT WINTER'S BLOOM (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) debuts for Godolophin and Charlie Appleby over the minimum trip, two furlongs shorter than her full-brother Naval Crown began over prior to his metamorphosis into a leading sprinter. Fourth in the 2,000 Guineas, he eventually ended up over six and captured the Platinum Jubilee Stakes before retiring to stand at Kildangan Stud. 4.03 Kempton, Novice, 2yo, 6f (AWT) RAPID FORCE (IRE) (Mehmas {Ire}) is another significant newcomer to represent Godolophin and Charlie Appleby on the afternoon, being the colt who at £1million topped this year's Goffs UK Breeze-Up. Out of the Sapphire Stakes third Rapid Reaction (Shamardal) from the family of Wootton Bassett, he meets only two peers here with one being another debutante in Chasemore Farm's homebred Zooella (Ire) (Zoustar {Aus}), a Ralph Beckett-trained half-sister to the dual Stakes winner and Quick Call-placed Fandom (Showcasing) from the immediate family of the sire's Cheveley Park heroine Lezoo. The post Halfway To Heaven’s Son Proposition Debuts For Ballydoyle At Navan appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The in-form training combo of Hayden and Amanda Cullen look set for more success at Addington tonight. They will line up three starters in the night’s 2YO race, the Lather Up Dual World Champion Mobile Pace (8.22pm) One of them Mystery Creek has come in for some serious support. On the back of two encouraging trials, the son of Bettor’s Delight has gone from his opening price of $3.20 to $1.95. “They’ve really come for him haven’t they?” says co-trainer Hayden Cullen. “I really like the horse …. both his trials have been good and he’s trained on well, it seems the penny has started to drop with him.” The country’s top driver Blair Orange will drive him tonight after guiding him at both trials (behind King Neptune and Kotare Rimu) at Rangiora on August 26 and September 10. “Blair says the horse gave him a nice feel so we are pretty happy with him.” Mystery Creek has drawn well at two in what is now a field of seven 2YOs over 1980 metres. “He has gate speed – he will certainly hold his own from there,” says Cullen. The two other Cullen starters are Crunched and Flying Ace. To be driven again by Jonny Cox, Crunched opened favourite for tonight after his fourth on debut while Flying Ace will be driven in his first race by Olivia Thornley. He won his latest trial at Rangiora on September 25. They are now at $2.25 and $12 respectively. “It looks good on paper,” Cullen says of his chances, “though it is not always that easy is it?” The Cullen team have been on a roll of late – among their recent winners have been the likes of We Walk By Faith, Hadron Collider, Five Crowns and Winelight. Addington’s nine race programme gets underway at 4.30pm. View the full article
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