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Yellow Star Stud will host the KZN gallops on Thursday morning, 16 October. Many pointers for the 2014 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale that takes place on 2 November, will be unveiled at the gallops.
All week the buyers have remarked on the quality of the yearlings on offer and not only are we enormously grateful to our vendors for sending the cream of the European yearling crop to Tattersalls, we are also delighted that their collective confidence in Europe’s premier yearling sale has been so richly rewarded.
In line with the Cape Premier Yearling Sale and the CTS March Yearling Sale, all lots catalogued will be eligible to nominate for The CTS Million Dollar in 2017
The Shamardal half-brother to Halfway To Heaven was knocked down to John Ferguson on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley operation for 1,700,000 guineas, the highest price for a yearling in the world this year
On the opening day of the 2014 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, a total of 107 lots were sold for 20,185,000 guineas at an average of 188,645 guineas and a median of 140,000 guineas. The average represented the second highest opening day average for the sale, whilst the median, which was up 19% was a new opening day record for the sale.
The median tells rather a different story. The median is the price half way between highest and lowest price, useful especially when total numbers are on the small side, by making the influence of high prices less
China Horse Club purchased a total of 5 horses, including top lot, Auvray (Le Havre-Ameyrah/In The Wings), who is earmarked as a potential Melbourne Cup contender.
We are delighted to have secured the up-market and horse friendly venue of Val de Vie Estate. It is particularly pleasing that Breeders have conveyed their strong desire to support their own Sale in the Cape and we expect buyers to be equally excited at the opportunity of buying horses at this spectacular venue.
Tattersalls’ flagship sale has attracted a truly outstanding collection of yearlings, including own or half brothers and sisters to 42 Group 1 and Classic winners and 232 Group/Listed winners.
Longstanding owner Sabine Plattner celebrated victory in the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
The Barend Botes-trained Lance filly Quid Pro Quo overcame enormous odds to make it five in a row and galloped her way into the history books
Richard Fourie crowned a superb season with an armchair ride to register a 141st Grade 1 winner for Mike de Kock
Cape Racing’s ongoing tussle with Mother Nature in what has been a wet July to beat all July’s, produced a fairytale at a sunny, but very chilly, Hollywoodbets Durbanville on Thursday
