Lot 1100 and Lot 1108: Shadwell gets off to an early start... this Showcasing filly from the family of Superstar Leo bought by the Angus Gold for 200,000gns.

She was sold by Barton Stud, pinhooked here for 75,000gns. She was bred by Whitsbury Mano Stud

"She is a lovely filly exactly what she looks like, a real Queen Mary Stakes filly," said Tom Blain of Barton Stud. "I am delighted that Shadwell bought her, and wish them all the luck, fantastic to see them buying and such a great supporters of the industry.

Dam Biri's Angel was bred by Wardstown Stud, sold as a yearling and then a breeze-up filly and trained in Italy with trainer Simone Langiano. She won and was Listed placed at Rome before coming to England where she was bought at the Tattersalls February Sale 2019 for 15,000gns by Howson & Houldworth.

Her first foal Quentin (2020 by Adaay) is now a winner in Italy and she was covered this spring by Lope Y Fernandez.

The team then goes to 80,000gns for Lot 1108, a Land Force filly from Bickmarsh Stud, a grand-daughter of the Group 3-placed Capistrano Day and a great grand-daughter of Alcando, winner of the Grade 1 Beverly Hills Handicap , the Prix de Psyche (G3), the Firth Of Clyde Stakes (L) and the Arlington Breeders' Cup Handicap (L).

Dam Born To Day was unraced – this filly is her first foal, she had a colt by Oasis Dream this spring and was also covered by Lope Y Fernandez. (10:26)

October Yearling Sale Book 2, Day 2 statistics: (+/- compared to 2021)

Lots catalogued: 274 (269)

Lots offered: 247 (248)

Lots sold: 217 (218)

Aggregate: 23,366,000gns (+26%)

Median: 70,000gns (+8%)

Average: 107,677gns (+26%)

% sold: 88% (88%)

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Tally-Ho Stud, 2. Newsells Park Stud, 3. Ballyhimikin Stud

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. BBA Ireland, 3. Blandford Bloodstock

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Sea The Stars, 3. Blue Point

Leading sires (average, 2+ sold): 1. Frankel, 2. Sea The Stars, 3. Kingman

Nos sold so far for 300,000gns+ : 24

Nos 100,000gns+: 141

D2 Top five lots

1. Lot 1048: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Along Came Casey (IRE) Ch.C. (GB) >> Longview Stud >> Roger Varian >> 700,000gns

2. Lot 1073: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Asidious Alexander (IRE) Ch.C. (IRE) >> Mountarmstrong Stud, Ireland >> Jamie McCalmont Agent For M V Magnier/White Birch Farm >> 575,000gns

3. Lot 1008: Starspangledbanner (AUS) / Wowcha (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Chasemore Farm >> The Hong Kong Jockey Club >> 550,000gns

4. Lot 853: Frankel (GB) / September Stars (IRE) Ch.C. (GB) >> Watership Down Stud >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 450,000gns

5. Lot 974: Frankel (GB) / Via Lazio (GB) Ch.F. (GB) >> Fittocks Stud BBA Ireland >> 425,000gns (21:10)

Lot 1073: the Night Of Thunder out of Asidious Alexander (Windsor Knot), sold by Mountarmstrong Stud, is bought by Jamie McCalmont, who signed asJamie McCalmont Agent For M V Magnier/White Birch

"He thought he was the best colt in the sale, and was the one horse we wanted to buy today, and we've bought him!" said McCalmont.

The mare was purchased by Mountarmstrong Stud from Rossenarra Stud as a yearling in 2015 and went on to win the Prix Six Perfections (L) and place in the Prix du Calvados (G3) and the Prix d'Aumale (G3).

She is a half-sister to eight winners, including the Listed winner and Flying Childers Stakes (G3) third Accepted, and to May Day Queen, third in the Naas Sprint Stakes (G3).

It is another "best-ever" result... the highest price achieved at Book 2 by the O'Callaghan family's Mountarmstrong Stud. (20:17)

Lot 1048: trainer Roger Varian outpoints Michael Donohoe for the Sea The Stars chestnut colt out of Along Came Casey (Oratorio), a Listed winner and three-times Group 3 placed. The April-born colt was sold by Eugene Daly's Longview Stud, bred by Highview Bloodstock Ltd.

Longview has sold three millionaire lots in Book 1 over the past four years, including this year's Lot 530 (Dubawi ex How) for 1,600,000gns, but this is the farm's best Book 2 result to date.

Varian said: "The stallion can't do much wrong at the moment, the mare was a stakes winner and has bred a very good one already. We had to dig deep to get him, but we are delighted. He is a late summer type, bred for middle distances at three, but you never know how quickly they will come to hand. He was quite a mature horse, although he is quite a big horse, he is quite well grown. He will have a quiet first half of the season and, hopefully, will come into things from August and September. We will see how we go.

"We saw him two or three times, and watched him closely in the ring, he has a lovely way of going. Time will tell how good he is! I thought he is one of the better horses of the week. We followed the yesterday's top lot – that horse [Lot 507, by Sea The Stars] , this horse, and a few more this week have that real Book 1 quality.

"He is for an existing client, and I did not realise he would cost as much as that but he is a very nice horse," added the trainer who was on the phone through the bidding process.

Along Came Casey's first foal Feliciana De Vega won the Darley Stakes (G3) and was Listed placed. (19:24)

Lot 1038: one of the pinhook results of October Book 2 so far – the Saxon Warrior colt converting a foal price of €72,000 to a yearling value of 320,000gns.

The colt was bought as a foal and sold today by Redpender Stud, and the stud owner Jimmy Murphy was beaming after the early evening sale.

"He is a lovely horse, I am delighted to have sold Jake Warren a horse, they are particular men, so the horse must have suited them," said Murphy. "Saxon Warrior is going ok, and trainers seem to be happy with them. That mare has produced tow nice animals already and Dark Angel as a broodmare sire is nice."

When asked what stood out when he bought the colt as a foal, Murphy said: "Well, he was a good sort – in fact similar today!"

The colt's older half-siblings include Hikmaa (Roderic O'Connor), winner of the Radley Stakes (L) and fourth placed in both the Rockfel Stakes (G2) and Fred Darling Stakes (G2), and Inspired Thought (Dandy Man), who was Listed placed in Germany. (18:58)

Lot 1038: one of the pinhook results of October Book 2 so far – the Saxon Warrior colt converting a foal price of €72,000 to a yearling value of 320,000gns.

The colt was bought as a foal and sold today by Redpender Stud, and the stud owner Jimmy Murphy was beaming after the early evening sale.

When asked what stood out when he bought the colt as a foal, Murphy said: "Well, he was a good sort – in fact similar today!"

Lot 1017: another good result through the early evening stint for sire Starspangledbanner – his well-bred colt out of A Huge Dream (Refuse To Bend) is bought by Hugo Merry Bloodstock for 340,000gns.

She was sold by New England Stud and is a half-sister to three winners, including the Oasis Dream dual Listed winner Mrs Gallagher.

A Huge Dream is a half-sister to Xtension, a two-time winner of the Chmpions mile at Sha Tin, to Beatrix Potter, the dam of the two-time Group 1 sprint winner Harry Angel and the Mill Reef Stakes 9G2) winner Pierre Lapin, and to Tiggers Broom, the dam of the Middle Park Stakes winner Supremacy.

The colt was bred by ORS Bloodstock & Stanley House Stud. A Huge Dream (2009) was bred by Paul McCartan and bought as a broodmare at the Arqana December Sale 2013 by Kern Lillingston Bloodstock for €280,000.

White Lavender also comes under the second dam as a daughter of Goodnight And Joy, another half-sister to A Huge Dream. The filly boasts a recent Group 1 update with her second in this month's Prix de l'Abbaye (G1). (18:23)

Lot 1010: Alex Elliott, acting as agent for M V Magnier, bids to 300,000gns for the Lope De Vega filly out of the Listed-placed Sea The Stars mare Yarrow. It is another good result this week for consignor Hillwood Stud a and a yearling by Lope De Vega following yesterdays sale of Lot 669 (Lope De Vega ex Moi Meme).

“She’ll go to Andrew Balding,” said Elliott. "She’s a very good filly. The brother is not a bad horse – he won a Newmarket maiden – and the mare was rated 100 by Sea The Stars. It’s a great staying family, she’ll take a bit of time and I’m delighted to get her.”

The mare, who was bought here by Hillwood for 625,000gns from the Ballymacoll Stud dispersal in 2017, is a half-sister to the Classic winner Golan and the Group 2 winner Tartan Bearer, from the family of the Derby (G1) winner North Light and the Prix du Cadran (G1) winner Sought Out.

Her Lope De Vega colt of 2020 called Tenerife Sunshine was bought by Johnston Racing in Book 1 last year. He won at Newmarket on his second career start in September and ran in the Zetland Stakes (G3) last week.

Yarrow revisited Lope De Vega in 2021 and had a colt this year by the Ballylinch Stud sire. (18:11)

Lot 1008: Chasemore Farm achieved its best-ever result at Tattersalls last week in Book 1 when selling the Kingman colt out of Wall Of Sound (Lot 289) for 750,000gns, and it gets its second-best result today courtesy of the Starspangledbanner colt out of Wowcha, who made 550,000gns. He was bought by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Jack Conroy, stud manager at the farm, said: "We've had a very nice bunch this year. This colt has come up and done everything right, he is a real man of a horse. He has got a stallion's pedigree. His sister has helped a lot, she was always a lovely physical as well.

"All the right people vetted him, we have never been so busy with vets as with this lad. He passed without scrutiny, and they all turned up and followed him in. We were confident he'd go well, maybe not that well!

"Starspangledbanner is such a good stallion and the family had worked already with his uncle The Wow Signal and his older sister. He does not demand such a high fee as some stallions, and perhaps really deserves a bit more respect."

Wowcha was bought as a yearling in 2014 by Chasemore Farm for £150,000 after The Wow Signal had appeared on the racecourse. Sadly, she passed away last winter and this is her last foal. Luckily Chasemore retained Breege. This summer she finished second in the Prestige Stakes (G3) and fifth in the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1), and Conroy reported that she is to be given a Guineas campaign next spring by trainer John Quinn.

Chasemore Farm's owner Andrew Black is currently away playing international level bridge in Copenhagen; Conroy is very much looking forward to making the phone call with today's news from Tattersalls. (17:53)

Lot 991: Ballyshannon Stud gets its best result so far in the Tattersalls sale ring, selling this Sea The Stars colt for 350,000gns on behalf of breeder Angela Roche. The colt was bought by former trainer and breeder Peter Harris.

James Hughes of Ballyshannon said: "It is our biggest result, he has just been a great horse since he arrived here, very settled, very straightforward, he has a great walk about him and it just shows there with the price in the ring. This horse has gone to a good home, and it is fantastic result for a first foal. The credit has to go to the staff at home – they have reared him and produced at home and from the feedback we have been getting we done okay!

"Sea The Stars is a phenomenal stallion, he has improved so much over the years and is only going to get better."

The colt is out of the Elzaam mare Waitingfortheday, the winner of seven races, including the Fairy Bridge Stakes (G3) and placed fourth in the Blandford Stakes (G2).

Hughes recalled: "The mare came to the farm and we organised a foal share to the stallion and this is the result. She has a very nice full-sister to the colt at home."

The mare was covered by El Kabeir this spring.

Hughes bought Ballyshannon, near Suncroft, County Kildare, with his late mother Fiona in 2000, who sadly passed away in February.

"She would have got a great kick out of this," rued Hughes. "It would have been great to have had here, too."

There are five home-owned mares on the farm, with another 22 boarders. Hughes also manages the farm for breeder Con Harrington.

"Keeps me busy, we have two to sell for Con tomorrow [Lot 1232 and Lot 1357], let's hope he gets good result."

Peter Harris was very pleased with his purchase, his second through Book 2 and he has a list with a few for the rest of the week.

"Jane Chapple-Hyam is going to train him. He is a great walker and an attractive colt. I like first foals – you start with clean sheet. I never go for first-season sires because 75 per cent of them are no good. I think it is a better percentage with the first two foals out of a mare – you do much better than the average," he said, adding: "This is, of course, a theory that is entirely unproven!"

"I am not a breeder nor a trainer. (17:13)

Lot 974: vindicated Fittocks Stud's decision to retain at the filly at the foal sales last year when a vendor buy-back for 130,000gns – she sells today for 425,000gns bought by BBA Ireland. Underbidders were Shadwell and Juddmonte.

"She is not the biggest," said Sara Cumani of Fittocks. "We thought she'd change and develop over over the year, and be worth keeping for now, which she has and luckily we kept her.

"Frankel has had an amazing year, and such a strong Book 1. We put the filly in Book 2 because we thought she might be a little bit lost with the great big Frankels in Book 1. We couldn't be happier with that result. She is a real pocket rocket, we wish the new connections the best of luck."

Of the mare, Cumani said: "We bought Via Lazio in 2019 carrying to Zoustar – that foal is called named From Beyond, is a nice filly with Roger Charlton and he likes her a lot. Via Lazio is a young mare and from a great family, and she is in-foal to Time Test and had a Sea The Moon filly this year. She is a really nice foal and a bigger sort."

Buyer Michael Donohoe said: "Frankel is outstanding sire, and this is a lovely, sweet filly. She looks racey and is probably a precocious type. She should come to hand early. We will send her to Ireland, get her broken in and decide on a trainer in either England or Ireland. She is for an existing client who has had some luck with the sire before." (16:49)

"She is not the biggest," said Sara Cumani of Fittocks. "We thought she'd change and develop over over the year, and be worth keeping for now, which she has and luckily we kept her.

Lot 930: regular Tattersalls leading consignor Ballyhimikin Stud hits the heights again, the farm selling this Night Of Thunder colt out of the Dansili mare Syndicate to Anthony Stroud for 340,000gns.

James Hanly said: "He is a beauty, the sire did not do any harm either – I should put up a statue of him!

"It is a lovely result and credit to the staff and the people on the farm. He goes to John Gosden, so we can hopefully look forward to him being a good racehorse. The mare is in-foal to Night Of Thunder. The pedigree has really come good since we bought her. My friend John Feane trained her and won with her in England, she showed a lot of ability. Johnis a greatman and a good trainer and there are a lot of very good smaller scale trainers in Ireland."

At this autumn's October Yearling Sale, Ballyhimikin has sold the following lots by the Darley sire:

Lot 327: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Alienate (GB) Ch.F. (IRE) >>Cheveley Park Stud >>425,000gns

Lot 463: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Elshaadin (GB) B.C. (GB)>>Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock>>475,000gns

Lot 781: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Purplest (GB) B.F. (IRE) >>Blandford Bloodstock>>270,000gns

Lot 930: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Syndicate (GB) B.C. (IRE) >>Stroud Coleman >>340,000gns

The farm has Lot 980 and Lot 1376 to sell also by Night Of Thunder, as well as another three lots – Lot 1027 (Blue Point), Lot 1094 (Dark Angel) and Lot 1354 (Blue Point). (14:42)

Lot 900: another great result for a young team of foal pinhookers, this time the all-female group who called themselves The Gals Gals. The crew hit on this colt by this year's leading first-season sire Havana Grey at last year's December Foal Sale purchasing him for 21,000gns from Daymark Stud. Today the girl group, with Kildaragh Stud, sold the colt for 150,000gns to Oceanic Bloodstock for White Birch Farm SC.

The team – Alice Kavanagh of Kildaragh Stud, Florence Cain, who has worked at Kavanagh and works in bloodstock admin and bookkeeping, Nicola Short, who works the sales for Kildaragh and is a full-time mum when not on sales duty, and Fay Cort, who is the assistant manager at Carrisbrooke Stud and has also worked with Kavanagh – were all smiles after the sales chatting over the experience standing in the sun of the Lower Sale Paddock by the Kildaragh Stud draft.

"We are obviously absolutely delighted, the girls came together last year and we thought about buying a foal together," said Kavanagh. "We were beaten on a couple, but were successful buying him towards the end of the sale. We are all heavily involved in the industry and wanted to pool our money together and have a go at pinhooking. We have been extremely lucky with how well Havana Grey has done, we couldn't expected that and it was a pretty risky year to go with a first-season sire. We were incredibly lucky he has done so well and this colt was liked as soon as we got here."

Of the decision to buy him last year, Nicola recalled: "I was consigning a foal for a friend, we were in the Solario barn and he was next to me. I had been watching him all week – he'd behaved really well all week and could really walk. Alice had been around looking at everything and she had him on her list, too. She came to us all and said 'What about this one?'

"He was late in the day so we all had a look at him together, and we all just liked him."

Since then, What's App has kept the group updated with progress as Florence said: "We have had a group since we have bought him as some of us are in England and Alice is in Ireland. Alice has been great on updates. There was a point a couple of months ago when he'd had just a week or ten days of prep, he was filling out and really looked like an actual horse. That was when my tummy went, and I thought 'Oh lord!' We tried not to get too excited, you never know what is going to happen going up to the ring, so to get the result today is unreal."

When asked how they are going to celebrate, Fay laughed: "I think it is going to be a big night! There will be some champagne drunk, but it is well earned!"

Alice adding: "We will have a really nice supper and then think about reinvesting."

Bred by Josh Cameron of Daymark Stud, the colt is the first foal out of the mare Speculating (Xtension), a half-sister to Danehill Kodiac, winner of five races, including the Cumberland Lodge Stakes (G3). He has also been placed 14 times, on four occasions in stakes races.

Speculating had a Showcasing colt this spring and was covered by Sergei Prokofiev. (13:53)

Lot 873: the sale of the Exceed And Excel colt for 270,000gns gives the brothers Tom and David Brickley of Ard Erin Stud a top sale ring result – the pair had purchased the colt here as a foal for 50,000gns. It is the first six-figure result the duo has achieved at Tattersalls.

"It is a super result, he is an absolute dude of a horse, an absolute dude – Sakheer came up, too, and the stars aligned, it is exciting stuff," they said in unison.

Explaining why they picked the colt out as a foal last year, they said: "We thought he had a lot of quality, he was very attractive as a foal and he was by a proven sire. The mare is a tried and tested and he was from a proven farm – we think it is important to buy from a good, proven farm.

"He has been straightforward all the way through, he think he is a champion. Let's hope he is an Ascot two-year-old for next year – we have never been to Royal Ascot!"

The boys bought seven foals last year upping the number from the three bought in year one, and they reported that they will be back here on a buying mission next month saying, "We will try and do it all over again!"

Before Sakheer's appearance this year, the colt's mare Shortmile Lady (Arcano) had already produced Lemista (Raven's Pass), winner of the Kilboy Estate Stakes (G3) and placed third in the Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes. All her offspring have been bred by the Conor and Deirdre Cashman's Drumlin Bloodstock and Yellowford Farm has consigned her foals.

They have one yearling left to sell in Book 3 – Lot 1542, a Zoffany filly out of the Oasis Dream mare Unified. She was bought by Highpoint Bloodstock for €10,000. (12:38)

Lot 862: Chris Richardson of Cheveley Park Stud spends 320,000gns on this Kodiac filly from Tally-Ho Stud. She is an own-sister to Indestructible, recently second in the Champagne Stakes (G2) to the subsequent Dewhurst Stakes (G1) winner Chaldean. The 107-rated colt was also previously second to the son of Frankel in the Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (G3).

This year the family has also produced Shartash (Invincible Spirit), who finished third in the Phoenix Stakes (G1) and the National Stakes, and fourth in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (G1).

"It is a very happening family, we are looking for a couple of sharper types this week, so we are delighted to have got her," said Richardson. "She is a very nice athletic filly. It is a line that is a good outcross for the stallions. Mrs Thompson will make a decision on trainers and will assess everything after the next couple of days and decide what to do with two fillies bought last week and what we buy this week. "

Of the market, Richardson commented: "I think it has been remarkably strong, there are some certain areas where you get a bit of feast or famine, but if the individuals are there the buyers are tempted and if the pedigrees and physicals match up then you can get a good sale." (11:56)

Lot 853: the Andrew Rosen and Edward Easton-bred son of Frankel, the 450,000gns colt out of the mare September Stars (Sea The Stars), is bought by Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock for Saeed Suhail.

"He is a smashing colt, we tried on a load of Frankels last week and did not get close. He is an immature horse, he needs a little bit of imagination, but there is a lot of improvement to come, he is a big frame. He will be given plenty of time and hopefully will reward us as a three-year-old," said Brown.

September Stars was bought for the breeders by Hugo Merry at the 2014 October Book 1 Sale for 260,000gns. She went on to win five times and collect a Listed placed result in the Possibly Perfect Stakes. She is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Teodoro and from the family of the two-time Grade 1 winner Angara and the 1993 European champion Arcangues, Artiste Royal and Aquarelliste.

The cross of Frankel over mares by Sea The Stars has produced the Group 1 winner Onesto, winner of this year's Grand Prix de Paris, the Group 3 winner Mohaafeth and the Group 3 placed Dubious Affair. (11:46)

Lot 847: the Too Darn Hot filly out of Secret Sense (Shamardal) is bought by Shadwell Estate for 320,000gns. She was sold by Newsells Park Stud and is the third yearling sold out of the mare to fetch over 300,000gns.

"She looks a very tough filly, there is a masculine look about her and plenty of Shamardal, she is a good mover," said Shadwell's Angus Gold. "For us that is quite appealing and aremit of what we are trying to do – find fillies with pedigrees, she has one of the best pages in the book.

"I saw her at the farm last week, and liked her and Sheikha Hissa liked her and was very keen to get her. She is first from the family that we have got so it is very nice to get something," he added.

Dam Secret Sense is a half-sister to the Group 1-winning Galileo brothers Japan and Mogul, the Group 2 winner Secret Gesture (Galileo), the Group 3 winner Sir Isaac Newton (Galileo) and Maurus (Medicean), a Listed winner in Australia. They are, of course, all out of the former top Newsells broodmare Shastye, who died in May. (11:29)

October Yearling Sale Book 2, Day 1 statistics: (+/- compared to 2021)

Lots catalogued: 274 (270)

Lots offered: 243 (247)

Lots sold: 209 (212)

Aggregate: 18,618,000gns (-2%)

Median: 65,000gns (-7%)

Average: 89,081gns (0%)

% sold: 86% (86%)

Leading consignors (by agg): 1. Yeomanstown Stud, 2. Hillwood Stud, 3. Windmill Farm

Leading purchasers (by agg): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. BBA Ireland, 3. Blandford Bloodstock

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Blue Point, 3. Sea The Stars

Leading sires (average, 2+ sold): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Sea The Moon, 3. Lope De Vega

Lots sold for 300,000gns+: 6

Nos 100,000gns+: 65

Top five lots

1. Lot 570: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Kitcarina (FR) B.C. (GB) >> Windmill Farm >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 800,000gns

2. Lot 787: Frankel (GB) / Qaws (GB) Ch.C. (IRE) >> Genesis Green Stud >> BBA Ireland >> 700,000gns

3. Lot 735: Sea The Moon (GER) / Pearly Spirit (FR) B.C. (GB) >> Yeomanstown Stud, Ireland >> Oceanic Bloodstock for White Birch Farm SC >> 410,000gns

4. Lot 669: Lope de Vega (IRE) / Moi Meme (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Hillwood Stud >> Paddy Twomey >> 375,000gns

5. Lot 723: New Bay (GB) / Parabola (GB) Ch.C. (GB) >> Gillon Bloodstock >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 325,000gns (20:43)

Lot 787: the bidding opened up at 100,000gns, climbed quickly and developed into a battle between Will Douglass and an online bidder. Douglass employed some strong bidding tactics, but the computer bidder responded and was not to be denied eventually winning out at 700,000gns.

The colt, bred by Rabbah Bloodstock Limited, was sold by the Swinburn family's Genesis Green Stud.

Outside the ring Michael Swinburn said: "He came to us this time last year. He was originally for Book 1 – it is nice page and it is a hell of a cross [Frankel over Dubawi]. He just toed in a tad, nothing extravagant, but, when we had to make our mind up for the sale, he is a big horse and then he was quite tall and narrow, so the owners decided on Book 2.

"During prep he has just gone 'whoop' and turned into a Dubawi with a Frankel walk. He just a beautiful horse to deal with as most Frankels are. I am delighted with the price."

Of the decision to sell in Book 2, he added: "We knew we had a good horse and Book 2 is a great sale, too, usually the same people are here."

Michael Donohoe of BBA Ireland was the agent behind the computer and bidding online.

He said: "The colt is by the sire of the moment, Frankel is doing everything on the race track and in the sale ring – the two hottest sires are top and bottom of the pedigree as he is out of the Dubawi mare. This colt is a great individual and wouldn't have looked out of place in Book 1. We are surprised by the price we had to give, it was our last bid but we are delighted to have got him."

There are three more chances to buy a Frankel this week with Lot 853 (colt ex September Stars from Watership Down Stud), Lot 974 (filly out of Via Lazio from Fittocks Stud) and Lot 1231 (filly out of Dulcian from Corduff Stud) due to sell. (19:31)

Lot 763: the Saxon Warrior colt from Glenvale Stud, bought for €60,000 as a foal, bred by James Kehoe, sells today for 300,000gns.

"I am really pleased, I like the horse and I like the stallion," said today's buyer Roger Varian. "We have three by him at home and we ran a nice colt the other day who was second on debut and have a couple of fillies who are starting to come through. I have been keeping an eye on the stallion's stock, and I bought a filly by him last week.

"I am very pleased to secure this colt, I thought he is a good individual, he vetted well and has a good page. He is by a sire we are following and is for an existing client."

Of the colt's likely profile for next year, Varian said: "I think he looks like a July-onwards horse, he is quite mature and he does not have a lot of growing left to do. The stallion's stock they look like they are types from July onwards so I don't expect him to be too early."

The colt is out of the 94-rated winning Dansili mare Pour Deux, a half-sister to the Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Ancient Rome, and from the family of the Epsom Derby (G1) winner Pour Moi and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Pizza Bianca. (18:35)

Lot 735: "He is an exceptional colt, as good a yearling as I have produced for any sale this year," said David O'Callaghan of Yeomanstown Stud after selling this colt by Sea The Moon for 410,000gns. "He was a Book 1 horse in Book 2, but that was part of the plan. We always like to put a horse like him into Book 2, he was exceptional, a beautifully balanced horse, bay with black points, a beautiful mover and very correct. I don't think there was a man or woman on the sale ground who did not admire him. He has gone to a great owner, I hope he does very well with him. I'd like to thank also the underbidder Karl Burke.

"I hope the horse he is as good as he looks."

He added: "We got a good update, too, in the second dam with Pearls Galore, it just gives more creditability to an already good family."

The colt was a substantial foal pinhook at 110,000gns and with a differing type of profile than Yeomanstown's homebred stock, O'Callaghan said: "We bred a lot of fast horses so we generally try and buy what we don't have in order to compliment our draft, and we are always on the look out for nice horses."

“He’ll go to Jean-Claude Rouget for Mr Brant,” said Zerolo, who was seated beside the trainer and directly to the left of the rostrum. When asked to expand on what appealed about the colt he said: “Pretty much everything, at least I hope so as he wasn’t cheap! He’s got a fine page and it’s a pedigree we know well in France. He comes from a very good family developed by Mr Putsch and Sea The Moon is most definitely a serious stallion.”

The colt was signed for under the Oceanic Bloodstock for White Birch Farm SC banner. (18:18)

Lot 723: "He is smashing colt physically and I am a big fan of the stallion, think he is going places, any son of Dubawi you have to take very seriously and he is doing it," said Richard Brown after bidding to 325,000gns for the son of New Bay sold by Gillon Bloodstock. "We passed on a couple of horses earlier on today, he is the one we really wanted. We are delighted to get him, he is for Saeed Suhail, who is here and will be here all week."

Brown continued: "We bought a couple last week and obviously this sale was very lucky for us a couple of years ago. This is the first time since I have been buying for Saeed he has stayed for Book 2, but he was keen to be here this week. Hopefully, we can get a few more nice horses and see if we can be lucky again.

"We will work out training plans once the week is over – Saeed makes all the decisions with racing manager Bruce Raymond. I am sure any trainer would be delighted to have this horse."

Brown also gave an update on the Epsom Derby winner Desert Crown, the "lucky" purchase referred to and a graduate of this sale in 2020 when bought by Brown for 280,000gns from Strawberry Fields Stud.

"Desert Crown is good, he is absolutely fine, had a bit of hiccup, he is being turned out and is out in the paddock at the moment. He goes back into training in the next couple of weeks."

This yearling was sold by Gillon Bloodstock, the highest price achieved by Chris Gillon and his team. However, Gillon is no stranger to consigning high quality and highly priced yearlings

Gillon previously worked at Floors Stud until the stud's owner Duke Of Roxburghe died in 2019. Gillon subsequently established his own business based at Floors Castle.

Gillon said: "As a consignor it is fantastic to do that in only our second year and our first time at Book 2 as Gillon Bloodstock. It is extra special – really just to be back here consigning good horses is what it is all about.

"Breeders Joanna and Malcolm Imray are just ten miles from Floors, they loved the colt and sent him to us in February. They asked if we could consign him, which was great. He has done nothing but improve, right up until he got into that ring. It has all come together, everyone at home has worked really hard with his prep and it has paid off.

"Once he got into his work, he was really good to deal with. He was always a real nice type, strong and always looked like he was going to be a racehorse – and always good deal with. He was exceeded expectations and has been very popular here. He sold himself – he showed himself off and looked a million dollars. When you look at his page, he has a strong page as well.

"When I was with the late Duke we were always here in Book 1 and Book 2, and just to be here as Gillon Bloodstock at Floors Stud it is fantastic. To get back selling in the good books, consigning good quality horses – that is what it is all about. It is where we want to be – we were here for so long with the late Duke. I was with the Duke for ten years and that is where I learnt my trade."

Gillon Bloodstock had just the one for Book 2, but is not finished yet this week – the farm has one lot catalogued in Book 3, a Crystal Ocean filly (Lot 1837), and three in Book 4 – Lot 2034, Lot 2087, Lot 2089.

His new business is going and from strength to strength and Gillon added: "We are full up – we have 14 mares, 16 weanlings and 17 yearlings, who are starting to leave soon, and a few spellers, too. We are looking good for the winter and hopefully from there into the spring." (17:37)

Lot 669: trainer Paddy Twomey, who produced two Group 1 winners this season – the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes winner La Petite Coco and Pearls Galore, successful in the Matron Stakes – invests in the Lope De Vega filly out of Moi Meme, sold by Hillwood Stud. The March-born filly cost him 375,000gns.

Twomey, who was bidding from the seats, said: "She is a nice filly, and by a top stallion in Lope De Vega. She is out of a good Teofilo mare, her two siblings are stakes horses already, and I am delighted to have her. She is for an existing owner and will make a very nice broodmare when she has finished racing."

Twomey, who purchased last week through Book 1, said: "Last week was hard work, we bought one filly and have been sent two more, but it was harder to compete. I went home on Wednesday and said to the guys that we'd retrench and come back this week."

It was a second good result for Hillwood early this morning, and Charlie Vigors said: "Moi Meme has been a fantastic mare for us, she has been successful in the sale ring and on the racecourse, and the racecourse being the ultimate place, it is great. She is was a very good race mare herself, is from a good family; she ticked the boxes for us when we bought her and she has repaid us well."

Moi Meme has since had yearling sales of 200,000gns, 350,000gns, 900,000gns, 160,000gns in addition to today's sale. All of her foals to date have been by Lope De Vega.

Hugo Merry purchased this year's two-year-old filly out of the mare here last year for 160,000gns. She has been named Lady Boba, is in training with Ralph Beckett and is owned by Andrew Rosen and Barry K Schwartz.

"She is actually in-foal to Night Of Thunder, we thought we'd have a change of scenery for a year! Obviously the two horses are doing well in the US, and Hugo Merry was underbidder today so I hope that is testament to what they think of this year's two-year-old," said Vigors.

It has been a very active family of late.

King Vega (2018), originally trained by Andrew Balding and the 350,000gns yearling purchase, finished second in the Solario Stakes (G3) as a juvenile and achieved a rating high in the UK of 107. He is now in training with Graham Motion and finished fourth in the Singspiel Stakes (G3) at Woodbine in September.

Capital Structure (2017), with Chad Brown and owned by Klaravich Stables, was second in the Grade 3 Waya Stakes (G3) on October 2, while King Of Conquest (2019) finished second in a three-year-old conditions race at Meydan in January. He has not run since the Meydan's spring season, but has two UK entries this week.

The results continues today's early dominance by Hillwood-Windmill Stud.

"I am still lagging behind my mother!"laughed Vigors. "It is great all round and delighted for Mum having such a good sale." (15:16)

Lot 659: Whatton Manor Stud's good Tattersalls yearling sale continues apace... after hitting the million plus for the first time last week, achieving a turnover of 3,165,000gns and an average price of 452,143gns for seven horses sold in Book 1, the farm sells this homebred daughter of Too Darn Hot for 230,000gns to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock.

"Absolutely delighted, we always knew we had a lovely filly," said Whatton Manor's Ed Player. "When Grande Dame started doing what she did this year winning her Listed race we knew we had a good chance. And then when she was third in the Sun Chariot that was a lovely update to come into the sale with.

"This filly has a bit of scope and a look of class about her and, luckily, there were a lot of people trying to buy her in the ring."

Player continued: "The mare has been a little unlucky, but the two who have made the racecourse have been very talented. She is a lovely mare, we bought her here with Larry Stratton [December Mares Sale, 2012] for 46,000gns, and she is just a beautiful mare and luckily she breds, too. I think that is now over a three-quarters of a million she has produced in the ring. I wish we had a few more mares like her on the farm!

"She is in-foal to Ardad, as her first foal was a Kodiac and is usesful. She did not have a foal this year." (15:00)

Lot 644: the Hillwood Stud-consigned Showcasing colt out of the Listed-placed Megan Lily (Dragon Pulse) is bought by Stroud Coleman for 260,000gns.

The mare was bought by Hillwood for 180,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale 2018, carrying her first pregnancy to Ribchester. In 2020 she produced a Lope De Vega filly who has been named Diamond Vega and is in training with Ralph Beckett. She has run once when second in a Kempton novice in September, the report writing that she "shaped nicely on her debut, coming home well to take the runner-up spot. There should be improvement to come."

"Delighted, he has always been a lovely colt from day one," said Vigors. "Showcasing has had a fantastic year – bringing a nice one here by the sire out of a stakes-placed mare and with a two-year-old sibling who has shown a lot of promise on her first run, the stars can align for you."

Recalling the decision to cover the mare with the Whitsbury Manor Stud-based sire, Vigors said: "Showcasing's record speaks for itself and it is a fast family – she was a speedy Dragon Pulse mare, too, so we thought he'd fit the mare well. Megan Lily has a nice foal at home, a full-brother to Diamond Vega, and she has been rested this year because she was late."

Megan Lily is a half-sister to Yellow Rosebud (Jeremy), winner of theConcorde Stakes (G3), the Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial (G3) and a runner-up in the Debutante Stakes (G2).

Under the third dam is the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes winner Malhub, who was also a runner-up in the Haydock Sprint Cup (G1) and the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1), as well as the Hackwood Stakes (G3) winner and second-placed Heeraat

The top two prices through this early session of Book 2 have gone to the mother and son – Vigors's mother Fiona Marner of Windmill Stud having sold the current top lot for 800,000gns (Lot 570, by Sea The Stars). Both lots have been bought by Stroud Coleman. (13:51)

Lot 632: the Ardad own-brother Crispy Cat (GB), who has been placed five times in good juvenile Group races this year – he collected a third place at Royal Ascot behind The Ridler in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes, finished fourth in the Richmond Stakes (G2) behind Royal Scotsman, third in the Flying Childers Stakes (G2) and last Friday took fourth placed behind Rumstar in the Cornwallis Stakes (G3).

This year's yearling out of Mara Grey (Azamour) was bought for 130,000gns by Blandford Bloodstock, sold by Throckmorton Court Stud and bred by Saeed Nasser Al Romaithi.

Crispy Cat is a Tattersalls Ireland September Sale graduate, bought by Robson Aguiar/Amo Racing for £105,000. He is trained by Michael O'Callaghan. (13:31)

Lot 627: the Zoustar filly from Egmont Stud converts her 20,000gns foal price into a yearling valuation of 110,000gns. Joseph O'Brien was in charge of bidding and signed on behalf of the Scone-based stallion farm Kia Ora Stud.

"We were keen to buy one by the sire," recalls Paula Flannery, who purchased the filly here at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. "He is coming good now and this filly's half-sister Munch is a talented."

Munch, a two-year-old of this year by New Bay, had won once before the catalogue was published, but she has since won again and also finished second. She is now rated 86, and is trained by David Menuisier for Prime Equestrian Racing.

This filly was bred by China Horse Club International Ltd and is out of the Listed-placed mare Madernia (Duke Of Marmalade), a half-sister to Salouen, a Listed winner and four-times Group 1 placed.

Kia Ora currently stands three stallions – Captivant, winner of the Champagne Stakes (G1), the Golden Slipper winner Farnan, and Prague, winner of the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes and the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes. (13:01)

Lot 570: sets a high benchmark for Book 2... the son of Sea The Stars is sold for 800,000gns, the fourth-best Book 2 price ever and the best since 2019.

It is also the best yearling sale for consignor Fiona Marner and Windmill Farm.

Marner said: "We bought the mare, she is owned in partnership, and since her purchase the pedigree has just really developed – her full-sister Kitcara became dam of Al Aasy. This colt has been so special all along – I am not sure we realised he was that nice!

"We have a lot to thank John Clarke for as we had the foal share to Sea The Stars. The mare is back in-foal to the sire, carrying a colt. She did not have a foal this spring and it is just fabulous to have such a good first foal out of her."

Of this colt, Marner added: "He has done so well in the last month, every day he keeps improving, and he just loves his work – he has a wonderful temperament. It is such a team effort, we are just a tiny farm, we only have five young mares. This mare is owned with two very long standing and loyal partners, Derek James, who is America, l will call him now and wake him up, and Peter Wollaston."

The colt, who was bred by Kitcarina Partnership & Sunderland, was bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, with MV Magnier as underbidder.

Anthony Stroud said: "A very good-looking horse with a good pedigree. The nick works quite well, with the Shamardal mare and also you have Al Aasy, by Sea The Stars, in the family, too. He’ll be trained by John Gosden for a long established client. (11:04)

October Yearling Sale Book 1 statistics: (+/- compared to 2021)

Lots catalogued: 550 (502)

Lots offered: 489 (452)

Lots sold: 424 (375)

Aggregate: 126,671,000gns (+47%) *record

Median: 200,000gns (+25%) *record

Average: 298,752gns (+30%) *record

% sold: 87% (83%)

Leading consignors (by agg): 1. Newsells Park Stud, 2. Watership Down Stud, 3. Fittocks Stud

Leading purchasers (by agg): 1. Godolphin, 2. Richard Knight Bloodstock, 3. M V Magnier & White Birch Farm

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Frankel, 2. Dubawi, 3. Sea The Stars

Leading sires (average, 2+ sold): 1. Dubawi, 2. Frankel 3. Siyouni

Lots sold for 1,000,000gns+: 16

Nos 500,000gns+: 73 *record

Top five lots

1. Lot 221: Frankel (GB) / So Mi Dar (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Watership Down Stud >> Godolphin >> 2,800,000gns *most expensive yearling sold in the world this year*

2. Lot 238: Frankel (GB) / Sweepstake (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Croom House Stud, Ireland >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 2,400,000gns

3. Lot 381: Frankel (GB) / Bold Lass (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Watership Down Stud >> Richard Knight Bloodstock Agent >> 2,000,000gns

4. Lot 379: Frankel (GB) / Blue Waltz (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Fittocks Stud >> MV Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 1,900,000gns

5. Lot 344: Lope de Vega (IRE) / Anna Law (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Ballyphilip Stud, Ireland >> Richard Knight Bloodstock Agent >> 1,800,000gns (19:55)

Chairman’s Statement At the conclusion of Book 1 of the 2022 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented:

“This has been an extraordinary yearling sale. When the first two lots through the ring on Tuesday morning made 500,000 guineas and 1,300,000 guineas, the stage was set and the pace has been unrelenting from that moment on. Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale annually showcases the very best yearlings to be found in Europe, and even by the lofty standards of this special sale we felt that this year’s catalogue was out of the ordinary. Nevertheless we could not have predicted the extraordinary level of trade we have experienced over the past three days.

“Record turnover in excess of 125 million guineas, a rise of almost 40 million guineas on last year’s October Book 1, as well as a record median and a record average price just under 300,000 guineas are impressive statistics by any standards, but the progression of this sale in recent years has been truly remarkable.

"Only 12 years ago Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale produced turnover of 48 million guineas and an average of 107,000 guineas which puts this week’s remarkable figures into context. As well as the huge rises in all of the key indicators, an unprecedented 73 yearlings have sold for 500,000 guineas or more and there have been 16 which have broken the million guineas mark with the 2.8 million guineas FRANKEL colt from Watership Down Stud being the highest priced yearling sold anywhere in the world this year.

“Impressive as all the statistics are, the real feature of Book 1 of the 2022 October Yearling Sale has been the sustained demand at all levels of the market which has contributed to a clearance rate well in excess of 85%.

"Buyers from throughout the world, most notably the Gulf region, America, China, Japan and throughout Europe have all made a significant impact on a record-breaking sale and particularly notable has been the presence of so many of the world’s most successful racehorse owners here at Park Paddocks for the duration of the sale.

"Their confidence in Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale is hugely appreciated and reflects not only the outstanding quality of the yearlings which the vendors commit to the sale year after year, but also the sale’s unrivalled reputation for producing Classic and Group 1 winners and Newmarket’s status as the European hub of the thoroughbred business.

“In addition to so many of the world’s leading owners, the number of British and Irish trainers active throughout the week has been notable and their presence has without doubt been influenced by the £7,200,000 in October Book 1 Bonus prize money which we have distributed since 2016. The £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonuses are hugely popular and to see so many beneficiaries reinvesting this week is a strong endorsement of a scheme which continues to reward owners at all levels of the Book 1 market.

“To have rewritten the Book 1 record books and to have seen so many breeders and consignors so richly rewarded this week has been wonderful. Europe’s premier yearling sale has lived up to its reputation in spectacular fashion and we look forward to sustaining the momentum into Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale starting on Monday next week." ()

October Yearling Sale Book 1, Day 3 statistics: (+/- compared to 2021)

Lots catalogued: 184 (167)

Lots offered: 164 (149)

Lots sold: 141 (125)

Aggregate: 45,133,000gns (+45%)

Median: 240,000gns (+33%)

Average: 320,092gns (+29%)

% sold: 86% (84%)

Top five lots

1. Lot 381: Frankel (GB) / Bold Lass (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Watership Down Stud Richard Knight Bloodstock Agent 2,000,000

2. Lot 379: Frankel (GB) / Blue Waltz (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Fittocks Stud >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 1,900,000gns

3. Lot 530: Dubawi (IRE) / How (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Longview Stud >> Godolphin >> 1,600,000gns

4. Lot 504: Dubawi (IRE) / God Given (GB) B.C. (FR) >> Whatton Manor Stud >> Godolphin >> 1,500,000gns

5. Lot 491: Dubawi (IRE) / Frangipanni (IRE) B.C. (GB >> Norris Bloodstock >> Manor House Farm >> 1,000,000gns (19:47)