The three day Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 concluded with a record turnover setting a new benchmark for the highest grossing sale in European auction history.
The three day totals to 372 lots sold for 82,744,500 guineas, an increase of 4% on last year’s figures, at an average of 222,431 guineas and a median of 150,000 guineas.
Six lots broke the one million guineas barrier and 37 sold for 500,000 guineas or more.
The top price on the final day of Book 1 was a Street Cry sister to the G2 Middleton Stakes winner and Oaks runner-up Secret Gesture knocked down for 800,000 guineas.
China Horse Club’s Michael Wallace bought the only War Front yearling in the catalogue when going to 775,000 guineas to secure the colt.
The son of the G2 winning Lahib mare River Belle is a half-brother to the Group/Listed winners Strathnaver and Siyaadah and was knocked down to Wallace after he saw off a plethora of bidders.
The progeny of Dubawi continued to be in demand on the third day and the daughter of the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks second Polly’s Mark was the third highest price for the day when she was knocked down for 700,000 guineas.