Lot 1059, by Ghaiyyath and a €145,000 foal purchase, makes 220,000gns for Pier House, while the following lot from Ballyphilip, makes 240,000gns. The son of Too Darn Hot was bought as a foal for €67,000 and sold today for 240,000gns.

Both colts are half-brothers to winners, and with strong second dams. The Ghaiyyath's grand-dam is the Group 1 Oaks D'Italia third-placed Miss Meltemi (Miswaki Tern) and an ancestress of eight black-type horses, four of which are winners, while the Too Darn Hot's grand-dam is Elizabeth Bay. She won the Prix Eclipse (G3) and was Group 1-placed in the Coronation Stakes.

There are seven black-type horses under her pedigree entry, six of whom are winners. Third dam is the dual Grade 1 winner and multiple graded stakes winner and performer Life At The Top. (19:53)

The May foal was sold by Norelands Stud and is from the family of the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Amonita, the Prix du Calvados winner Cox Orange and her daughter Vista Bella, placed third in the Irish 1,000 Guineas (G1).

Emotion has a colt foal by No Nay Never and was covered again this spring by the Coolmore sire.

Buyer Hugo Merry said: “She’s for the partnership between my client Andrew Rosen and Marc Chan, who’s a client of Jamie McCalmont. They’ve owned Prosperous Voyage and Lezoo together so they’ve been very lucky. We thought she was probably the nicest filly of the day and she’s the only one we’ve bid on for them.

“Usually we look for something out of a stakes mare or a sibling to a black-type performer, but we got beaten to death last week!

"We bought two in the end, but we’re trying to buy a couple more, so we’ve gone on the physical with this filly. She’s a particularly attractive and athletic individual with a terrific blue hen family further back. I suspect she’ll go into training with Ralph Beckett." (19:32)

"He is a smashing horse, by a clearly very talented sire in Blue Point," reported Barberini. "We have been working last week and this week for Sheikh Ahmed, to try and find some nice two-year-old types with scope to be good three-year-olds too. It is subjective, but we thought he was the best looking of the Blue Points.

"When you are looking for a nice two-year-olds, you need to consider the stallion. We have no plans as yet regarding the trainer, we have a bunch of horses and will allocate later."

Barberini has purchased 16 horses across Book 1 and 2 for the Sheikh.

Of Book 2's trade so far, Barberini said: "It is a good solid market, there is a good variety of horses here and breeders know, as usual, know what to put in this sale." (19:26)

The colt is an own-brother to this year's leading juvenile Elite Status, winner of the Group 3 Prix de Cabourg, third home in the Norfolk Stakes (G2) and winner of the Listed National Stakes. He was bred by Whitsbury and pinhooked at the 2021 December Foal Sale by JC Bloodstock for 56,000gns, subsequently sold by Kilminfoyle to Karl and Kelly Burke for 325,000gns in last year's October Book 2 Sale.

Kilminfoyle's Michael Fitzpatrick, who is no stranger to achieving top prices at Tattersalls, said: "I bought this colt as a foal solely on the full-brother – I sold him last year and loved him. Whitsbury Manor is a great breeder and this horse is pleasure to do anything with. My thanks go to Anthony Stroud, and I wish the new owners the very best of luck.

"I also can't thank my staff enough – Pamela, Hannah and Santos. It is only for them, the work they do, I actually think they are made of iron!"

Buyer Anthony Stroud said: “He’s a very nice horse with a current update. Havana Grey has done terrifically well. He’s a very well balanced horse who moves very well."

When asked to compare this colt to Vandeek, the dual Group 1-winning juvenile bought by Stroud at the Tattersalls Craven Sale for joint top-price of 625,000gns, he said: “With Vandeek we were lucky enough to see him breeze, but this colt has the credentials to be a very, very nice horse. He’s got the pedigree and he’s by a stallion who’s done very well and is really on the up. He’s been bought for Sheikh Nasser and will go to Simon Crisford."

Of the Whitsbury stallion he added: “He’s done it the hard way and he’s a very exciting young stallion. He’s clearly on an upward trajectory and is upgrading his mares."

The colt's story so far has been a case of history repeating itself, hopefully the case of deja vu will be continued on the track next summer. (18:47)

Jimmy Murphy of Repender was delighted with the result having bought the colt for 78,000gns last year.

"He was a nice, good-looking foal, we took a chance – plenty others don't work out so well!" reported Murphy. "Earthlight is a son of Shamardal and this colt is from a very good dam line. We were lucky that Selenaia [Grade 3 winner] came up in the first dam and then Lake Forest in the second dam won the Gimcrack.

"He is very much a two-year-old precocious type of horse, hopefully we will see him at Ascot."

Derek Iceton of Tara Stud bred the colt, sold him to Redpender and was at Tattersalls to watch the colt go through the ring. He said: "I am absolutely delighted, I had a good day last December and got paid well, and I love to see people make some money. I am so pleased to see the colt go on again now. I have a half-brother by Space Blues to come here in December [Lot 707]. I bought the mare from Newsells Park, she is young mare so it is a great result"

Dettoria (Declaration Of War) was bought through J Walsh Bloodstock at the December Mares Sale 2018 for just 12,000gns. (18:27)

She was bought today by Joe Foley, buying for Steve Parkin's Clipper Logistics: "She’s a very good example of what the stallion can throw. As we all know, he’s made an outstanding start, he’s on the way to superstar stallion status. We have a good two-year-old by him this year called Queen’s Guard. When you have a Havana Grey yearling, it gives you a chance.

"I like the fact she’s out of a Showcasing mare, I like the idea of him as a broodmare sire, and it goes back to Blue Duster. It’s a good, fast family and one I like."

Colouring (Showcasing), the winner of one race at two, was bred by Whitsbury out of Blue Lyric (Refuse To Bend), who was purchased from Fittocks Stud in 2010 for 16,000gns. (16:58)

Adrian O'Brien said: "I have been a fan of Havana Grey for a few years and I have pinhooked a few by him. He was phenomenally successful as a two-year-old sire in year one, and the question this year was whether they would train on – they have, he has successful answered that question!"

He added: "The two-year-old out of the mare is also a winner now, and this filly is a beauty – she is scopey, has a great walk to her, she vets very clean and just really catches the eye. I wish Ross O'Sullivan and Katie Walsh the best."

Of his foal-buying strategy O'Brien said: "I must admit when I am buying foals, it is the physique is my primary focus – I guess it is getting the whole picture right!" (16:49)

The price sped up through the ranks until reaching a final mark at 325,000gns, the successful buyer Ben McElroy, the docket signed as Ben McElroy / Hamish Macauley/ Robson Aguiar.

"He is a very imposing colt, very fluent mover, he has carried himself well over the two or three days of showing, just a lovely horse," said McElroy. "I actually thought he might cost a bit more, maybe the aggressive bidding stopped progress. He has been bought for Amo Racing, and will go to Robson Augiar who will assess him for Kia and decide on a trainer next spring. Robson will see how he fits in with the other yearlings / two-year-olds and will decide whether he will make up into a Royal Ascot type."

Yesterday McElroy and Amo bought Lot 597, a filly by Pinatubo and out of Queen Of The Stars, for 110,000gns, and the buyer said of the young sire: "We bought a beautiful filly yesterday from Barton Stud. The sire seems to be getting nice stock and he was a great racehorse and I think this colt has a great chance. I'd be impressed with what I have seen of the sire's stock."

James Hanley said: "He is a homebred, but we bought his dam Boston Rocker. She has bene a great servant and has already produced a horse rated 116 [San Donato]. Hopefully, this guy will be every bit as good. She is in-foal to Blue Point and has a Night Of Thunder at foot – we are hopeful of her.

"We wish the new owner every success and he is as nice a horse as we have ever had. He is a great reflection of Pinatubo." (15:43)

The colt is out of the Galileo mare Beluga, a three-quarters sister to the Derby winner Pour Moi. He was bred by Westerberg and was sold by WH Bloodstock.

"I am delighted to have got him, we loved him the first time we saw him," added Fellowes. "He is by a very good stallion, out of a Galileo mare, he has a very good pedigree, he walked around the back ring like he owned the place and he seems to have a good mind, there is a lot like.

"He will be running for Paul Hickman, I bought a Frankel colt for him last week [Lot 383]. He lives in Singapore, but his children go to school in England so he is over a quite bit. He has had horses for a long time, and had horses with Sir Henry Cecil.

"We had a good go on several horses last week and earlier in the season, but I think this one is as good as any of them."

Douglass added: "Paul Hickman is a very nice owner, he likes pedigrees and understands them. This is very special horse and, hopefully, he is lucky."

Of the experience of buying such horses, he said: "It is not easy to buy, you follow the nice horses through and you are basically competing against countries! It is very tough to get the ones you want and get involved."

When asked what ambitions the new team has for this colt, Douglass said simply: "To win a Classic!"

The colt is a top ten best price achieved at Tattersalls for Mimi Wadham and Violet Hesketh of WH Bloodstock.

"He is a very bred horse, he comes from a fantastic family, he is wonderful mover and everyone who looked him really liked him," said Wadham. "We expected him to sell well, and although he surpassed expectations, he is worth it as he could be anything. Let's hope he is as good as he looks. He has not turned a hair since he has been here, he just gets on with the job and has a great attitude."

She added: "The successful buyers have been coming up to me all day and asking what interest there had been, they were determined to have him as was the underbidder. We were very lucky that two groups wanted to buy him that much." (14:53)

Warren said: "The Camelot is a lovely colt, he is very athletic, very well produced by Tally-Ho. He has a fantastic way about him, and he handled it around the ring really well. He is the kind of horse who could win a proper race, a Classic race, he looks a real Classic prospect.

"The Dark Angel filly is a really racy, powerful filly with a lovely pedigree and we have had some success with the stallion over the years. We have been buying a few fillies who will, hopefully, end up in the broodmare band. She is precocious and strong.

"We have no training plans. They will come back to Highclere, then will probably go to Malcolm Bastard and we will make a call from there."

Both have been purchased on behalf of Sheikh Isa, the colt costing 250,000gns and the filly 130,000gns. (13:44)

Ger Morrin of the farm said: "We are delighted, Ross [Doyle] and Richard [Hannon] bought the Group 3 winner Shamwari Lodge off me, and Richard trains the Group 3 winner Oh This Is Us, it is all his family. This is a lovely horse, he has a lovely action and is a horse we bred so we are delighted."

Of the mare's covering by Blue Point he outlined: "It is a fast family and we just went for speed, she is tall mare and I thought Blue Point would be a good mating for her. I did not think this horse would quite make that, but the sire has gone the right way and a couple of the runners out of her are highly rated. She is nice mare, hopefully next June this lad will turn up where I think he might!

Of accessing the pedigree, which stretches to Pipalong, the champion older French and European mare, Morrin explained: "When I managed Swordlestown for Cathal Ryan, I bought Limpopo for him, the dam of Pipalong.

"I then purchased her daughter Ripalong from Swordlestown. It has just been a really lucky family for me, it is solid and sound family. When those homebreds go right it is lovely."

He added: "Al Kirana has a St Mark's Basilica filly out of her, a very nice foal, probably our best foal. I will keep her and sell as a yearling – I will wait until this lad wins at Ascot! She is not in-foal, we might look to a stallion such as Havana Grey next year." (12:32)

it is a pedigree that has not only done well on the track, but also produced the goods for Stringston in the sale ring.

Melo Melo was sold as a foal to BBA Ireland for 110,000gns at the December Foal Sale in 2019, while Treasuring was sold four years earlier at the same sale for 30,000gns. She was subsequently sold at the December Mares Sale 2018 to Katsumi Yoshida for 500,000gns.

Stringston's Nick Pocock spoke after the sale of Lot 914, a colt by Too Darn Hot out of the Listed winner Belle Rose, for 125,000gns.

"This colt had a small injury as a foal so that is why he did not sell then, which is our usual game," recalled Pocock. "He has always been a nice easy-moving colt. We bred the dam, and this has been a lucky family for us. It was the top end of where we thought we'd get to, we are very pleased with the price."

Of the significant Book 1 update achieved by Melo Melo, he said: "It has been brilliant watching Melo Melo this year. When they put her away in the middle of the summer we thought 'Oh god, why are they doing that?' But it has worked out great, and it was special to have a runner in the Vermeille, it is a race you kind of dream of being involved with."

Of the mare, he updated: "You Look So Good has got a Too Darn Hot, who will be here for the December Sale [Lot 855], and is in-foal to Perfect Power. We felt that we need to give a bit more speed and go along the lines of Treasuring." (11:37)

The son of Camelot, who is out of the Declaration Of War Group 1 Brisbane Queensland Oaks-winning mare Winning Ways, is going into training with Kevin Ryan, who is no relation to the couple.

The colt was bred by John Hamilton and sold by The Castlebridge Consignment.

"This is a lovely horse, he has such a deep chest and has such a good pedigree," said owner Ryan who has seven horses with trainer Ryan. "Catch The Paddy won for us at Newmarket last week, Just Another Bottle was ours too, we have had some nice horses.

"As soon as I saw this horse, I rang Kevin and said 'Get your xxxxx here quick ',

It has been a good stint on the racecourse for the owner with Tattersalls graduates – the Ryan-trained and Ryan-owned Irish Nectar won a maiden in September, the son of Invincible Spirit bought for 50,000gns in Book 1 last year, Catch The Paddy was from Book 1 in 2021 and was purchased for 80,000gns.

Ryan's business Bee Health, one of the biggest supplement manufacturers in Europe, was sold last year to the US-based firm Dallas-based INW. (11:17)

This colt maintains the son of Shamardal's form – sold by Barton Stud and bred by Ickworth Stud, the colt, a half-brother to the Group 3 winner Miramar, sold for 165,000gns. (10:14)

Today's sale starts at 10am, and all the details are here on sales day live. (09:44)

Catalogued: 274

Offered: 249

Sold: 210

Total: 18,530,500gns (0%)

Median: 69,000gns (+6%)

Average: 88,240gns (-1%)

% Sold: 84%

Leading consignors (by aggregate): 1. Barton Stud, 2. Yeomanstown Stud, 3. Lodge Park Stud

Leading purchasers (by aggregate): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. A C Elliott, 3. Godolphin

Leading sires (by aggregate): No Nay Never, 2. Pinatubo, 3. New Bay

Leading sires (by average, two or more sold): 1.Pinatubo, 2. Blue Point, 3. Earthlight

Today's top five

1. Lot 552A: Dubawi / Park Bloom b,f. >> Lodge Park Stud >> Godolphin >> 725,000gns

2. Lot 578: Too Darn Hot / Precious Ramotswe b.c. >> Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd. >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 350,000gns

3. Lot 701: Showcasing / So Brave br,f. >> Carmel Stud >> Ben McElroy Agent For Stonestreet Stables >> 325,000gns

4. Lot 781: Pinatubo / Toquette b,f. >> Corduff Stud >>Justin Casse Agent >> 325,000gns

5. Lot 620: Pinatubo / Regal Splendour b,c. >> Cheveley Park Stud Ltd. >> Najd Stud >>300,000gns (20:42)

The filly is out of Toquette, bred by Corduff and the Corcoran family's Farmleigh Bloodstock Ltd.

"We bred her, we bred her mother," reported the farm's David Egan. "Pinatubo is a beautiful horse, and I give him a big shout. He is a good-looking Shamardal, as is Blue Point – hopefully Pinatubo will do as well as him."

Of thoughts coming to the sale, Egan said: "It is easy to like them at home, but it becomes less relevant the closer you get to the gavel. We really like this filly, we like the physical and she goes to Joseph, which is a great shout. We still have the mare as well as three sisters to Toquette."

Justin Casse said: "I like that the mare has already produced some black-type, and we were looking for something early – everybody has Royal Ascot dreams. Her pedigree suggests that there is some precocity. She has the build to be early, she comes from a good nursery and all of that equated.

"The Pinatubos are lovely horses, I looked at a lot of them and was impressed with what I saw. For me I felt that she was the best filly in Book 2, I like fillies that look like colts – that is her, she is a very robust and good-moving horse. She goes to Joseph O'Brien, she will be broken in there and we will hope for top hats and tails come June!" (20:29)

Lot 736 was a €90,000 pinhook bought as a foal by today's consignor Grangemore Stud. The yearling is out of Summer Dream (Oasis Dream), the dam of four winners from four runners, including the Listed Redcar Two Year Old Trophy winner Summer Daydream.

Lot 755 was sold by New England Stud and the colt is out of Taraateel (Oasis Dream) a grand-daughter of Torrestrella, winner of the Poule D'Essai des Pouliches (G1).

She was bought from the Shadwell dispersal at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2021 by Mascalls Stud for 230,000gns. She has a filly foal by Zoustar and was covered by Cracksman. (19:20)

Poker Face is a Tattersalls graduate – she was bought by Richard Frisby Bloodstock for 95,000gns in 2020 October Book 1.

Brian McConnon, stud manager of Marlhill Stud, said: "We are thrilled, we bought the mare with Fastnet Rock in mind. To have this pedigree update in the last month – it is what everybody dreams of to have an update like that just before a sale – meant a lot to us. This is a May foal, and to get a price like that... "

Of thoughts before going in the ring, he said: "You are never sure what is going to happen, but today when the vets started to appear, we got a little more confident."

And of the mare's latest news he updated: "Stars At Night is in-foal to Justify, we are looking forward to bringing the progeny back and auctioning him or her here." (17:57)

It is the best price the stud has achieved for a filly in the Tattersalls sale ring, the third-best price overall and the farm's best since 2017 (top price 600,000gns in 2015 for a colt by Exceed And Excel).

"She has been the busiest horse we have ever brought to the sales in terms of showing, she has had so many vets, and everyone said she is beautiful," said Michelle Morgan. "We knew we had a lovely filly, we came with two nice fillies, we had a pinhooked Kodiac in Book 1 [Lot 36, 260,000], and they have both sold well. Hopefully, they both go on and are nice adverts for the stud."

Of the mare's sole runner to date, Queens Guard (Havana Grey), who has won since the catalogue was published, she said: "She won but did not get black-type for us ahead of this sale, but she was declared for the Lowther Stakes and was a non-runner because of the ground. Hopefully, the pair of them can go on and do great things next year.

"I am a natural-born worrier and it is incredible when they reach their reserves and the market appreciates them, the important thing now is what they do on the track."

Of her mare So Brave, who traces back to a Juddmonte pedigree of Interval: "We bought her grand-dam Valiantly at the December Sale 2004 from Juddmonte. You can never really go wrong with those Juddmonte families.

"So Brave was a lovely quick filly, unfortunately she was injured and did not fulfil her potential. Queen Guard by Havana Grey was also a lovely yearling [Lot 1499, 125,000gns] and sold in Book 3 last year. So Brave has now got a beautiful Pinatubo colt foal and is in-foal to Blue Point."

Morgan added: "We always try and buy a couple of foals every year, but pinhooking is difficult – it is hard to find what you want and then afford them. So we try and do a bit of both, and we have seven in-foal mares for next year."

Buyer Ben McElroy, standing outside the ring in the glorious autumn sunshine, said: "She has been bought for Stonestreet and goes to the training facility in Florida. We will assess her through the winter and spring and make a decision on trainer in February or March. She looks a real Royal Ascot type. Her sister is a two-year-old winner, we have bought a couple of Showcasings before for Barbara [Banke]and they have all shown a lot of ability. This filly, hopefully, will be the same."

Of his business through the last ten days, he said:"We bought four in Book 1, then I kinda kept my powder dry for Book 2 as we are looking for a particular type of filly...I am so glad we waited. We might try and get one or two more, it is hard to find then looking like that." (17:23)

At last year's Tattersalls Somerville Sale, and with Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, he purchased a Tamayuz filly for 26,000gns. She was subsequently named Woodhay Wonder and has since gone on to win three races, including two lucrative Tattersalls-sponsored races – the Somerville Auction Stakes in August and last weekend's October Auction Stakes. She has won over £151,000 in earnings.

Today Ward, again with Stroud Coleman, spends 60,000gns on a colt by Territories and out of Sami (Champs Elysees), sold by The Castlebridge Consignment.

Bred by Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd, the yearling is a full-brother to one winner, the only runner so far for the mare, and she is a half-sister to three black-type individuals, including the Listed-winning, Group 3-placed Nell Gwyn third-placed Festivale (Invincible Spirit). (16:13)

"She goes to Ed Walker," said Sackville. 'Obviously there is plenty of depth through the second dam and Pintaubo is an exciting young sire. Seagull is daughter of Sea The Stars, has had four winners from four runners and all have been highly rated." (15:34)

Rose Bonheur was bought by Ben Sangster to race and he has retained the Danehill Dancer filly as a broodmare, breeding all of her seven foals of which five are race winners.

The filly's second dam is the Group 1 Moyglare Stakes runner-up Red Feather (Marju). She was bred by Michael Dalton and sold to the Castlemartin/Skymarc Farms as a yearling. The late Lady O'Reilly raced Red Feather and Castlemartin Stud and Skymarc Farm has bred all of her offspring. (14:58)

Carwyn Johns, who is at Tattersalls overseeing the quintet of horses, was all smiles admitting he could not have asked for a better start. The new operation will be run out of Denis and Clare Barry's Wiltshire-based Glebe Farm Stud, where Johns has been working for the last seven years. He and his partner Amy Wilkinson are set to sign the lease on the stables in the near future, and was selling this colt on behalf of the Barrys.

"We bought the mare here for Denis and Clare from Shadwell carrying him, and Shadwell has purchased today – it has gone full circle and this colt has gone home!" smiled Johns, whose Greyridge Bloodstock only started trading this year. "He was the big one for us for the year. We bought the mare with Tom Biggs of Blandford Bloodstock."

Johns started out in the bloodstock industry on the National Stud Diploma, then spent time with Ted Voute, Coolmore America, Chasemore Farm and Tweenhills, and has been at Glebe for the past seven years.

"Denis will keep a few mares with us and we are not far from Whitsbury so we can board mares going to the stallions. It is a great opportunity to take on the farm and we are very much looking forward to this upcoming breeding season," he said, adding: "We have prepped 15 this year, which has gone quite well so far. Amy is at home holding the fort this week."

Ridaa was purchased by the Berrys for 135,000gns from the Shadwell dispersal at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale 2021. She is a descendant of Roseate Tern, winner of the Yorkshire Oaks (G1) and purchased from breeder Lord Porchester by Sheikh Hamdan after she concluded her racing career.

For any breeders looking for boarding facilities near to Havana Grey – the farm is 65 acres, there are around 15 permanent boarders and 32 boxes for prepping yearlings and foaling mares. (14:12)

He is out of Regal Splendour Pivotal, the dam of the Zetland Stakes (G3) runner-up Recovery Run. and a daughter of the dual Group 3 winner Regal Realm. It is the direct family of the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) winner Regal Rose.

"He is a beautiful colt has been show more times than any other horse I have bought to sale," said Chris Richardson, managing director of Cheveley Park Stud, the farm having enjoyed a fabulous Sun Chariot Stakes (G1) victory at the weekend with Inspiral.

"He walked for fun, has a great mind and I am very grateful to Anthony Stroud, the underbidder and to Najd Stud and wish them the best of luck. Sons of Shamardal have really caught the imagination this season through Blue Point, and we have supported him and Pinatubo strongly."

The pedigree has also gained the latest of updates, Richardson outlined: "Regal Jubilee, who is by Frankel and out of Regal Realm [second dam] won by 7l on just her second career start this afternoon at Windsor for John and Thady Gosden."

The Racing Post report says, "The choicely bred filly is in top hands and should be one to look forward to next season." (13:51)

She was bred by Ickworth Stud, and is the first foal out of the two-time winner Queenhope (Kendarent), an own-sister to the Group 3 winner and Group 1 placed Kenhope, and out of a half-sister to the Bedford Set, a champion two-year-old and three-year-old filly in Germany.

The family traces back to the blue hen mare Flame Of Tara, the dam of the Group 1 winners Salsabil and Marju, both of whom were owned by Sheikh Hamdan.

Queenhope was bred Guy Pariente, owner of Haras de Colleville. She was purchased as a yearling by Patrick Barbe in 2018 and raced before she was sold to Blue Day Bloodstock at the Tattersalls December Sale in 2021 for 65,000gns. She was again sold at this year's February Sale bought by Hugo Merry for Blue Diamond Stud at 140,000gns.

This spring, Queenhope had a filly foal by New Bay and was covered by Teofilo. (13:22)

"He is a lovely colt," said Tom Blain of Barton Stud. "Ghaiyyath is looking very promising at this early stage and Dutch Art is prolific as a broodmare sire. He has been sold for some clients and is a good result, we are delighted."

The colt was pinhooked as a foal last year for €82,000. (12:25)

The farm got itself another result this morning with its Too Darn Hot colt out of Precious Ramotswe (Nathaniel) bought by Anthony Stroud for 350,000gns. He signed as Stroud Coleman and the colt is going to John Gosden, who trained Too Darn Hot.

The mare is a daughter of the Listed winner Miss Pinkerton (Danehill) and is a grand-daughter of Rebecca Sharp, winner of the Coronation Stakes (G1) and placed second in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1). It is the extended family of the 2015 champion three-year-old colt Golden Horn.

James Frank, Hascombe's stud manager, said: "He has always been a free-moving individual. He was born on the farm, raised nicely, done well, the last three weeks he has really flourished. When he came here he showed himself well and he deserved that price. He has done what we thought he should do."

Of the nine-year-old Precious Ramotswe, who has had one winner from one runner, he said: "She is very gentle, she is very caring, very laid back. She can be in a field and you wouldn't notice her, she just gets on her life. They are the best ones. We are hoping she is going to produce more for us."

The mare has a Time Test filly foal at foot and was covered this spring by Sea The Stars.

And reflecting on the Book 1 and Book 2 sale so far, he said: "You prep these horses and you think they are going to make some money, and when they make such an amount of money, then the hard work is rewarded.

"We have come to the sales before and horses have not sold to what we thought they should, and this year we managed to sell everything in Book 1 and everything so far in Book 2. Hopefully, we keep this going!"

He added: "Sometimes when you keep them on the stud and you do not know their value, at the moment we do. The team effort is brilliant, we go from foaling to yearling stage and the concentration this year on the yearlings has been very high. After the last one sells on Wednesday we can go home and have a good night's sleep!" (11:52)

The Dubawi filly had been due to sell as Lot 12 in Book 1, but was withdrawn. Breeder Damien Burns of Lodge Park explained the circumstances that forced a change of plan.

He said: "She got on the lorry, and she was doing a little bit of jumping round, nothing unusual for any yearling, but the video from the next door stall and our best guess is that her headcollar got caught and she cut her jaw. This happened as they were going down the driveway! She came off the lorry and went back to her stable, she was fine but had the laceration on her jaw.

"We took her down to Fethard, they stitched her up, kept her overnight and she ate up fine. She got back home, and she was back out in her paddock. The Friday before Book 1 we got in touch with Tattersalls and the transporters and said, 'Look we think this filly will be ok.'

"The wheels were set in motion to come here for today. Aalot of thanks goes to the guys at home, we were over here with Book 1, they did a great job – there was a drain on her cut and they had to deal with that – got her back on the box, and get her travelled. She arrived on Wednesday morning and she was showing by Wednesday lunchtime – she is actually a quiet filly!"

He added: "Thanks also to Tattersalls for accommodating this, I think it helped being a week in front so we had time. We discussed everything and waiting for the December Sale was the original thought. It might have also meant us putting a saddle on her, but usually we don't keep them out of young mares, we are a commercial stud so we let them start paying their way. We let them get a few foals sold – they are easier to look at when they have paid for themselves!"

Of this filly as an individual Burns said: "She is quite typical Dubawi, but with a bit more action than some, which she gets from her dam line, that bit of quality. She vetted very well – the family does tend to vet well, I don't know why, those hidden genetics you can't see!

"The family has been very good to us – the Night Of Thunder (Lot 129) who sold for 400,000gns is from another branch. We have Park Bloom, Stellar Glow and a Dark Angel four-year-old filly called Express Way who won her sole start. She is in-foal to Night Of Thunder, Park Bloom has a Wootton Bassett on the ground and is in-foal to Baaeed."

Buy Anthony Stroud said: “She’s a very nice filly out of a Galileo mare. She moved very well and has a good outlook. Obviously she’s by Dubawi, who’s an unbelievable stallion. She’s bred on a good cross and comes from a very good farm, so we’re very lucky to receive her. She compares very favourably with the stock on offer at Book 1, she’s a lovely filly. She’s very classy.

“They did very well to get her here this week, there’s a scar under her jaw but the vets have clearly done a very good job. She’s behaved incredibly well, especially considering she’s been through a lot.”

It is Godophin's fifth purchase of a Dubawi yearling over Book 1 and Book 2 for a spend of 3,400,000gns. (11:39)

Of course, Ballyhimikin sold the Ghaiyyath colt out of Tickled Pink (Lot 151) for 1,050,000gns to Godolphin last week and the consignor's six lots sold achieved a turnover of 2,415,000gns and an average price of 402,500gns. (11:04)

Catalogued: 532

Offered: 470

Sold: 391

Total: 95,395,000gns (-25%)

Median: 180,000gns (-10%)

Average: 243,977gns (-18%)

% Sold: 83%

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

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

Leading consignors (by av, two or more sold): 1. Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd, 2. Ballyphilip Stud, 3. Newsells Park Stud

Leading sires (cumulative, by agg): 1. Frankel, 2. Wootton Bassett, 3. Lope De Vega

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Frankel, 2. Dubawi, 3. Lope De Vega

Book 1 top five lots

1. Lot 266: Frankel / Bizzarria b,c. >> Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 2,000,000gns**

2. Lot 492: Frankel / Millisle ch,f. >> Watership Down Stud >> Shadwell Estate Company >> 1,600,000gns

3. Lot 240: Blue Point / Anna Law b,c. >> Ballyphilip Stud >> Godolphin >> 1,500,000gns

4. Lot 352: Wootton Bassett / Entreat br,c. >> Clara Stud >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 1,250,000gns

5. Lot 260: Lope de Vega / Bella Estrella b,c. >> Ballylinch Stud >> Sumbe >> 1,100,000

** the highest-priced yearling sold in Europe this year (10:00)

"Nevertheless, Europe’s premier yearling sale has enjoyed plenty of memorable moments very much reflecting the quality of the yearlings which have been on show throughout the past three days.

“Year on year the consignors show enormous faith in Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale with the sale showcasing the very best that Europe has to offer and yet again we have seen so many of the world’s leading owners competing for the finest Turf-bred yearlings to be found anywhere in the world.

"Amongst them have been a greater number of yearlings selling for 1 million guineas or more than all other European yearling sales combined, Europe’s highest-priced yearling yet again and 40 yearlings selling for in excess of 500,000 guineas, which similarly is more than all other European yearlings sales to date this year.

“As ever, Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale has attracted buyers from throughout the world, so many of them drawn annually to Park Paddocks by the consistent success of Book 1 horses at the highest level on the global stage. In the course of the past three days buyers from Abu Dhabi, Australia, Bahrain, China, Dubai, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the USA have all made significant contributions at all levels of the market confirming the unparalleled esteem in which the finest European yearlings are held and specifically those found annually at this particular sale.

"This is a sale that produces stallions and breed-shaping broodmares on an annual basis and it is the sale's unrivalled reputation which annually makes this fixture an unmissable event for so many of the most influential thoroughbred owners in the world.

“Amongst the success stories and numerous pinhooking triumphs, there has nevertheless been a selectivity to the market which we must recognise. Last year’s game-changing October Book 1 was always going to be a challenging target, and so it has proved with the sale turnover some way short of the massive 2022 total, but the median has held up well, second only to last year’s record level, the average of almost 250,000 guineas is an impressive figure and the clearance rate in excess of 80 per cent is a solid number.

"We extend our gratitude as ever to the consignors and purchasers alike whose support is what makes Newmarket and Tattersalls a true hub for the European bloodstock industry and we look forward to seeing this year’s crop of October Book 1 yearlings competing globally at the highest level as well as earning their owners in Britain and Ireland yet more lucrative £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonuses.

“In the meantime, we now turn our attention to Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale which commences on Monday, October 9 with a quality three-day catalogue for Book 2 which is a sale with a rich history for producing outstanding racehorses, including the likes of 2022 Derby winner DESERT CROWN, EMILY UPJOHN, Hong Kong superstar ROMANTIC WARRIOR and this year’s outstanding two-year-olds BIG EVS and IBERIAN." (09:00)

Catalogued: 177

Offered: 156

Sold: 133

Total: 29,158,000gns (-35%)

Median: 155,000gns (-35%)

Average: 219,233gns (-32%)

% Sold: 85%

Today's top five

1. Lot 492: Frankel / Millisle ch,f. >> Watership Down Stud >> Shadwell Estate Company >> 1,600,000gns

2. Lot 483: Frankel / Materialistic b,c. >> Fittocks Stud >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 950,000gns

3. Lot 376: Dark Angel / Futoon gr,f. >> Grangemore Stud, Ireland >> Sumbe >> 850,000gns

4. Lot 470: Dubawi / Luminate b,f. >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd. >> Godolphin >> 800,000gns

5. Lot 371: Frankel / Foxtrot Liv b,c. >> Voute Sales Ltd. (Agent) >> BBA Ireland >> 650,000gns (18:29)

Angus Gold said outside the sale ring: "She is a lovely first foal, I saw her on the farm and loved her. I loved her every time we saw her here as did Sheikha Hissa. We knew she'd make a lot of money, but we need some fillies for the stud and a first foal out of Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) winner and by a great stallion, it was sort of fairly self-explanatory. She seems very athletic, very well-balanced and has a very good mind, so now she has got to be able to run!"

Of the current strategic plans for Shadwell, he outlined:"It is period of rebuilding, it is long term project for Sheikha Hissa. We have been lucky this year with the older horses, and Sheikha Hissa is happy to take a different route to her father Sheikh Hamdan who did not like to keep the older horses and she is prepared to if we think there is more to come, and she has been rewarded with a Group 1 winner. It is exciting times for the stud, but you have to keep regenerating."

Gold added: " Sheikha Hissa has loved coming here, I think she could stand looking at the horses all day if someone did not come and move her! She loves coming to see the yearlings , we saw them all on Monday and she has been back over the three days to see horses again. She is picking it up very quickly, like her father, and really enjoys the business."

Simon Marsh, general manager of Watership Down Stud, said: "She is a beautiful filly she was born and raised at Kiltinan Stud, our farm in the Ireland, and has never put a foot wrong all her life. There were a lot of people interested in her – it is extremely rare to have filly out of a Cheveley Park winner come up for sale, and to be as attractive as she is. It is a lot more than we thought she would make, but ultimately I am not surprised.

"She is very similar to the mare, and she belongs to Francis Jennings. His father Jerry Jennings was a wonderful breeder and produced Sorbus, who became a foundation mare for Juddmonte. He also bred Eurobird and very good horses who mhe bred from his farm in Northern Ireland. We have had the mares at Kiltinan Stud for the last 15 years, and Francis bred Millisle and raced her. It is just reward for Francis and his family and for putting the enormous trust in us to raise the horses.

"Millisle has a two-year-old full-sister [Emerald Banner], who runs in a Listed race at Dundalk tomorrow, and Millisle has a Frankel foal on the ground and is in-foal to No Nay Never."

Of the purchase by Shadwell, Marsh added: "Sheikha Hissa has taken on the racing operation and Sheikh Hamdan's legacy and to see the horses running as well as they have over the last two years is a real tribute to him, it is wonderful that she is taking things forward again." (17:32)

"It is a great family, and this colt has always been a fantastic horse," said breeder Luca Cumani. "Right from the moment he was born, he has looked strong and has been a wonderful horse all the way through. We sold a by colt Frankel to MV Magnier last year and he won yesterday [Euphoric out of Blue Waltz] – he was very green and was always going to take a while.

"The guys from the farm will be so delighted. It is a great result and we are so grateful to the people who support us and work with us."

Sara Cumani added: "Materialistic is back in-foal to Frankel. Her three-year-old with John Gosden called Naaey is going to run in the Pride Stakes on Saturday week, they plan to keep her in training next year."

The family stretches to the leading performers such as Magic Wand and Chiquita and the Cumanis said: "It is a family that has been very good to us."

Luca Cumani bought Sulk, the dam of Puce in 2000, and recalls that "I got a hell of a bollocking then for spending so much money!" he said, adding: "Thank god it has worked out so well, and so many of the mares that have done really well, they have been culls. For example, Platonic struggled to win a race until she was a four-year-old – and look what she has produced! We owe this family a hell of a lot." (17:25)

It has been a good week for Merry Fox – the farm earlier selling (with The Castlebridge Consignment) the Lope De Vega colt out of Cursory Glance for 850,000gns to MV Magnier and White Birch Farm (Lot 298).

Luminate was bought at the 2018 December Mares Sale for 900,000gns by John Warren and this is her third foal.

Craig Bennett said: "Luminate was the first we bought in partnership with Newsells. She is a lovely walking mare and she passes that walk on. It is the first of hers we have brought to market and we have been very well paid for a good home. It is great cross, the Rainbow Quest in the second generation really suits the sire, particularly for fillies.

"The mare is in-foal to Lope De Vega with a filly, and we are just working out plans for next year. She does not have a foal. Her second foal who is called Highland Spring has been placed and is a winner in waiting and, hopefully, he will be a very nice three-year-old."

Reflecting on his trade this year, he said: "Last year we sold two for over a million and this year we have sold all four we brought here so I am very pleased. I think you have to match the physical to the book, and if you get it right you should be ok."

Anthony Stoud said: "We thought she is a very nice physical, she walks well and by Dubawi and one of the nicest by him at the sale and from Newsells, which is such a good nursery. It was a price that was fair to the person buying and to the person selling, it came within the budget." (17:07)

The mare had winning form in France as a juvenile and that was an important part of the Henley's decision to purchase the mare as a potential broodmare for their farm.

"It was my husband really, he almost insisted that we buy her," recalled Henley. "He has criteria we are thinking of buying that the horses must meet – the mare must be a winner at two, she must have achieved a certain rating and there must be black-type in the first dam, which she actually did not have. But she was a first foal and there were some nice horses coming, and in the end it was model and ratings that bought her – every other horse we were interested in was too expensive. But she is a really tough mare, and strong mentally and the whole pedigree has just exploded since."

The mare has since bred six winners from six runners, including three black-type winners headed by the Group 3 horse Seisai. She has also produced the Group 3-placed Micro Manage. They are all by a range of stallions and Henley said: "You can put her to anything, she is not fussy about her sires! She can produce racehorses – they are usually solid, sound of mind and tough. And they are all still running, and they keep going."

Under the filly's second dam are two Group 1 winners – Mont Ormel, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris, and Pyledriver, winner of the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Coronation Cup – while Linngari, winner of Group1s in Germany and Italy, is out of the filly's her third dam.

The May-born filly is actually listed as bred by her husband Peter, John Connolly (her father) and Pattern Bloodstock, which is Hanshen Tham's bloodstock company.

"Hanshen took a share in the mare after buying her Mehmas foal Magnanimous," outlined Henley, who was selling in Book 1 for the first time and was enjoying her biggest result in the sale ring.

The decision to send Lillebonne to Night Of Thunder was claimed by Tham, who said: "She deserved a good mating," before joking: "They went to all sorts of random stallion before 😉, and this the only thing I can take the credit for!"

Lillebonne has no foal at foot and is in-foal to Saxon Warrior, her Listed-winning daughter Thornbrook, also by Saxon Warrior, retained by the Henleys and to stay in training for 2024 with the hope of more to come on the racecourse.

The filly. consigned by Baroda Stud, was bought by L.E.B, and Will Farish of the US-based Lane's End Bloodstock has been at Tattersalls this week on buying duties.

"She is just a beautiful filly, we have liked her since we got here, it has been a long wait!" said Farish. "We tried on a couple of others but we always had our eye on her.

"The like that she has some size and Night Of Thunder has proven that he can do it in the US. We are not sure of plans for this filly, we might leave over here as a two-year-old or we might ship her straight, we will discuss." (16:22)

She is out of the Fastnet Rock mare Hundi, a half-sister to the Irish St Leger (G1) winner Flag Of Honour, the Minstrel Stakes (G3) winner Air Chief Marshal and the Listed winner Slip Dance.

"She is a special filly and Mrs Thompson was very taken with her and we are very happy to have bought her," said Chris Richardson, managing director of Cheveley Park Stud. "She is beautifully balanced, lovely movement, great quality head and by a very successful sire in Sea The Stars and offers a pedigree that will be one to keep for breeding in the future.

"We bought a Blue Point earlier in the sale from Ballyhimikin Stud [Lot 378], a sharper type. We have a Classic type and a faster sort, we are pleased to have bought the two, it is very exciting to secure two very nice fillies."

The filly was bred by New England, Sir P Vela and Sunderland Holding. Hundi was bought by BBA Ireland at the October Sale 2013 from Barronstown Stud for 270,000gns. She was raced by The Hon Mrs P Stanley and Sir Peter Vela when she achieved a best BHA of 93, and won her maiden over 6f at Salisbury.

Sea The Stars has just two lots left to sell (Lot 485 and Lot 526) – the 20 sold so far at the sale by the Aga Khan Stud-based sire are averaging 280,750gns and have sold for a gross of 5,615,000gns. (13:56)

The filly's dam Hadaatha (Sea The Stars) was bought at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale from the Shadwell Stud dispersal by De Burgh Equine for 400,000gns. She boats a Listed race victory but also a third place in the Prix de l'Opera (G1).

All three dams on the page carrying large black-type ... granddam Hathrah (Linamix) won the Masaka Stakes (L), was second in the May Hill Stakes (G2) and third in the 1,000 Guineas (G1).

She was bred by Kildaragh Stud and was bought by Shadwell at the October Yearling Sale in 2002 for 340,000gns.

The third dam Zivania, bred by Citadel Stud Establishment, was Listed placed on three occasions. She was bought and raced by Kildaragh and is also ancestress of Lot 4, a colt by Churchill and from an arm of the family still under Kildaragh's tenure. (13:30)

The filly was bred and sold by Grangemore Stud and Guy O'Callaghan said: "We are delighted with that price. She has always been a spectacular filly at home – we are thrilled with the price she made and thrilled with the farm who has got her. She has been a pleasure to do, we had to come over to Tattersalls a day early because of the storm last week – she has been here nine days and not put a foot wrong, it is a lot for a yearling to take and she has been a class act.

"She is very similar to the other siblings, but probably the best – they have all so great out of the mare but there was just something about her."

Recalling the 100,000gns purchase of Futoon (Kodiac), O'Callaghan said: "My brother David and I bought her here as a four-year-old off the track from Stephen Hillen and Kevin Ryan. We were following her as a racehorse, we were very keen to get her at the sales. She has been a very lucky mare ever since. She comes from a real fast family, there was already a good Dark Angel in the family and she made so much sense" (12:27)

"He is a very good-looking colt, the whole team was impressed with him and we thought he was the best of the Frankels," said BBA Ireland's Michael Donohoe, who was following the sale remotely. "He is a good physical, looks precocious and, if he is a good two-year-old with Best Of Days and Foxwedge in the pedigree, he could be very desirable as a stallion in both hemispheres."

"He is a lovely colt and I am delighted, he has been bought by Yulong," said Voute. "He is a good walker, vetted well – he had three or four vets going in – and has been very straightforward here. He is very attractive, neat colt who looks like could run early."

Foxtrot Liv, who had a rating of 103 at her best, was bought here at the 2019 December Mares Sale by Charlie Gordon Watson for 400,000gns (12:15)

A smiling Charlie Vigors said: "It is a fantastic price and am very grateful to Godolphin, Ed Sackville as underbidder and Richard Brown, who was involved in the bidding as well. He is a lovely colt and some excellent judges were on him and we are delighted.

"Sea The Stars needs no introduction, and she was a very good race mare herself – a Group 3 and Listed winner over 7f and a mile. We felt the whole package would tie together, and that he would suit her. She duly produced a cracking first foal, he was foaled and reared the whole way through at Hillwood, so it is extra special."

The colt was bred by a syndicate called Stone Roses Bloodstock, but Vigors deflected any claims that the members of breeding group are big fans of the Manchester-based [excellent] 1980s Indie rock band.

"I'd like to say that we are very trendy, and I did like them, but actually the first mare we bought for this syndicate was called Stone Roses, so sadly it is not as trendy as it might sound!" laughed Vigors.

It was a fine sale result for Feliciana De Vega's debut yearling offering, and it will a couple of years until her next progeny comes to Tattersalls as she was barren this year. She is now in-foal to Kingman. (11:33)

Catalogued: 178

Offered: 160

Sold: 134

Total: 35,599,000gns (-28%)

Median: 195,000gns (-3%)

Average: 265,664gns (-23%)

% Sold: 84%

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

Leading consignors (cumulative, by agg): 1. Newsells Park Stud, 2. Ballylinch Stud, 3. Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd

Leading consignors (by av, two or more sold): 1. Ballyphilip Stud, 2. Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd, 3. Ballyhimikin Stud

Leading sires (cumulative, by agg): 1. Frankel, 2. Lope De Vega, 3. Wootton Bassett

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Frankel, 2. Dubawi, 3. Lope De Vega

Today's top five

1. Lot 266: Frankel / Bizzarria b,c. >> Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 2,000,000gns**

2. Lot 240: Blue Point / Anna Law b,c. >> Ballyphilip Stud >> Godolphin >> 1,500,000gns

3. Lot 352: Wootton Bassett / Entreat br,c. >> Clara Stud >> M V Magnier & White Birch Farm >> 1,250,000gns

4. Lot 260: Lope de Vega / Bella Estrella b,c. >> Ballylinch Stud >> Sumbe >> 1,100,000gns

5. Lot 200: Kingman / Without You Babe b,c. >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd >> Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock >> 900,000gns

** the highest-priced yearling sold in Europe this year (19:20)