Catalogued: 258 (274)

Offered: 231 (248)

Sold: 210 (211)

Turnover: 22,301,500gns (+28%)

Median: 70,000gns (+17%)

Average: 106,198gns (+29%)

% Sold: 91% (88%)

Top lot: Lot 1055, Kameko ex Potent Embrace, 1,000,000gns from Tweenhills Farm & Stud to Godolphin

Day 3, 300,000gns+: 12

Top five lots on Day 3

Lot 1055: Kameko (USA) / Potent Embrace (USA) B.C. (GB) >> weenhills Farm & Stud >> Godolphin >> 1,000,000gns

Lot 993: Territories (IRE) / Never Change (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Oaks Farm Stables >> Sumbe >> 750,000gns

Lot 1133: Too Darn Hot (GB) / Ruzma (IRE) B.F. (GB) >> Folland-Bowen Bloodstock >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 460,000gns

Lot 1027: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Pappina (IRE) Ch.C. (IRE) >> Watership Down Stud >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 425,000gns

Lot 1202: Ardad (IRE) / Squash (GB) B/Br.F. (GB) >> Kirtlington Stud >> Amo Racing >> 420,000gns (20:48)

The filly was bred by Kirtlington and Mrs Mary Taylor, and the 85-year-old Taylor has bred all the mares and nearly every horse on this page.

"The price tells you how good she is," said Elliott. "She is a very special filly and is for Amo. She is an exceptional filly. The mare has produced two good runners, and Ardad is a decent stallion, but this is a pedigree that goes all the way back to a deep Claiborne family.

"It is a lot of money for her, but I really believe in her – hopefully she will be a black-type filly, she will need to be at that price. But I was so confident on her that I was prepared to push. Kia is in New York, but he was happy for us to take control and he is over the moon. She goes to Richard Fahey, who has done really well with Ardad's stock."

Chris Budgett of Kirtlington Stud said: "She is a very special filly – as vendors we always say that our stock is above average, but really she is. She walks incredibly well and presented herself really well – really grew into the sale and I love to see that as it gives a good idea of temperament.

"Mary bred all the foundation mares in this pedigree, and she is someone who does not like to spend too much money on stallion nominations. Ardad, in all fairness to him did exceedingly well with his first cropm and the choice was hers, but I was very pleased because I had seen some of them run and liked what I saw. This is a very fast family so it all fitted in, it came together and this is a rather gorgeous filly.

"We had numerous people bidding on her and I am incredibly grateful to Alex ad Amo, and I am sure this is Mary's biggest result in the sale ring of late."

Budgett added: "I owned the mare in training and we actually ran her in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and the saddle slipped – and I was absolutely certain we'd have finished in the placings. Just imagine what that would have done to the pedigree, such are the fine margins that make or break a pedigree." (20:39)

This is the most expensive of the draft – the China Horse Club-bred colt makes 320,000gns, sold by Baroda Stud and bought by Blandford Bloodstock.

He is out of the Teofilo mare Siamsaiocht, who was Listed and Group race placed and is a half-sister to Parish Hall, winner of the Dewhurst Stakes (G1). The pair were bred and trained by Jim Bolger, and China Horse Club paid €300,000 for Siamsaiocht in 2016. (18:54)

This colt was bred by Gestuet Faehrhof, and is out of the Listed and two-time three-year-old winner Sequilla (Siyouni), from the family of the two-time Group 2 winner Santiago

The mare had a filly by Palace Pier this spring and was covered by Waldgeist. (18:22)

It is another good sale for Folland-Bowen this week and follows hot on the heels of yesterday's sale of Lot 859, the Sea The Stars colt out of Kitcarina, who made 550,000gns and the Day 1 sale of a Zoustar colt for 130,000gns.

"This filly was bred by a fantastic client Elaine Chivers, who has supported us from the outset," said Natalie Folland. "The mare was bought for just €4,000, but she has produced a really good filly for Elaine in Mishal Star. The mare is at home with us and is the star broodmare on the farm."

Folland added: "Elaine has around 17 mares and she really deserves this. She could not get here today, we will be speaking to her very shortly. The decision to use Too Darn Hot was all Elaine's planning."

The best bred by Chivers so far is the Group 2 Superlative Stakes winner Isaac Shelby and the Folland-Bowen team is due to consign his dam Kentucky Belle, as well as his half-sister, at this year's Tattersalls December Mares Sale. (17:21)

Barberini has bought nine horses this week, adding to ten purchased by the agent in Book 1, numerically a top five buyer at both sales. (16:15)

The stallion's 19 lots sold so far in the Book 2 sale have achieved an average price of 124,895gns. (15:44)

The colt, sold by Tweenhills Farm & Stud, is an own-brother to the Andrew Balding-trained New Century, winner of the Grade 1 Summer Stakes last month and with a Breeders' Cup target ahead of him.

After the sale, David Redvers of Tweenhills said: "It is the old cliche, he was on everybody's list. I am sad to see him go, but thrilled that he has been bought by Godolphin. Anthony [Stroud] loved the horse from the first time he saw him. I am sad for Andrew that he won't get to train him, he has done such an outstanding job with the brother."

He added: "This colt has spent most of his life at Spring Lodge in Ireland, and only came to us in the spring, so it is credit to Peter Molony and the job he did. I am so pleased as this is the first year we are selling under our own name again and the Tweenhills team has done an absolutely stunning job – Ivo, Scott, Pieter, Tallulah and all of the them."

When asked if this colt was like his talented brother, Redvers said: "He is actually more like his Dad than his brother, his brother is strong and looks a proper two-year-old, and is a machine. I can see this horse being a 'scopier' sort than New Century.

"But the thing that is common with all of them by the sire is they have this incredible 'head' – it is why New Century was able to go across to Canada, and come back and go across to the US. When he got back from Canada, he was so fresh having taken it all so well that he nearly bucked off Maddy who was riding him. Both colts have got that good temperament in their favour."

And of the Qatar Racing-owned New Century he updated: "He is in great form and we are very excited!"

Kameko's average this week for four yearling sold is 273,000gns, the first-season sire currently behind only Sea The Stars by average at this year's October Book 2 Sale.

Buyer Anthony Stroud said: “I think he’s a very nice horse and he’s a full-brother to a Grade 1 winner. Kameko has had a very good start. This is a beautiful, quality horse and he’ll go to Moulton Paddocks. It’s great to have him, although the valuation was on the higher side of what we’d thought.” (14:15)

Some of the quartet were at Tattersalls to see the colt go through the ring, and were all smiles in the sunshine at Park Paddocks after the successful sale of the first-born out of their Sea The Stars mare.

Simon Marsh, general manager of Watership Down Stud, said: "We bought the second dam Padmini in 2015 from Darley. When we bought her everyone wanted in and we got a good group involved, it has worked well now for a long time.

"We bred Pappina in a foal share, and bought her ourselves when she was a yearling. Sea The Stars is a brilliant broodmare sire and she is a lovely mare now. This is her first foal – we are very lucky as she also had a very nice Night Of Thunder filly foal this year and is in-foal to Blue Point."

Pappina raced for the Marsh, Weatherby, Naseby, Barton Syndicate, trained by Jessica Harrington. She won once at Galway as a three-year-old. (13:23)

Sumbe's stud director Tony Fry, who bid from his usual position on the back right stairs, outwitted the expected media invasion and presented a choice of six multiple choice answers pre-written in the back of his catalogue – ticks all the boxes, stood out at the sale, an absolute queen / king, didn't miss a beat, comes from a good nursery and didn't want to go home without him.

Unfortunately for Fry his attempt to duck the questions did not work, particularly as he failed to pre-empt the question that the farm must be the biggest fans of stock by the Darley sire Territories – the farm's homebred colt Lazzat is by the stallion and was a Group 1 winner this summer when successful in the Prix Maurice De Gheest.

"Lazzat is in Australia now [ahead of the Golden Eagle]," updated Fry, adding: "This is a similar type of horse and whether lightening will strike twice, I don't know. He is a nice horse, and we can make a case for him, it is a lot of money, we should have bought him as a foal!

"It is nice that Nurlan [Bizakov] has put faith in us, I will imagine the colt will go into training with Jerome Reynier."

Bizakov, Fry and the Sumbe team has an exciting Saturday to look forward to with the Tattersalls October Book 2 graduate Charyn's outing in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the Dark Angel colt looking to add a third Group 1 to his 2024 haul of two top level victories.

"I saw Charyn the other day and he looks fantastic. He is a versatile horse, I don't think softer ground will inconvenience him as much as some of the others,"reported Fry. "We will see how he is after the race, but it will possibly be on to Japan.

"In January, everyone can come to the farm and see him at the stallion parade through the Route D'Etalons weekend."

Oaks Farm Stables' Mark Dwyer, who is not at Tattersalls today, said on the phone: "We are thrilled, we have sold horses for clients who have fetched similar sums, but this is the biggest result for a pinhook that we own – and I have been doing this since I packed in riding in 1996! It is the stuff of dreams.

"Willie Browne and Jim McCartan also owned him, and the colt was at Jim's Gaybrooke Lodge Stud in Ireland until August when he came to me to prep. I have to thank all the staff at both farms, they have done a great job."

When asked just what stood out to the team of three about the colt as a foal but which perhaps others missed, he said: "We just liked what was in front of our eyes. He perhaps was not over big, but he is a good moving sort and with some class, we just try and buy quality. I suppose Territories was not on everyone list then, either. He came from Scarlett Knipe at Cobhall Court Stud."

He smiled: "Look, you pays your money and you take your chance, and, thankfully, it has worked out here." (12:25)

The colt, sold buy Genesis Green Stud, is from the talented family of Lucayan Princess, the dam of Luso, Warrsan, Needle Gun and Cloud Castle, and is a half-brother to Bellum Justum, winner of the Blue Riband Trial (L) and placed in the Hampton Court Stakes (G3). Since the catalogue has been published the Sea The Stars colt, trained by Andrew Balding, has finished second in the Gordon Stakes (G3), but, importantly for McPeek, also proved his form in the US when winning a Grade 3 over 1m2f at Kentucky Downs.

McPeek reviewed his week at Book 2: "I have bought five yearlings this week, I have been very pleased with the horses I have seen here and what I have bought. I am sticking to what has worked for me, I have got a good base of middle-market clients, and taking some of the pedigrees back to the US will be good. I never worked Book 2 before, but I think it is perfect for us.

"There are good horses presented, and you have to pay for those, my clientele will suit the prices that we have paid for what we have bought. We avoided Book 1 both in the US and here, and I think that has been a good business plan."

Of this colt by Mehmas, he said: "This colt presented fantastically, he is pretty much everything you would want. He has a beautiful hind leg on him, he is balanced, he has presence, we are fortunate to have got him, and he is our biggest throw this week."

When asked if he has any further purchasing plans on this concluding day of Book 2, he said: "I am going to bid on one later, but I think I am going to do it on the aeroplane!" (11:54)

Lady Bamford's Daylesford Stud is consigning at Tattersalls for the first time in a decade, and stud manager Chris Lock said: "This is a lovely horse, he has behaved impeccably since being here and has been very popular. We are delighted that he has been bought by such a good judge and we look forward to watching the colt's progress."

And of this year's move to consign under the stud's own banner, he added: "We are really pleased we made the decision, and how everything has gone over this week."

Mumbai, who had a filly by New Bay this spring, was purchased at the 2022 Tattersalls December Mares Sale by Charles Gordon-Watson for 210,000gns. (10:49)

The filly is the second foal out of Mutiply By Eight (Muhaarar), a half-sister to Ceiling Kitty (Red Clubs), winner of the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) and dam of the black-type winners Eartha Kitt, dam of the 2022 Gimcrack Stakes (G2) winner Noble Style, and Arthur Kitt.

Multiply By Eight was bought for 30,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale 2019 for 30,000gns. (10:33)

Catalogued: 257 (272)

Offered: 234 (237)

Sold: 214 (205)

Turnover: 24,639,000gns (+36%)

Median: 75,000gns (+14%)

Average: 115,136gns (+31%)

% Sold: 91% (86%)

Top lot: Lot 898 , Lot 963, both sold for 600,000gns

Day 2, 500,000gns+: 6

Day 2, 300,000gns+: 17

Leading consignor (by agg): 1. Barton Stud, 2. Ballylinch Stud, 3. Yeomanstown Stud

Leading purchaser (by agg): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Godolphin, 3. AC Elliott

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Too Darn Hot

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Teofilo

Top five

Lot 898: Too Darn Hot (GB) / Lola Paige (IRE) B.F. (GB) >> Appletree Stud >> Al Shaqab / Amo Racing >> 600,000gns

Lot 963: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Monaawara (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Stauffenberg Bloodstock >> The Thoroughbred Racing Corporation >> 600,000gns

Lot 859: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Kitcarina (FR) B.C. (GB) >> Folland-Bowen Bloodstock >> Godolphin >> 550,000gns

Lot 927: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Makawee (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Harry Dutfield >> Jason Kelly Bloodstock >> 525,000gns

Lot 755: Camelot (GB) / Fort Del Oro (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Ballylinch Stud >> M V Magnier >> 500,000gns

Lot 959: Acclamation (GB) / Mohassan (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Rathbarry Stud >> JS Bloodstock / G Scott Racing >> 500,000gns

Lot 809: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Hertford Dancer (GB) Ch.C. (GB) >> Highclere Stud >> Highclere Agency >> 475,000gns (21:14)

Jane Mangan, in charge of bidding, said: "The stallion is alright isn't he? We have been trying to buy the right type of filly for the last two weeks and we got two last week. This filly stood out, I thought she is the best filly in this book. She comes from a great farm, she is just very easy on the eye, there is no mystery here! She is the first foal out of a Siyouni mare, and we are very happy to get her."

When expanding as to what is the "right" type of filly, Mangan said: "We want to win Classics, middle-distance Classics. She fits that bill. She is by the right horse, she has a great dam sire, she has got the scope to hopefully be good.

"I learned over the last two weeks that we all have a similar set of eyes, it doesn't matter what time of day a horse sells, people will go to the moon for the right horse.

"Of course, broodmare potential will depend on her merit on the track, but Sea The Stars they are like the Galileos, they are horses to have.

"As with all of them she will go to Lambourn to be broken in, and trainers will be allocated in the spring."

The filly is the first foal out of the two-year-old winning mare Monaawara (Siyouni), a grand-daughter of Joanna, a champion two-year-old filly in Italy in 2009. (21:00)

"Wow!" said Dutfield outside the ring, his smile visible despite the gathering gloom. "She had 200 shows, and she has been absolutely superb all the way through, she showed with the utmost grace and decorum, she is really feminine, really light on her feet, walked huge, and has a really sweet disposition."

He added: "I didn't expect that as I am used to 5,000gns pinhooks in Book 3, not Sea The Stars fillies in Book 2! Oh yeah, this is my biggest result by a country mile!

"I am so pleased to be working with a farm like Elwick. I can't lie – I am so glad it is over, talk to me tomorrow! It was a hectic few mins with the colt also selling [Lot 931], he made 150,000gns, I think."

And off he ran into the night to shepherd his yearlings back to their boxes, still smiling, having had the best sale result of his life. As he said, speak to him tomorrow.

Dutfield's previous best at Tattersalls was 92,000gns given by Federico Barberini for a colt by Dandy Man sold at last year's October Book 2 Sale (Lot 1274). Out of Mamma Morton, the colt was was subsequently called Arabie, won this year's Group 3 Prix du Bois, the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin and finished fourth in the Group 1 Prix Morny.

Tonight's filly was bought by Jason Kelly Bloodstock, and he said after purchase: "She goes to Ireland and to trainer Paddy Twomey, she is for an existing client of his. She is a beautiful filly, bred by the Turnbull family, who I have had a history with. They are fantastic breeders and I am delighted they have got a good price.

"I am delighted to have got her, she is a stunning filly with a lot of class. Sea The Stars speaks for himself, I know the broodmare – she was a tough racemare. He is a great broodmare sire so, for a filly, he makes a lot of sense. With the strong market we knew we would have to push."

The filly is a first foal out of the mare, who was homebred by the late Geoff Turnbull. Her dam Storming Sioux was bought at the 2015 Tattersalls February Sale from Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd. from Darley for 25,000gns. (19:45)

"Paul puts so much into the stud," said Thornton. "She is a Queen, I thought she'd get 200,000gns or so, and then thought maybe 400,000gns, but to do that... She has been a star all the way through, and of course we were tempted to keep her, but the boss has put a lot of money in he deserves to get some back.

"We have been with Too Darn Hot from the word go, and we have already produced a filly by him with another Galileo mare*, she is training with Roger [Varian] and has not run yet, but she is gorgeous. We sold a foal by him very well and the sire has done us well."

*That foal by Too Darn Hot and sold by the farm was out of Astonishing, bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for 270,000gns at the December Foal Sale in 2021.

Asked to expand a little further as to why this filly is so special, he added: "This filly always moved well and looked the part, she has taken everything so well. It is brilliant. The mare had another filly by the sire this year, and she is arguably stronger at the same stage, she will be one we keep!"

Buyer Alex Elliott said: "She has been split between Al Shaqab and Amo, a trainer yet to be decided, but we have a team of trainers who we are very happy with and she will go to one of those.

"Both sides gave her top marks, she is by Too Darn Hot, who is a global stallion now, and she is out of a Galileo mare. She was always going to cost a lot of money." (18:37)

John Foley of Ballyvolane said: "It is unbelievable! I have to give my sister Adelaide and her husband Padhraic Doran the credit – they bought the mare. This filly is a beauty and we were hoping she might make 80,000gns to 100,000gns, but she has been so popular. This is a result that doesn't happen very often.

"The mare has a very nice Blue Point foal on the ground, and he is a fine foal, he will be kept to sell as a yearling. The mare lives at Knocktartan House and when we wean the foal it comes to me."

It has been a great couple of days for Foley,.

Yesterday Ballyvolane sold a pinhooked Gleneagles colt to Amanda Skiffington for M V Magnier for 280,000gns for having paid just €28,000 for the colt as a foal (Lot 625), and today a colt by Churchill for 200,000gns to Rabbah Bloodstock.

"It has been great, it has been a dream day," said Foley.

“We waited all yesterday because she was our favourite filly in the whole of Book 2,” said purchaser Henry Lascelles. “She’ll stay in Britain but a trainer is still undecided. She’s a lovely individual though, she’s an amazing first foal and by a great stallion. She doesn’t look like a filly who’ll only be an early season two-year-old, hopefully she’ll go on and be a seven furlong filly or a miler. She’s been bought for an undisclosed client.” (18:30)

"He is a corker, he it is a very good pinhook for Yeomanstown and he is a very fast-looking colt," said Elliot. "He is going to trainer Raphael Freire in Lambourn – in September he won the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes with Benevento and is doing a great job.

"This was the colt that Kia particularly wanted. We bought a lot of Classic horses last week, we need some speed horses, too, and, hopefully, he is one of them."

Elliot has also signed for a further four horses today, bought on behalf of Valmont.

"The whole market has gone up and we are finding it hard to buy for Valmont. I keep on playing second fiddle to Anthony Stroud, it is starting to annoy me! laughed the busy agent. (17:29)

The colt was bred by the Kitcarina Partnership and Sunderland Holdings, and breeder Fiona Marner was at Tattersalls to see the colt sell.

"I bought her in training from Andre Fabre and then sent her to Andrew Balding and she did win a race," reported Marner of Windmill Stud. "We sent her to Sea The Stars for her first cover, a foal share kindly arranged by the late John Clarke, and went back to the sire again and produced this colt.

"He foaled with me and spent his time with us until going to Natalie and Matt to prep, they are based at Fonthill Stud and it is such a lovely farm, beautiful land. This colt has always been just such a lovely person and individual, and I am so pleased for Natalie and Matt, it is so nice to see young people getting on."

The mare had a filly by Baaeed this spring and was covered by Showcasing.

Natalie Folland and Matt Bowen, speaking after the colt's wind test had been concluded and having packed up the draft for the evening, were still slightly shellshocked by the result.

"It is our biggest sale ring result, we sold a Showcasing for Lord Margadale last December for 170,000gns,"said Bowen. "It is still sinking in! I don't think he'd go to that sort of level, but as the week went on we thought we'd be ok.

"We are very thankful for Fiona sending him to us, we have had him for ten weeks and it is all credit to Fiona's team, we just had to finish him up."

Folland added: "We sold the Zoustar out of Frangipanni today to Steven Hillen so another gone to a good judge, so we are really pleased. We prepped 20 yearlings this year, our biggest draft, and we have ten foals, tens mares and three yearlings for December,.It is busy year, we are delighted with how things are going."

Anthony Stroud said: “Sea The Stars speaks for himself and this is a powerful, strong horse. He’s a very good mover, comes from a very good farm and the pedigree goes back very well. It’s so important to try and get these horses that can stay a mile and a half. We’ve bought a number of horses but we could do with more of that type, and he fitted that criteria. Sea The Stars was a top-class racehorse and is a top-class stallion.”

So far across the October Yearling Sale, Godolphin has purchased four yearlings by Sea The Stars, three colts and a filly, and she is the top-priced of the quartet having fetched 1,600,000gns for Kildaragh Stud (Lot 325). (16:51)

"She is strong and square and a lovely filly," said consignor Peter Kavanagh of Kildaragh Stud. "She is from a good Gerry Oldham family that we know well and she is by Australia – we have a few by him on the farm and I like him as a stallion, you can't turn your back on that sort of blood."

RC Bloodstock is a syndicate made up of Roderic Kavanagh, Cormac O'Flynn and Kildaragh Stud. (16:15)

She is dam of two winners from three runners, including the Listed placed Disillusion (Profitable), and is a half-sister to Laws Of Indices, winner of the Prix Jean Prat (G1) and the Railway Stakes (G2). He was also placed in at Group 1 and Grade 1 level races in Australia, France and Hong Kong. (15:23)

The April-born colt is out of the Foxwedge mare Hertford Dancer, who won the Lingfield Oaks Trial (L) and was third in the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2). Third dam is Massarra, winner of the Prix Robert Papin (G2) and an own-sister to Kodiac and a half-sister to Invincible Spirit.

She is dam of 12 winners, including the champion juvenile Nayarra, the Superlative Stakes (G2) winner Gustav Klimt, the Group 3 winner Wonderfully, the Group 1 placed Mars, as well as the Listed winners Friendly, Blissful and Cuff. (15:18)

Peter Fagan, who is at Tattersalls with his father John, said: "It is fantastic, it is great for the farm. Dark Angel is a wonderful sire, and a great broodmare sire, too, and the filly has not put a foot wrong here and behaved so well all week. I just breeze into Tattersalls for the sale, all the credit goes to the farm, to my father and mother Vourneen, farm manager Patrick Kirwan, and Rachel Harvey who has done a fantastic job this year."

He continued: "Suzanne Roberts bought the mare for us, she was a pricey mare but she was in-foal to Kingman at the time. It has been wonderful to see Place Of Safety [second foal] do so well this year. The Gosdens have done so well with her this year and she is an exciting prospect for next year. "

Those 2024 achievements for the three-year-old filly Place Of Safety (Night Of Thunder) include a Group 3 third-place in the Dubai Stakes at the end of September.

"I am so pleased that Oliver has put his faith in the farm," added Fagan. "That price exceeded our expectations, we had a lot of interest, a lot of the right people, but you never know what is going to happen.

"We paid 230,000gns when we bought Havre De Paix and we bought her from owner Clive Washbourn, I think she was the first stakes winner for trainer David Menuisier. Clive then bought into her first foal, Adela Of Champagne and raced her with me. She had a lot of ability and Clive kept her and she is in-foal to Baaeed.

"So far, Havre De Paix has only had fillies, she is in-foal to Gleneagles and we have yet to decide on next spring's cover – this will help!" (14:50)

Granola was bought by Denniff Farms for just 28,000gns at the 2014 Tattersalls December Mares from Tweenhills Stud and Qatar Racing, and Fiona Denniff said: "It was really the late trainer David Brown, who recommended her to us as he had trained her. He always said after that he felt part of Brunch [the mare's 2017 foal by Harbour Watch and winner of the Pomfret Stakes (L)].

"That is her best result in the ring, and considerably so. I loved this filly, if we weren't sellers, I would have loved to her kept her, but we need to be commercial."

of the decision to cover the Makfi mare with Blue Point, Denniff outlined: "Blue Point really stood out to me as a racehorse. I know a lot of people go way back into the five generations and so on, but I tend to go on whether or not I love a stallion. I don't often send a mare to Ireland, but I made an exception here. Granola did not have a foal this year, but she is in-foal to Havana Grey."

Granola is a half-sister to Know It All (Lord Kanaloa), winner of the Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial, Astrophysical Jet (Dubawi), winner of the Flying Five Stakes (G3), and Coral Wave (Rock Of Gibraltar), winner of the Park Stakes (G3).

Third dam is Highbrow, the dam of the black-type winners Blueprint and Fairy Godmother, and ancestress of Kingdom Of Fife, Dubai Next and the two-time Group 1 winner, Ask. (13:54)

The yearling was pinhooked as a foal by Lynn Lodge Stud and today's sale gave County Westmeath-based farm a fine result on last year's investment of €100,000. (12:47)

She was bred and sold by Ballylinch Stud, and John O'Connor, who mentioned yesterday that today he has a "couple of bullets to fire", said: "We are very happy with that price, we were pretty confident she would sell well. She is a beautiful filly with the best combination of Camelot and Lope De Vega. The mare was very quick, she has already bred a good one, so the pedigree is stacking up for everyone. Then her physical, her temperament and her ability to show is just exceptional, pretty well most of the big operations were interested."

Of the decision to use Camelot on Fort Del Oro, he outlined: "It is interesting, we have done some statistics that indicates that Camelot does well with fast mares, which was not something I expected. Camelot is a very solid sire, I like him, he brings a lot of quality and class and then if you get the right individual you can be in business. I liked her a lot – we were tempted to keep her, I would have quite liked her to walk around the paddocks at home!"

And of Lope De Vega as a broodmare sire of note, he added: "I think he looks very promising as a broodmare sire, he is passing on that athleticism that he has himself in his own stock and his daughters seem to be passing it on too pretty regularly, a big stride." (12:37)

The team was sat in the seats, and Roger Varian said: "His page speaks for itself, he is a lovely individual and he comes straight to me from here. As his pedigree suggests he looks as though he might need a bit of time."

Not only is the colt a three-quarters relation to the Epsom Derby winner, he is a half-brother to the Listed winner and Group placed Eastern Belle (Champs Elysees), dam of the Group winner Medgallan (Kingman), as well as the Listed placed Dhahabi (Frankel).

It is the second good result in Book 2 for Norelands with a colt by Sea The Stars – yesterday the farm sold Lot 547 for 475,000gns to Godolphin. (12:00)

The colt is out of the unraced Shamardal mare Excellent View, dam of the Meydan Listed winner and Group 3-placed Mutaraffa. (11:34)

The May colt is the first foal out of Dubious Affair, placed second in the Further Flight Stakes (L) and fourth in the Park Hill Stakes (G2).

Yesterday, Tradewinds sold a Cotai Glory colt out of Wedding Wish (Lot 501) to the same buyer for 280,000gns, giving a fine pinhook return over the €52,000 foal-purchase price. (10:54)

He is out of the unraced Dubai Destination mare Endless Love, who had a colt foal by Churchill this spring. (10:42)

She is dam of one winner from one runner – Bluedrum who also boasts black-type form from a second placing in the Brownstown Stakes (G3). (10:12)

Catalogued: 258 (274)

Offered: 232 (249)

Sold: 208 (210)

Turnover: 21,596,500gns (+17%)

Median: 65,000gns (-6%)

Average: 103,829gns (+18%)

% Sold: 90% (83%)

Top lot: Lot 597, Sea The Stars ex Bighearted, sold for 875,000gns to Godolphin by Staffordstown

300,000gns+: 13

Leading consignor (by agg): 1. Staffordstown, 2. Whatton Manor Stud, 3. Yeomanstown Stud

Leading purchaser (by agg): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Godolphin, 3. Al Shaqab / Amo Racing

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

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Gleneagles

Top five

Lot 597: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Bighearted (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Staffordstown, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 875,000gns

Lot 551: St Mark's Basilica (FR) / Angelic Light (IRE) Ch.F. (IRE) >> Yeomanstown Stud, Ireland >> Al Shaqab / Amo Racing >> 600,000gns

Lot 547: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Angel Fairy (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Norelands, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 475,000gns

Lot 512: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Zain Hana (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Highclere Stud >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 425,000gns

Lot 514: Too Darn Hot (GB) / Zero Gravity (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Whatton Manor Stud >> Shadwell Estate Company >> 425,000gns (21:04)

The colt, sold by Mountain View Stud, is out of the Dick Poole Stakes (L) runner-up Dorothy B (Fastnet Rock), the dam of two winners, and from the family of Starman, the champion European older sprinter of 2021 and sire at Tally-Ho Stud. (20:33)

The mare has bred four winners and two horses rated over 100 – Silent Film (New Approach), the winner of five races, and Embesto (Roaring Lion), winner of the Sovereign Stakes (G3). (20:23)

"It was a bitter sweet moment,"said Kirsten Rausing of Lanwades Stud, where the son of Mark Of Esteem stood throughout his stud career and breeder of this colt. "I am delighted that Marcus has bought the horse. I have been mentioning the horse on several occasions to him!

"He is a very attractive colt, the dam has done well, she has bred a lot of winners and it is a family that we have nurtured for three generations here."

Of selling today's top lot, Lot 597 by Sea The Stars, Rausing said: "We have had a very good day. The Sea The Stars colt is a very nice horse, strong, well-balanced and with a great walk. He made a bit more than expected – that is always a nice surprise!"

Of the sale last week of the full-sister to her Arc winner Alpinista (Lot 72, by Frankel) she said: "It was bitter-sweet to be parting with a full-sister to Alpinista, but all in all it was a good sale, and I am very fortunate have at home Alpinista, her filly foal, her dam Alwilda in-foal, herself in-foal and two further half-sisters so I am well stock with the family!"

Of the trade seen in Book 1, she reflected: "Last week is a rarified atmosphere, if you have the right article you are lucky to be selling there. But it was marvellous to see the inward investment, which we sorely need. We do still have the best racing in the world." (20:16)

"He has bene bought to breeze," said Logan, who was standing behind the partition with Alan Harte. "The stallion is having a good run, he is out of a four-time-winning Sea The Stars mare and is a fine individual." (19:51)

She is out of the Teofilo mare Dear Dancer, the dam of one winner from one runner and a half-sister to Rewarding Hero (Exceed And Excel), a Listed winner and Group 1-placed in Sha Tin. (19:29)

The mare has bred the Chalice Stakes (L) third Galmarley, a daughter of Sir Percy, whom the Pakenham's owned and stood at Lanwades Stud until his retirement from stud duties last year. The stallion's last yearling due to go through the ring is Lot 690 from Staffordstown Stud (19:10)

Crowley's Law was a Grade 1-placed filly in the US and the winner of four races. She has had two winners, headlined by the Medaglia D'Oro gelding Chrysos (2019), who achieved a rating of 85.

Crowley's Law was bought by Bridlewood Farm / Ballylinch Stud for $700,000 in 2019. She had a colt by Saxon Warrior in 2024, and was covered by Nathaniel this spring. (18:48)

Clem Fandango, who was owned in training by Middleham Park Racing LXXV, is dam of the Group 3 Albany Stakes third-placed Ivory Madonna, who is also by Dark Angel. (18:07)

The colt was sold by Ballyvolane Stud, who pinhooked the February-born for €28,000 last autumn. (17:27)

The February-born colt was bred by Michael E Perlman and Sunderland Holding Inc and is the first foal out of the Listed John Musker-placed mare Bighearted (Farhh). She is a daughter of the Irish champion two-year-old filly of 1996, Bianca Nera.

"The mare is actually catalogued in the December Sale and that will freshen things up," said Richard Frisby, stud representative. "This colt was accepted for Book 1, but we felt that dropping him in here he would be a stand-out, and I think that is what has happened.

"He is a fine first foal, obviously he is a horse who will need a bit of time, but he has been bred to be a Classic horse and that is what you would expect to need to give him some time. I bought Bianca Nera as a yearling, it is a family who has been very kind to us. Bighearted is in-foal to Modern Games."

Of expectations coming to sale this week, he said: "You never know really how much they are going to make, the price at half at what he has made was a good sale and who could forecast that?"

Buyer Anthony Stroud said: “He’s a very strong, well-made horse from Staffordstown. It’s a wonderful family and he’ll be a nice staying horse for the future. He fitted the bill as a nice horse for Godolphin so he’ll go to Charlie Appleby, as will the other Sea The Stars [Lot 547]. I thought he was a very nice horse from Norelands, he’s very athletic. I thought they were the two standout horses.

On the price: “We were definitely stretched as that was more than I personally anticipated but we’re very glad to get the horse.”

Godolphin has bought two horses so far through Book 2, Stroud Coleman has signed for 12 and is the current leading purchaser. (16:30)

"It was a timely update with the Group 2 Beresford Stakes win for Hotazhell, who has the Group 1 entry in the Futurity – it is all very timely," added Voute. "He is by a great stallion and it is a great price. Imad [Al Sagar] is delighted, he wants to sell a certain amount of horses each year as wants the farm to be commercial. The colt is going to Aidan O'Brien, which is great. Gerry did a top job preparing them, they look in good order, the coats all look amazing."

With a laugh, Voute added: "He'll win the Middle Park next year... it is as easy as that!" (15:13)

"We underbid Richard Brown on the Night Of Thunder and Shadwell on the Kalpana part-sister," said Elliott. "She is an exceptional physical out of a fast Dark Angel mare, who has bred two decent horses. St Mark's is obviously an unknown but you like to think he has got every chance. It was the physical that was attractive, you like to think she could be a Royal Ascot filly. She is an early foal, she is very together, she was giving us all 'Fairy Godmother' vibes, let's hope we can replicate that."

She was bred by and sold by Yeomanstown Stud, the mare bought here for 165,000gns in December 2019.

"We need to keep adding horses if we think they are the right ones, but this market has got very very strong, which is fantastic for everyone. It is making it very hard to buy horses, everyone hones in on the best ones; it is just who is going to bid last." (14:36)

Harry McCalmont of Norelands Stud said: "We love this horse, he could have sold in any sale. We decided on this sale, we bring very few to Book 1 usually... I wish had had 30 yearlings there.

"He is a beautiful colt, we thank Mrs Tsui for sending us the mare, delighted to get another good result for her. Sea The Stars goes from strength to strength, and the page says it all."

The pedigree enjoyed success last week – Lot 311, the Wootton Bassett filly out of My Titania, was bought by William Haggas for 1,700,000gns. (14:26)