1360, 1373, 1377, 1381, 1382, 1384, 1393, 1395, 1401, 1406, 1407, 1425, 1461, 1466, 1538, 1545, 1547, 1551, 1585, 1630, 1632, 1634, 1645, 1646, 1651 (08:40)

Catalogued: 812 (773)

Offered: 722 (697)

Sold: 648 (632)

Average: 107,496gns (-1%)

% Sold: 90% (91%)

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

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Amo Racing, 3. A C Elliott

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Havana Grey, 3. Blue Point

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold, cumulative): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Starman, 3. Lope De Vega

Lot 970: Starspangledbanner (AUS) / Love Potion (IRE) Ch.F. (IRE) >> Islanmore Stud, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 900,000gns

Lot 1124: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Quenelle d'Or (GB) B.C. (GB) >> New England Stud >> George Boughey >> 800,000gns

Lot 1107: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Princesse de Saba (FR) Gr.F. (IRE) Ballyhimikin Stud, Ireland >> Henry Lascelles 700,000gns

Lot 853: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Habbat Reeh (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Genesis Green Stud Ltd. Kevin Ryan >> 550,000gns

Lot 771: Starman (GB) / Emirates Empress (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland >> Amo Racing >> 525,000gns

Lot 936: Siyouni (FR) / Lady Baker (USA) B:Dk.F. (FR) >> La Motteraye Consignment >> Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock 525,000gns (23:00)

Catalogued: 270 (258)

Offered: 237 (231)

Sold: 221 (210)

Turnover: 23,148,000gns (+4%)

Median: 72,000gns (+3%)

Average: 104,742gns (-1%)

% Sold: 93% (91%)

Lot 1124: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Quenelle d'Or (GB) B.C. (GB) New England Stud >> George Boughey >> 800,000gns

Lot 1107: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Princesse de Saba (FR) Gr.F. (IRE) >> Ballyhimikin Stud, Ireland >> Henry Lascelles >> 700,000gns

Lot 1288: Camelot (GB) / Tigrilla (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Stanley Lodge, Ireland >> A C Elliott, Agent / MV Magnier / White Birch >> 475,000gns

Lot 113: Starspangledbanner (AUS) / Reyaadah (GB) Ch.F. (IRE) >> Manister House Stud, Ireland >> Kevin Ryan >> 400,000gns (20:12)

Offered by Marlhill House Stud, bred by Rockhart Trading Ltd, the March-born bay colt is out of the winning mare Tissiak (Fastnet Rock), dam of one winner, and a half-sister to an Australian Grade 2 winner, European Group 3 winner and a Listed and Group placed, winning two-year-old in Ireland.

It is the further family of In Clover, dam of the Group 1 winners With You, Call The Wind, We Are and Friendly Soul (19:40)

"He is by Camelot and out of a black-type mare who has produced a good horse by Twilight Son, this colt was very well bought by Nick Cope and the boys, and the team was very determined to get him," said Alex Elliott.

"A lot of the Camelots are real staying types to look at, but I think this mare might speed him up; you could be looking at anything from 7f as a two-year-old and then as an older horse to a mile plus, we all liked the idea that she would put in speed."

Pinhooker Nick Cope said: "Myself and Tom and Davy Brickley of Ard Erin Stud buy a few foals together, and sometimes we unearth a couple of nice ones on the way. But his horse was more than that – he is a real deal of a horse, a gentleman, he did not put in a bad show here and when you do that you can't ask for much more. He vetted real clean and he scoped well, he has a great attitude and is an unbelievably athletic, good moving horse – all the cliches!"

Of the process of getting buyers and the viewing process, he said: "We had some massive shows this morning, we were then getting second looks and then getting the vets, and its just blows up like that. When it all works, it is amazing what can happen in this ring.

"Five lots before, we were looking and saw a few people who were around the barn earlier, and then everyone you were hoping to follow in were there, too, and then the bids started flying."

Of the pinhooking process he said: "Camelot had an amazing year last year, Bluestocking won the Arc and you had big sales for him in Book 1 last year, it was very easy to say that we wanted a Camelot foal, but to get the foal was difficult.

"We bought this guy off Baroda and as soon as we saw him we liked him, then you hope he is in range and when he fell our way, we had to have him.

"It was at the top of our budget. We gave a lot of money before on a foal and got stung on him and we just thought what on earth were were we doing spending that sort of money. We reassessed then, brought it back down to earth and planned to buy a Book 2 horse, with a pedigree or physical, and who might become a Book 1 type if there is an update. We landed on selling in Book 2 for this lad as we wanted to standout, thank god it has worked."

He concluded: "Tom and Davy have their own farm and are busy, I manage Stanley Lodge, we all have day jobs, but we will be back for the foal sales, fingers crossed we can go again." (18:45)

"He was Robson Aguiar's favourite since the weekend, he knew the horse beforehand and he knows these type of horse and made sense to buy him," said Kevin Philippart de Foy.

The colt is out of the winner Tammy Wynette (Tamayuz), the dam of Letherfly, placed third in the Sweet Mimosa Stakes (L), and from the family of the champion two-year-old Toormore.

Gerrardstown Stud's Donie Fahey said of his feelings when the colt was selling, “It was kind a bit of everything – you are exciting, nervous, apprehensive, you are scared - thankfully it all worked out well.

"He has been a very easy horse to deal with from birth, we have loved him from the start, I am just glad that someone else loved him too. You have you evaluation from home, and you hope you are right, but I think we actually under-valued him. You have to be realistic, the market is tough, and you don’t know what is going to happen when the horse goes in there, we can only control the controllables. And when the horse is in the ring, it is out of our control.

Of buying the mare, he recalled: "We were lucky enough to buy the mare as a yearling from Jimmy Murphy of Redpedner Stud and we raced her, and she was part of the first crop of yearling fillies we bought to turn into mares. It is a full circle, and it is so nice to get it right from the start.

Of the plan to use Starman, he said: "She was a very fast mare, she won over 5f, he was a very fast racehorse, it made sense to us. When you are picking a stallion, who is yet to have runners, you are hoping is going to be champion first-season sire, but I don’t think anyone could foresee what Starman is doing as a stallion, he is doing some absolutely astronomical stuff, and we are lucky to have got it right. Sometimes luck overrides judgement and maybe that is what happened to us.

And of this sale, "It is huge for us, a sale like this is massive for us, we had our biggest result a few weeks ago, but this sale has left that well behind. I am so lucky I have some great people working with me, we are a family-run farm, we are all involved, and it is very nice to get it right.

"I told Kia that we will be watching him as if he is our own and I hope he turns out to be their next stallion!" (18:07)

The colt was sold by Whatton Manor Stud, and Ed Player said: "Richard Brown bought us the mare here in 2022, and we were really excited to have a lovely Juddmonte family.

"We bought the mare as a filly, we sent her to France for her first cover and to Zarak as we wanted to get her off to a good start .

"We have been massive fans of Zarak, his stats are off the charts, and we were lucky enough to get a nice foal. He has progressed all the way along, and he has been one of those we have loved the whole time.

"This colt has been a lovely relaxed sort here, showed himself off well and has been very popular. He had a lot of vets, a lot of good judges liked him. Anthony bought him and he is going to Andre Fabre's."

Player added: "The guys on the farm put in such a lot of hard work, and so many things are out of your control, so I am especially pleased for them to get a good result. The guys who work for us at the sales, too, they do an amazing job, and just very happy for them as well. "

Surfeit is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Delaware and the Listed winner Environs, and is out of a half-sister to the four-time US Grade 1 winner Proviso, and to Byword, who was a champion older horse in France in 2010 and the winner of the Prince Of Wales's Stakes (G1). (17:23)

He is a first foal out of Silk Romance (Shamardal), the winner of a race as a two-year-old, a daughter of Lyric Of Light (Street Cry), winner of the Fillies' Mile (G1), and a grand-daughter of Suez, winner of the Dick Poole Stakes (L) and runner-up in the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1).

"He is a nice, very strong colt, comes from a good farm, by a very good stallion, and the mare was sent by Tally-Ho to be covered in the UK," said Knight. "He looked a hard-knocking colt, and we targeted three colts, and decided to buy one and this is it. We were at the end of the budget, but we are pleased to get him." (15:54)

The colt, bred by Ben Sangster, is the first foal out of the Muhaarar mare Silent Prayer, the winner of one race at three, a daughter of the Listed winner Rose Bonheur and a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Nayef Road and the Listed winner Celestial Orbit.

Third dam is Red Feather, a Group 3 winner and runner-up in the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1).

"He was a €160,000 foal, he was an awfully good-moving horse, it seemed like a bold move, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't," said Railton. "Peter [Molony] and his team at Rathmore did a great job, and he as been there the whole time since purchase, and it is a great place for producing bone and raising a young horse, Peter and I do lots of stuff together and it is a good relationship," (15:47)

Stuart Boman, who bid from his usual spot sat at the the top of the stairs, said: "He is a gorgeous horse, he has loads of quality. He is out of a Shamardal mare with a really good German family behind him, and there is a lot of refinement and class to him, love that about him and he is a great moving horse.

"Kilminfoyle presented him beautifully, the team is great at getting the results in the sale ring but also on the racetrack.

"The horse vetted cleanly, which is an important part of the process, we stretched but we wanted to buy."

The german family stretched back to Salve regina, a German champion three-year-old filly and winner of the Deutsches Derby, and further back to the Group 1 winners Schiparelli, Samum and Sea The Moon. (14:23)

He added: "This colt looks very fast, comes from a lovely family, the breeder is exceptional. For me some of the Sioux Nations have a bit of length and stretch to 7f and a mile, but this colt just looks like he will be fast and is from a fast family.

"We will put him into the system and he probably goes to Mick Appleby for RP Racing."

The team has, of course, have won the Molecomb Stakes twice before with Tattersalls graduates Big Evs (2023) and Big Mojo (2024).

Bred and sold by McCracken Farms, the colt is out of the Cityscape mare Roseau City, the dam of three winners. She is a daughter of Dominica, winner of the King's Stand Stakes (G2), and the Cornwallis Stakes (G3). Third dam is the St Hugh's Stakes (L) winner and Temple Stakes (G2) runner-up Dominio. (13:02)

The filly is out of the Dick Hern Fillies Stakes (L) runner-up Tamayuz mare Reyaadeh, the dam of four winners from four runners, including the Listed third Tamreer. It is the further family of the dual Group 1 winner and 2000's European champion older miler Muhtathir. (12:42)

Boughey trains Bow Echo, a two-year-old colt by the sire and winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) and with hopes for 2000 Guineas glory in 2026.

"We had some stiff competition, he has been bought for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid, he looks very similar to Bow Echo – Sheikh Obaid picked him out, obviously we are delighted to train him," said Boughey, who added: "The colt is from a good family, the mare was a Listed winner. He looks like he will be one for next summer onwards, Sheikh Obaid is a patient owner and hopefully this colt can emulate what Bow Echo did."

He continued: "We have had three or four by the sire, they have all won their maidens, but Bow Echo is the first with us to go on and look like a better horse."

And of bidding once the 500,000gns mark was topped Boughey said: "I had to pick the phone up twice to the Sheikh, and we were well over, but he wanted the horse, and it is great to have the horse in the barn."

The colt is the first foal out of Quenelle D'Or, a daughter of Golden Horn and from the family of Ouija Board.

Consignor Peter Stanley said: "For a first foal to fetch that sort of price, it is magnificent, it is really thrilling, but Night Of Thunder is an incredible stallion, he is upgrading his mares to an extraordinary level and we are lucky we have taken the punt and used him. We used him a few times and it is paying off.

"I thought this would be one of the nicest horses in the ring this week, and I said to my brother than this horse could make any amount of money – you start at a level and you need two people to lock horns and we were lucky that two great judges were there and did just that. I do think he will be a racehorse – he has it all, he has class and he has a lovely outlook, we have been excited about him for a long time."

Of watching Night Of Thunder's progress this season, he added: "It has warmed the cockles of my heart, with five of them to sell it has been very pleasing.

"I don't think Lady Riblat has had a broodmare before, my brother [Lord Derby] raced Quenelle D'Or with John and Lady Riblat. They had a lot of fun, so I said to them at the end of the 'why would you want to sell her?'

"So we played the breeding game – John had heard that you always loose money breeding horses, I had him on the phone during the bidding and he was enjoyed every minute.

"Next time around might be very different!" (12:14)

Jack Hanly was given the role of spokesperson for the farm, and he said: "Night Of Thunder has been a revelation, it is has been fantastic for us, we have been so lucky to have been involved in the stallion. We have been strong supporters of him for a long time.

"This filly had a lot of vets on her, there was a lot of chat and a lot of interest. She has been a queen here in the ring and in the yard, she has been perfect. We are very happy we were expecting a good result, but that is a huge result.

The mare Princesse de Saba (Dariyan) was bought for €87,000 in 2021 as a maiden mare and with Group 3-placed form from a third placing in the Prix du Bois.

"The mare has done us proud, her first foal by Mehmas was really nice, he has gone to Australia and won't be appearing until next year. She is a very nice, attractive-looking mare and you have to buy them n the physical as well and hopefully that will be continued to their stock. We loved her from the very beginning.

"We have had a great sale here over the two weeks. We had a great crop of yearlings, hopefully they will carry on and do well, the most important thing is their performance on the track."

Princesse De Sabo's Mehmas first foal fetched 270,000gns here last year, bought by John Foote. This spring she had a colt foal by Havana Grey and was covered this year by Blue Point.

Hanly is heading to Ascot on Saturday, looking forward to seeing the battle between Ombudsman and Delacroix in the Group 1 Champions Stakes.

"It is the race of the year, it is going to be some shoot out!" enthused Hanly.

The link with Ballyhimikin stretched further to the buyer, as Lascelles said: "I was working at the farm and prepped a yearling draft that included Ombudsman and Estrange, and have had a great year on the track.

"We loved the filly, she is going to be a two-year-old, and he is out of a fast dam who was Group placed at two."

Night Of Thunder has had 14 lots sell in Book 2 for an average price of 291,786gns. (11:46)

"I thought we had him at 150,000gns!" laughed Gold. "Obviously, like everyone we have been very impressed with what we have seen of the Minzaals. We have got three homebreds at home by him, two fillies and a colt, all of them nice, we have bought a nice filly, and I said it would be good if we could get another colt.

"The stallion does not need us to support him at this stage, they are very good-looking and they seem to have great minds, it is rare you go around a sale and hear such strong support from one sire, but everyone has been saying that they have all seen a nice Minzaal.

"He has a great mind and is good looking, he seems to be passing that on, and he was very tough, too.

"The mare has bred a genuine Group 3 filly and hopefully she can do it with this colt again. He will go back to the stud and will be allocated later." (11:23)

The colt is a first foal and Playback is a half-sister to Tactical, winner of the July Stakes (G2) and Royal Ascot's Listed Windsor Castle Stakes, and to Works Of Art, runner-up in the Listed Redcar Two Year Old Trophy, the family bred by Queen Elizabeth II.

Playback was bought at the December Mares Sale in 2022 for 50,000gns from The Royal Studs. (10:41)

The May 1st-born colt is out of Peticoatgovernment (Holy Roman Emperor) the winner of five races and Listed placed third in the Belgrave Stakes. She is the dam of one winner from one runner, Government Call, the winner of two races as a juvenile.

Peticoatgovernment is a half-sister to Larchmont Lad, winner of the Minstrel Stakes (G2) and the Somerville Tattersalls Stakes (G3) and placed in 13 races, nine times in black-type events.

Yearlings by first-crop sire Minzaal are averaging 109,808gns at this week's Book 2 Sale. (10:29)

1084,  1087,  1092,  1099,  1108,  1121,  1125,  1128,  1160,  1180,  1186,  1192,  1195,  1201,  1206,  1214,  1219,  1222,  1230,  1249,  1252,  1255,  1273,  1312 (09:48)

Catalogued: 271 (257)

Offered: 240 (234)

Sold: 213 (214)

Turnover: 21,521,000gns (-13%)

Median: 70,000gns (-7%)

Average: 101,038gns (-12%)

% Sold: 89% (91%)

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

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Amo Racing, 3. A C Elliott

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Blue Point, 3. Havana Grey

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Siyouni, 3. Starman

Lot 970: Starspangledbanner (AUS) / Love Potion (IRE) Ch.F. (IRE) >> Islanmore Stud, Ireland => Godolphin >> 900,000gns

Lot 853 : Night of Thunder (IRE) / Habbat Reeh (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Genesis Green Stud Ltd. => Kevin Ryan >> 550,000gns

Lot 936: Siyouni (FR) / Lady Baker (USA) B:Dk.F. (FR) >> La Motteraye Consignment >> Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock >> 525,000gns

Lot 894: Starman (GB) / Invincible Me (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland>> Kevin Ryan>> 350,000gns

Lot 940 : St Mark's Basilica (FR) / Lady Macbeth (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Mountain View Stud, Ireland >> PM Bloodstock >> 350,000gns (20:47)

"I saw this filly and just fell in love with her," admits Ramiro Restrepo of Marquee Bloodstock. "Over the course of three days I had my trainer Tim Donworth take a look at her and others, and everyone had great things to say, so it is onwards and upwards!

"They are some really strong judges of horse flesh here and it is a battle and I am happy to get her – after her sale I had some really nice words from Rabbah – they raced the sire and underbid this filly, so makes you feel good that you were buying a strong representative of the sire."

The filly will be trained in France and Restrepo explains, "I have eight fillies racing here in Europe, I love having them here, and they will be with Tim. my owners group is a bunch of Americans. They have been really supportive of me since the Kentucky Derby winner in 2023 [Mage], they have travelled here and experienced the race days here and want to have runners."

When explaining a little more on the attractions of racing in Europe, he adds: "Everyone loves the tradition and race day experience here, we do not have the same thing in the US, we have the Triple Crown, and really just the Derby, and the Travers Festival might get people rolling, but here it could be the big two-year-old races, it could be the Classics, it could be the big, older horse races. You come racing and get fantastic hospitality at the race track, you feel at home.

"In the US, there is a lot of money at the sales, the market is flying, we can go to sales and the action is flowing, but the racetrack experience does not match that here. For all the challenges that there may be here, when owners are invested, and come to the races and watch the training in these beautiful places, you get rewarded and you get the experience. Once you get here and see these things and you are just 'wow'!

"There are also people who are getting involved who are sportspeople and want to be competing on the global stage and want the prestige. In the US, they are doing this on a commercial level, but now with the ability to watch races and technology, and the ease of travel, they can compete and be competitive here, and if lucky enough to have a good horse can compete in races you read about."

He adds, "And there is such a great development of two-year-old races here, the two-year-old programme is phenomenal, you have big races all the way through for Royal Ascot early types, but then there are plans and races for the later sorts, too, real goals for them with big races consistently all the way through for those horses who continue through the summer into the fall.

"At three, once the Classics are over, if you see how they fit in the US they can go over and do amazing – you are getting the best of both worlds."

And while Restrepo has had horses in training in Britain and Ireland, the European country of choice is France – explaining the reasoning behind this approach, he laughs: "Paris is pretty hard to beat!' (20:02)

Mesadah is out of Albisola, winner of the Group 3 Prix de Flore, and she is a half-sister to Johnny Barnes, runner-up in the Criterium International (G1), and to the dam of Meditate, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and to the dam of the Group 1-winning brothers Ectot and Most Improved. (17:49)

Anthony Stroud, standing with David Loder and trainer Charlie Appleby, said: "She is a standout, and an exceptionally good-looking filly. We bought her full-brother Avicenna here last year, and we think very highly of him. He is a good-looking horse, too, though I think she just has the edge – she has been very well-prepared by the farm."

Avicenna, who is in training with Roger Varian, has run twice and won twice, the last time successful in the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes at Doncaster over 7f.

Nigel Anderton, stud manager, said: "We are over the moon; the hard work and dedication of the team at home, a great team and it is down to their dedication.

"This has been 20 years in the making, in 2005 we bought the grand-dam Potion as a yearling, and she has bred some wonderful stock as has her daughter Love Potion. This filly has been minded since the day she was born and has been beautiful since then, too.

"The full-brother last year made 450,000gns we had 17 vets on him, and we expected in and around the same for the filly, though we did not quite have the same number, but when two lads like what they see up here..."

Of expectations going into the ring, he said: "We never expected that, we thought if we got half of that it would have been a great day's work. I'd like to thank Mr Stroud and the Godolphin team; they obviously think highly of Avicenna.

"I always say the easy part is the preparation, the hard part is getting them sold up in the ring!"

Of the sire, he enthused, "It has been a great summer watching Starspangledbanner's progeny being so successful. We arrived here on Thursday, and then Friday came the big update, Precise scouting up in the Fillies' Mile – she is out of a Galileo mare as this filly is, too." (16:31)

"I love what Starspanglebanner makes; horses with short cannon bones and speed," said the farm's owner Joe Hernon, who is also manager at Coolmore's Castlehyde Stud. "It’s a privilege to be standing Starspangledbanner. He’s had an amazing year and he’s just such a consistent sire. He’s a source of speed, as was Choisir, it’s all coming through from his dad, that sprinting mould and sprinting frame.

"Desmond, my son, bought the mare for €10,000. I thought she’d be way out of our league but she was announced as having a vice. We bought her anyway and she’s been nothing but good to us,:" he said, adding: "It’s been great, I’m just lucky to have a good mare. I was expecting a good price, we’d had a lot of vets so I thought things might go well, but I didn’t think we’d go this high.

"The mare’s back in-foal to Starspangled. He’s been putting it together as he’s gone up in fee and now that he’s getting those better mares he’s just getting better and better. We all saw what happened here on Saturday so you’ll hear a lot of him in the Classics next year."

The "good " mare is Last Gold, dam of three winners from three runners, including Lumiere Rock, winner of the Blandford Stakes (G2) and the Silken Glider Stakes (G3) and placed multiple times in Group races, including three times at Group 1 level. She (15:49)

She was bought by Ross Doyle, who outbid Henry Lascelles and Anthony Stroud, and he said: "She is a lovely filly, the cross is very good, but she is gorgeous physically, has a nice bit of size to her and is probably a backend two-year-old type, a Classic filly for the future. It is a big shout, but I hope that is what she ends up becoming. She goes to Pia Brandt.

"Her Pinatubo half-sister Zalina, who won at Deauville on debut in August, was extremely impressive and, hopefully, will give us a black-type update, and that would be helpful long-term as a breeding prospect if all goes to plan for this filly. "

Of the client, Doyle added: "Our client is Magne Jordanger's Stall Perlen and already has horses with Brandt, has been leading owner in Scandinavia many times, has had horses with Richard Hannon for a time, has been a great client for many years with my father and now myself, and has been very loyal."

Gwen Monneraye of La Motteraye said: "We are very pleased, Haras Voltaire is a great client and did a top job producing this filly. She has a bit of scope and walks well, so we hoped she would be a standout today. She has been the highlight of the trip over and has been very busy here – a lot of people noticed the sister's win in the summer."

Laurent Benoit, manager of Haras Voltaire, which is owned by fashion mogul Thierry Gillier, said: "We have sold quite a few at Tattersalls with Gwen, and sold well here a few years ago when we brought over a Night Of Thunder filly. This has always been a very nice filly, and when Tattersalls came to see her late spring, they really liked her, and we planned then for Book 2.

"Her half-sister was very impressive in her maiden, and everything came together well. We decided to sell here as we have a lot of yearlings to sell each year; it is good to split them up, it is like playing a game of chess."

Motteraye and Voltaire also have Lot 1096 to offer, another filly from the farm by Siyouni, while the consignor is also due to offer a Study Of Man colt (Lot 1326) for Guy Bloodstock Ltd. (15:34)

It is a really strong dam line with all the mares on the page holders of winning black-type – Kindred Spirit was a Listed winner in Germany, second dam Pontenuovo won the Prix du Cabourg (G3) and was third in the Prix Monry (G1), while third dam Porlezza won the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) and won the Prix du Gros-Chene (G2) twice. (14:28)

The colt was bought in partnership with Charlotte Greenway of the Nick Luck Podcast.

"Charlotte was looking with me last year as Violet was having a baby," says Wadham. "She has partnered on a few with us before."

The colt is out of the Dynaformer mare Kalaatah, dam of four winners, all her runners to date, including Raaeb, a Group 3 runner-up in the Bujr Nahaar Stakes (G3).

Second dam is the Listed-placed Teeba (Seeking The Gold), grand-dam of the Vosburgh Stakes (G1) winner Takaful, while third dam is Shadayid, a champion two-year-old of 1990 and dam of Bint Shadayid. (14:18)

This colt is out of the Invincible Spirit mare Invincible Me, dam of four winners, including the Greenham Stakes (G3) runner-up Mehmento (Mehmas). The mare was bought by Tally-Ho Stud for 50,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale 2015, this colt her most expensive yearling sold in the ring so far. (13:20)

"Relief!"said Michael Gleeson when asked to describe his emotion after the sale. "We knew that was a lot of interest, but to make that was beyond expectations. He was a pricey foal, but the sire's stud fee was €75,000 so we had paid accordingly. he came from Pat O'Kelly's great farm and New Bay is a fantastic stallion. We bought him to Book 2 so that he would be a standout."

Bred by Kilcarn Stud, the colt hails from a leading pedigree of champions being out of the Balanchine Stakes (G3) winner I Am Beautiful (Rip Van Winkle), a half-sister to the juvenile champion Rumplestiltskin, the dam of Tapestry, a champion three-year-old.

Third dam is the dual champion and 12-time winner Miesque, dam of Kingmambo. (12:45)

"I have seen him four times over the last few days, he has a great attitude and is by a great sire," said Ryan. "He never put a foot wrong every time I saw him, even coming up here, he is just a great physical, even as a May foal. I am delighted rto get him, and he is for a client in the yard."

The colt's Mastercraftsman dam Habbat Reeh is a half-sister to the multiple Listed race winner Boomshackerlacker.

This week, Night Of Thunder is currently averaging 300,500gns for 10 sold and a turnover of 3,005,000gns. (12:03)

Green Queen is a half-sister to the Listed winner Lady Galore, daughters of Spain, a dual Grade 1 winner in the US, and multiple graded race winner and performer. (11:26)

The colt was bred by Coln Valley Stud, sold by Watership Down Stud, out of the Cityscape mare Give And Take, winner of the Musidora Stakes (G3) from the family of the Irish Derby (G1) winner Fame And Glory. (11:13)

The colt is out of Freely, a winner in Italy, by Sea The Stars and an own-sister to Call Me Love, winner of the Premio Lydia Tesio (G2). His grand-dam is Field Of Hope, winner of the Prix de la Foret (G1). (10:23)

Catalogued: 271 (258)

Offered: 245 (232)

Sold: 214 (208)

Turnover: 24,988,500gns (+16%)

Median: 90,000gns (+38%)

Average: 116,769gns (+13%)

% Sold: 88% (90%)

Nos for 300,000gns+: 12

Nos for 100,000gns+: 99

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

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Amo Racing, 3. The Thoroughbred Racing Corporation

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Blue Point, 3. Havana Grey

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Starman 3. St Mark's Basilica

Lot 771: Starman (GB) / Emirates Empress (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland >> Amo Racing >> 525,000gns

Lot 668: Minzaal (IRE) / Chiclet (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Baroda Stud, Ireland >> Karl & Kelly Burke >> 450,000gns

Lot 757: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Edelline (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Plantation Stud >> The Thoroughbred Racing Corporation >> 450,000gns

Lot 719: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Dark Lady (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Cheveley Park Stud Ltd. >> Godolphin >> 425,000gns

Lot 727: Starman (GB) / Deep Impression (IRE) Ch.C. (IRE) >> Pier House Stud, Ireland Justin Casse / Amo Racing 360,000gns (20:43)

This colt was consigned by Chasemore Farm, is by Saxon Warrior and out of the Invincible Spirit mare Formidable Kitt, a daughter of the farm's Queen Mary Stakes (G2) winner Ceiling Kitty.

Formidable Kitt has had two winners from three runners, with Kitteridge Listed placed in the Pretty Polly Stakes. (20:26)

"She is my pick of the sale, from a very good dam line, she is a very easygoing filly, very racy, Starman can do little wrong, he has had winners today," said De Foy, adding: "I was very keen on the filly from the start of the day, she was one of my top three."

"Starman looks like he is getting horses who will go on as three-year-olds, he is getting horses who have a bit of size and scope, hopefully they progress on. He has had a very strong start. It is a very exciting time for us, we have bought some lovely horses with good pedigrees and by good stallions."

The filly was bred by Tally-Ho Stud and is a first foal out of Emirates Empress, who was bought by the farm for 30,000gns here at the December 2022 Sale.

Tony O'Callaghan said: "It is a great return on the mare's purchase, and it is an exceptional trade here for fillies. We are obviously delighted with Starman's progress, they should stay a mile. He has sucha great temperament."

Emirates Empress had a Kodiac colt foal this year and was covered by Cotai Glory. (19:27)

"This filly is our pick of the entire sale this week, she is what we are looking for, and by Night Of Thunder, who needs no introduction. She goes to William Haggas."

Of maintaining the focus when being a persistent underbidder, she said, "Last week we underbid five, but you need to keep standards and don't settle; buy the horse and the individual, not the market; buy what you want to look at in the spring."

The filly is a half-sister to two winners and out of a Cape Cross half-sister to the Group 3 winner and the Group 1 placed Emerald Commander, from the family of the Racing Post Trophy (G1) winner Commande Collins and Lit De Justice, a champion US sprinter. (18:45)

“We underbid five fillies last week at Book 1," said Jane Mangan after purchase. "It is very difficult to get the one you want, and we are very happy to get her because the dam’s bred two horses who have been rated over 110, while the first-season sire St Mark's Basilica has produced a Group 1-winning filly; it just made a bit of sense. There is no pressure on the trainer, but she looks a fast two-year-old!"

She added: “We’re trying to assemble fillies to breed from. Hopefully she runs and then we can have her as a broodmare, that’s the aim.”

The filly was bred and sold by Linden Bloodstock and is a great grand-daughter of Bahr, winner of the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2), and three times Group and Grade 1 placed. She is dam of Nahrain, winner of the Prix de l'Opera (G1), and grand-dam of Benbatyl, who was the 2019 European champion miler. (18:04)

"We have bought him in partnership with Amo to go to Joseph O'Brien," said Casse. "The stallion has been good to me and to Josephv – he has had a couple of graded stakes winners, one of whom I bought, as well a filly in France. Hopefully, we can replicate that success; this colt was standout for me today."

Of this colt, he said: "This colt walks a little better than North Coast, who is the one I bought last year; he has some reach and a good step."

And of working with Amo, "We bought two in America with Amo, we are working individually, but if we land on the same one, we might get together."

The February-born colt is out of the Footstepsinthesand mare Deep Impression, a half-sister to Gorongosa, a Grade 2 winner in South Africa. It is the family of Lycius, winner of the Middle Park Stakes and runner-up in the 2,000 Guineas (G1), the July Cup (G1), the Prix Jacques de le Marois (G1) and the Prix de la Salamandre (G1). (17:25)

"We are thrilled," said Cheveley Park Stud's Chris Richardson. "He is a lovely horse, with a great mind, and always puts his best foot forward.

"Mrs Thompson is a big fan of Night Of Thunder, we have Estrange by him, while last weekend's Dewhurst Stakes winner Gewan is out of a Lethal Force mare, who is a son of Dark Angel. We are lucky enough to be able to send two or three mares each year to the stallion, and it is great when a stallion can row a boat commercially and on the racecourse."

"He’s for Godolphin and will go to Moulton Paddocks,” said Stroud. “He’s bred very similarly to the Dewhurst winner on Saturday. Night Of Thunder has done amazingly well. He’s going to be champion sire and he’s got so many good horses.

“They seem to win over all sorts of distances; they’re very versatile and seem to have excellent temperaments. The progeny from his better books of mares are coming on-stream now so his results are only going to get better and better. It really highlights how important Dubawi is as a sire of sires.” (17:20)

She is from another branch of the stud's leading family of Field of Gold – this filly's grand-dam Pure Symmetry bought by Round Hill in January 2015 for $230,000. She is a daughter of Serena's Song, a sister to Serena's Sister, the great grand-dam of this year's dual Group 1 winner. (16:34)

He is out of Coconut Creme (Cape Cross), a half-sister to Sultanina, the dam of Pierre Bonnard (Camelot), the weekend's winner of the Zetland Stakes (G3). (15:57)

"She is lovely sort, vetted well and I am delighted to get her," said Burke. "We have bought a couple by the sire, and a few months back now Jim Cowley, who used to ride him, said that he was a lovely, laid-back horse and recommended the progeny to us and that we should have a look at them all. I have been impressed by them. She has been bought for an owner in the yard, I did not think that she would get to that amount, it is a lot of money, hopefully she can run!"

The filly was a pinhook purchase by Clunemore Lodge Stud for €85,000, the syndicate banner used by young pinhookers and school friends Fionn White (16), and brothers Jack (17) and Max Galway (13), whose father Richie Galway is racing manager at Punchestown racecourse and is a son-in-law of Jessica Harrington. Unbelievably, it is already the second big result in the sale ring for 16-year-old White – last year he sold a Gleneagles colt for 205,000gns whom he bought as a foal for €35,000.

"It is the stuff of dreams, I can't get around it!" smiled White. "The stallion could not have gone better for a first-crop stallion, she is a nice filly, we bought her off Rochestown Lodge Stud, and we weren't expecting anything like that!

"Hopefully, we will be back for more next year," he added, "but we are back in school tomorrow!"

The filly is closely related to the Mehmas black-type winners Saratoga Special, winner of the Lised Land O'Burns Fillies Stakes, and Turn On The Jets, who has also been Grade 2 placed in the US. (15:48)

The colt is an own-brother to the Listed winner and Group 3-placed Understated, and to Rubia Queen, the 2023-born filly and a winner in France since the catalogue was published. The siblings' grand-dam is the champion two-year-old Bianca Nera.

"He is going to France and into training with Andre Fabre," said Stroud after purchase. "His two-year-old sister won well the other day, he is a very nice horse, bred in France and gets the French premiums, so it is logical to send him to France to be trained. It is a nice current pedigree."

Consignor Julian Dollar of Newsells Park Stud said: "Nathaniel is the sire of nine Group 1 winners and four Classic winners, and this was just a lovely model. The mare has done so well with him already and the two-year-old won very nicely a few days ago, which did not hurt. I had loads of interest in him. He was sold as part of the Al Shahania Stud dispersal." (14:41)

This colt was a pinhook purchase for 75,000gns here last autumn, was bred by James Wigan and Willmo Bloodstock and is out of the Ribchester mare Canterbury Bell. She is daughter of the black-type performer Lavender Lane and is a half-sister to Lilac Road, winner of the Middleton Stakes (G2) and runner-up in the Prix Vermeille (G1) and third in the Nassau Stakes (G1). (14:05)

Bred by Lordship Stud, he was sold by New England Stud and is the first foal out of Bouquet (Dark Angel), the winner of one race as a two-year-old. She is a daughter of the Trigo Stakes (L) winner Bound, an own-sister to the Derby (G1~) winner Serpentine, the Kilboy Estates Stakes (G2) winner Wedding Vow, the Blue Wind Stakes (G3) winner Bye Bye Baby and Beacon Rock, winner of the Gallinule Stakes (G3).

It is the further family of the champion two-year-old Queen's Logic, the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Big Evs, the champion Dylan Thomas and the 1,000 Guineas winner Homecoming Queen and her daughter Shale, a champion two-year-old and winner of the Moyglare Stakes (G1).

Bound's fourth foal Bowmark (2022) is a son of Kingman and has collected Listed-placed form this year in the Burradon Stakes, while Italy, the mare's 2023-born son of Wootton Bassett, has finished third in this year's National Stakes (G1), and also second in both the Superlative Stakes (G2) and the Acomb Stakes (G3). (13:37)