This year for the first time, Tattersalls introduced a ‘select’ part within their mares and fillies catalogue, and for a first sale, they did attract some notable horses. They named the sale after the only filly to win four classics – Sceptre. She won the One thousand Guineas, then the Two Thousand Guineas before winning
The World Cup Qualifiers for Western Europe moved on to Madrid this weekend with classes for dressage and showjumping. Meanwhile the sales circuit moved back to Tattersalls in Newmarket for the annual foal sale, a sale which posted more records. Tina Cook, the event rider has announced her retirement. In Madrid, the first day of
The Future champion’s weekend at Newmarket saw two further Group 1 races for two year olds only. At Tattersalls, the October Yearling Book One took place during the week with records falling in just about every facet. In St Tropez hosted the top world show jumping classes of the week and in Birmingham, the annual
While showjumping and dressage World Cup shows in mainland Europe were being cancelled, this week saw the final week of thoroughbred sales at the Tattersalls complex in Newmarket and at Arqana in Deauville, France, and wow what a year both companies have enjoyed with many records broken. In 2020, the returns were, as expected, not
While the world economies have been ravaged by Covid 19 in 2020, the European bloodstock world has proved to be remarkably resilient. “Keep going and carry on” seems to have been the year’s moto? Although prices have been down this year and sales have had to be rescheduled on more than one occasion, business has
One of the conundrums of what this Covid-19 will do to business and international economies is something that we all have and this is no exception to the equine world in terms of prices obtained for horses and what demand there may or may not be? Traditionally, the thoroughbred market has been extraordinarily resistant to
To continue our video series, we post the video taken by Goldeneye of the sale of Dancing Rain – Champion race mare, winner of the Epsom Oaks and bred in the purple. See the video below. I have attended the sales at Tattersalls in Newmarket, selling the best of bloodstock the world has to offer
In a busy week of equine news, we look at the foals sales at Tattersalls in Newmarket, the dressage and showjumping world cup qualifiers in Madrid; the 5 star dressage and showjumping event in Stockholm; the announcement that Ben Maher’s ride Explosion W has been sold and the demise of multi-million dollar Phoenix Bloodstock. Foal
With the Tattersalls October yearling sales part one done, attention turned to the second part. This was for yearlings not considered in the top echelons of thoroughbred yearlings but it is a sale which produces a huge number of winners and good ones at that. Many regard this sale as a guide to the general
The Tattersalls October Sale each year is always anticipated by breeders, trainers, sellers and buyers alike. It has established itself as the top sale in Europe for thoroughbred yearlings, and many would say in the world. Tattersalls have sold the top priced yearling in the world for the last few years, and how they would
