The February-born filly is out of the Declaration Of War mare Collegiate, the dam of two winners from three runners, including Small Oasis (Sioux Nation), twice third-placed in the Group 3 Oh So Sharp Stakes and the Athasi Stakes. (10:24)

His prize was awarded by Geoffrey Howson, the Hon. President of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents, and the presentation took place from Elliott's frequent bidding spot in the Tattersalls sale ring.

In 2024, Elliott’s purchases include top level winners under both codes – the Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me, and Teahupoo, winner of the Champion Stayers Hurdles at both Cheltenham and Punchestown.

This autumn, Elliott has bought 140 yearlings, and was an integral part of the team working with the season's big buyer Kia Joorabchian.

"This does mean a lot," said Elliott. "When Geoffrey approached me last year with a big bottle of whiskey after King Of Steel finished second in the Champions Stakes, I thought, 'I've done it!' but he just said, 'I'd like to inform you that you've finished second, it was a close run thing!'"

Elliott added: "This year as been unbelievable, every year it has been better and better, and you want to build to a year like that, but you never think that can happen – from the racing under both codes to the sales. All the support you get is so important and there are so many people to thank and so many working parts to the industry that go to make it a success.

"The big thing, and the important thing is to keep it going. I don't care too much about what has gone past, it is all about staying there and continuing to work with people who enable to you to buy horses that you have only dreamed of – I hated window shopping, a lot of people can find the horses, but not everyone gets the backing."

Howson said: ‘‘I first met Alex when he was assistant to Jamie McCalmont and helping source horses for trainer Ralph Beckett. When I noticed how diligently and productively Alex worked at the sales, I proposed him to become a member of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents – one of my more perceptive moves!

"When I informed Alex last year that he had been runner-up, he replied that he was determined to win in 2024 – he has been duly rewarded and now enjoys a wonderful client base.

"In addition to You Got To Me and Teahupoo, Alex’s successful purchases in 2024 include Terms Of Endearment, Bubbling and Magical Zoe. The final race of the Turf season, the November Handicap at Doncaster, capped Alex’s wonderful year when won by Lord Melbourne, a 16,000gns purchase. To date, Alex is also the purchaser 23 individual two-year-old winners in 2024, eight of whom are Tattersalls Book 1 £25,000 Bonus Winners.

"I have also been impressed by Alex’s dealings with the media following his ‘high-end’ purchases on behalf of Amo Racing and Partners at the yearling sales. Alex’s enterprise has been further exampled by his setting up Imperium as a consigning operation. This has already proved a success in prices achieved and stakes winners resulting from sales.’’

Elliott smiled: "Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing horses win, or increase in value, for people who have invested in my judgement. I would also like to thank my family for their unwavering support and my assistant Lucy Ryan for her unrelenting work behind the scenes. I have informed her we need to retain the title in 2025!’’ (10:05)

Catalogued: 303 (301)

Offered: 249 (250)

Sold: 204 (202)

Turnover: 8,996,000gns (+8%)

Median: 34,000gns (+10%)

Average: 44,098gns (+7%)

% Sold: 82% (81%)

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Whitsbury Manor Stud, 2. Barton Stud, 3. Newsells Park Stud Ltd.

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Yeomanstown Stud, 2. Peter & Ross Doyle, 3. Tally-Ho Stud

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Havana Grey, 2. Minzaal, 3. Showcasing

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Mehmas, 2. Blue Point, 3. Starspangledbanner

Lot 668: Mehmas (IRE) / Natalie's Joy (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Plantation Stud >> Creighton Schwartz Bloodstock / Kirsty Spence >> 200,000gns

Lot 444: Havana Grey (GB) / Fairy Dust (IRE) Gr.C. (GB) >> Whitsbury Manor Stud >> Yeomanstown Stud >> 180,000gns

Lot 588: Starspangledbanner (AUS) / Zoella (USA) B.F. (GB) >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd. >> R C Bloodstock >> 175,000gns

Lot 671: Blue Point (IRE) / Jeeds Legacy (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Northern Bloodstock Ltd. >> Yeomanstown Stud >> 175,000gns

Lot 620: Havana Grey (GB) / Roxie Lot (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Whitsbury Manor Stud >> Abercorn Investments >> 170,000gns (20:21)

The March-born colt is a half-brother to the Rose Bowl Stakes (L) winner Yah Mo Be There, and is the second foal out of the Night Of Thunder mare Shurakaa, daughter of the Group 3 performer Namhroodah.

Shurakaa cost McPhee 13,000gns at the February Sale in 2021. (19:57)

A homebred by Northern Bloodstock, the colt is the first foal out of the mare. She is an unraced daughter of Jeed (Mujtahid), who bred the Listed winner and Princess Margaret Stakes (G3) third-placed Nidhaal, the ancestress of the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1) third-placed Moss Gill, and Burwaaz, runner-up in the Flying Childers Stakes (G2).

Northern Bloodstock's Richard Auld, who is based in Northern Ireland, around five miles from Down Royal racecourse, said: "We have two foals make 100,000gns before but this is our highest price here so far, and we are delighted.

"The sire helped a lot – he was a very fast racehorse and this is a fast pedigree so we thought it would suit, speed with speed."

Of the family he added: "We have three daughters out of Jeed and this was the last foal, hence the name, she is the final instalment. The other two fillies raced and they are also back at home breeding and they have done well. Jeeds Legacy is not in-foal, but we will pick a good stallion for her next year now."

It is not the first time that the purchaser has bought one from Auld, and he said: "Yeomanstown has been lucky for me – they bought an Invincible Army out of Jeeds Legacy's sister [Lot 494, December Foal Sale 2021, 55,000gns], they got a lot of money for the colt as a yearling and he won first time out last week in Dubai [Attwaal, sold at the October Book 2 Sale for 115,000gns], and was very impressive. They know the family well."

Northern Bloodstock has had a draft of three sell here today – they have sold for an average price of 91,667gns.

Auld is heading back home, and is due to catch the 4am ferry tomorrow morning. (19:38)

Creighton said: "Mehmas is flying this year, she is out of a Lope De Vega mare, a similar cross to Persian Force and to Gubbass. She is a lovely black-type mare, the filly is a lovely physical, nice and well-grown, and it made a lot of sense."

He added of the price: "It was probably what we thought we'd have to pay – you would expect to pay that for a filly who is by such a proven a stallion and out of a black-type mare. If I had a foal like this I would be disappointed if it did not reach those sort of heights."

Kent is at Park Paddocks today and is fully involved in selection of any purchases, Creighton adding: "Ryan loves pedigrees and he is quite involved when he can looking at pictures and videos of stock. I always tell vendors that they should do this, it is important."

Plantation has a 20-lot draft here this week, and has so far sold six lots for an average price of 90,000gns.

Dam Natalie's Joy won two races at two, including the Rose Bowl Stakes (L). She was bought by Plantation Stud at the 2021 December Mares' Sale for 300,000gns. She is a grand-daughter of Blue Duster, a European champion two-year-old filly of 1995, winner of the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1). (18:30)

"This filly has been bought to race," said Twomey. "The way my model works, I attend every sale I am happy to buy them in training, as foals, in training, as yearlings or in utero, I don't mind when we get them as long as we get the good ones. When you get the chance to buy a nice filly like this, out of a good two-year-old you have to act, and I as a trainer might not get the chance to buy her if she went to a pinhooker."

He added: "The yearling sales were strong, but I am lucky to be well supported by a great group of owners, and if I say that I have seen a foal as a racing prospect, especially a filly they are included to add them to the list. We bought some yearlings on spec and luckily they were all sold quickly."

Of Havana Grey, he added: "I have not raced one by the sire but bought five by him in the autumn. When you see a sire doing what he has you pay attention, in the end I am trying to get the best ones I can." (18:12)

She was bred by St Albans Bloodstock out of the Speighstown mare Soula, a daughter of the Grade 3 US performer Qushchi (Encosta De Lago), dam of the US Grade 2 winner Mrs Sippy and the UK Listed winner Phantom Flight.

Third dam La Persiana is a Listed-winning half-sister to the European dual champion Grand Lodge. (17:36)

The farm has offered seven lots, all have sold, the septet has achieved an average price of 72,571gns with the Minzaal the top-priced lot in the draft.

"The Minzaal is a smashing foal, he did about his 130th show yesterday and just floated along and did it all very easily," said Dwan. "You still have to get it over the line, but when you have the right individuals they do it themselves."

Of the decision to use Minzaal on his Oasis Dream mare Freedom March, he said: "I loved him as a physical, he suited her pedigree well, he is a fast horse and it is quite a fast family. She is a great physical herself and throws a great foal every year – and they can run!"

Freedom March has has three foals, and all those sold as foals have fetched a six-figure sum. Her two runners so far have won, are BHA rated 99 and 100 with the 2021-born Spanish Phoenix (Phoenix Of Spain) a Group 2 fourth-placed in the Mill Reef Stakes.

She is in-foal to Mehmas. (16:54)

Of buying as a foal, he added: "We bought the Kingman out of Arcamist here last year and he is already broken and riding, it does help to slot them into our system early. She will go to Ireland from here, and Kia, as has everyone had a lot of luck with Havana Grey, he is a very good sire."

She is an own-sister to Holguin, a Listed winner and multiple black-type placed, and her third dam is Cox Orange, a Grade 3 winner in the US and dam of Vista Bella, third-placed in the 1,000 Guineas. (16:30)

"She will for resale," said McCartan. "She is beautiful filly and we loved her from the first time we saw her and she showed very well. She comes from a top farm, and Camelot is a very good stallion, and he has had a top year. We had a quick look at his results and everyone buys his stock – so hopefully one, even better two, of those buyers will show up next year!"

Of buying a more middle-stance type horse than perhaps Ballyphilip is known for, McCartan added: "When we started out we were starting out we concentrated on those speedy pages and precocious ones, but there is demand for the middle-distance sort, particularly with a filly.

Rainbow Rising, who was bought by Drumlin for just €6,000, is a half-sister to the Queen's Vase (G3) winner and St Leger runner-up Mahler, and the filly's third dam is Dancing Rocks, grand-dam of Footstepsinthesand. (15:55)

The filly is a half-sister to three winners, all the runners out of the mare so far, and all are BHA rated 84 or above, with Back See Daa (Lope De Vega) on a mark of 92 and now with a Listed third place to her name.

"She’s a lovely filly and by a great stallion,” said Kavanagh. “The mare’s a proven producer too, and there might be a bit more to happen in the family with two good siblings to race on – one has gone to Dubai and the other’s just got black-type. Starspangledbanner has been lucky for us in the past and he’s obviously a thoroughly proven stallion.

“Hopefully she’ll come back here next October. Book 1 will be the plan. We’re aiming for the top end of the October Sale trade. It was very strong this year and, hopefully, we can catch it next year too.”

On the price, Kavanagh added: “We were a bit beyond where we wanted to be, we actually thought we mightn’t be able to get to her, but we got there in the end. She’s got a bit of developing to do, but hopefully she’ll do it.” (15:19)

"She is a beautiful filly, she is queen, we waited for her all day," said Tom Malone, after purchasing the filly via the online platform. "She has been bought for Frannie and Niamh Woods Abbeylands and will to be returned to Newmarket next year. We think a lot of Ghaiyyath, she is out of Sea The Stars mare and her yearling brother by Mehmas made 200,000gns in Book 1, bought by Ross Doyle and with Richard Hannon."

The filly's second dam Euphrasia (Windsor Knot) boasts Group 1 placed form in the Tattersalls Gold Cup. (15:00)

The colt was sold by Whitsbury Manor Stud, who bought the dam Enchanted Linda (Charm Spirit), a three-time winner, at this sale 2019 for 11,000gns.

Her yearling of this year, also by Sergei Prokofiev, was bought by Avenue Bloodstock and Alice Haynes for 70,000gns at the Somerville Sale, and she is in-foal to Havana Grey. (14:05)

"He is by a good proven sire, he is a nice sort with a pedigree and we will look to come back with him to October Book 1 or Book 2," said Michael Fitzpatrick speaking from his regular seat at the front of the ring.

The February-born colt is a half-brother to the Listed winner and Group 2-placed filly Stylistique (Dansili) and out of Sleek (Oasis Dream), who is a half-sister to Group 3 Balanchine Stakes winner Bye Bye Birdie. It is the further family of the Group 1 winners Eagle Mountain, Sulk and Dank.

Sleek was bred by London Thoroughbred Services and bought at the December Foal Sale 2010 by Brian Grassick Bloodstock on behalf of Carisbrooke Stud for 120,000gns. (12:53)

"I have liked what I have seen of the Perfect Powers so far," said purchaser Ross Doyle. "This is a lovely, deep-bodied filly, she is a lovely shape and I thought she was a bit of standout, filly-wise. She has been bought for a client for resale, but, if for some reason that does not work out, they will be happy to race."

The filly was sold by Whatton Manor Stud, who bred her in partnership out of the winning Kyllachy mare Vaulted, purchased here at the July Sale in 2020 by Blandford Bloodstock for 60,000gns. Her first foal Scrum (Ulysses) is a winner since the catalogue was published.

Bred by Cheveley Park Stud, Vaulted is a half-sister to Spacious (Nayef), winner of the Group 2 Windsor Forest Stakes and the May Hill Stakes (G2) and a runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas (G1), the Falmouth Stakes (G1) and the Matron Stakes (G1), and to Dimension, a Group 2 and a Grade 2 winner at Woodbine. (12:17)

He is a first foal out of the unraced Twilight Son mare Nancy Starling, who is a half-sister to Tariq, winner of the Lennox Stakes (G2) and the Jersey Stakes (G3) and placed third in the Lockinge Stakes (G1) and the Coventry Stakes (G2), and to the dams of the Group 3 winners Mobsta, Snazzy Jazzy and Ross Castle. (11:38)

Robert O'Callaghan, who was bidding from the right stair well, said: "The sire speaks for himself but we sold a couple of good ones by him in the autumn, and this colt is one of our top picks of today. He is out of a good fast mare, by a good fast stallion and will come back next year."

The two yearlings by the sire sold by Yeomanstown in October were a colt out of Radio Gaga (Lot 366), who fetched 450,000gns and was bought by Karl, Kelly, Lucy Burke, and a colt out of Lady Sparkles (Lot 880), purchased by Amo Racing for 300,000gns. (10:55)

She is a daughter of Lubinka, a Mastercraftsman daughter who was the winner of one race as a three-year-old and achieved a BHA rating of 100. Her juvenile of this year Mirabeau (Territories), is the winner of one race and is BHA rated 100 after a close-up fifth place finish in the Horris Hill (G3). on her last start of the season. (10:30)

Selling starts at 10am. (09:46)

Catalogued: 221 (259)

Offered: 182 (227)

Sold: 111 (135)

Turnover: 1,341,500gns (-12%)

Median: 9,000gns (+13%)

Average: 12,086gns (+8%)

% Sold: 61 per cent

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Barton Stud, 2. Whitsbury Manor Stud, 3. Mickley Stud

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. KCS Bloodstock, 2. Yeomanstown Styd, 3. Tally-Ho Stud

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Sergei Prokofiev, 2. Space Traveller, 3. Kameko

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Space Traveller, 2. A'Ali, 3. Perfect Power

Top five lots

Lot 385: Space Traveller (GB) / Burmese Waltz (GB) B.C. (IRE) >> Barton Stud >> KCS Bloodstock >> 82,000gns

Lot 376: Nathaniel (IRE) / Talema (FR) B.C. (GB) >> Altenbach Bloodstock >> Tally Ho Stud >> 55,000gns

Lot 387: Pinatubo (IRE) / High Hopes (GB) B.C. (IRE) >> Barton Stud >> St Simon Bloodstock >> 50,000gns

Lot 364: Sergei Prokofiev (CAN) / Bilandy (GB) B.F. (GB) >> Whitsbury Manor Stud >> Grangemore Stud >> 42,000gns

Lot 271: A'Ali (IRE) / Kelapa (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Barton Stud >> Yeomanstown Stud >> 40,000gns (17:25)

"The company is nearly 260 years old, so to have a first female auctioneer is quite a moment," he said. "Tattersalls is viewed as a very traditional company and it is quite nice to buck the trend and be the first to achieve this. It is a great achievement on Shirley's behalf, she has put a lot of work into this. She was obviously nervous this morning, but she will be a lot freer and relaxed going forwards."

He added: "The last six months we have worked quite intensively on it, she has been selling at fine art sales in Ely, but it is quite intimidating being up there for the first time."

Of the move for Anderson-Jolag to develop her role on the rostrum, Mahony said: "During the Covid period, Shirley was bid spotting on the outside podium and she was very good at it, and built a good rapport with the bidders. When the pandemic came to an end, she came to me and said that if there was ever a chance of trying out, she would be interested in auctioneering. I said, 'Of course, let's have a go', and it has really developed from there.

"I have to admit I was a little bit nervous for her today. Over the years I have taught a lot of people, and when they first get up you always hoping that it goes ok. Before she went up to the rostrum I just said to her to just imagine that she was practising like we had been and then she would be fine, and she was." (17:10)

Blain said: "He is out of High Hopes and was bred by Charlie Wyatt of Duke Stud. They do a great job and Charlie and Will kindly give us the horses to sell –they are lovely people and it is great to get a result for them.

"The mare is coming through the ring next week because they are sliming down a bit. Dukes is a beautiful stud, they bred lovely horses and it is just a pleasure to be part of such an historic operation, and we have been selling for them for three or four years. It is nice to get them some money.

"They have a lovely draft of foals to sell on Friday." (16:15)

Consignor Tom Blain said: "He was a talking horse for today, and I was told that he was a stand-out foal today. He is a beautiful colt, a beautiful mover, a beautiful colour – and to be fair the stallion is a beauty. This foal is a perfect example of what you hope to get if you send a mare to a stallion like that."

He added: "Steve Parkin wanted to show the industry that the stallion is producing good foals, and I think this foal has achieved that – and he has a good pedigree with a Royal Ascot winner this year. He is good enough to be offered any day, this week, but today has paid off and all the judges were on him, all the pinhookers."

Purchasers Mick and Ciara Carty are at Tattersalls and Ciara said: "For us, he was the best physical today. He walks well, has size and scope and is only a May foal and stood out for us.

"We can't fault the sire – he was a good racehorse. We underbid one by him last week, another good physical and the stallion seems to be stamping his stock. This colt has a nice pedigree, too, and we will hope to bring him back here for the October Sale, we will see how he develops." (16:10)

Roger O'Callaghan said: "He is a very athletic foal, by a good sire in Nathaniel and will be coming back here for resale."

Consignor Alexandra Whitehead, from outside the colt's stable and with the team's draft of foals selling through the week, said: "We are delighted with that. He has been a lovely straightforward colt, he has showed well from the start and settled in well here. he is a lovely mover, and the sire is doing very well.

"The mare is in-foal to Golden Horn." (16:00)

"I hope his first crop will train on and there is no reason why they shouldn't, and there is no reason why he won't get another bunch of two-year-olds next year. His horses are precocious and two-year-old types, if they train on great and if they don't there is a second crop of juveniles to come and he will have the numbers."

Of future sale plans for the filly, O'Callaghan continued: "We will have to see how she comes on and reassess her. She is a January foal and she could be a good Book 2 filly.

Of the year that he and the whole family have enjoyed, O'Callaghan reflected: "I knew I had some very good horses to sell, and it is fantastic that Dark Angel has had a great year. It means an awful lot to the family that he is champion sire, and I am so proud of Charyn that he was a big part of that. It was an incredible achievement for Charyn to have done what he did. We might never do it again – but we will keep trying!"

Consignor Ed Harper of Whitsbury Manor Stud said: "We are happy with that and we always try and put a couple of decent stands outs on the first day, and she was not missed. She has been very busy, Sergei has had a great year, top of the league by prize-money and by winners and very nearly had a Breeders' Cup winner. We are cuffed with how he has gone.

"This is a family we have been breeding from for along time, Showstoppa the grand-dam we have still got at home, she has bred a lot of good ones. I think we have three daughter of her at home, all in-foal to Havana Grey so it is a busy page.

"The Havana Grey first foal we sold for 60,000gns and she came back and made 120,000gns to Anthony Stroud, so that was a great start for the mare and gave confidence to the people buying this one. This filly is probably the best we have brought to market for today."

And looking ahead to later in the week when Harper is due to sell the Frankel own-sister to Chaldean [Lot 945], he said: "It is with nervous excitement, we have some big guns. The Frankel full-sister a momentous occasion for us to sell her and she starts showing tomorrow." (15:51)

"This colt will be for resale," reported leading pinhooker McCartan. "We like Ardad, we have a breeding right in him and we wanted to buy one by him this week, he has got a big crop coming along and to run for him next year.

"We also sold one by him this autumn to Kilbride Equine / Sean Quinn, the half-brother to White Lavender, and this colt was not unlike him. This colt's dam is a young mare, it is a very strong page and very happy with that."

That half-brother to White Lavender was sold at the October Book 2 Sale as Lot 785 for 125,000gns. (14:44)

He is out of the Iffraaj mare Fourth Way, who was a 6f winner at two, finished third in the 7f Radley Stakes (L) and was BHA rated 93 at her best. She is he dam of one winner from two runners. (14:22)

His dam is the winning and Listed-placed mare Dance Legend (Camelot) and his grand-dam is the winning and Listed-placed mare Syvilla (Nayef).

The foal was sold by Nuthurst Farm Stud.

Space Traveller is by Bated Breath and won the Jersey Stakes (G3) and the Boomerang Stakes (G2). He was also three-times Grade 1 placed in the US in the Frank E Kilroe Mile, the Woodbine Mile Stakes and the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational. (13:57)

The colt is a first foal out of the three-year-old-winning homebred Aclaim mare Kelapa, a three-quarters sister to Rocky Ground (Acclamation) and a Listed winner of the Leisure Stakes.

The stallion's first crop are yearlings of this year and they averaged 30,857gns at Tattersalls this autumn. The top price of 200,000gns was given by Stroud Coleman for a colt out of Royal Empress and sold by Yeomanstown Stud in the October Book 2 Sale, the colt previously a December Foal Sale 67,000gns pinhook purchase.

This sale is the best result in the ring for Bob and Fiona Temple of Saxtead Livestock, who not only have had great success today but also won one of the legs of the A'Ali Sporting Chance promotion competition, a trip last October to Paris for the Rugby World Cup final.

"We bred the mare and raced her ourselves," said Fiona Temple. "We have a breeding right in the stallion, and we have had two nice colts by him this year. Our mares tend to be quite big and he is a neat stallion, and was a speedy."

Of the trip to the rugby, she added: "We had an amazing time in Paris for the rugby, it was something we would never have done so it was a thrill to have gone and it was brilliant."

Of this sale, she said: "We did not think he'd make that much, but he has always been nice, came through his prep really well and has showed here well. We are over the moon that Yeomanstown have bought him – it is so important that the horses go on to good homes, especially as he is a first foal out of the mare, he will get every chance now."

The couple are selling four colts this week, having deciding to offer them as foals rather than as yearlings.

"They were all nice sorts and, as we do all the work ourselves, it is easier to deal with the colts as foals rather than yearlings," continued Temple. "We have a Stradivarius to sell on Saturday and we think he is the nicest of the lot." (12:50)

It is the further family of the Group race winners Dress Rehersal, Muthmir, My Titania, My Oberon and My Propsero. (12:09)

The filly's successful sale produced a round of applause and, when Anderson-Jolag emerged from the rostrum after selling her draft of five lots, after initially being at a slight loss for words and a little overcome with emotion, she explained: "When I decided that this is what I wanted to do, it has been two years of practising, with a good solid year of practice with Edmond [Mahony].

"Harvey Bell has been really helpful, too, and I have sold cattle, antiques, sold after auction races and at charity events. About a year and a half ago it was Hannah Wall and David Redvers who gave me my first charity auction at a hunt ball – they kind of made me do it, which was great as I would probably have said no."

She smiled, adding: "It has been nothing but positive from everyone, and I am glad I have finally done it. Standing behind Edmond to go up to the front of the rostrum I felt as sick as a dog, but I knew I had the support of people and, once I saw people coming into the ring, that made me really happy, it was lovely. Once I got that first lot under my belt, I was okay."

Anderson-Jolag returns to the rostrum on Saturday for a stint on the last day of foals and she added: "Hopefully, in five years it will be norm, and loads of women will be doing this. It did weigh on me a bit coming into day, but only for positive reasons because I wanted to be good for other women coming through." (11:58)

Catalogued: 198 (188)

Offered: 168 (162)

Sold: 138 (127)

Turnover: 7,170,000gns (+50%)*

Median: 30,000gns (+50%)*

Average: 51,957gns (+38%)*

% Sold: 82 per cent

Top lot: Lot 63: Dark Angel (IRE) / Entreat (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Clara Stud, Ireland >> Henry Lascelles >> 900,000gns*

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Clara Stud, 2. Barton Stud, 3. The Castlebridge Consignment

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Henry Lascelles, 2. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 3. Willingham

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

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Dark Angel, 3. Blue Point

Top five lots

Lot 63: Dark Angel (IRE) / Entreat (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Clara Stud, Ireland >> Henry Lascelles >> 900,000gns

Lot 53: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Crimean Queen (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Norelands, Ireland >> Jamie McCalmont Bloodstock >> 400,000gns

Lot 46: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Cloudy Dawn (IRE) B.C. (GB) Barton Stud >> Willingham >> 375,000gns

Lot 140: Sea The Stars (IRE) / My Timing (GB) Ch.F. (IRE) >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> William Haggas >> 360,000gns

Lot 18: Blue Point (IRE) / Achnaha (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Plantation Stud >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 240,000gns

The top four lots sold this year are in the top six best prices ever at the December Yearling Sale (17:03)

In 2022, Roderic Kavanagh and his team bought a colt by Havana Grey for 42,000gns and sold him for 625,000gns at the 2023 Craven Sale. He went on to be named Vandeek and went on to win the Group 2 Richmond Stakes, the Group 1 Prix Morny, the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes.

In 2023, Kavanagh spent 125,000gns on the Galileo colt out of Manderley, sold by The Caslebridge Consignment. At this spring's breeze-up the colt, one of just a dozen in the last crop of the champion sire, was bought by Godolphin for 1,000,000gns.

Today, Kavanagh went to 68,000gns for this colt by Mohaather, sold by Shadwell Estate Company Ltd. He is a half-brother to the Group 3 Sweet Solera Stakes winner Tajaanus, the Listed-placed pair Motafaawit and Al Shibli, and is a grandson of the champion juvenile filly Naragora.

This has also been a successful sale for the colt's first-season sire Mohaather – he is sire of the Group 2 Molecomb Stakes winner Big Mojo, bought at this sale last year by Quirke Bloodstock for 175,000gns. (16:29)

Out of the three-year-old winner Oceanie (Dansili), and a half-brother to La Mehana, winner of the Waya Stakes (G3) and placed third in the Prix de Royalieu (G1), and to Ocean Fantasy, a 2019 champion two-year-old in Germany, he was sold by European Sales Management. (15:26)

Sold by The Castlebridge Consignment, it is the further family of Time Charter, the champion older mare of 1983, winner of the Coronation Cup (G1), hte King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1), the Champion Stakes (G1), the Oaks (G1), the Sun Chariot Stakes (G2) and the Prix Foy (G3). (15:01)

The chestnut colt by Night Of Thunder is out of the German Listed winner and Group 3 placed mare Mambo Light (Kingmambo), dam of six international winners, including Le Juge, a Group 3 winner in Australia, Frankel Light, a French Listed winner, and Via Serendipity, a Listed winner in Britain.

Second dam, the Group 1-placed Piquetnol, an own-sister to Chimes Of Freedom, is dam of the Group 3 winner Dietrich and ancestress of seven black-type winners. (14:36)

The March-born filly is a half-sister to Regional, a Group 1 winner of the Haydock Sprint Cup and runner-up in the King Charles III Stakes (G1), and to Al Maktoum Challenge (G1) runner-up Franz Strauss. Her 2022 Too Darn Hot half-sister Toon Much Heaven finished second on her only start to date. (13:31)

"She has got an amazing pedigree, two of her siblings will be stallions, there is a lot of Pivotal coming through," said Lascelles. "She is not going to be an early type, she will be a broodmare of the future and has been bought for a British owner-breeder. She will be in trained in England, plans are not made yet. She is a big girl and she will take a bit of time, but the mare is an amazing producer. We thought with that pedigree, and with the underbidder, we would have to get to that sort of price."

The smiling breeder and consignor James Cloney said: "She was due to sell in Book 1, but, typically, just as you get the update [Camille Pissarro], you get a set back – she got cast in her box two days before her sale date. These things happen, it is great for Tattersalls to put on today and deliver this result."

He added: “She’s some mare, she just pours pure class into her stock. It’s an emotional rollercoaster with her but when she does it, she does it so well. As breeders, we’re all dreamers and you do kind of dream for this to happen. It’s unbelievable that it just keeps happening with this mare. It’s kind of exciting, especially because Entreat has travelled to Justify so we’re expecting a nice foal by him in early January. She’s back with me now, she came back home in May, so she’ll be getting an extra scoop of nuts this evening!

“With her, I feel she’s so unique. Sometimes you get mares who produce good racehorses but they don’t perform at the sales. But in my eyes, and I think in a lot of peoples’ eyes, she ticks every box because she’s able to throw the stock and then they go and back it up. There’s not too many mares with two Group 1s winners under their belt, or four stakes winners, especially all by different stallions.

“She stamps her stock no matter what stallion she goes to. This is a big strong filly and I’d draw a lot of comparisons with Camille Pissarro. I know I might sound biased but I actually thought she might be that little bit stronger at the same stage."

Of plans, he added: "Of next year's cover we will think about now, we wanted to wait and see what happened today. That has let us shop around and wherever we like. She is very versatile and we are not tied in any kind of way, we have to put the thinking hats on, but she is a family pet and a complete star."

This filly is the second-most expensive yearling sold out of the mare so far – Camille Pissarro was bought at the 2023 October Book 1 Sale by MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 1,250,000gns.

The 18-year-old Entreat has been an absolute gold mine for the farm, the daughter of Pivotal bought here in 2016 by BBA Ireland for Cloney for just 14,000gns. (12:48)

"She has been bought for Marc Chan," said McCalmont. "He has the brother Seacruiser who we hope will be a really nice horse for next year. We bought Sir Dinadan from Norelands last year and Seacruiser, and Green Impact was raised there. It was a farm that was founded by Harry [McCalmont] and my grandfather, there is a lot of sentiment, and, more importantly, it seems to be working."

Of this filly, he added: "She is a lot short-coupled than her brother, he looks like a real 1m4f horse. Marc wants to start breeding horses and Sea The Stars is a a great broodmare sire and if the brother ends up really good, it will be really nice to have a sister. Marc is really happy, he really wanted this filly." (12:26)

Cox said: "We felt he is a very likeable horse, by a stallion who is doing a particularly good job and he is out of a race mare. He fits the plans we are trying to put together to get a good batch of horses to go to the races. We will break him in and we will worry about a trainer further down the line."

Of international plans, he added: "We will start him off in the UK and obviously we have an enterprise in Australia and if he fits the bill further down the line that is a possibility, but the short and medium term is in Europe." (12:03)

Out of the Oasis Dream mare Beta Tauri, the filly is a half-sister to the Australian Group 3-placed filly Coco Jamboo (11:44)

"He is for Mark and Charlie Johnston," said Stroud after purchase. "He is by Blue Point and a very nice horse, Mark likes him."

The colt is out of the Haatef mare Achnanha, a winner of the Listed Eyrefield Stakes and third in the Park Express Stakes (G3), the Waya Stakes and the Orchid Stakes (G3) and was sold by Plantation Stud.

"We are delighted with that ," said manager James Berney, "a good start to the week, hopefully it will continue. He missed his earlier slot, that might have worked out for the best, he has done very well through the autumn. The mare's first runner has been placed and looks like she should win, and it is a good start for the mare. She is in-foal to Ardad." (11:19)

"Thady came and found him," reported Gosden. "He is a lovely sort, scopey, a good mover and, of course, we know the sire well through Mishriff. We will put together a syndicate to own him."

The colt was bred by Moyglare Stud and initially purchased by today's consignor Dermot Cantillon of Tinnakill Stud for €30,000 in February.

"I don't pinhook too many foals, but I am a big admirer of that family and when I saw him in the ring in February, I just took a liking to him and bought him," recalled Cantillon. "I like stayers and I like late foals, when everyone else is going the other way, I like to buck the trend.

"It was always the plan to come to this sale because he was a May foal and he looked like he was going to need every day. It was always the plan – and he has made way more than I was expecting."

The Moyglare mare Unaccompanied won the Listed Alleged Stakes and two grade 1 races over hurdles – the December Hurdle and the Spring Juvenile Hurdle. She was also placed in the Triumph Hurdle (G1). She comes from the leading Moyglare Stud family of the farm's current staying star, Kyprios.

She has bred three winners from four runners, including Keep In Touch, a winner at two and twice Listed placed. (10:39)