Catalogues for Books 2, 3 and 4 of Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Now Online

The catalogues for Books 2, 3 and 4 of the 2021 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale are online now and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. Book 2 features 808 yearlings and will take place Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th October, Book 3 has 612 lots catalogued and will take place Thursday 14th and Friday 15th October, while Book 4 has a further 98 yearlings selling on the morning of Saturday 16th October.

This year’s October Book 2 stars ADDEYBB, EBRO RIVER, LADY BOWTHORPE, STATE OF REST, SUBJECTIVIST and ZAAKI have claimed Group/Grade 1 triumphs around the globe in Australia, Ireland, the UK and the USA to provide the best possible advertisement for Europe’s largest yearling sale.  

The 2021 catalogue features own or half brothers and sisters to an impressive 167 Group and Listed winners including the CRACKSMAN half-brother to European Champion older horse AL KAZEEM and the GLENEAGLES half-brother to Classic winner PRECIEUSE. Further siblings to Group/Grade 1 winners catalogued include the KINGMAN half-brother to Middle Park winner CHARMING THOUGHT, the SHOWCASING half-brother to Queen Anne Stakes winner ACCIDENTAL AGENT and full-brothers to MARGOT DID and RIVER BOYNE, alongside half-sisters to LIBRISA BREEZE and LA PELOSA by FRANKEL and MUHAARAR respectively.

Group 2 winners SANDRINE and ASYMMETRIC are amongst the leading two year olds in Britain this season and both have half-brothers catalogued by ROARING LION and GLENEAGLES respectively, as does this year’s dual Group 1 runner-up DRAGON SYMBOL whose half-brother is by ADAAY.  

In addition there are 113 sons and daughters of Group and Listed winning mares catalogued, including the CHURCHILL colt out of the Champion racemare ISLINGTON, the PIVOTAL colt of Group 1 winner ALLEGRETTO and daughters of Group/Grade 1 winners DYNAFORCE and VOLEUSE DE COEURS by CRACKSMAN and NATIONAL DEFENSE respectively.  

The sires index makes equally impressive reading with 22 of the current top 25 sires in Britain and Ireland represented including AUSTRALIA, CAMELOT, DANDY MAN, DARK ANGEL, FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND, FRANKEL, GALILEO, GLENEAGLES, INVINCIBLE SPIRIT, KINGMAN, KODIAC, LE HAVRE, LOPE DE VEGA, MEHMAS, NIGHT OF THUNDER, NO NAY NEVER, SEA THE STARS, SHOWCASING, SIYOUNI, WOOTTON BASSETT and ZOFFANY.

Tally Ho Stud’s proven Group 1 sire KODIAC leads the way numerically with 42 yearlings catalogued and Whitsbury Manor Stud’s SHOWCASING follows closely on his heels with 38. AUSTRALIA, DARK ANGEL, LOPE DE VEGA and ZOFFANY feature amongst the 10 leading sires in Europe and have an impressive 20, 27, 24 and 25 yearlings catalogued respectively.

There are 16 first crop sires represented including Classic and Group 1 winners CRACKSMAN, EXPERT EYE, HARRY ANGEL, HAVANA GREY, JUSTIFY, LIGHTNING SPEAR, ROARING LION, SAXON WARRIOR, SIOUX NATION, U S NAVY FLAG and UNFORTUNATELY in addition to 25 yearlings from the first Northern Hemisphere bred crop of Champion Australian sire ZOUSTAR.

Overseas based sires have always added an extra dimension to Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale and top French based sires LE HAVRE and SIYOUNI have 19 yearlings catalogued between them, with USA based sires KITTEN’S JOY, MORE THAN READY and UNCLE MO also represented.

Book 3 of the 2021 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, which follows immediately after Book 2, takes place Thursday 14th and Friday 15th October and numbers 612 lots. Book 4 comprises an additional 98 lots and will take place on the morning of Saturday 16th October. All of the yearlings in Books 3 and 4 of the October Yearling Sale are eligible for the ever-popular £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes and the catalogues include yearlings by current top 30 sires AUSTRALIA, DARK ANGEL, IFFRAAJ, KODIAC, MASTERCRAFTSMAN, MAYSON, MEHMAS, NATHANIEL, NIGHT OF THUNDER, OASIS DREAM, SHOWCASING and ZOFFANY.

Commenting on Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said;

“Group 1 winners on the global stage as well as the current highest rated two year old in Europe, EBRO RIVER, are the best possible advertisements for Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. The second week of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale is the focus for so many yearling buyers from throughout Europe and further afield and the demand for places has enabled us to assemble outstanding catalogues which, as ever, will showcase so many of the best British and Irish bred yearlings and will cater for all sectors of the market.”