A Tale of Two Sales
By Bill Oppenheim
The honors are pretty much divided, so far, after North America’s most important yearling sale, Keeneland September, last month, and Europe’s most important yearling sale, Tattersalls October Book 1, last week. Qatari Sheikh Joaan al Thani has had a pretty busy week: last Sunday he won the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with the unbeaten Motivator filly Treve; then, on Tuesday and Wednesday he announced his arrival on the sales scene, buying…