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Agents Peter and Ross Doyle secured the two highest-priced lots at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale on Thursday when the sale shifted down a gear for the two-session Part II. The session overall saw 144 yearlings change hands for €1,110,400, at a buyback rate of 29.4%. The average for the day was €7,711, and the median €5,500. Last year's Part II was comprised of just one session, during which 182 youngsters were sold for €1,636,200 at a 14.2% buyback rate. The average 12 months ago was €7,000. Trade was...

4.15 Newmarket, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT ALFARRIS (FR) (Shamardal) cost connections €460,000 at Arqana August and debuts in a maiden that often throws up future black-type winners. Out of a half to the MGSW Free Port Lux (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), whose own dam is the 2007 GI Beverly D S. heroine Royal Highness (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's bay represents the William Haggas stable and meets another notable in the similarly unraced Red Label (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Jon Kelly's 375,000gns TATOCT purchase is out...

Friday's G2 Shadwell Joel S. at Newmarket can act as a springboard to next month's G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. and Nathra (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) could possibly be the answer to a tricky conundrum in this renewal. Successful in the G3 Nell Gwyn S. over seven furlongs here Apr. 12, Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah's bay was also runner-up to La Cressonniere (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) in Deauville's G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches May 15. Not seen since finishing ninth in the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot June 17, she...

Brushed aside by fillies that are perhaps speedier at this stage of their career in the G2 Lowther S., Khalid Abdullah's Fair Eva (GB) (Frankel {GB}) steps up to what promises to be a more suitable seven-furlong trip as she bids to enhance her Classic pretensions in Friday's G2 Shadwell Rockfel S. at Newmarket. Not disgraced when losing her unbeaten tag in third behind Queen Kindly (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Roly Poly (War Front) in that six-furlong test at York Aug. 18, the homebred--who had previously impressed when powering to...

Impressive on debut when accounting for the subsequent dual winner Maths Prize (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) over seven furlongs at Sandown at the start of July, Larchmont Lad was third to Rodaini (Exchange Rate) when beaten in a three-way photo in the Listed Flying Scotsman S. also over this trip at Doncaster Sept. 9. Building on that experience of battle here, the bay who was always close to the early pace in third gained a narrow lead passing the furlong pole with four pursuers in close attendance. Chief threat among...

An additional opportunity to nominate has been added to the European Breeders Fund programme. Any horse sired by a stallion standing within Europe that is not registered to the EBF can now be nominated any time after Jan. 1 of their 2-year-old year at a one-off cost of €12,000, or the sterling or dollar equivalent. This new stage will also include those horses sired by a stallion standing outside of Europe (international stallions) not registered to the EBF in addition to the current nomination deadlines.

1st-NEW, £8,000, 9-22, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:39.17, g/f. +EMINENT (IRE) (c, 2, Frankel {GB}--You'll Be Mine {G1SP-Eng, $60,451}, by Kingmambo), who started at 6-1, tracked the leaders racing far side throughout the early stages. Sent to the front passing the qurter pole, the 150,000gns TATOCT yearling asserted to win by 2 3/4 lengths from Vantage Point (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the son of the 2003 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff and 2004 GI Santa Margarita Invitational H. heroine Adoration (Honor Grades). Azam (GB) (Dansili {GB}), the son of Giants Play (Giant's Causeway),...

Godolphin has completed the private purchase of Atty Persse (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), a first-out winner at Sandown Sept. 14 for owner/breeder Bjorn Nielsen. The bay, who was led out unsold at Tattersalls as a foal and a yearling for 200,000gns and 160,000gns, respectively, will remain under the care of trainer Roger Charlton. "He will remain with Roger Charlton, and it is Godolphin's first horse with him," Godolphin chief executive John Ferguson told the Telegraph. "Sheikh Mohammed saw him win at Sandown and was impressed. We're all delighted to have a...

Flat racing's weight-for-age scale will be adjusted across Europe next year for races 10 furlongs and above. Following extensive data analysis and research by the British Horseracing Authority and other nations, the decision was made to amend the scale to remove the clear advantage to 3-year-olds that the data reflected. The alterations will be minimal, and range from one pound at 10, 11 and 12 furlongs to three pounds over longer distances. The BHA's study compared the winning rate for 3-year-olds against older horses over six years. It looked at...

When Richard Tattersall set up his auction house back in 1766, he could scarcely have dreamt that 250 years later his name would be world renowned in bloodstock circles. His company has continued not just to exist but to thrive, and last year almost 6,500 Thoroughbreds walked the ring at Park Paddocks, chalking up till receipts narrowly in excess of £275 million. Almost a third of that harvest is reaped in three frenetic days in October when around 500 yearlings bearing the bluest of blood are gathered for Book 1...

2.0 Newmarket, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, c/g, 8fT AZAM (GB) (Dansili {GB})debuts for Al Mirqab Racing, who paid 260,000gns at Tattersalls for the son of Giants Play (Giant's Causeway), who beat Zagora (Fr) (Green Tune) in the 2011 GII New York S. That makes the John Gosden-trained bay ahalf-brother to the unbeaten Sir Michael Stoute-trained 3-year-old filly Playful Sound (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}) and a descendant of the high-class producer Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk). Among the other newcomers is his stablemate Vantage Point (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Fitri Hay, Susan Magnier, Michael...

Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) propelled John Kilbride and Adrian Keatley into the stratosphere with her G1 Irish 1000 Guineas win earlier this year, and a portion of her earnings were reinvested in the top lot on the second day of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, an Elzaam (Aus) colt purchased for €95,000. The conclusion of Wednesday's session marked the end of the two-day Part 1 of the sale, which cumulatively posted a gross, average and median slightly up on last year. The gross, at €10,209,700 for 409...