Book 1 of last year's Tattersalls October Sale was headed by a pair of Dubawi colts, each of whom sold for 2.6 million guineas. The two are among 425 yearlings to have been signed up for the second year of the Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus, which offers a £25,000 pay-out to the winners of 300 eligible maiden and novice 2-year-old races in Britain and Ireland.
More than £1 million was distributed in bonuses in 2016 to 42 individual winners, the first being Global Applause, who was trained by Ed Dunlop to win the Hot Streak Future Stars Maiden at Newmarket during the QIPCO Guineas Festival and went on to win the Listed National S. and finish third in the G2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef S.
“Global Applause's owner Johnny Hon bought one yearling at October Book 1 in 2015. He won over £30,000 for winning his maiden and because of the bonus specifically targeted Book 1 last year. I've said it before, and I will say it again: the Book 1 Bonus is a fantastic incentive,” said Dunlop.
With 86% of the yearlings from last year's Book 1 now eligible for the bonus scheme, Tattersalls' Chairman Edmond Mahony added, “We were confident that the £25,000 October Book 1 Bonus would quickly capture the imagination of owners and trainers and the huge number of entries reflects the overwhelmingly positive response to the scheme.
“A key part of the scheme's popularity is that it rewards owners at every level of the market. Twenty-one of last year's 42 Book 1 Bonus winners were purchased for 100,000 guineas or less and 13 of those were bought for between 28,000 and 50,000 guineas.”
He continued, “Owners and trainers should note that owing to more changes made in February by the BHA to the 2-year-old Flat novice and maiden race programme we have, by necessity, made amendments to the original conditions outlined in the catalogue for Book 1 of the 2016 October Yearling Sale. Almost certainly the number of Book 1 Bonus eligible races will increase as a result of the BHA changes, but it is important that participants are aware of the amendments, and the full conditions are on our website. The start of the turf Flat season is not far away and we are enormously looking forward to another year of rich rewards for owners who bought at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.”
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