{"id":291399,"date":"2023-10-06T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=291399"},"modified":"2023-10-06T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:24:16","slug":"newmarkets-famous-tattersalls-auction-produces-plenty-of-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/newmarkets-famous-tattersalls-auction-produces-plenty-of-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Newmarket&apos;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Newmarket&#8217;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama as buyers seek a future champion&#8230; with sales of 2,000,000 &#8216;guineas&#8217; generated in the first 15 minutes<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The\u00a0Tattersalls auction in Newmarket produced drama aplenty this week\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Buyers were quick to splash cash as they sought out a future champion horse\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outside the theatre of hopes and dreams, a young chestnut colt is tentatively jig-jogging on the spot as he waits to be paraded.<\/p>\n<p>It is just before 11am on Wednesday and on his hindquarters is a badge with the number 178. He is the first lot on the second day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales from Book 1 \u2014 the tome with the most beautifully bred horses in the world.<\/p>\n<p>And this little chap, who has second thoughts about walking into the ring, is the product of high-achieving parents. His father, Siyouni, competed in all the best races over a mile before retiring in 2010. Since then, he has become one of the most influential sires in the business.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Vorda, was champion two-year-old in France in 2013 and, as a broodmare, has produced five winners. There is a buzz of expectation as auctioneer John O\u2019Kelly runs through a few regulations before No 178 trots in under the spotlights.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018May I remind,\u2019 O\u2019Kelly says. \u2018The minimum sale for a horse here is \u00a35,000. We wish you a successful day \u2014 this is the sale that produces all those Classic winners.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/08\/76239187-12601267-image-a-1_1696579070972.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The famous\u00a0Tattersalls horse auction caused plenty of drama and bidding wars this week<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t get much for \u00a35,000 here. Soon No 178 walks obediently in a circle and O\u2019Kelly speaks so quickly it\u2019s hard to grasp what he is saying. Behind him, on a screen, numbers are turning over at a speed you would associate with a petrol pump. The total is shown in four other currencies: Australian and US dollars, Euros and Yen.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Four hundred\u2026 425\u2026 do I have 450? I do! Back to you, sir. Will you go to 475? You will. Do I have anymore? It\u2019s going now,\u2019 says O\u2019Kelly, bringing his gavel down with a crack. \u2018Sold to MV Magnier. Congratulations. I hope he\u2019s as lucky as the others (by Siyouni) have been for you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So, the first sale of the day is done. For 475,000 guineas \u2014 a guinea, in old money, is a pound and a shilling \u2014 Magnier, representing the formidable Coolmore operation, has acquired a youngster with limitless potential and kick-started a day of dramatic trading.<\/p>\n<p>It is a who\u2019s who of the racing world, with all the top trainers looking to re-stock, but there are so many other faces, from Alan Brazil and Ossie Ardiles to Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and his brother Sheik Ahmed. Members of the public are out in force too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/08\/76239193-12601267-image-a-2_1696579076584.jpg\" height=\"714\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There was a buzz of expectation as rapid-fire auctioneer John O&#8217;Kelly ran through regulations\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tattersalls Sales were established by Richard Tattersall in 1776 at Hyde Park Corner. The Yearling Sales had spells in Knightsbridge Green and Doncaster but, since 1958, they have taken place in Newmarket and the facility drips with history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The fascination of it all,\u2019 says Sir Mark Prescott, one of the town\u2019s most respected trainers, \u2018is that walking around here will be two, maybe three, future champions. You can see them all, you can feel their legs, you can have them X-rayed. You just don\u2019t know what is under the bonnet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The enormously wealthy can buy a Picasso or a Greek Island and know what they are getting. But with a racehorse? There is no guarantee the more you spend, the more likely you are to win.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s turnover at Tattersalls was more than 400million guineas; on Tuesday, the opening day of Book 1, the total for sales was 30,638,000 guineas, with an average price of 247,080 guineas.<\/p>\n<p>In the first 15 minutes here, five sales generate 2,145,000 guineas. There is apparently no limit to the spending when those within racing are pursuing success.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to lot 240. Consigned by Paul McCarten, who has a stud in Limerick, a bonny bay colt, whose father is champion sprinter Blue Point, is a half-brother to another champion sprinter, Battaash, who was nicknamed The Bat Mobile. His entrance causes a stir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/06\/08\/76239183-12601267-image-a-3_1696579080845.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Buyers turned up in their droves eager to pick out a future champion horse &#8211; splashing out more than 2million guineas in the first 15 minutes<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What a gorgeous colt,\u2019 auctioneer Simon Kerins purrs. \u2018Look at him walking, so athletic.\u2019 Back and forth bids go, first in multiples of 50, then multiples of 100.<\/p>\n<p>The interest is huge and the exchange is like a table-tennis rally, your eyes bouncing around the auditorium to see which heads are nodding and hands are going up discreetly. Then Kerins says: \u2018Do I have a million? Yes. One million.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A hush descends. Kerins is looking through the giant entrance directly at Anthony Stroud, long-time bloodstock adviser to Sheik Mohammed. The Sheik, who is in a green tracksuit and running trainers, looks away as Stroud nods at regular intervals. \u2018A million three,\u2019 says Kerins, quietly. \u2018A million three is what I have.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Stroud thinks he has business done. But then, from nowhere, Saud Al Qahtani \u2014 a Saudi Arabian bidding for Najd Stud \u2014 comes into play. He takes it to 1.4m but Stroud returns. The deal is sealed at 1.5m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That was so very exciting,\u2019 says McCarten, explaining how the mare, Anna Law, has yearling receipts at Tattersalls totalling 5.23m guineas. \u2018I knew all the right people would want him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Later, MV Magnier went head-to-head with Godolphin for lot 266. The sire was Frankel, the greatest horse many of us will ever see; the mother a mare called Bizzarria, whose sole success was in a Kempton Park maiden.<\/p>\n<p>And this combination of genes, remarkably, ended with Magnier raising his iPad to close at 2million guineas, buying Europe\u2019s most expensive yearling of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The best case scenario for him?\u2019 Magnier said with a smile. \u2018That he wins the Dewhurst, the Guineas, the Derby and the St Leger. Seriously, we just hope he proves to be a good racehorse.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all anyone here wants. The dream of becoming a champion, however, is never too far away. The next phase is to see whether the stars align.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12601267\/Newmarkets-famous-Tattersalls-auction-produces-plenty-drama-buyers-seek-future-champion-sales-2-000-000-guineas-generated-15-minutes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Newmarket&#8217;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama as buyers seek a future champion&#8230; with sales of 2,000,000 &#8216;guineas&#8217; generated in the first 15 minutes <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/newmarkets-famous-tattersalls-auction-produces-plenty-of-drama\/\" title=\"Newmarket&amp;apos;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Newmarket&amp;apos;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/horse-racing\/newmarkets-famous-tattersalls-auction-produces-plenty-of-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newmarket&amp;apos;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Newmarket&#8217;s famous Tattersalls auction produces plenty of drama as buyers seek a future champion&#8230; 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