WEDNESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2020 EARTHLIGHT RETIRED TO KILDANGAN ROARING BOOK 2 TRADE BUCKS Godolphin=s dual Group 1-winning juvenile Earthlight (Ire) (ShamardalBWinters Moon {Ire}, by New Approach {Ire}) has TREND AT TATTERSALLS been retired from racing and will stand at Kildangan Stud in 2021. Bred by Godolphin out of its G1 Fillies= Mile third Winters MoonBa half-sister to two Group 1 winners--Earthlight went unbeaten in five starts last year at two for trainer Andre Fabre. He took the G3 Prix de Cabourg at third asking before reeling off victories in the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S., the latter over subsequent G1 Commonwealth Cup victor Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire}) and was named France=s champion 2- year-old. Earthlight won two of his four starts this year at threeBthe G3 Prix du Pin and Listed Prix Kistena over seven and six furlongsBand bows out after finishing second to One Master (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in the G1 Prix de la Foret on Oct. 4. Cont. p9 The current sale topper, lot 945, a son of Lope de Vega Tattersalls By Emma Berry IN TDN AMERICA TODAY NEWMARKET, UKCApparently there=s a global pandemic in progress, but that didn=t thwart the appetite for bloodstock at DELACOUR DUO SEEKING MORE MAGIC Tattersalls on Tuesday as the second session of Book 2 bucked Katie Ritz speaks with trainers Arnaud and Leigh Delacour Click trends in what has been a tricky sales season to date. or tap here to go straight to TDN America. @Considering what else is going on in the world, we are very lucky this is going ahead,@ said David Cox of Baroda Stud after selling one of the day=s most successful pinhooks. It is a sentiment that has been repeated often in recent weeks as the yearling sales have continued while parts of Europe have been plunged back into strict local lockdowns. So far, East Anglia has avoided such restriction and business at Park Paddocks has progressed almost as normal. The fact that trade in Book 2 has so far been apparently immune to outside forces is nothing short of extraordinary. In fact, one buyer went as far as describing the market simply as Abonkers@. Not all pinhookers have fared well, of course, but that is always the case and at the top of the market on Tuesday there were some very encouraging results for those who had taken a chance on pricey foals last November and December. The international array of breeders behind some of the yearlings on offer at Tattersalls also fared better than most might have hoped for several months ago, as Godolphin and Shadwell continued their support of the October Sale, along with King Power Racing and American interests including Peter Brant and Craig Bernick. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 14 OCTOBER 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 Day 2 Cont. from p1 As the near 12-hour session drew to a close, the comparative figures for both aggregate and average were up on last year. Turnover of 17,987,500gns marked a small improvement of 4%, while the average of 84,448gns was up 1%. The median showed a 20% decline at 52,000gns and the strength of demand was underlined by a clearance rate of 85%. $ Shadwell is the leading buyer at Book 2 with 24 purchased for 3,292,000gns. $ Thirteen different sires were responsible for the 15 top- priced lots on Tuesday. $ Nathaniel (Ire) has had seven yearlings sell at Book 2 this week for an average of 116,143gns. They were bred off a ,20,000 stud fee. $ After getting his second first-crop group winner last weekend, New Bay (GB) had colts sell for 400,000gns and 205,000gns on Tuesday. $ Demi O=Byrne has signed for four yearlings for Peter Brant=s White Birch Farm for 970,000gns at Book 2. Top Lot For Godolphin Andrew Stone=s St Albans Bloodstock has enjoyed notable success as the breeder of Postponed (Ire), who is now resident at Sheikh Mohammed=s Dalham Hall Stud and the Godolphin supremo will be hoping for similar success for Stone=s Lope De Vega (Ire) colt out of a Galileo (Ire) half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Simply Perfect (GB) (Danehill), who topped Tuesday=s session at 675,000gns. AWe can=t take the credit really, we just put the gloss on over the last nine weeks,@ said consignor Julian Dollar of Newsells Park Stud. AThe credit must go to breeder Andrew Stone and the farm which foaled and raised the colt.@ Sold as lot 945, the grey is a son of 3-year-old winner Loch Ma Naire (Ire) who has produced two dual winners from her first two runners. The colt also hails from the same family as Postponed, with whom he shares his third dam Birch Creek (GB). Of the strong start to Book 2, Dollar added, AI actually think there was value to be found last week, but I=m not complaining. The sale seems to have taken off incredibly this week. It=s fantastic, and thanks to all the people who are prepared to take their hands out of their pockets and spend big money on racehorses. Long may it continue." Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 14 OCTOBER 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 2 Day 2 Cont. Late in the session, Anthony Stroud signed for a colt by another Ballylinch Stud stallion, New Bay (GB), whose runners have made an impressive start this season and who was represented by his second group winner on Saturday in Saffron Beach (Ire). Senior Vice President Gary King Lot 1037 was bred at Ballylinch from the Listed Radley S. Twitter: @garykingTDN winner Need You Now (Ire) (Kheleyf), who has already produced [email protected] a dual winner to Lope De Vega in Peruvian Summer (Ire). New + 1.732.320.0975 Bay has now had seven yearlings sold through Book 2 for an average of 160,143gns with this colt his most expensive to date International Editor at 400,000gns. Kelsey Riley Commenting on the success of the Ballylinch stallions, stud Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN director John O=Connor said, AWe are delighted with the way the [email protected] market is receiving them but the reason the they are selling well European Editor is that they are getting winners in the right places and the right Emma Berry types of tracks and the right stakes races. That is what it is all Twitter: @collingsberry about in the end. Sales should be about racing.@ [email protected] Stroud also signed for another of the Newsells Park Stud draft on behalf of Godolphin. Lot 843, the Siyouni (Fr) colt out of the Associate International Editor G3 Oh So Sharp S. winner Havant (GB) (Halling), was bred by Heather Anderson James Wigan and sold for 300,000gns. Cont. p4 Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editors Alan Carasso TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE Christina Bossinakis BOOK 2 DAY 2 Cafe Racing SESSION TOTALS 2020 2019 Sean Cronin $ Catalogued 270 263 Tom Frary $ Number Offered 252 240 [email protected] $ Number Sold 213 207 $ Not Sold 39 33 $ Clearance Rate 85% 86% Irish Correspondent $ High Price 675,000gns 425,000gns Daithi Harvey $ Gross 17,987,500gns 17,230,500gns $ Average (% change) 84,448gns (+1%) 83,239gns Regular Columnists $ Median (% change) 52,000gns (-20%) 65,000gns Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele CUMULATIVE 2020 2019 $ Catalogued 543 528 $ Number Offered 507 489 $ Number Sold 429 412 IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY $ Not Sold 78 77 $ Clearance Rate 85% 84% QUINTON REFLECTS ON TIME WITH OXX $ High Price 675,000gns 1,050,000gns Ron Quinton reflects on his time with the soon-to-be-retired $ Gross 33,224,000gns 33,295,000gns trainer John Oxx. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN $ Average (% change) 77,445gns (-4%) 80,813gns Aus/NZ. $ Median (% change) 52,000gns (-13%) 60,000gns TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 14 OCTOBER 2020 Classic Prospect For Bernick Man (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and their granddam is the treble Oaks A major Australian breeder selling to a leading American winner Fair Salinia (GB) (Petingo {GB}). owner-breeder highlights the international aspect of the AShe=s by one of the great sires of the modern era and there October Sale which has continued into Book 2. There was no are Classic winners in her page, she could be a Guineas or an shortage of support from the other Oaks filly,@ said de Burgh. "On top of that she is a beautiful filly side of the Atlantic during Book 1, from a top farm where I keep a lot even though many American of stock, and I've known her since owners were unable to travel, and she was a foal.@ Irish agent Hubie de Burgh played a Florida-based Bernick has a select pivotal role in the transaction of lot string of horses in training in Britain 954 from John Camilleri to Craig and Ireland, including the G1 Bernick of Glen Hill Farm. Nassau S. runner-up One Voice The Norelands Stud-consigned (Ire) (Poet=s Voice {GB}), who is Frankel (GB) filly was full of beans entered for Saturday=s G1 British during her prolonged spell in the Champions Fillies & Mares S. His ring, with the hammer finally latest acquisition will join maiden coming down in de Burgh=s favour winner Sloane Peterson (Ire) at 460,000gns.