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[email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU RELATIVELY SPEAKING | NEW ZEALAND NEWS | PINHOOK TABLE | STAKES FIELD TODAY’S HEADLINES TATTERSALLS EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com THREE YEARLINGS PASS A SEVEN-FIGURE SUM Dubawi, Galileo and Frankel, Europe’s three most enviable sires, were responsible for a trio of seven-figure yearlings who lit up day © Tattersalls, Laura Green two of Tattersalls’ October Sale Book 1, writes Carl Evans. The session-topping Dubawi colt (Lot 229) that was sold by A son of Dubawi headed the first session when knocked down Watership Down Stud to John Ferguson for 2,100,000gns. to John Ferguson and there was a sense of déjà vu when the Darley sire made it two from two at the second session – and 26,342,000gns was down 8%. The median, which dropped 13% Ferguson was again the man who brought the hammer down. last year, fell another 8% to 120,000gns, while the average took a A Galileo filly captured by Qatar Racing’s Sheikh Fahad, and a 12% decline to 201,084gns. Frankel colt who will race for the Coolmore/Mayfair Speculators axis, were the other stars of the show, but they could not prevent NIARCHOS DUBAWI IN DEMAND a slight downturn in trade. A Niarchos family-bred son of Dubawi was the day’s first to reach The clearance rate dipped a percentage point to 80%, and, seven-figures, but it was to more than double after that milestone.