Galileo Millionaires Lead Tatts Opener Palace To
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015 GALILEO MILLIONAIRES LEAD TATTS OPENER PALACE TO SPENDTHRIFT FARM By Emma Berry & Kelsey Riley Palace (City Zip--Receivership, by End Sweep), winner of the 2014 Galileo (Ire) and Dubawi (Ire) are locked in battle in the European GI Forego S. (video) and GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (video) at sires’ championship, and their offspring played dominant roles in Saratoga, will stand at B. Wayne Hughes's Spendthrift Farm upon the opening session of Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Sale, which the conclusion of his began in explosive fashion on Tuesday. The reigning champion had racing career. the edge, with a filly and then a colt by Galileo becoming the first Owned by Antonino two millionaires at Park Paddocks in 2015. Miuccio and trained Last year’s October Book 1 suffered from a relatively sluggish by Linda Rice, the opening day, but this was not the case this time around, with 15 New York-bred is yearlings selling for 500,000gns or more. In total, 123 of the 152 lots currently being aimed offered were sold, bringing an improvement in clearance rate by 9% at the GI Breeders’ to 81%. The first-day aggregate of 26,679,000gns was up by 47% on Cup Sprint at 2014, and the average and median figures also shot up, by 28% and Keeneland Oct. 31. 14% at 241,293gns and 160,000gns, respectively. Last year’s overall “Palace is the best Palace | NYRA/Coglianese average finished out at 235,935gns, and the median was colt by perennial 150,000gns. leading sire City Zip, and he’s a great-looking individual,” said Ned It’s hardly necessary to report that the two millionaire yearlings Toffey, Spendthrift general manager.
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