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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here OASIS DREAM DAY SOLID START TO TATTERSALLS OCTOBER A decline of 23% in gross and 11% in average from By Emma Berry and Kelsey Riley the corresponding opening day of Tattersalls= October Tattersalls kicked off its flagship October Yearling Book 1 yearling sale yesterday shouldn=t be taken at Sale with its three-day Book 1 portion yesterday, and face value as signaling some sort of dip in the market. despite a lack of Last year=s first day was fireworks that was particularly strong, and witnessed during this the universal consensus session 12 months among theatre-goers ago when a Galileo this week is that today colt was hammered and tomorrow are down for a record considerably stronger 3.6 million guineas-- sessions than only to be bested the yesterday=s; it=s following day by a 5 Yearling inspections at Tattersalls alphabetical by dam Tattersalls million guineas filly by the same sire--the over the three days, so Oasis Dream it=s just luck of the draw sale posted solid results. Juddmonte Farm A patchy start to the day=s trade led to a drop in that way. Also there are clearance rate to 74%--down six points on the 8% fewer catalogued equivalent day last year. It is important to note, this year than last year; if anything, the likelihood is however, that last year=s first session was the more that at the end of the three days the gross could strongest, aided by the Galileo colt. With a high of be down by about that 8% and the average would 775,000gns this time around--one of eight yearlings remain level. The average was 207,501 gns. last year. sold in excess of 500,000gns on the day, compared to Cont. p13 10 last year--turnover fell by 23% to 20,185,000gns, with the average also down, by 11%, to 188,645gns. Despite the drop, however, the average was the second highest ever for the session. A strong median of 140,000gns--the highest ever for opening day of Book 1--represented a rise of 19%. 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Ferguson also had to see off a bevy of other bidders, Floors Stud has experienced its finest moments including Ibrahim Araci and Jon Kelly. courtesy of the dual Guineas winner and five-time AHe=s a very nice, quality colt, a real athlete,@ Group 1 victress Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB}), but Ferguson said. AHe=s a yesterday=s sale of horse that=s really a 775,000gns thrived since we saw Oasis Dream (GB) him in the summer, and colt from the same he comes from a very family to John good family.@ Ferguson was also Floors Stud has two a crowning moment to sell during today=s for the Duke of second session--a Roxburghe=s Dubawi (Ire) half-brother Scottish operation, to Grade/Group 1 as the highest- winners Viva Pataca priced yearling the (GB) and Laughing (GB); Session-topping lot 97 stud has ever sold. and a Galileo colt out of John Ferguson Tattersalls The previous high Flirtation (GB) (Pursuit Tattersalls came courtesy of a of Love {GB}), 450,000gns Montjeu (Ire) colt out of Attraction at this Attraction=s dam and this colt=s second dam. Floors was sale last year. also due to sell an Oasis Dream colt out of Attraction AIt was our highest ever by some margin,@ the Duke today, but that yearling was withdrawn. of Roxburghe noted of lot 97. AI=m delighted for him to Lot 97 was the second of three Oasis Dreams go to Sheikh Mohammed.@ purchased by Ferguson on the day. The third came late The January foal is the second produce of the in the session when he signed for lot 142 for winning Titivation (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), a half-sister to 625,000gns. Ferguson had to see off a stubborn Jamie Attraction. Titivation=s Danehill Dancer (Ire) colt made McCalmont bidding on the opposite side of the ring for 135,000gns here last year to the bid of John Warren the son of G1 Prix de l=Opera winner Zee Zee Top (GB) Bloodstock, who was the underbidder on this colt. (Zafonic). TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/8/14 • PAGE 4 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com The colt is a half to dual Group 1 winner Izzi Top (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), and Zee Zee Top is a half-sister to Group 1 winners Kayf Tara (GB) (Sadler=s Wells) and Opera House (GB) (Sadler=s Wells), both campaigned by Sheikh Mohammed. AHe=s a very smooth, athletic horse, and a brother to an outstanding filly, and its a family that Sheikh Mohammed knows well,@ Ferguson explained. AIt=s a family that=s been lucky for us.@ Ferguson, who also signed for Lot 36, an Oasis Dream colt out of the stakes-winning Seta (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), for 425,000gns, embarked on a spending spree of his own alongside Sheikh Mohammed and Princess Haya yesterday, signing for 11 lots for 4,015,000, making him the day=s leading buyer by a wide margin. Other notable purchases by Ferguson included lot 74, a 400,000gns Sea the Stars (Ire) colt; and lot 125, a 340,000gns Teofilo (Ire) colt. Ferguson stayed in the fray through the end of the day, adding a 600,000gns colt by New Approach (Ire) to his haul late in the session. Lot 147 is out of Ahla Wasahl (GB) (Dubai Destination), from the family of G1 Italian Oaks winner Menhoubah (Dixieland Band) and American sire Posse (Silver Deputy). The colt was consigned by Genesis Green Stud, and Ahla Wasahl is a permanent boarder at the Swinburns= operation just outside Newmarket. This colt, her third foal, gave the family a sales-ring moment to remember. AHer yearling last year was lovely, but this was just a really nice colt and lovely to deal with,@ said Michael Swinburn after hugging his tearful mother Doreen. AHe has a great head on him--all the New Approaches 147 colt New Approach (Ire) Ahla Wasahl (GB) 600,000 seem to have such good temperaments--and this is a B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited terrific result.@ Consigned by Genesis Green Stud Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock 66 colt Montjeu (Ire) Splendid (Ire) 575,000 B-Lynch Bages & Camas Park Stud S E S S I O N T O P P E R S Consigned by Camas Park Stud Purchased by MV Magnier Sponsored by GEORGE HILLS 154 filly Galileo (Ire) Aleagueoftheirown (Ire) 550,000 Neuman Insurance Group B-Lynch - Bages & Longfield Stud US Mob: +1 859 229 9095 • UK Mob: +44 (0) 7979 750 421 Consigned by Glenvale Stud [email protected] Purchased by MV Magnier 124 colt Oasis Dream (GB) Warling (Ire) 550,000 TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE (195,000gns wnlg ‘13 TATDEF) TUESDAY’S TOP 11 LOTS B-Ashbrittle Stud Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) Consigned by Glenvale Stud 97 colt Oasis Dream (GB) Titivation (GB) 775,000 Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock B-Floors Farming 36 colt Oasis Dream (GB) Seta (GB) 425,000 Consigned by Floors Stud B-Sarah J Leigh Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock 107 filly Dansili (GB) Tyranny (GB) 700,000 Consigned by Highclere Stud B-Denis Brosnan Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Consigned by Croom House Stud 19 colt Oasis Dream (GB) Rosie’s Posy (Ire) 400,000 Purchased by Solis/Litt (400,000gns in utero ‘12 TATDEM) 142 colt Oasis Dream (GB) Zee Zee Top (GB) 625,000 B-Barronstown Stud B-Meon Valley Stud Consigned by Barronstown Stud Consigned by Meon Valley Stud Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock 74 colt Sea the Stars (Ire) Strawberry Fledge 400,000 117 colt Sea the Stars (Ire) Victoria Cross (Ire) 600,000 B-Peter Anastasiou B-Hascombe & Valiant Studs Consigned by Baroda & Colbinstown Studs Consigned by Hascombe & Valiant Stud Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/8/14 • PAGE 5 of 17 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Dream Day for Juddmonte Sire..