Frankel filly tops Tattersalls e-book one yearling gross sales outcomes at £4.62m

The highest lot of E-book One on the 2024 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in Newmarket (8–10 October) was a Frankel filly, who was knocked down for 4.4m guineas (£4.62m), the second highest worth for a yearling in European public sale historical past.

Out of Group Two Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi, the filly was bought to Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing, alongside agent Alex Elliott, after he noticed off a decided effort from Japanese coach Mitsu Nakauchida. The filly shall be educated within the UK.

“Kia and companions needed the filly very badly,” defined Alex. “A Frankel filly from that household and with that bodily make-up – she was all the time going to be a collector’s merchandise. It’s a deep price ticket and, although we had mentioned her at size, I clearly didn’t see her making that, however we had very a lot homed in on her.”

Consignor Julian Greenback of Newsells Park Stud mentioned: “To be sincere, I hoped she would make one million and that may have been good, however clearly some good gamers had her valued at twice that. We’re clearly delighted. Mitsu Nakauchida is a superb coach and a stunning man and he cherished her, and clearly Kia, Amo and Alex cherished her too – it’s unbelievable.”

Prime priced colt in Tattersalls E-book One gross sales outcomes

Amo Racing invested vital sums all through this 12 months’s sale with the second highest-priced lot, a Wootton Bassett colt, knocked down for 4.3m guineas (£4.515m) – a brand new report worth at E-book One for a colt – to Amo, with Coolmore the underbidders.

The report worth for a yearling bought throughout E-book One was achieved in 2013 by a Galileo filly when she was bought for 5m guineas. She was out of Alluring Park – this colt’s granddam – and was additionally bred and bought by Lodge Park.

After the sale Jamie Burns of Lodge Park, who led up the colt and was surrounded by household, mentioned: “He’s a gorgeous horse and the household has all the time accomplished us effectively, and, hopefully, he would be the subsequent one to reinforce the pedigree.

“I used to be not anticipating that! I used to be probably not considering when it went over 4 million – emotion took over, it was surreal and all fairly particular.”

Bloodstock agent Alex Elliott mentioned: “If you happen to have been going to color a racehorse, he’s as near perfection as you may get. From the highest to the underside, from the farm he got here from – the quantity of money and time and love that the Burns household has put into that web page, it simply doesn’t take any explaining to anybody.

“For us to be a part of that, to purchase into that’s simply phenomenal. I mentioned, ‘Kia, you’ve got been second in two Derbys, that is the horse who may take you one place higher.’ He has acquired each proper, if he can run how he seems to have a spot in a stallion shed at some point.

“I’m very honoured to be a small a part of the method, fortunately Kia has religion in his staff, I simply hope he will get rewarded for what they’re doing.”

Kia Joorabchian added: “For us to get to the subsequent degree we’ve to focus on the very best inventory. After we noticed this colt, each member of my staff mentioned ‘We will’t go away with out him’.”

Of the 345 heaps bought, the whole turnover was 127.8million guineas (£134.2million), with the common lot worth of 370,501 guineas (£389,026).

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