Date posted October 30, 2009 | Posted by Michele Cullen | Filed under
Sales NewsThe Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale came to a conclusion with the two-year-old gelding Rezwaan topping the final session. The final day saw a total of 200 lots sell for 1,100,600 guineas at an average of 5,503 guineas and a median of 3,500 guineas, with the clearance, which has been a feature of the four days, an excellent 83%. The four days of trade for the sale saw 903 lots sold for 17,457,800 guineas, an average of 19,333 guineas and a median of 9,000 guineas with more than 30 different countries represented on the buyers list.
The top lot on the final day was Rezwaan (by Alhaarth), a gelding, who was knocked down to Geoffrey Howson for 55,000 guineas. The two-year-old carried a ‘Timeform’ rating of 80+ following his recent win in a Nursery at Nottingham for trainer Ed Dunlop. Consigned on behalf of Sheikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Estates, Rezwaan was knocked down to Howson after he saw off Dunlop’s former assistant William Knight, on behalf of UK based owners Gallagher Equine.
At the conclusion of the sale Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;
“Our 2009 yearling sales outperformed expectations and this week’s sale has continued in a similar vein. The Autumn Horses in Training Sale is a unique fixture and yet again it has attracted a uniquely diverse crowd of buyers all of whom have contributed to a sale which has produced a significant increase in the median as well as a higher clearance rate than last year. The sale was perhaps a touch short of obvious stars and, considering the strength of the market, the handful of high profile withdrawals was a little disappointing, but overall this has been another week which has provided encouragement for the industry.
“Quality horses have sold particularly well with buyers from all corners of the world providing stern competition for the domestic buyers from both the Flat and National Hunt fraternities. As ever our Middle Eastern buyers have had a massive impact on the sale and it has been equally gratifying to have seen the success of past graduates from the Sale attracting an unprecedented number of Australian buyers. The key to the enduring success of the Autumn Horses in Training Sale is its ability to attract buyers in numbers at all levels of the market and our promotional visits to emerging markets throughout Europe and further afield, many of them in conjunction with British Bloodstock Marketing, continue to bring new faces to the sale.”
