Big Gun Sires Dominate Colts Market at Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale

Tara Madgwick - Friday October 7

A record-breaking Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale was dominated by two sires, Frankel and Dubawi, who provided every single one of the 12 yearling colts that sold for 1million guineas or more and Godolphin signed for seven of them.

COLT BREEDING

CONSIGNOR

PURCHASER

PRICE

(GUINEAS)

Frankel x So Mi Dar

Watership Down Stud

Godolphin

2,800,000

Frankel x Sweepstake

Croom House Stud, Ireland

M V Magnier & White Birch Farm

2,400,000

Frankel x Bold Lass

Watership Down Stud

Richard Knight Bloodstock Agent

2,000,000

Frankel x Blue Waltz

Fittocks Stud

M V Magnier & White Birch Farm

1,900,000

Dubawi x How

Longview Stud

Godolphin

1,600,000

Dubawi x Willow View

Fittocks Stud

JS Company

1,600,000

Dubawi x Ring the Bell

Hazelwood Bloodstock

Godolphin

1,500,000

Dubawi x God Given

Whatton Manor Stud

Godolphin

1,500,000

Frankel x Without You Babe

Newsells Park Stud Ltd.

Godolphin

1,300,000

Dubawi x Urban Fox

Baroda Stud, Ireland

Godolphin

1,100,000

Dubawi x Frangipanni

Norris Bloodstock

Manor House Farm

1,000,000

Dubawi x Persuasive

Cheveley Park Stud Ltd.

Godolphin

1,000,000

Frankel (foaled 2008) and Dubawi (foaled 2002) accounted for 36,585,000 guineas worth of trade which was nearly 29% of the aggregate total of 126,671,000 guineas.

Top 10 Sires by Average (three lots or more)

NAME

LOTS

AVERAGE

(GUINEAS)

Dubawi (IRE)

21

849,524

Frankel (GB)

25

749,800

Siyouni (FR)

18

397,611

Galileo (IRE)

14

387,500

Kingman (GB)

18

358,889

Lope de Vega (IRE)

20

353,500

Wootton Bassett (GB)

8

348,125

No Nay Never (USA)

20

318,750

Sea The Stars (IRE)

28

300,893

Night of Thunder (IRE)

28

276,964

Dubawi and Frankel are dominating on the track this year just as they have in the sale ring this week.

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Dubawi

Dubawi has sired 39 stakes-winners in 2022, seven of them Group I winners – Modern Games, Coroebus, Rebel’s Romance, Naval Crown, Eldar Eldarov, In Italian and Lord North.

Frankel

Frankel has sired 28 stakes-winners in 2022, eight of them Group I winners- Alpinista, Nashwa, Inspiral, Onesto, McKulick, Westover, Homeless Songs and Converge.

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