SOCIETY Rock, who died earlier this year, has already made a mark at the sales and his 14 yearlings sold in Book 2 averaged an impressive 83,214gns.

They were headed by Pat and Breda Donworth’s son of Its In The Air which was sold from their Torard House Stud to Shadwell’s Angus Gold. The purchaser was hugely complimentary of his new acquisition.

Group 1 winner of the Sprint Cup at Haydock and the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, the son of Rock Of Gibraltar retired to Tally Ho Stud at a fee of €8,000. His yearlings in Book 2 averaged a dozen times that.

Camelot was another Irish-based sire to be well represented in the catalogue and his 17 yearlings sold for an average of 72,059gns. A pair of these made 150,000gns or more and his average was well in excess of his 2014 stud fee of €25,000. A son of Montjeu, the triple classic winner Camelot was also a Group 1 winning two-year-old.

Dawn Approach retired to Kildangan Stud at a fee of €35,000 and he was an exceptional racehorse, being a dual Group 1 winning juvenile and winner of the 2000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes the next year.

Pier House Stud sold his best lot in Book 2, a 175,000gns colt, and his eight lots sold averaged 66,000gns.

Epaulette joined Dawn Approach at Kildangan Stud in 2014 but at a fee of just €7,500. A dual Group 1 winner in Australia and earner of more than $1.7 million down under, this son of Commands is out of a Singspiel mare. He had 14 yearlings sell in Book 2 and they averaged 54,571gns.

Another to have 14 yearlings sell was Declaration Of War who was based at Coolmore for that 2014 season and his initial fee was set at $40,000. Winner of the Juddmonte International and the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, the son of War Front averaged 50,929gns with his Book 2 offerings.

BRITISH SIRES

British-based sires with three or more lots sold included Swiss Spirit, a Group 3 winning son of Invincible Spirit who commanded a fee of £4.500 at Whitsbury Manor. His four lots sold for an average of 74,500gns, nearly 20 times his fee.

Lethal Force cost £12,500 at Cheveley Park Stud and he is a dual Group 1 winner by Dark Angel. He was well represented by 16 lots sold and they averaged 57,625gns. Farhh stood at Dalham Hall and he cost breeders £17,500. He had eight yearlings sell for an average of 50,750gns.

Tweenhills stallion Havana Gold, the Group 1 winning son of Teofilo, stood his first season at £8,500 and his eight yearlings in Book 2 averaged 48,000gns. Galileo’s French Derby winning son Intello was at a fee of £25,000 for his first season when based at Cheveley Park Stud and 13 of his offspring averaged 44,500gns last week.

Maxios was used by many European breeders at his German base in 2014 when his initial fee was €10,000. The son of Monsun was a dual group 1 winner in France. Five of his yearlings sold for an average of 47,400gns.

First crop sires with two lots selling during the week were Reckless Abandon (€10,000 fee – 131,000gns average), Al Kazeem (£18,000 fee – 125,000gns average), Red Jazz (€4,500 fee – 64,000gns average) and Most Improved (€6,000 fee – 40,000gns average).

Finally, those with one lot selling among the stallions with their first yearlings were Shanghai Bobby ($20,000; 240,000gns), Cityscape (£5,000; 68,000gns) and Finjaan (£4,500; 35,000gns).