GROUP 1 Lockinge and Champion Stakes winner Farhh has his first runners this year and that initial crop includes the unbeaten Group 3 winner Wells Farhh Go, stakes winner Fa Ul Sciur and the listed-placed Dee Ex Bee. He was responsible for three of the top 20 lots at the recent Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 3 which concluded with record figures on Saturday.

Among that trio was the Book 3 sale topper, Barton Stud’s Farhh daughter of the Rainbow Quest mare Purple Tiger. This half-sister to the Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Taajub cost Joe Foley, acting for Clipper Logistics, 110,000gns and the filly was sold on behalf of Rabbah Bloodstock. The Ballyhane Stud owner had earlier in the week spent 85,000gns on a son of Bated Breath, again for Steve Parkin.

Farhh was also responsible for a 75,000gns colt sold in the opening session by Voute Sales and another from Barton Stud which realised 67,000gns. The latter is a half-brother to two winners and out of an unraced half-sister to Group 1 winner Ancient World.

The best price for a colt in Book 3 was the 90,000gns paid by agent Amanda Skiffington for Jane Keir’s Mukhadram son of the Dalakhani mare Skyrider, an own-sister to the Group 3 winner Gothic Dance and from the immediate family of Group 1 winners Tante Rose, Dubawi Heights and Make Believe. The colt will be trained by Roger Charlton who saddled the dam to be placed a number of times.

Turnover in Book 3 came to a record 7,839,450gns for the 473 lots sold. The average of 16,674gns was the second best ever, down from last year’s 17,927gns, while the median was 11,000gns, again a fall from last year’s 13.000gns. The clearance rate, from a much larger catalogue, was 79%.

The two weeks of yearling sales at Tattersalls comprising Books 1, 2 and 3 saw turnover of 158,151,450gns, up a staggering 19% on last year’s record.

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony was pleased with the week’s results, while alluding to press coverage of alleged poor practices in the business which caused upset to many at the sale. “In total nearly 160 million guineas has been spent at this year’s October Yearling Sale; more than double the figure of as recently as 2011. The once in a generation Ballymacoll Dispersal made a wonderful start in a record breaking Book 1, the 4,000,000 gns Book 1 sale topper was the highest priced yearling to be sold anywhere in the world this year, October Book 2 broke records across the board including a new individual high of 850,000gns, and Book 3 has also achieved record turnover and sustained international participation. There have been distractions this week, but all of the above suggests that there is so much to be proud of in the bloodstock industry and we will continue to work tirelessly to maintain the very highest standards which have made the Tattersalls name synonymous with bloodstock sales and integrity for the past 251 years.”

An earlier report on the first session of Book 3 appeared in last week’s edition