DESPITE presenting the two highest-priced yearlings in the world this year, Tuesday’s opening session of the Tattersalls Book 1 Sale failed to match up to the corresponding day at last year’s record-breaking edition.

Trade was strong at the very top, with Amo Racing’s Kia Joorabchian stating his intentions early in the day, going to 3,600,000gns for a Frankel colt within the first hour, but that bid wasn’t enough to secure a close relation to Crystal Ocean, which was knocked down to Godolphin at 3,700,000gns.