WHO sells or buys what or for whom is not always to be revealed from just a glance at the sales results but going through the results from Tattersalls Book 1, an interesting comparision stood out from the results at Newmarket between two first season sires.

Frankel’s first crop got all the fanfares in the pre-sale advertising. After the Alexander Goldrun filly sold for €1.7 million at Goffs, hopes must have been that the demand would continue and even exceed that price. Given the high quality of his mares, it was a bit of a shock to see 150,000gns as the purchase price for one of his early lots at Newmarket.