THE quality is as high as ever in the two catalogues issued by Tattersalls for the first week of the December Sales at Newmarket. They are following the usual programme of offering 239 yearlings (14 more than last year) on the first day, Monday, November 24th, with a 10am start. Then there are 1,116 foals (45 more than in 2013) coming up for sale on the four days from Wednesday, November 26th to Saturday, November 29th, beginning at 9.30am each morning.

As usual, some outstanding talent is catalogued during this first week at Newmarket and among the foals are four of the first crop sired by Frankel. Among other top sires represented are Galileo, Sea The Stars, Cape Cross, Oasis Dream, Exceed And Excel, Dubawi, Shamardal, Teofilo, Acclamation, Invincible Spirit, Holy Roman Emperor, Royal Applause, Pivotal, New Approach and Raven’s Pass.