IN the last eight years Tattersalls have divided the second week of their mammoth October yearling sales into two separate auctions. Book 2 this time lasts for three days from Monday to Wednesday, October 12th to 14th, starting at 10am each morning. There are 915 yearlings catalogued, 87 more than last year.

Then on Thursday and Friday, October 15th and 16th, starting at 9.30am, the other part of the October Yearling Sale is Book 3, with an entirely separate catalogue of its own, containing another 681 candidates. The yearlings sold at the Book 3 Sale are eligible for the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes.