THE quality is as high as ever in the catalogues issued by Tattersalls for the first week of the December Sales at Newmarket. There are 1,175 foals (28 more than in 2017) coming up for sale on the four days from Wednesday, November 28th to Saturday, December 1st, beginning at 10am each morning.

Some outstanding talent is catalogued among the foals, including some of the first crops sired by Bobby’s Kitten, New Bay, Shalaa and The Gurkha. Other top sires represented include Galileo, Frankel, Dubawi, Sea The Stars, Oasis Dream, Kingman, Dark Angel, Kodiac, Exceed And Excel, Teofilo, Acclamation, Invincible Spirit, Holy Roman Emperor, Nathaniel, New Approach and Pivotal.