THE first session of the two-day Tattersalls February Sale was totally dominated by drafts from Shadwell and Godolphin, the top 13 lots, all of which brought sale prices of 60,000gns or more, were from the two entities.

While seven of this baker’s dozen were from Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin draft, the continuing reduction of Shadwell’s operation, following the death last year of Sheikh Hamdan, provided the top four lots during the opening day of trade at this record-breaking sale in Park Paddocks. That quartet featured a yearling, broodmare, a raced three-year-old and a newly turned juvenile.