BOOK 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale is well used to setting records and the 2015 version did not disappoint. Yet another benchmark for turnover was achieved when a total of 82,744,500gns changed hands over three days.

With a larger catalogue than a year earlier, a small drop in the clearance rate of less than 1%, a record-equalling median and a decline of 5.7% in average, the overall assessment of the 2015 sale was one of success built on success. Six yearlings brought a million guineas or more and 37 blue-bloods sold for at least 500,000gns.