Records Fall at Tattersalls Ireland September

Part I of the Tattersalls Ireland September sale concluded with the highest returns for the two-day sale with a record average, record median, and the best aggregate of any year aside from 2006 when the sale was held over three days.

 

The average price of €24,963 ($27,842) and median of €19,000 ($21,191) were improvements of 4% and 6% from 2015, while the aggregate of €10,209,700 ($11,387,388) is only the second time in the sale's history that the aggregate has topped €10,000,000.

 

At the conclusion of Part I of the September yearling sale the afternoon of Sept. 21, managing director Roger Casey was happy with results.

 

"It has been heartening to witness the robust trade over the two days of Part I, " Casey said. "There have been plenty of positives to acknowledge with improvements in the majority of key indicators and in particular a record average and median for the September yearling sale despite the increase in numbers catalogued.

"This year represents the highest turnover for this sale since 2006 and the sale has now had seven consecutive years of growth and understandably has grown in popularity from both a vendor and purchaser perspective. There was a good spread of international buyers with no less than eleven countries represented amongst the purchasers list along with the customary strong UK presence.

"Purchasers all week have commented that the best yearlings have been hard to acquire, however they've also alluded to the continuing progressive nature of the sale in terms of the standard of yearlings offered, and of course, the outstanding achievements of our graduates on the racetrack with four individual classic winners in 2016, with QIPCO 2,000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold being the highlight.

"Looking ahead to Part II of the sale (Sept. 22-23) we still have a good solid selection of commercial yearlings to offer over the next two days. All yearlings offered in Part II are also eligible for the €300,000 Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sales Stakes on Irish Champions Weekend 2017, which continues to be a unique and important incentive for this week's sales."