Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale continued in solid fashion on the second day on Wednesday with Godolphin buying the top four priced lots.
Demand for yearlings by the superstar stallion DUBAWI continued unabated on the second day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and leading the way was his son of the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner INTRICATELY at 1,100,000 guineas.
Lot 225: Dubawi (IRE) x Intricately (IRE)
The Highclere Stud consigned colt’s dam INTRICATELY was purchased at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale in 2017 for 1,700,000 guineas by John & Jake Warren on behalf of Mike and Michelle Morris.
The DUBAWI colt on offer on Wednesday was her first foal and was knocked down to Anthony Stroud on behalf of Godolphin after he saw off a determined effort by trainer Kevin Ryan.
“It is very exciting, I am absolutely thrilled for the Morris’s, they stepped up and bought a fantastic mare and she has really repaid them today. He is a gorgeous colt and has been since the day he was born, he has the most fantastic temperament,” said consignor Lady Carolyn Warren of Highclere Stud. “I am thrilled for the breeders and everyone.”
Her son Jake Warren, who selected the mare in 2017 with his father John, added: “It is a real group affair, a lot of team-work is involved in this. Mike and Michelle bought the mare, she is a beautiful quality mare. She has a stallion in her pedigree, she was a Group 1 two-year-old winner, she is by one of the best stallions in the world, and she is an outstanding looker. She had everything as a broodmare, which is why we stepped up to buy her then. And she has done nothing but please us since. It is testament to that, and to the efforts by stud manager Rachel Spindlow and the staff at Highclere.
“It was the intention through this process to be playing at this end of the table and thank you very much to Anthony Stroud for buying him. I want to say thank you to him and the underbidder – he is a fantastic horse, and it was wonderful that two people valued him to such a level.
“He really was as good a first foal as you would wish to see,” said Warren, adding: “She has got a colt foal who is equally as good who might be coming back here next year, and she is in-foal to Kingman. Down the line some of the progeny might be kept to race, but the mare owes a few quid so she needs to clear the balance sheet first! And she needs to produce a filly!”
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