ENGLISH VERSION of 80,000 guineas and average of 149,883 guineas – a 7 % improvement from 2025. Reflecting on the overall success of the October Yearling Sale, Managing Director Matthew Prior said:“ Books 1 to 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale represent the most important fortnight in the European bloodstock calendar, bringing together the finest yearlings from Britain, Ireland and further afield and presenting them to a global audience at Park Paddocks, in the heart of Newmarket, the Home of Horseracing“ Turnover for Books 1 to 4 has reached a record 210 million guineas, the fourth time in the past five years that the October Yearling Sale has exceeded 200 million guineas. Amongst the many remarkable figures, the highlights include a European record price of 4,600,000 guineas for a yearling colt, seventeen yearlings realising seven-figures and 68 yearlings selling for 500,000 guineas or more. That these 68 yearlings account for 75 % of all yearlings to reach this level in Europe this year is a particularly striking illustration of the strength of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.”
ARQANA DEAUVILLE OCTOBER YEARLINGS – 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 OCTOBER Despite a considerably reduced number of Lots compared to 2025, the Deauville October Yearling Sale continued to produce strong trade with 81.4 % of
Lots sold over the four days. An average of 47.059 euros demonstrated the improvement in quality of yearlings at the sale, the second-highest figure to be achieved and the median of 30.000 represented a new record. The opening day saw the best of the Lots, with a son of Blue Point achieving 360.000 euros, the highest price of the four sessions. Consigned by Ecurie des Monceaux, the colt hailed from the family of multiple Group winner The Juliet Rose and is related to numerous other Black Type performers, including the Canadian International Stakes( Gr. 1) victor Arabian Crowd. He was bought by Godolphin, who were also responsible for the purchase of a 260,000 euro Sea The Stars colt. Rabbah Bloodstock were highly active during the sale, buying fifteen Lots at a total of 1.839.000 euros. The highest price of these purchases was 310.000 euros, for a Night Of Thunder colt from the family of Prix Jean Prat( Gr. 1) winner Aesop’ s Fables.“ He’ s a lovely horse, that looks like his sire,” said purchaser James Tate.“ He’ s from an exceptional family and he was highly recommended. We can say a lot about him, but we are first of all very pleased to have bought him”.
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URBI ET ORBI
BY IGOR DE MAACK
This papal phrase( which symbolically translates as“ to everyone” or“ everywhere at once”) could have been the joint message of the economic superpowers( the United States and China) to the world after their leaders’ recent meeting. These two countries now account for more than 40 % of global GDP and are growing at 2 % and 4 % respectively, while Europe stagnates at around 1 %. It is rather like the difference between a gallop and a gentle trot, or even a walk. While the economic conflict between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping seems to be easing somewhat, the same cannot be said of the offshored military theatres( Ukraine and Iran). Inflation and a justified fear of budgetary drift by cash-strapped states have sent interest rates surging once again: the US 10-year Treasury at 5.3 % and the 10-year OAT at 4.7 %. While leaders try to rein in an Artificial Intelligence( AI) that is turning into a veritable, uncontrollable Trojan horse, the great democracies are watching their own vulnerability unfold live, both digital( cybersecurity) and electoral( radicalisation of both the elites and the working classes). In France, equities have significantly underperformed their European counterparts since January 2026, and in reality since August 2024. The spread over the German
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