Maktoum family increases spend at Book 1

Maktoum family expenditure accounted for at least 28 per cent of the 88,038,000gns turned over at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale this week.

The actual figure is likely to be considerably higher as it excludes purchases made by Postponed's owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, who acted through trainer Roger Varian.

Neither does the 24,443,000gns spent by Godolphin chief executive John Ferguson, Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell and Maktoum family associates Rabbah Bloodstock take into account how they drove top prices as underbidders on yearlings they did not win.