Record turnover as the October Yearling Sale concludes

Figures up for the fifth consecutive year

Tattersalls: Friday's session topped by a son of Lethal ForceCredit: Alan Crowhurst

A memorable edition of the Tattersalls October Sale came to a close in Newmarket on Friday following two weeks of competitive trade that yielded a record turnover.

Tattersalls sold 132,705,800gns worth of yearlings over the course of Books 1 to 3 to post a figure that hit a record mark for the fifth consecutive year.

The average and median also posted significant gains of 19 per cent and 30 per cent to 101,612gns and 52,000gns.

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Nancy SextonRacing Post Reporter

Published on 15 October 2016inSales reports

Last updated 13:52, 15 October 2016

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