Marshall House Stud

Amo Racing and Godolphin Continue Tattersalls Book 1 Domination

By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK -- Day two of the Book 1 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale followed a familiar script on Wednesday when Godolphin and Amo Racing fought it out for the most sought-after bloodlines.  Amo secured two colts by Wootton Bassett - one from Marlhill House Stud and the other from Newsells Park Stud - for 2,200,000gns while Godolphin paid that exact sum for a Frankel colt from Fittocks Stud.  All told, there were six different seven-figure lots on Wednesday, where the total turnover reached 47,258,000gns...

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Brother To Luxembourg Tops Final Orby Session

KILDARE, Ireland--A hugely impressive Group 2 winner with Classic pretensions is just the kind of update every breeder dreams of within days of a major yearling sale, and that is exactly what Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) delivered in the Beresford S. at the Curragh on Saturday on only his second start. He had himself been sold by breeder Ben Sangster for 150,000gns but his brother, offered as lot 366 through the Castlebridge Consignment, caused the same buyer MV Magnier to dig deeper into his pockets for the colt to become...

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