29 Mar EBN: Sales Talk
The result was a bonus for Tattersalls and potential buyers who would not have been in Dubai had the horses arrived at their originally-planned destination. The draft included the three-year-old gelding Isle of Jura, who was sold for £150,000, a record for a Tattersalls Ascot mixed sale and bettered only at the company's former breeze-up auctions held at the venue. Turnover on the day shot up by 135 per cent to a figure of £1,661,100 - a record for a mixed sale run by Tattersalls Ascot - the average gained 140 per cent when reaching £17,485, while the median rose 71 per cent to £6,500. Of 106 lots who walked the ring, 90 per cent found a new home. JACKSON-STOPS SHOWS SPIRIT TO SECURE ISLE OF JURA Heading trade yesterday with a £150,000 valuation was Godolphin's Isle Of Jura (Lot 64), a son of New Approach and the...