THIS year Tattersalls has divided the second week of its mammoth October Yearling Sale into three separate auctions, Books 2 and 3 and 4. Book 2 again lasts for three days, from Monday to Wednesday, October 14th to 16th, starting at 10am each morning. There are 790 yearlings catalogued, 14 fewer than last year.

On Thursday and Friday, October 17th and 18th, the next part of the October Yearling Sale is Book 3, sharing a separate catalogue with the Book 4 Sale, which is on Saturday morning, October 19th. There are another 605 candidates in Book 3 and then 137 more in Book 4. All the yearlings sold at these sales are eligible for the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes.