TATTERSALLS AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING SALE: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
The world’s largest horses in training sale takes place in Newmarket from Monday 27th to Friday 31st October.
So far in 2025, 12 graduates of the sale have won Group/Graded flat races. Notable results include Australian Group 1 winners SIR DELIUS (GB) & ROYAL PATRONAGE; Bahrain's Group 3 HM The King's Cup winner SOVEREIGN SPIRIT (GB); and Glorious Goodwood Group 2 winner WITNESS STAND (GB).
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Autumn Horses in Training Sale
27th - 31st October
Commencing at 9.30am (GMT)
Over 1,000 lots are catalogued in this year's renewal, with drafts from leading racing operations including Godolphin, Juddmonte, Shadwell and Coolmore, while world-leading trainers William Haggas, Andrew Balding and Karl Burke are also well-represented.
Graduates of the Autumn HIT Sale have won at least ten Group races globally every year since 2016. Since 2024, 24 graduates of the sale have won Group/Graded races across nine countries.
In Australia, ZAAKI (GB) who was sold in 2020, has won 10 Group races. SIR DELIUS (GB), last year's sale topper, recently won both the Group 1 Underwood Stakes and the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes, while 2023 graduate ROYAL PATRONAGE won the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes earlier this year.
Middle Eastern laureates include ANNAF who won the Group 2 Neom Turf Sprint at the Saudi Cup meeting in 2024 for trainer Mick Appleby, as well as the 2025 Group 3 Bengough Stakes in the UK. SOVEREIGN SPIRIT (GB), another graduate of the sale won this year's Group 3 HM The King's Cup in Bahrain. Graduates of the sale have also scored big races in Qatar and the UAE in recent years.
In Europe, WITNESS STAND (GB) won the Group 2 Lennox Stakes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival for Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole. The four-year-old was purchased for 100,000gns last year and has earned nearly £150,000 this year.
Other European Group winners in 2025 include Al QAREEM, purchased for 27,000gns in 2021, and QUINAULT, purchased for 25,000gns in 2022. They have won £779,057 and £487,350 respectively since being sold at the Autumn HIT Sale and were both third at Group 1 level on their most recent start.
The sale presents a great opportunity to purchase horses with proven form and high ratings, allowing owners and trainers to compete at major British racing festivals and leading overseas race meetings.
The 2025 renewal features numerous top-class performers with multiple Group winners set to go through the Tattersalls sale ring.
Interesting lots to follow:
Lot 627 | NEW CENTURY (GB) - Gr.1 winner & fourth at the Breeders' Cup
Lot 667 | TOWER OF LONDON - Group winner in the UAE & Saudi Arabia, rated 117
Lot 673 | STAY TRUE - Gr.1 placed and lightly raced three-year-old, rated 114
Lot 706 | TENABILITY (GB) - Gr.3 placed & four-time winner in seven runs, rated 103
Lot 709 | WHITE BIRCH (GB) - Gr.1 winner, rated 110
Lot 726A | GEOGRAPHY - Gr.2 winner & four-time Gr.3 winner, rated 110
Lot 1002 | FEARNOT - Gr.3 placed & Royal Ascot placed three-year-old, rated 103
Lot 1016 | DO OR DO NOT - Gr.2 placed two-year-old at Royal Ascot, the Newmarket July Festival, Glorious Goodwood & the York Ebor Festival, rated 104
Lot 1075 | SIR ALBERT - Three-time winner & Listed-placed two-year-old, rated 101
Lot 1080 | A BIT OF SPIRIT - Gr.3 winning two-year-old, rated 107
Lot 1110A | MOLVENO (GB) - Gr.2 Italian Derby winner, rated 105
Lot 1124 | TADEJ (GB) - Gr.3 winning two-year-old, rated 105
The catalogue for the sale can be accessed here.