Demand for top end bloodstock showed it is immune from the world’s financial ills as horses changed hands for an overall sum of around £55 million at a major sale.
Four-time Group 1 winning filly Alcohol Free was the star attraction at Tattersalls event on Tuesday, selling for 5,400,000 guineas – in the region of £5.6 million.
By the ring, where there was standing room only, the big names in the horse racing industry looked on with great interest as star mares went under the hammer. The book included two-time Group 1 winner Saffron Beach, plus Prix de l’Abbaye heroine The Platinum Queen.