At the conclusion of four days, when the auctioneers finally fall silent and the electronic display of bids dims, the aggregate turnover figure the July Sale at Tattersalls in Newmarket confirm that, whatever the plight of the economy and cost of living, the British bloodstock industry remains buoyant.
A record 16,986,000gns was outlaid on 574 horses and fillies in and out of training and broodmares. That follows a record turnover from all the Tattersalls sales in 2022. "We turned over just over 400million guineas which was a huge amount up on the previous year," says Tattersalls marketing manager Jason Singh. "It's not just us. The global bloodstock industry jumped 15 to 20 per cent last year which I think a lot of people didn't really see coming."
Singh, originally from Australia, has been here since 2,000. A statistician, he saw an advert for a marketing executive at Tattersalls and has never looked back. There have been some memorable experiences during his 23 years.
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