Doncaster Bloodstock Sales

Average, Median Rise at Doncaster Sale

• By Myra Lewyn
• August 28, 2015
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Offspring of first-crop stallions grabbed the spotlight on opening day of the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales premier yearling sale Aug. 25, selling for the day's top two prices.

Qatar Buyers, Kool Kompany Top Doncaster Sale

• By Myra Lewyn
• September 4, 2014
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Qatar interests bought the four highest-priced horses at the two-day Doncaster September sale, and prominent 2-year-old Kool Kompany was bought privately shortly after he left the sales ring unsold on the final day, Sept. 4

Gains Posted as Doncaster Premier Sale Ends

• By Myra Lewyn
• August 27, 2014
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales closed two days of strong trade at the premier yearling sale Aug. 27 with final figures well ahead of last year's successful event.

Redvers Buys Filly for DBS Breeze Sale Record

• By Myra Lewyn
• April 24, 2014
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

A filly by Darley sire Exceed And Excel brought a sale record price at the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales breeze-up auction April 24.

Doncaster Premier Sale Gross Dips Slightly

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• August 30, 2012
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales' premier yearling sales ended its two-session run Aug. 30 in England with a decline of less than 1% in its gross revenue.

Exceed and Excel Colt Sets Doncaster Record

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• April 24, 2012
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

A son of Exceed and Excel established a record for Doncaster Bloodstock Sales' breeze-up auction when he brought 300,000 pounds($483,276 in U.S. funds) April 23 in Scotland.

Hard Spun Colt Tops Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• April 20, 2011
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

The average price grew 9.7% from a year ago and the median price increased 1.3% during the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales' breeze-up auction April 20 in England.

Average at St. Leger Sale Falls More Than 20%

• August 26, 2009
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

A Dansili colt commanded the sale-topping price of £200,000 ($327,740 in U.S. funds) as the Doncaster Bloodstock Sales St. Leger yearling auction ended Aug. 26 with downturns of more than 20% in its gross revenue, average price, and median price.

Royal Applause Colt Shines in England

• August 25, 2009
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

A Royal Applause colt topped the opening session of Doncaster Bloodstock Sales' St. Leger yearling auction bringing £120,000 ($197,765 in U.S. funds) Aug. 25 in England. BBA Ireland's Eamon Reilly purchased the bay yearling for Mark Gittins, outlasting Richard O'Gorman in the bidding.

British Industry Magazines Merged

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 6, 2009
• International

Thoroughbred Breeders' Association chairman Kirsten Rausing has announced that the TBA and Racehorse Owners' Association had jointly bought the monthly racing and bloodstock magazine Pacemaker and that it will merge with the joint TBA/ROA publication Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder.

St. Leger Sale Ends With Declines

• By Mark Popham
• August 29, 2008
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Doncaster's St. Leger sale - the first British or Irish yearling auction of 2008 - failed to match its 2007 figures when ending Aug. 28 in England. The average of 33,649 pound sterling (approximately $61,725) was down 10%, the median of 26,000 pounds ($47,694) fell by 11%. The 13,493,500 pounds ($24,752,207) turnover for the 401 horses that sold dropped by 14.4%.

Goffs Adds Testing for Steroids

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• November 27, 2007

Goffs/Doncaster Bloodstock Sales in Ireland will extend blood testing for banned drugs to include anabolic steroids beginning Jan. 1, 2008.

St. Leger Sale Reports Across-the-Board Gains

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• August 30, 2007
• Thoroughbred Sales

The three-day St. Leger yearling sale in Doncaster, England, concluded Aug. 30 with gains across the board for the 10th consecutive year, Doncaster Bloodstock Sales reported.

Mahony Notes Lower Rates as July Sale Closes

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• July 13, 2007
• Thoroughbred Sales

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony used the end of the company's July Sale Friday to highlight the higher commission rates charged by rival auction houses.

Auction Companies Goffs, Doncaster Discuss Merger

• By Mark Popham
• April 19, 2007
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Two of Europe's premier bloodstock auction companies, Doncaster Bloodstock Sales of England and Goffs of Ireland, are involved in discussions which could lead to a merger.

European Sale Companies Doncaster, Goffs Could Merge

• By Mark Popham
• April 19, 2007
• Thoroughbred Sales

Discussions could lead to the merger of Doncaster Bloodstock Sales of England and Goffs of Ireland.

Doncaster Sales Reaches Deal to Remain in Doncaster

• By Mark Popham
• April 17, 2006
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales, Britain's second biggest bloodstock auctioneers, has at last, after five frustrating years, been able to finalize plans for its future in the town of the same name.

Doncaster St. Leger Yearling Sale Sets Records

• By Mark Popham
• September 16, 2002
• Thoroughbred Sales

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales in Great Britain reversed global trends at its flagship St. Leger Yearling Sale that ended Sept. 13 with records for gross and average.

Most European Sale Companies Switch to Euro

• By Mark Popham
• December 28, 2001
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

Sale companies in Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy will sell Thoroughbreds in euros in 2002, but Great Britain, which has opted out of the European single-currency scheme for the time being, will still offer stock in guineas (£1.05), and in one case will switch to pounds.