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Bloodstock market note, week 42 of 2026: Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2026, Books 1-3

The first note: the Tattersalls October yearling sale results in plain words, from Tattersalls' own figures checked against the trade press, plus last year's Horses in Training Sale as the benchmark for this year's. What sold, what the median tells you, and what it means if you buy from the Gulf.

By Sami Adham · Figures from Tattersalls, Thoroughbred Daily News and TrueNicks, read 25 October 2026 · 6 min read

Figures are copied exactly as the sale company published them and checked against one trade-press report. If a figure could not be read, or two sources disagreed, there is no note that week: we never estimate. Top prices are public auction results, not horses for sale. Nothing here is financial advice.

The octagonal Tattersalls sales ring building in Newmarket — The Tattersalls sales ring in Newmarket. Illustrative. Photo: EduMark, "Tattersalls sales ring, Newmarket", via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

At the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1 the median was 230,000 gns (up 10% on 2025). Half the horses sold for that or less. The top price makes the headlines; the median is what most buyers actually paid.

This week in the market

This first note covers the three main books of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2026 (6-16 October 2026), plus last year's Horses in Training Sale as the benchmark before this year's sale (26-29 October 2026).
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1 (6-8 October 2026): median 230,000 gns (up 10% on 2025), average 359,420 gns (up 12% on 2025), top price 4,600,000 gns.
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 2 (12-14 October 2026): 75,166,000 gns in total, median 85,000 gns (up 12% on 2025), average 114,757 gns (up 7% on 2025).
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 3 (15-16 October 2026): 375 sold, 9,198,800 gns in total, top price 150,000 gns.
Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale 2025 (27-31 October 2025): 1,009 sold, 33,867,500 gns in total (down 5% on 2024), median 15,000 gns (down 6% on 2024), average 33,565 gns (down 4% on 2024), top price 950,000 gns.
The median is the middle price: half the horses sold for that or less. A few expensive horses pull the average up, so for most budgets the median is the number to watch.
We show only the figures that the sale company publishes and the press report we checked also states. Anything else is left out (a dash in the table); we never estimate.
Next: Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale (26-29 October 2026); Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale (3-11 November 2026). We cover them in the next note, once the official figures are out.

What it means for a Gulf buyer

What the median buys at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1: a yearling, usually a year or more from its first race, for 230,000 gns (about £241,500, roughly US$319,000, AED 1,171,000 or SAR 1,195,000).
What the median buys at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 2: a yearling, usually a year or more from its first race, for 85,000 gns (about £89,250, roughly US$118,000, AED 433,000 or SAR 442,000).
What the median buys at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale 2025: a horse already in training, able to run this winter, for 15,000 gns (about £15,750, roughly US$21,000, AED 76,000 or SAR 78,000).
AED and SAR are pegged to the dollar; pounds use the rough rate on our cost pages (£1 = US$1.32), and one guinea is £1.05. Conversions are rough, for orientation only.
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The figures: official sale results

In the currency each sale trades in (1 guinea = £1.05). "Median vs a year earlier" is our sum on the sale company's own page (this year's row against last year's), shown only when the press report states the same change. A dash means the press report we checked does not state that figure, so we leave it out. Swipe the table sideways on a phone.

Official sale figures, week 42 of 2026
Sale	Sold	Turnover	Average	Median	Top price	Median vs a year earlier
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 16-8 October 2026	–	–	359,420 gns	230,000 gns	4,600,000 gns	+10%
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 212-14 October 2026	–	75,166,000 gns	114,757 gns	85,000 gns	–	+12%
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 315-16 October 2026	375	9,198,800 gns	–	–	150,000 gns	–
Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale 202527-31 October 2025	1,009	33,867,500 gns	33,565 gns	15,000 gns	950,000 gns	-6%

For every 2026 sale in one table, see thoroughbred sale prices 2026.

Past market notes

Week 42, 2026: Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2026, Books 1-3 (6-16 October 2026) (this note) · permalink

How we make this note

Official first: the sale company's own statistics and results pages (lots offered, sold, turnover, average, median, top price, and last year's row on the same page).
One press check: a trade-press report must state the same figures. Any figure it does not state is left out; with no matching report there is no note.
Numbers only: no horse, lot, seller or buyer names. The "our sum" percentages are simple sums on the published figures; clearance appears only when the sale company states it.
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All read 25 October 2026. Silk Road Bloodstock is not affiliated with any sale company listed.

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The figures: official sale results

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