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Rezwaan highlights Tattersalls Autumn final session The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale came to a conclusion on Thursday, with the two-year-old gelding REZWAAN (Alhaarth) topping the fourth and final session. The final day saw a total of 200 lots sell for 1,100,600 guineas at an average of 5,503 guineas and a median of 3,500 guineas, with the clearance, which has been a feature of the four days, an excellent 83 percent. Those numbers represent declines of 24.7 percent, 25.9 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively, over last year's corresponding session that realized 1,462,200 guineas for 197 horses sold at an average of 7,422 guineas and a median of 3,800 guineas. The four days of trade for the sale saw 903 lots bring 17,457,800 guineas, down 11.3 percent from 2008 when 935 horses sold for 19,690,300 guineas. The average of 19,333 guineas fell 8.2 percent from last year's 21,059 guineas average. The 9,000 guineas median rose 12.5 percent on the 2008 median of 8,000 guineas. The top lot on the final day was Rezwaan, who was purchased by Geoffrey Howson for 55,000 guineas. The two-year-old recently won a nursery at Nottingham for trainer Ed Dunlop. Consigned as Lot No. 1265 on behalf of Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Estates, the bay was knocked down to Howson after he saw off Dunlop's former assistant William Knight, on behalf of U.K.-based owners Gallagher Equine. "He's been bought for Gallagher Equine and is going back to Pat Gallagher's farm in Kent, and then he'll decide on a trainer," Howson said. "He's a lovely looking horse who vetted well and should make a nice three-year-old." Rezwaan is out of listed winner Nasij (Elusive Quality), who ran third in the 2002 editions of the Princess Margaret S. (Eng-G3) and May Hill S. (Eng-G3). Others of note in the family include Grade 3 victress Hallowed Dream (Ire) (Alhaarth) as well as Peruvian champion and sire Faaz (Fappiano). "Our 2009 yearling sales outperformed expectations and this week's sale has continued in a similar vein," Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said at the conclusion of the sale. "The Autumn Horses in Training Sale is a unique fixture and yet again it has attracted a uniquely diverse crowd of buyers all of whom have contributed to a sale which has produced a significant increase in the median as well as a higher clearance rate than last year. "The sale was perhaps a touch short of obvious stars and, considering the strength of the market, the handful of high profile withdrawals was a little disappointing, but overall this has been another week which has provided encouragement for the industry. "Quality horses have sold particularly well with buyers from all corners of the world providing stern competition for the domestic buyers from both the Flat and National Hunt fraternities. As ever, our Middle Eastern buyers have had a massive impact on the sale and it has been equally gratifying to have seen the success of past graduates from the sale attracting an unprecedented number of Australian buyers. "The key to the enduring success of the Autumn Horses in Training Sale is its ability to attract buyers in numbers at all levels of the market and our promotional visits to emerging markets throughout Europe and further afield, many of them in conjunction with British Bloodstock Marketing, continue to bring new faces to the sale."
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