DBS October Sale kicks off

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales will begin its three-day October Sale Monday, with the

opening day devoted to yearlings before the horses-in-training sessions get underway.

Borderlescott (Compton Place), who graces the cover of the catalog, provided this

auction with another high-profile story this year when taking the Nunthorpe S.

(Eng-G1) to provide

a dramatic return

on the 13,000 guineas paid by connections in 2003. Third in last month's Prix

de l'Abbaye de

Longchamp (Fr-G1), he was a place behind another Doncaster October graduate in Moorhouse

Lad (Bertolini), who had earlier won the World Trophy (Eng-G3) at Newbury.

Past

graduates include Dewhurst S. (Eng-G1) and Frank E Kilroe Mile H. (G1) hero Milk it Mick (GB) (Millkom

[GB]) and

other Group 2-winning speedsters Electric Beat (Shinko Forest) and Sierra Vista

(Atraf [GB]).

Among the sires represented in the 284-strong yearling sale are Acclamation,

Bahamian Bounty, Compton Place, Elusive City, Exceed and Excel,

Indian

Haven, Invincible Spirit, Kheleyf, Kyllachy, Royal Applause (GB)

and Verglas

(Ire).

Hip No. 107 is a highlight in the catalog as a full sister to the stakes-placed Carnival

Queen (GB) (Carnival

Dancer) from the consignment of Mill House Stud. Of the horses in training

to sell on

Tuesday and Wednesday, there are drafts from His Highness The Aga Khan, Andrew

Balding,

Mick Channon, Darley, Richard Hannon, Barry Hills, Mark Johnston, Brian Meehan,

Jeremy

Noseda, John Oxx, Rabbah Bloodstock, Shadwell and Marcus Tregoning among the 496

lots on

offer in the auction which saw Grade 1 winner Ashkal Way (Ire) (Ashkalani) sell for a

mere 20,000

guineas four years ago.

"The yearlings

have been a

consistent source of classy yet value-for-money winners and we are confident

that this trend will continue, whilst DBS Horses in Training have sold extremely

well in 2008," DBS Managing Director Henry Beeby said.

Full catalog and updates are

available on

www.dbsauctions.com.