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The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale continued in robust fashion with nine lots realising 100,000 guineas or more on the second day of trade.

The average and median rose significantly with a total of 233 lots sold for 7,390,900 guineas at an average of 31,721 guineas and a median of 19,000 guineas.

The turnover rose 33% on last year’s corresponding session whilst the average and median both rose 41%. The clearance rate was 89%.

Roger Charlton’s Beckhampton Stables was responsible for selling the top price for the second day in a row when Cloudberry, a son of Pivotal, was knocked down to Qatari trainer Jassim Ghazali for 310,000 guineas after recording an impressive win at Newbury last Friday.

Charlton had purchased Cloudberry from his former owners for just 15,000 guineas at the Tattersalls July Sale after his maiden victory and recorded another three wins for his stable.

Final Venture, a sprinter for the future having won four races this year for trainer Alan Swinbank, will remain in North Yorkshire after trainer Paul Midgley bought the son of Equiano for owner Andrew Taylor for 260,000 guineas.

The third of the three lots to realise 200,000 guineas or more on the second day was the David O’Meara trained Treasury Notes who was knocked down to Anthony Stroud for 200,000 guineas.

The son of Lope De Vega was another who saw his official rating soar since he last went through an auction ring, having been purchased by his current owner for 30,000 guineas at this sale last year when rated 77. He was sold with an official rating of 100.

Australian buyers always play a prominent part at the Autumn Horses in Training Sale, and another set to head ‘down under’ is the three-year-old gelding Yangtze, having been knocked down to trainer Sam Pritchard-Gordon for 185,000 guineas.

Consigned by Sir Michael Stoute’s Freemason Lodge Stables, the son of Dansili was knocked down to expat Pritchard-Gordon with a Timeform rating of 103.

Pritchard-Gordon went to work in Australia more than 10 years ago to work with Gai Waterhouse and then Lee Freedman and set up his own stable five years ago.