Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing continued to invest heavily as the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale moved onto Book 2 Oct. 13. After nearly ten and a half hours of selling at Park Paddocks Monday, the outfit's name appeared on the docket of nine lots with a market value of 2.135 million guineas (2,989,508.13; 1 guinea = US$1.40).
The haul included the day’s most expensive signing, the Starman filly out of Emirates Empress who fetched 525,000 guineas when presented by Tally-Ho Stud.
The filly is the first foal out of the mare, whose siblings include the group 2 winners Outbox and Royal Champion. In turn, they are out of Emirates Queen, a Street Cry half-sister to Dubawi who won the Lancashire Oaks (G2). Emirates Empress joined the Tally-Ho broodmare band at a cost of just 30,000 guineas in 2022.
The filly was one of four lots by Starman that were added to the Amo ranks Monday.
Earlier in the day, Justin Casse signed for a 360,000 guineas son of Starman on Amo’s behalf. The colt is out of Deep Impression and was offered by Pier House Stud. Casse has been among those to have already enjoyed success with the stallion's progeny, having bought Tyros Stakes (G3) scorer North Coast for John Oxley.
While agents Alex Elliott and Ben McElroy have been at the forefront of Amo’s buying at Tattersalls, Casse signed for two lots on the operation’s behalf at a cost of $1,350,000 during the Keeneland September Sale.
