
A horse waits in its stable to be inspected by potential buyers at the Tattersalls Bloodstock Auctioneers on October 6, 2011 in Newmarket, England. Tattersalls was founded in 1766 and is the oldest and largest Bloodstock Auctioneers in Europe. The October Yearling Sale, the biggest sale of the year, can produce bids of up to a million pounds for a horse. By Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images.