Thoroughbred Sale (1956)

Newmarket GV. Horse being paraded round auction ring at the Tattersall racehorse sale in Newmarket. Side view, buyers watching. GV. Bay colt No 5, parading the ring being auctioned - this colt was owned by the late Miss Rachel Parsons and was sold for 40 guineas. & SV. Pan. SV. Buyers watching. GV. Black colt, horse No 7. Parading round the ring being auctioned - this horse was also owned by Miss Parsons and was sold for 1,350 guineas and bought by Mr L. Holiday. SCU. Women buyers watching. LV. Black colt, No 7, parading round the ring. GV. Horses being paraded prior to going into the auction ring. SV. Major Hastings of Limerick who eventually buys Vertige for 17,000 guineas. SCU. Horse being paraded past. SCU. Trainer Fred Armstrong. SV. Pan. another horse parading past. CU. Jockey Doug Smith. SV. Pan another horse parading past. CU. Jockey Willy Snaith. LV. Horses. SV. Ali Khan, son of Aga Khan, talking to Humphrey S. Finney (in cap), main buyer for the USA. CU. Prince Aly Khan. CU. Humphrey S. Finney. L