INVESTEC — already the sponsors of English Test cricket and Premier League football — has spread its wings even further by getting behind arguably the most important bloodstock sale in the world. Tattersalls, the leading UK-based bloodstock company, has announced that Investec will be sponsoring its October Yearling Sale. This is scheduled for October 4-6. Tattersalls is Europe’s premier yearling sale and has provided the world’s highest-priced yearling for the past four years. The sale has also been the source of six Investec Derby winners this century including 2012 victor, Camelot, and 2014 winner, Australia. "We are delighted Investec Private Banking has agreed to sponsor Book 1 of our October Yearling Sale," a spokesman for Tattersalls said. "Investec is a very prestigious brand in the sporting and racing world via their sponsorship of the Investec Derby festival," he said. "The sale complements their Derby and Oaks sponsorship perfectly, given it has provided the winner of the...

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