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- noun UK A
rendezvous at most Britishracecourses , provided by a company ofauctioneers
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Examples
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“You can stop hawking her like an auctioneer at Tattersalls.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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“You can stop hawking her like an auctioneer at Tattersalls.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Expect the bookshop to be particularly busy on race days or when there's a sale on at nearby Tattersalls, which has been selling thoroughbreds since 1766.
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“You can stop hawking her like an auctioneer at Tattersalls.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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She is a very solid 9-2 shot, while the Dermot Weld-trained Chinese White (3.40), who is in foal to Cape Cross, is a big price at odds of around 9-1 in the Tattersalls Gold Cup.
Bank on Anna Salai to collect the Irish 1,000 Guineas cash 2010
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Hannon is also likely to field two runners in the Tattersalls Millions Auction Trophy at Newmarket the same afternoon, a race from which Sir Michael Stoute, who is his main rival this year for the trainers 'championship, has removed all nine of his eligible runners.
Richard Hannon makes strong case for Suit in Mill Reef Stakes 2010
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Jimmy George – the marketing director at Tattersalls, Europe's largest bloodstock auctioneers, which held a sale just a short distance down the road in Newmarket earlier in the day – says he has seen an increase in novice owners coming to the sales.
Horse Trading 2010
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The four men who gathered there stood round a mahogany table littered with a confusion of equipment: a disassembled pistol, a box of fishing flies, leather dog collars, and part of a correspondence with Tattersalls.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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The four men who gathered there stood round a mahogany table littered with a confusion of equipment: a disassembled pistol, a box of fishing flies, leather dog collars, and part of a correspondence with Tattersalls.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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The four men who gathered there stood round a mahogany table littered with a confusion of equipment: a disassembled pistol, a box of fishing flies, leather dog collars, and part of a correspondence with Tattersalls.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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