Askanna (Old Vic) was a Grade 2 hurdle winner and winner of the Grade 3 John Fowler Chase. She has had four runners and is already dam of a Grade 1 winner – Minella Cocooner, a 2016 gelding by Flemensfirth, winner of the Golden Cygnet Novice Hurdle in 2022. He has also twice finished second in top level hurdles. (18:34)

Dam Agathe du Berlais (Poliglote) is a half-sister to the Grade 2 winner Afsoun, who finished third in the Champion Hurdle (G1), the Aintree Hurdle (G1) and the Anniversary Novices Hurdle (G1), to the seven-time winner Agrapart, winner of the Cleeve Hurdle (G2) and Grade 1 placed in the Tolworth Hurdle, and to Afrad, a six-time winner and second in the Rendlesham Hurdle (G2).

It is also the family of the talented Balthazar King, winner of 16 races and runner-up in the Grand National, and Black Op, winner of the Mersey Novices Chase (G1) and runner-up in the Grade 2 Kauto Star Novices Chase. (17:54)

It is the further family of Papillon, winner of the Grand National.

Successful buyer agent Tom Malone said: "He is beautiful horse, we waited for him. There were a few others before him and I said we needed to sit tight for him. He has a lot of presence, he has a lot of pedigree, beautiful animal, delighted to get him. He is just a quality Walk In The Park. Hopefully, he is as good as the rest of the pedigree."

He was sold by Peter Nolan Bloodstock. (17:02)

The pair are out of the winning and Grade 3-placed Turgeon mare Usted Me Cara, who has had just the one runner so far.

"He is to come to the yard, and like the other horse he has a superb pedigree and is now a half-brother to a Grade 1 winner," said Olly Murphy. "He is a very athletic horse, one we can look forward to getting back to the yard. It is nice to be buying these top end stores, the yard is trying to go from strength to strength and to do it we need to be buying the best horses.

"Hopefully, we have bought a couple of nice horses with pedigrees and it is exciting, where we want the yard to be going."

The gelding was sold by Moanmore Stables, which has sold five horses so far today for an average price of €89,000. (16:31)

Bertrand Le Metayer, standing on the balcony, was the underbidder.

"She had pedigree, is by a top sire, she has a lot of value as a broodmare, she looks like a gelding as she has strength but she looks elegant too," enthused kirk. "She ticks every box, I loved her! You don't have to make her pedigree, it is there on the page. Hopefully she will be a racemare and then a broodmare. This is a fillies' pedigree, the dam has bred two good fillies. She has not been bought for any particular client."

Of Doctor Dino, he said: "He is the best sire at this minute in France and we have been very lucky with him."

Dam Turteene was a Listed hurdles winner in France and has bred two winners from two runners – Valenteen (Saint Des Saints) a winner and Listed placed, and Marche (Great Pretender), a winner over jumps last year

ITurteene is a half-sister to Greaneteen (Great Pretender), a10-time winner, victories including two Celebration Chase (G1) wins, the Tingle Creek (G1) and the Haldon Chase (G2) twice. (16:22)

"He has been bought for a client," said Hogan. "We will see what route we go with him, possibly will go the point route, but we will get him home and we will see how he goes. He will be for resale, we will try and do similar to the last Walk In The Park last year. That's the plan."

Of this horse, Hogan added: "He is just a noble walker, a. noble mover and a pedigree to go with it. His brother to Shearer, if he is as near as good as him.... He looks an athlete and I loved him, I saw him a while ago and I liked him every bit as much today. He is exciting."

Shearer (Flemensfirth) is a six-time winner and was successful at Aintree since the catalogue was published. He is now BHA rated 139. (15:44)

By Muhtathir, the February-born three-year-old is out of the Prix Andre Michel (G3) winner Suzuka (Cadoudal). She is dam of four winners, including the black-type winners Suroit (Linda's Lad) and Suzerain (Trempolino).

The gelding was sold by Peter Nolan Bloodstock. (15:13)

The successful father and son buying team Olly Murphy / Aiden Murphy opened up the bidding at €100,000, and saw off a determined effort by trainer Henry De Bromhead, who was the last man standing and kept pace with the Murphys from around the €200,000 to the final purchase price when the Irish trainer pulled stumps and walked out of the sale ring.

"He has not turned a hair for two days," said Murphy Snr. "I have seen him time and time again. He is magnificent, and he is for Olly to train and is for an existing client. He is just a gorgeous horse and we are delighted to get him."

Explaining the six-figure opening bid, Murphy smiled: "He was always going to make more, and we were in a bit of a hurry!"

Murphy Jnr added: "He is a lovely horse, we look forward to getting him home to see what is what."

The gelding was sold by the County Cork-based Coolmara Stables and Cathal Mariga said: "We were hoping for that sort of figure, he is a gorgeous horse. We bought him as a foal privately from Ennel Bloodstock in West Meath, and before Jonbon came out.

"We always had Douvan in his pedigree and to get another Grade 1 winner, it was nice update to get. He has been a great horse to work with at home, he did everything right, did not put a foot wrong."

Of the horse's sales experience, he said: "He has been very busy, he has had around 60 shows over the two days, with a lot of return visitors." (15:06)

"He is for Stewart and he has Ballyhome with me," said Fergal O'Brien. "Mark used to train for Stewart and won the Hennessy for him with Ever Blessed. Ballyhome is being retired and Stewart wanted to replace him and Mark selected this horse. All four of us loved him when we saw him. We will get him broken in and see how we go. There is no rush with the horse, Stewart has been in the game a long time now, and time is what we have got, it is the most expensive thing in racing. We are lucky to get his lad today and we are delighted."

Pitman added: "When all four of you love a horse.... it was just a case as to whether we could last out. What we set out to get was quality, and whichever way you cut it, he is quality – you could not fault him, he is beautifully proportioned, he moves, he has got scope, he has got some pedigree. If you are looking to buy a horse to go to Cheltenham, he is it! Please god he is lucky. He has got a great trainer, too.

"He has come from a great hotel. Over the years I have had a very long association with the Costellos, Monsignor came from the family along with. whole host of other horses, too. John's father Tom had a great association with my mother Jenny as well; it all just hopefully aligns."

After thanking his buyers, John Costello recalled buying this horse as a yearling in France: "I hadn't been buying any French horses, but my son Conor was in Chantilly working for the summer. I went to visit and he said he wanted to take me to a farm to see a few horses and I bought a couple. The man on that farm Antinon Pelsy said there is a Doctor Dino horse down the road on another farm, he took me to see him – I adored him and bought him as a yearling. It was week after the Derby Sale two years ago.

"We don't normally sell horses as stores, usually as point-to-pointers but like everyone we are struggling for staff so needed to sell now. My boys were mad keen to point him, we got on well with pointers last year, but we are delighted with that result. I am pleased with where he has gone, I have known Mark a long time and sold him a lot of good horses when he was training, and this is the first I have had go to Fergal. I hope he is a good horse for Fergal and I can sell him some more! For me it is all about the future – today is a great day but the future is better!" (14:51)

He added: "I thought this gelding was the nicest by the sire here this week and he will be going point-to-pointing."

The gelding was a Tattersalls Ireland November Sale foal pinhook, bought by consignor Norman Williamson's Oak Tree Farm, and is a third foal out of the placed Flemensfirth mare Siberian Vixen, a half-sister to Mattock Ranger, winner of the Cork Grand National (G3).

Jukebox Jury is the sire of three Grade 1 jumps winners and the Group 1 Prix du Cadran-winning mare Princess Zoe. (13:46)

The Whytemount Stud-based stallion, a son of Sea The Stars, is sire of the Grade 1 Spa Novices' Hurdle and Grade 1 Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle runner-up Affordable Fury.

The stallion, who had seven Irish point-to-point winners through the recent season, has had two six-figures lots sell at the Tattersalls Cheltenham, including at this year's May Sale when PJ Hobbs went to £160,000 for the Monbeg Stables point-to-point second-placed I See The Sea, a joint top lot at the sale.

This gelding is out of the Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Shop DJ (Dushyantor), the dam of the Grade 2-winning hurdler Hillcrest, a 2018 Derby Sale graduate.

The sale gave consignor Niall Brennan of Liss House a fine return on a pinhook price of just €12,000 when bought at the Tattersalls Ireland November Foal Sale. (13:34)

She is out of the five-time winner and Grade 2 hurdle runner-up Sainte Ladylime, by the leading broodmare sire Saint Des Saints.

My Dream Boat (Lord Shanakill), winner of the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes, has first crop four-year-olds of this year and stands at Starfield Stud. (13:10)

The gelding was sold by Rathturtin Stud and is the first foal out of the winning Black Sam Bellamy mare Samarayia.

Two further lots by the sire are due through the ring over the next two days, Lot 223 and Lot 331. (12:53)

Consigned by Castledillon Stud the February-born gelding was bought as a foal at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale by Timmy Hillman for 30,000gns.

The three-year-old gelding is out of the Until Sundown mare Ryme Bere, the dam of two winners and a half-sister to the French Grade 3 winner and Grade 1 placed, 11-time winner Matinee Lover (Dobuel Bed) and to Top Shape, a Group 3 winner on the Flat and also by Double Bed.

The sire, a son of Monsun, moved to stand at Yorton Farm Stud in 2020 from Haras du Logis. (12:39)

He saw off trainer Olly Murphy, standing at the top of the stairs and who gave a resigned shake of the head when auctioneer Richard Botterill offered him a bid over €95,000.

The chestnut gelding was consigned by Walter Connors' Sluggara Farm and is out of the Cyborg mare Rosy De Cyborg, a two-time winner and placed in the Grade 3 Prix Andre Michel Hurdle. She is the dam of five winners rom six runners and is a half-sister to No Full, graded placed over hurdles and fences. (12:20)

She was offered by Moanmore Stables and is the first foal out of the young mare Retour En France (Robin Des Champs), a dual winner and placed in a Grade 2 handicap chase at Punchestown.

There is plenty of strength and depth to the pedigree – under third dam are nine black-type winners including Djakadam, winner of the Thyestes Handicap Chase (G1), the Punchestown Chase (G1) twice and the Killiney Novice Chase (G2).

Her sale continues Moanmore's good early form this morning – the farm selling Lot 19, Rockeur Peil (Muhtathir) for €85,000 to Fairview Stables. The farm has another seven lots catalogued. (12:03)

Dam Princess Mairead (Blueprint) is a half-sister to the dam of Rathvinden, winner of the National Hunt Challenge Cup (G2) and also with placed form in the Neptune Investment.

"He is a lovely loose moving type, just the sort of horse Paul likes," said Malone. "We were underbidder on The Big Breakaway when he sold from the pointing field, and we obviously know him and his form well."

The gelding was bought as a foal by Timmy Hillman at the Tattersall Ireland November Sale for €85,000 and was sold today by Castledillon Stud. (11:31)

Lacey, of course, is a regular buyer at Fairyhouse with a highlight being his purchase of the six-time Grade 1 winner Energumene at the Derby Sale 2017 from Moanmore Stables.

The son of Denham Red won a Larkhill point-to-point in January 2018 for Lacey and was subsequently bought privately by trainer Willie Mullins for whom he has gone on to win twice at the Cheltenham Festival and has won three times at the Punchestown Festival.

Lacey signed the docket as Tom Lacey / Plumbing World. (11:17)

An average price of € 52,333 for the three. (11:00)

Selling starts 10.30am (09:43)

He was bought as a yearling at the Tattersalls Somerville Sale for 37,000gns by Tradewinds.

The extended family features Infallible, winner of the Nell Gwyn Stakes (G3) and placed in the Falmouth Stakes (G1) and Coronation Stakes (G1). She is dam of Veracious, winner of the Falmouth Stakes (G1) and the Group 1 placed Mutakayyef.

The family also includes Garswood, winner of the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1). (19:18)

Appropriately the auctioneer helped the colt by Bernardini fetch a six-figure sum when selling for €110,000 to the Global Equine Group.

Sold by Knockanglass Stables, the colt is out of Musical Lute (Midnight Lute) the dam of one winner from one runner. She is a daughter of P S U Grad, a Grade 3 performer in the US. (18:28)

It is a record number of lots sold for €100,000 or more at the Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale.

"When I bought him he came in very early in Part 2 here," recalled consignor John Bourke of Hyde Park. "He has been such a straightforward colt since, has never turned a hair. It is head and his attitude, he is bomb proof. He has done it all himself, along with my team who have gone a great job."

Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock: "It is extraordinary trade here. I think there were four or five people in over €100,000, which for a colt who cost very little as a yearling is certainly testament to the way he was prepared and the way he breezed. He is a gorgeous colt and he did a very good breeze. He is bred to be a sprinter – he has got the looks, he did the breeze and he was the one on that basis that we really wanted.

"I have not bought another colt, but he was the one. He has bought for an owner and no plans are in place as yet." (17:28)

Matt Coleman was on hand to do the bidding and was taking instructions over the phone said: "That was for Simon Crisford and Anthony [Stroud], they have left for the airport. I am just the gopher, but I can report they were keen to buy this colt!"

Offered by Egmont Stud, the colt was a 22,000gns Tattersalls October Book 3 purchase by Mark Flannery. (17:17)

The April-born colt is a half-brother to three winners and out of a Footstepsinthesand mare Kasalia. She is a half-sister to the dam of Precious Boy, winner of the Mehl-Mulhens Rennen (G2) and the Grosse Europa Meile (G2).

He was a €8,000 yearling purchase by Mickey Cleere at the Tattersalls Ireland September Sale. (16:48)

A thrilled Lordan, said: "I did expect around €100,000 for him as I really liked him, but that was just unreal. To have the horse for top tier trade is unreal, and all the right people were on him. He breezed savage and all year he has been so straightforward, everything was so smooth, very easy horse to do, I think he is a very good horse. Hopefully, he can go to the track and do it there."

When recalling the colt as a yearling, he said: "He had a good walk, he was very unfurnished, he just thrived once I got him home. Work never phased him and you could keep weight on him all the time, I could not have asked for anything better really. He is a proper sales horse with a good step."

Lordan breezed eight horses this year, the largest seasonal draft he has had so far, and has two more to sell at this sale.

He added: "Last year I sold Marshman, a good Harry Angel horse. It helps when you sell a good horse – it brings the buyers to the door and then they listen when you talk about a horse."

The colt is out of the Noverre mare Dotada, the winner of four races and placed eight times. She is a half-sister to the Listed-placed pair of Give Back Calais and Ribbons And Bows.

Third dam is the Listed winner and Group 1-placed Nicholas Grey, the dam of the Juddmonte International (G1) winner and Derby runner-up Terimon. (15:00)

The two-year-old was bought last autumn at the Tattersalls October Book 3 Sale for just €5,000.

When asked what attracted Robert Edwards to buy the youngster last autumn, he answered: "I just liked him, I saw him in the yard and he was a big giraffe of a horse but I thought with a bit of time he could be a nice horse. I liked his page, he has a good young page. I had seen the horse of Owen Burrows's Tarrabb, his half-brother, run a few times and he is rated in the 90s and is proper horse.

"Simon Crisford has the other half-brother Mukeedd, and he won on his debut as a juvenile last autumn."

He added: "From day one this horse has gone nicely. He is still rangy and he will be horse for the backend of the season. We decided to come here because we wanted to give him the time – he is a late foal and big and the later date suited."

The colt's pedigree stretches back to the Shadwell blue hen mare Bahr, dam of the Prix de l'Opera (G1) and Flower Bowl Invitational winner Nahrain, the dam of Benbatl, the 2019 champion older European miler. It is also the family of 2019-born and Craven Breeze Up graduate Go Bears Go (Kodi Bear), winner of the Railway Stakes (G2) and third placed in the Phoenix Stakes (G1). Now in the US, he finished third in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G3) at the beginning of the month.

Edwards has breezed two horses this spring – his main job, alongside wife Wendy, is a managing a busy pre-training yard in Lambourn where they prepare a lot of young horses for the Ralph Beckett yard. (13:58)

Doyle said: "He is an absolutely outstanding physical, he boxed dramatically above his weight on his breeding when he breezed. He did it in a nice way, and he was not flat out. I am not big on time, I use them as tool, but what I saw visually impressed me.

"He was magnificently turned out and looked fantastic, the lads have done a good job.

"He is for an established client and it looks like he is going to France, and the sire has been going well out there."

Of expectations going into the ring, he said: "I told the client that he would not be too far off the €200,000 mark, but when I saw him walking around here I told him that we should try not to leave him behind. Luckily, he went with me – he is a very good client who has been with us for a number of years."

He added: "There is some fantastic people producing these horses now, and it is a great example to come to a breeze-up sale and see a horse like him – he is not an out and out breeze-up horse, produced very well, very relaxed and has not been drilled for the job. It is great to see."

Adam Potts, who works for Ken Condon, but is involved with many of the Donovan Bloodstock breeze-up horses, said: "We saw him in France and he was just a frame but he had this amazing walk and loads of scope. He has done nothing but fill out since and he has thrived.

"Zelzal might have been a bit under-rated at the time, but he is decent sire. I thought he was an interesting proposition and he has done well from limited books. He has covered a lot of French-based mares recently."

He added: "He might not have been a typical breezer as he is very big and because of that by no means has he been drilled. He did look effortless in his breeze."

The colt is out of an unraced Medaglia D'Oro mare, the dam of two winners from three runners. Grand-dam Genuine Devotion was a Grade 3 winner in the US and is a half-sister to the champion juvenile of 2008 and the Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1), St James's Palace Stakes (G1), Phoenix Stakes (G1) and National Stakes (G1) winner Mastercraftsman. (13:18)

The January-born filly is the first breeze up horse the siblings have consigned.

"We are delighted, we could not have asked for more and it has not sunk it yet," they smiled. "We were going to offer her at the yearling sales, but we both said no and to wait for this as we were happy with the way she was going. We'd handled her a bit and felt she be a sort who would be able to gallop and as we had only her there was no panic to get her sold."

The filly, who is out of Suraat, a Kodiac own-sister to the Bosra Sham Stakes (L) winner and Sceptre Stakes (G3) Terror, did most of her work on the family farm. It is near to Fermoy in County Cork and next door to Grove Stud where they were able to make use of the facilities when she needed to do a bit more and the ground had firmed up.

John is a NH jockey rides out for a few trainers and on The Curragh, and also for Holland at Grove, while Andy works at home on the dairy farm.

"Brendan Holland very kindly let us use the gallop at Grove, and it is a top class facility," said John. "Everyday she worked she got better, the faster she was getting, the more training she did the more she came forward. We were pleased with the breeze, and to see her go so well proves that we were thinking the right thing."

Some of the profits will be reinvested in new stock, but the pair have two sensible heads between them: "We will buy a few but we are not going to get carried away."

After yesterday's breeze, John had to jump in the car and get to Limerick to ride for trainer Patrick Conin – O Mio Babbino (Fame And Glory) finished fifth in the 2m handicap chase.

The filly was bought by Nick Bell and Middleham Park Thoroughbreds and Bell said: "She is going to Ed Dunlop, Middleham were very keen to support Ed.

"This filly did an exceptionally good breeze, she came highly recommended, she has a very good pedigree and, hopefully, she can run fast! We have been looking and waiting for the right horse; we were not looking for a filly in particular, just a racehorse. She looks very good, delighted it has worked out."

He added: "The Shinnick bothers have had a great touch."

Dam Suraat has produced two winners from two runners – the latest being her three-year-old Garrick Painter (Zoffany), who won a novice at Kempton in February. (12:29)

She is a half-sister to Super King (Cotai Glory), who was placed in the Listed Star Appeal Stakes and is now called King X J and is racing in Hong Kong.

The extended family traces to the top class broodmare Zelding, dam of the Group 3 winner Beauty Is Truth, who is dam of the Group 1 winners Hydrangea, Hermosa and The United States, and the Group 1-placed Fire Lily. (11:37)

"She is going to stay in Ireland, I don't know where she will be trained yet," said Elliott. " She was my pick and did a very good breeze. She was highly recommended by Willie Browne, and is a half-sister to Pretty Baby, who was also a very breezer. She was the one that we were keen to buy.

Expanding on what he liked about the filly's breeze, Elliott said: "She has a very good action, she finished out her breeze well, she clocked well, she looks very fast, she is bred to be fast and hopefully she is fast!" (10:55)

The January-born colt is out of Perfect Venture (Bahamian Bounty) , the winner of two races as a three-year-old, and is a half-brother to Shalailah (Showcasing), a winner at two and a runner-up in the Group 3 Silver Flash Stakes. (10:50)

"The early bird gets the worm!" said buyer Mark McStay after going to €‎240,000 for the Sioux Nation colt sold by Katie Walsh's Greenhills Farm, one of the expected highlights of the day.

"Everyone says it but I thought it was clearly the best breeze I saw yesterday. I came on Wednesday afternoon having been around some of the best trainers yards in Ireland and I probably had not seen as nice an individual as this.

"He is a stand out individual, I vetted him before he breezed as I knew he was a lovely horse and Katie recommended him. His breeze did not disappoint and his sire is flying. This colt has got size and scope – he is not just a two-year-old – he is a powerful horse. He has been bought for a relatively new client and he has not decided on a trainer or where he is going to be based. I am looking forward to him. Let's hope he is lucky.

"This sale is getting stronger every year – I was not here last year but am happy to be here this year, the horses look superb, the vendors have done a great job. "

The sale has provided Walsh with a fine return on her investment price of €40,000.

She said: "He is a lovely colt, bought him off Paul Cashman. He was always so straight forward and easy to do. I kept him for this sale, he could have gone a lot of places. This sale has been lucky for me across the board, I felt he was a big rangy colt who needed to mature and fill out and this sale gives a bit of time to do that."

McStay signed under the company banner Avenue Bloodstock Ltd, and he left Richard Ryan was the thwarted underbidder. (10:36)

Selling starts at 10am. (09:09)

Catalogued: 282 (230)

Offered: 236 (207)

Unsold: 77 (42)

Sold: 159 (165)

Aggregate (€): 2,300,500 (xx)

Median (€): 12,000 (-8%)

Average (€): 14,469 (-12%)

% Lots Sold: 67%

Leading sires by aggregate (€): 1. Kingston Hill, 2. Diamond Boy, 3. Affinisea

Leading sires by average (two or more sold) (€): 1. Harzand, 2. Vadamos, 3. Shantou

Leading consignors by aggregate (€): 1. Liss House, 2. Castledillon Stud, 3. Glen Stables

Leading consignors by average (two or more sold) (€): 1. Liss House, 2. Castledillon Stud, 3. Lakefield Farm (20:06)

The May foal is out of the Alflora mare Rosa Fleet, a three-time winner and 13-times placed. She is a half-sister to Boreham Hill, winner of the Lanzarote Hurdle (L). (19:54)

Princess Tara was a Listed placed hurdler and the Vadamos filly is her second foal – her first foal is a year-older filly by Diamond Boy. (19:40)

Niall Bleahen's Liss House also sold Lot 219, a son of Nom de d'La, for €50,000 to Virginia Considine Racing. He is named Kicour La.

Malone, who had left the Fairyhouse sale ground for Dublin airport and gave the bidding duties to point-to-point trainer Jimmy Kelly, said via whatsapp: "I saw Kalao Coko yesterday and he is typical of one from the Bleahens, they do buy and produce a beautiful horse.

"This is a racy bumper, sharp type of horse. He is a lovely scopey sort and a nice bit of pedigree for a French horse and is one for the future. I have just sold him to owner Gary Gillies, and he will go pointing with Jimmy at Tallow and then into training with Jamie Snowdon."

Kalao Coko was bought as a yearling from a field in France and Niall recalled a slightly traumatic first viewing: "We went into the field that he was in, he got a bit excited and just started doing this amazing extended trot, he then popped out over the fence. I guess we knew then he could jump! But he was an instantly likeable horse. If you have the patience to wait for those sorts of horses to come along, then they are self-explanatory. Kicour La [Lot 219] was bought at a French foal show."

Of Kalao Coko's young sire, he said: "Cokoriko was a bit quiet last year but he is leading sire in France this year and has had nine individual horses win at Auteuil."

And of the decision to sell at the May Sale, he said: "For the last few years we have come with nice horses to the May Sale and we have been rewarded – we sold Watch Horse Cross, who is on the back cover, here at the May Sale."

The Blehahen's have regularly secured top prices at the Derby Sale, including at last year's renewal when selling a son of Kapgarde to Gordon Elliott Racing for €310,000.

The three brothers John, Niall and Hugh and their three consigning ventures – Liss House, Lakefield Farm and Clifton Farm – have 22 lots catalogued for next month's Derby Sale.

Rob James spoke on behalf of the Virginia Considine Racing: "For us he was the nicest horse of the day and we thought we'd have a good go at him and luckily enough it came off. We were hoping we were going to get him a bit cheaper, but when you come across a nice horse like that you have to pull out a bit extra. The Bleahens usually have a nice horse at this sale.

"Hopefully he will run next February, and we will get to the Tattersalls Cheltenham Sale." (17:50)

The gelding it out of Mae's Choice (Presenting), a Grade 3 winner over hurdles and placed in a Grade 3 chase. She has also bred a black-type winner – Saylavee (Shantou), a two-time winner over hurdles with victory including the Voler La Vedette Mares Novice Hurdle (L).

It is the talented black-type winning family of Mighty Mogul, Court Leader, Line Ball and Rocco. (16:39)

The three-year-old filly is out of the old Vic mare Jigs'n Reels, the dam of four winners and a half-sister to Back In Front, winner of the Supreme Hurdle (G1).

The successful purchaser was Ian Ferguson, who helped Kemp with her purchase of the filly as a pinhooked yearling in 2021 when she was bought privately under Kemp's Mayfair Bloodstock banner for €7,000.

Kemp recalls: "I had actually left the sale and had headed back to the airport, Ian rang me and told me that she had not sold in the ring and that he had bought her for me privately. I liked her because she was bred by Frank Motherway from a very solid NH pedigree and she is out of an Old Vic mare.

"I have had her at home, she has always been a very forward type. When Shirley [Anderson-Jolag] came to inspect her, although the filly has the pedigree for the Derby Sale, we felt that she might be a stand out at this sale. I have been lucky at the May Sale before and I am delighted."

Kemp added: "Diamond Boy has come to life with his Cheltenham winners, and there is a recent bumper winner in this family. Rose Dobbin actually has a runner from the family today."

Ferguson outlined the next plans for the filly

"She is going to race in France and she is going to be trained Louisa Carberry – most of them come this way but she is doing it in reverse," he smiled. "I saw this filly in the spring and liked how she had done, and client Mark McCausland approached me and said he was looking for a filly to race in France."

Explaining what he liked about the filly as an individual, Ferguson said: "Her pedigree is good, Diamond Boy has come good and her athleticism is what I liked about her. I think she would have sold well at any sale, but she was a bit of a stand out today." (15:30)

Malone said: "She has been bought for owner and client Gary Gillies, and she is a very nice filly with a big pedigree. She will be broken in Ireland and will go into training with Jamie Snowden after a year point-to-pointing with Jimmy Kelly in Cork."

She was consigned by Castledillon Stud.

Getaway has had a good season on the track with his runners and finished up the 2022-23 season in fourth place on the leading sires' table by prize-money with earnings of £2,032,365. He was the leading stallion numerically with 111 winners, and it was only Yeats, also the season's champion sire by earnings, who sired over 100 winners through the season.

His leading runner Feronily won the Ellier Champion Novice Chase (G1) at Punchestown and became Getaway's fifth Grade 1 winner. (15:05)

He is third horse by the sire to sell for over €20,000 through the sale so far – currently the son of Mastercrsaftsman has three lots in the top ten, and two in the top five sales.

The grey gelding is out of the Subtle Power mare Deadly Pursuit, the dam of one winner from three runners.

"We have not had any Kingston Hill before but they seem to be exciting. This is a big strong horse with plenty of bone and he goes point-to-pointing," said buyer Paul Holden. (14:06)

It is the further family of the Tolworth Hurdle (G1) runner-up Hidebound and the 13-time winner Four Trix, winner of the Scottish Grand National (L) and third in the Galway Hurdle (G1), and to Money Trix, twice a runner-up in the Lexus Chase (G1).

"I have had four by Jet Away," reported Murphy of Woodhouse Stables-sold filly. "Three have won first time out and the other was second. I like the sire and he has been lucky for me. This filly has a pedigree. I did not think I'd have to spend that much on her, but I loved her."

The pedigree also has the benefit of weekend update – the full-sister Cool Jet was second in the Queen's Cup MPC Chase (L) in the US. (13:24)

He added: "When I went around the horses yesterday and I fell in love with this lad, and I was not going home without him. He is just my type of horse, a beautiful, beautiful horse and he must measure 16.2hh.

"His pedigree stands up, too, and there are enough good horses on the page. The Fast Company half-sister Fast Bid finished second in a Limerick maiden and was sold to the US and she has gone on to win three times and place 12 times."

Harzand, a son of Sea The Stars, who now stands at Kilbarry Lodge Stud under the farm's NH banner having started out Gilltown Stud as a Flat / dual-purpose type.

Malone outlined his thoughts : "Harzand was a dual Derby winner so he has a chance. He has not had that many under NH rules so far, his first three-year-old jumping runners were in 2021-2022. He has had a couple of horses who have won a batch of races each which is a positive. "

Bred by Pat McCarthy and sold by Clonsast Stud, the gelding is out of the High Chaparral mare Byrners Bid. She is a half-sister to the Listed-winning hurdler Hordago (Highest Honor), and to Entente Cordiale (Ela-Mana-Mou). She is the dam of the dual Group 1 King's Stand Stakes winner Equiano, the Valiant Stakes (L) winner Evita Peron and the Scarborough Stakes (L) winner Encore D'Or. (12:52)