The colt was bought as a yearling for €40,000 by Johnny Collins of Brown Island Stables, who sold him today to trainer Michael O'Callaghan, the buyer of four lots at the Tattersalls Craven Sale in April.

"I didn't think I'd have to give that, he has a bit of size and scope and a great pedigree," said O'Callaghan. "Physically he is one of the nicest horses here, and he did a very good breeze for a horse who is going to take a little bit of time. I really really like him and think he is something a little bit special. The pedigree is current, and is by a stallion that is not too bad either. I haven't had any by Belardo yet."

Collins said: "It is a great result and he is a beautiful type. He will be a lovely horse for the autumn. I left him back for this sale, he was supposed to go to the Craven Sale but just was not ready. He will make a beautiful three-year-old and he did a lovely progressive breeze."

Of Belardo, a son of Lope De Vega, Collins added: "I had one last year and I liked him so I was not opposed to buy another one." (14:57)

"He is a lovely horse, it just didn't pan out last year as a yearling," said O'Callaghan. "The sire is doing well, he has had nine winners now – they all try hard in their races."

The mare hails from the Group 1 and Classic family of Hermosa, Hydrangea, The United States, Fire Lily, Glorious Sight and the champion European sprinter Zipping. (15:21)

The colt was pinhooked last autumn by Katharina Irmer and Jerry Horan, who signed as Paragon Bloodstock, for just €6,000 and Brown described the transaction as "probably one of the best sale ring touches ever".

After purchasing the horse, leaving Alex Elliott as the frustrated underbidder, Brown, who was enjoying a well-deserved (non-alcoholic!) drink on the hot day, said: "Well it was significantly more than I had expected or hoped to pay! I thought he did an outstanding breeze and obviously the sire is one of the top sires in Europe. He is a gorgeous big horse, and when I spoke to my client last night we highlighted him as the one – as obviously my underbidder had too! He is a smashing horse and you always have to pay more than you value them.

"I was on the phone to my client through the sale and I would say that was our last bid. I am delighted to get him, he was never going to be a cheap horse but when you get to those echelons, the pressure is on!"

Of future plans for the colt, who is out of the black-type mare Venturous Spirit (Arch), Brown outlined: "I can't say who my client is, but he will be trained by William Haggas"

He added: "It is one of the greatest sale ring touches and fair dos to the consignor. It shows that the dreams are there and good on them, they prepared him to a very high standard."

After buying their colt, Irmer and Horan sent him to Clare Manning of Boherguy Stud to break in, and then to Justin Timmons and Danny O'Donovan of Dolmen Bloodstock to prep for today.

"He has never been lame, he has never missed a day work. He is just an amazing horse, it is great for the guys they have done such an amazing job," said Irmer of her first breeze up ownership venture. "It was a perfect time of the year to sell, we were never tempted to sell earlier as we wanted to give him the time."

Horan, who selected the colt as a yearling, continued the story. "Katharina and I know each other through the sales. We were in France trying to buy horses to breeze, Katharina was there working for Grove and she said to me that if got anything to let her know. I bought this horse and we went out for dinner and the rest is history!

"Clare Manning broke him and then he went to the lads, they did all the work, we were just lucky enough to own him. He always had a big stride, he has always been a big horse."

After the hammer was knocked down the young team received a round of applause from onlookers as well as plenty of hugs and well wishes.

In amongst the celebrations, Timmons said: "Everything went well. It is magic. He was a big raw horse in October, but everything has gone well and he has matured great through the winter; he has never put a foot wrong. He did a very professional breeze, he has a lovely floating action and skipped along the ground, it was effortless. He is just a beautiful straightforward horse, he has been a dream at home."

Of expectations coming to the sale, Timmons said: "We never expected a figure like that, you do your best to get them to the sale and there is a lot of pressure to get to a sale. Then you have to breeze and then all the other aspects, you need a lot of things to go right."

But he smiled: "It is life changing stuff. Jerry and Katharina they invested and took a punt, it is a great story." (17:12)

Brown was in awe of the day's trade "It has been absolutely bouncing trade, there was a whole load of bidders there over £100,000. This is a smashing horse, gorgeous individual, he is a big horse and to do the sort of breeze he did was really impressive, I don't think he will have liked the ground, he has a bit of knee action, I think he'd like a bit of juice in the ground. I don't know what the plans are."

Brown has always been a strong supporter of the Goresbridge Sale and has done very well with his purchases.

"It is quite nice when the catalogue comes out and your horses are on there! We have been going to Fairyhouse for this sale, probably the first one we went to was six or seven years ago, and it has been a great hunting ground for us. This sale is on a very steep trajectory." (19:15)

All the details can be found here on sales day live: updates, withdrawals, results and all the day's sale stories. (10:18)

38, 52, 66, 89, 101, 103, 114, 118, 125, 133, 136, 146, 149, 150, 157, 172, 194, 197, 199, 218, 220, 223, 236, 241, 254, 270, 292, 301, 310, 313, 322, 334, 336, 341, 357, 361, 370, 372, 376, 382 (10:19)

A son of the ever popular Walk In The Park and out of a full-sister to Emily Gray, the Grade 3 chase-winning mare, is bought by agent Aiden Murphy.

She was consigned by Glenvale Stud. (11:13)

"He is a horse for the longer term, he has the size and scope to jump a fence and he has some pedigree there. You'd be excited and dreaming at this stage.

"Obviously the stock by Authorized are getting harder to get, they are sought after. In some ways that was the easy bit, now the work begins and get him to realise some of his potential!"

The pedigree as referenced by Crawford is that of the talented Crystal D'Ainay, winner of the Rendlesham Hurdle (G2), runner-up in the Long Walk Hurdle (G1) and third in the Stayers' hurdle (G1).

Instinct D'Ainay, a bay three-year-old gelding born in April, is out of Etoile D'Ainay, a 12-time winner in France, including the Grand Prix de Pau Chase (G3).

Authorized, of course, is the sire of the great two-time Grand National (G3) winner Tiger Roll. (11:33)

The gelding was a successful pinhook result for Castledillion –Timmy Hillman having bought the May-born gelding at the November National Hunt Sale for €62,000 from Burgage Stud. (11:46)

The oldest crop by the Hardwicke Stakes winner are four-year-olds of this year. He has had just a handful of NH runners to date, including one winner – I Spy A Diva (Midnight Legend), a winner of her bumper on her first start.

Telescope stands at Shade Oak Stud, and the farm sold this horse as a foal to Glenvale at November National Hunt Sale 2018 for €30,000. (12:29)

Maxios enjoyed a fabulous Cheltenham Festival with his son Quilixios winning the Triumph Hurdle (G1). The 13yo son of Monsun, winner of the Group 1 Prix du Moulin and a half-brother to the Arc winner Bago, moved to stand at Castle Hyde Stud for the 2020 spring covering season. His fee for 2021 is €7,000.

Glady Romana has had three winners from five runners. She is a half-sister to two Listed Flat winners in Germany. (13:03)

The three-year-old's dam also did her bit to help her son's sale's price – her first runner Ballycoose (Mahler) won a bumper in May on his first start for owner Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, while her 2015 gelding by Stowaway named The Bandit has been placed third a bumper since the catalogue was published. he is owned by Mrs Paul Shanahan and Mrs John Magnier and is trained by Willie Mullins. (13:25)

Kirk said: "Delighted to get him, Saints Des Saints is one of the best sires there is, he is a proper Grade 1 sire, and we have had superstars by Saints Des Saints.

"This horse is from a fantastic pedigree, he is closely related to a filly who was top class. He is for Willie Mullins."

The French-bred bay gelding is a full-brother to the Listed winner Saint Rajh, while his dam is an Enrique half-sister to Santa Bamba, who won six times over jumps, her wins including the Prix Jean Stern Chase (G2). She is dam of the dual Grade 1-winning hurdler De Bon Coeur (Vision D'Etat).

He was sold by Sluggara Farm. (13:50)

"She is a very nice individual, a very good mover, and she comes from a very good home," said Doyle after having to go to €90,000 to secure the filly. "The Tizzards were keen to get her as they had Sizing Tennessee. She has been bought on spec, fingers crossed someone will come along and buy her.

"It is a massive bonus that she is a filly, especially going to England. She could win a lot of money in a short space of time. She looks quite racy, hopefully she can be one to move on with."

Dam Jolivia (Dernier Empereur) is the dam of five winners from six runners, including the two black-type winners. (14:08)

Lot 79 is a grey son of the 15yo Burgage Stud-based sire Jukebox Jury, whose daughter Princess Zoe finished second in last week's Ascot Gold Cup (G1). He cost his buyers €130,000 and Shefflin said: "He is a very nice horse, I love the sire, this is a good pedigree and he has a bit of size. Jukebox Jury is by Montjeu, the same as Walk In The Park, they are good sires. The plan will be to go point-to-pointing and produce another Jonbon story!"

The gelding's dam Karuma (Surumu) is the dam of eight winners, five of which boast black-type, including the Grade 3 winner Kruzhlinin.

Lot 83 is by Walk In The Park himself and from Castledillion Stud. Out of a Manduro half-sister to the Grade 1 runner-up Tarxien and from the family of Pentire, the champion European three-year-old of 1995, he cost €105,000. (15:00)

He is a full-brother to Mount News, a six-time winner and a Grade 1 runner-up over hurdles. Mags O'Toole was in charge of bidding.

“He will go to Paul’s, settle into the system and hopefully we will see him on a racecourse in 18 months’ time,” reported Malone on the telephone. “He is a gorgeous horse with a lovely pedigree and from a very good farm. I thought there was such an array of beautiful horses catalogued this week, real chasing types, there is a chance for everyone to buy a lovely horse and for good value.” (15:20)

A buying trio of Sue Magnier/Linda Shanahan/Aiden Murphy purchased Lot 84, a bay filly by Walk In The Park and a half-sister to the eight-time winner and 22-time placed Yorkist (Urban Ocean).

Henrietta Knight bought Lot 85, a chestnut filly by Presenting and a half-sister to Kilbarry Way, a winner and Listed placed over hurdles. She cost €95,000.

"She is a gorgeous filly," said Knight. "She is a great looker, I loved the way she walks, she has a lovely air about her too, a great presence. And, of course, I trained Racing Demon too – he was a lovely horse. I love Presenting fillies, and she should have good broodmare value.

"I have bought for the client here before – that horse won first time out – and he is based in London. He just said that if I were over at all that he ought to see I could buy another one and it didn't matter whether it was a gelding or filly. She will come back to me now to be broken in." (15:16)

Today the well-grown three-year-old added to that valuation when purchased for €155,000 by Joey Logan.

"I tried to buy him as a yearling, I was underbidder for Alan Harte," said Logan. "He was a lovely horse then and I have seen him this week and he is smashing now. He is a big scopey horse with a beautiful pedigree, and by a good sire, a very good sire.

"He is going point-to-pointing for me. He will come home to be broken in, and then will go to Denis Murphy and be resold, hopefully!"

By Doctor Dino, he is a French-bred half-brother to the French Grade 3 winner Dream Wish (Dream Well). His second dam Ladies View was a Listed winner and dam of five winners, including the Grade 2 winner Ladies Choice, dam of Grade 3 Grand National Trial winner Lord Du Mesnil, and Ladytown, dam of the Grade 3 winner, Ladyville. (15:26)

He is a fifth purchase today for Michael Shefflin / Paul Holden.

"He was a stand-out today, definitely," said Shefflin. "He is a full-brother to Ferny Hollow and I just thought he is a very good looking horse, he fits the bill. He is a great moving horse, a great walker, and stands up very well. I just feel he is a very nice horse.

"He is a full-brother to a very good horse so it all fits in."

Ferny Hollow beat the subsequent Supreme Hurdle winner Appreciate It when taking the Champion Bumper. He ran just once over hurdles last season, his only run subsequent to his Festival success, beating none other than the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (G1) winner Bob Olinger. The form is certainly in the book for the Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old.

Shefflin added: "It is a great Ken Parkhill family that is steeped in tradition. Hopefully, it won't send us wrong."

A delighted Parkhill said: "This family has been good to us. This horse is much nicer and has more quality than Ferny Hollow. We were hoping that he'd go near to topping the sale. The mare is dead, we have three fillies from her at home breeding for us." (16:49)

Already named Islo, he is out of Petite Angly, a half-sister to Medison, winner of the Imperial Cup (L). It is the further family of Bacardys, also by Coastal Path. He was a winner of the Aintree Champion Bumper (G2) , third in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper and a two-time Grade 1 novice hurdle winner. (18:49)

After a strong session yesterday, we have 199 catalogued lots today.... withdrawals are below

218, 220, 223, 236, 241, 254, 270, 292, 301, 305, 310, 313, 322, 325, 334, 336, 341, 357, 361, 370, 372, 376, 382, 392 (10:10)

Sold by Noughaville Stud, dam Robyn's Rose is dam of a winner since publication of the catalogue. (11:12)

Bidding was opened by Shefflin at €100,000 and was taken on by Aiden and Ollie Murphy, who ended up as the eventual underbidder with a final bid of €195,000.

"Two years ago we bought the full-brother to Douvan, so I suppose there was a little bit of a connection that way," recalled Shefflin. "This was real sought after horse that way, too. Hurricane Fly, what can we say, he did it all! If it is possible, this horse could be half as good...

"But this is a flawless horse, we loved him. He is three-parts brother in blood to Hurricane Fly and I knew the family – I had a chance to buy the mare when she was in-foal to Shirocco. But it was down to the individual at the end of the day, I could not fault him."

Of the price, Shefflin added: "We train to win a point, we are not end users, and we were up against end users the whole time. You have to stop at some stage. Hopefully he will be another Jonbon – he does even have to make as much as that, but he has to make enough!"

Breeder and consignor Yellowford Farm offered the gelding as a foal, but decided not sell at €95,000. It looks now to have been a great decision.

Paul Motherway of Yellowford said: "Thrilled, it is a great result for the farm, it is a lot of hard work for the farm and it is great when it pays off. We were brave as a foal, we were questioning our decision at the time, did we do the right thing? But when it works out in the end it is great.

"To be fair, it is all the horse, he is very easy to do, very straightforward, he has never given a day's trouble, he has great mind."

Of the cover by Walk In The Park, Motherway added: "We like the stallion and we think his progeny are very good, hopefully he can go on to be another Douvan or Min!"

Yellowford has three daughters of Scandisk, who was bought by the farm at the November NH Sale 2009 for €63,000, resident at home breeding so the line will continue.

"We try to build pedigrees, try to improve them and build them, hopefully we can get this pedigree going again," smiled Motherway. (11:45)

Lot 208, a son of Flemensfirth and sold by Glenvale Stud, cost Team Murphy €70,000. He is out of Royale Video (Video Rock), dam of Campeador (Gris Du Gris), placed third in the December Hurdle (G1).

Lot 210 is by Soldier Of Fortune and out of Ryme Bere (Until Sundown), a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Top Shape (Double Bed). He was pinhooked by Brown Island Stables at the November NH Sale for €34,000, and resold to the Murphys today for €80,000.

"They have both been bought on spec," said Murphy Jnr. "They are both two lovely sorts active horses, real proper trainer's horses." (11:31)

By Joshua Tree, she is a half-sister to two the Listed bumper winner Good Risk At All (No Risk At All) and the Listed hurdle runner-up Earlofthecotswolds (Axxos).

O'Ryan said: "We loved her when I saw her the other day. She is a lovely filly, she has a great temperament, she has everything you want in a racemare, hopefully there is an engine. That is what you have to give for a nice horse. She will go to Paddy and Jack Kennedy to be broken-in, they do a very good job, and then on to Gordon Elliott."

The filly has been bought by O'Ryan for owner Caren Walsh, who was on-hand in the sale ring. Walsh enjoyed Cheltenham Festival success this spring with Black Tears, winner of the Mares' Listed Hurdle, but unfortunately she and husband Aidan, who first met at the Festival and usually travel to Cheltenham every year, could not be there for this year's victory.

Walsh always tries to get to the sales to see any prospective purchases.

"We always come to the sales, we have to like the horses too, as I look after them in the summer," said Walsh, who lives in Clane.

Joshua Tree is a son of Montjeu standing at Kilbarry Lodge Stud for €3,000 having started his stallion career in France. A real globetrotter, he was a three-time Grade 1 winner at Woodbine for trainer Ed Dunlop, but also won the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay, the Qatar International and the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes.

He has had winners on the Flat and over jumps, and this is his highest-price horse to sell in the sale ring so far. (12:56)

"He is to go pointing," said Logan. "He is a real good individual, a good walker and out of a good racemare. I am a fan of the Walk In The Parks – they walk well. Hopefully, this will be one to keep the dream alive!"

He was sold by Dick Frisby's Glenwood Stud, having been a €48,000 pinhook at the February National Hunt Sale 2019. (13:02)

"He is out of The Wicked Kipper, a full-sister to Cue Card, who was a very good horse and a real favourite of the Tizzards," said Doyle. "This horse is by Getaway and I a big fan of the sire, he is also a very active horse and looks a tough sort. He is for sale."

Cue Card was not just a favourite of the trainer, he was a favourite for many race fans. he won 16 races, £1,447,00 in prize-money earnings and six grade 1 races, including the King George VI Chase and the Ascot Chase (twice). (13:45)

"He is a lovely, fine athletic horse, he looks like a racehorse," said buyer Kevin Ross after bidding to €105,000 for the Glenvale Stud-offered three-year-old. "The sire has started off well, and we have been very keen on them from the start. This horse has been bought for an established client and he will probably be trained in Ireland." (13:56)

He was described by auctioneer Simon Kerins as a "belter", there was bidding interest in him from all around the sale ring.

He is out of the Robin Des Champs mare Tornade D'Ainay, an own-sister to Fleur D'Ainay, winner of the Prix Ferdinand Dufaure Chase (G1), and a half-sister to Crystal D'Ainay, runner-up in the Long Walk Hurdle (G1) and third in the Stayers' Hurdle (G1). (14:10)

He was a successful pinhook having been bought by Oak Tree for €26,000 at the November NH Sale.

The Grange Stud-based stallion is leading the sale's sires' table with a turnover of €1,631,000, the only stallion with aggregate sales over the two days in excess of €1 million.

Doctor Dino heads the sires' list by average – three sold for an average price of €115,000 – while Walk In The Park leads the average prices for stallions with double digit horses sold – 21 sold for an average of €77,666 (15:59)

It was a 21st purchase by the point-to-point consignor and took aggregate spend to €884,000, the highest of any buyer.

Davidoff, a son of Montjeu, enjoyed a good season with runners through 2020-21 – his leading horse Abacadabras collecting Grade 1 success in the Aintree Hurdle and finishing fourth behind Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle (G1) at Punchestown.

He stood his first season this spring at Haras de Saint Arnoult at a fee of €3,000. (16:30)

Saint Des Saints, sire of the likes of Djakadam, Quito De La Rocque, Saint Calvados and Quel Espirit, is now 23 and stands at Haras d'Etreham at a fee of €15,000. (16:37)

"He will be running in the 'double green', as will the horse whom we bought yesterday" said Crawford. "The sire has done well for the owners, they have had a wee bit of luck. This is a nice horse, an athletic horse. He is a bit more mature that yesterday's purchase so should be one to come to hand a bit earlier."

Anthony Bromley speaking from England said: "He has been bought for Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, who own the Authorized homebred gelding Raffles Face. He is a joint leading four-year-old in France and won a Grade 3 ten days' ago. Understandably we are fans of the sire. This horse has a lovely pedigree, he is a very exciting prospect and we are very excited to get him."

Bromley added: "We've got business done this week and have bought 17 horses."

Sold by Kilminfoyle House Stud, the bay gelding is a half-brother to Boldogsag, a Grade 3 winner in France. (17:16)

The February-born bay gelding was sold by Oaks Farm Stables, having been bought by the farm for €63,000 here in November 2018. (17:21)

There was lots of interest in the Ballincurrig House Stud-consigned three-year-old gelding, but it was Eddie O'Leary, bidding from the balcony, who was the successful purchaser. MV Magnier was underbidder.

"He is for Bective Stud and he goes to Gordon Elliott," said O'Leary. "Gordon has the brother, who is quite a good horse but this is an absolute king of horse. He is by what looks to be a top class young sire. I hope he is half as good as he looks." (18:46)