Lot 213: the first foal in this week by Vadamos, ahead of a busy catalogue for the Monsun sire, makes €22,000. The youngster was bought by Corbeg Farm.

Offered by Roughan Farm for Patrick McAvoy, the colt is the fourth foal out of Roughan Daisy (Kalinisi), who is yet to have a runner.

She is a half-sister to Dedigout (Bob Back), a 10-time winner, victories that included a Grade 1 and four Grade 2 wins over hurdles, a Grade 3 win over fences and two Grade 1 placings over the larger obstacles.

Vadamos stood his first season at Grange Stud this spring having transferred from Tally-Ho Stud where he had been based since retiring to stud in 2017. The stallion's fee for 2021 was €6,000. (10:42)

Lot 224 and Lot 226: the first in this week by new young sire Crystal Ocean (Sea The Stars) makes €28,000. The May-born colt is the third foal out of the King's Theatre mare All In The Head, who was placed three times in NH Flat races and won over hurdles. She is a half-sister to Toushan (Shantou), also placed in a bumper, a winner over hurdles, a three-time winner over fences and placed 13 times, including when third in the Shamrock Handicap Chase (G2).

"He is a nice correct foal," said buyer David Connors of Glenmore Farm. "He will come to the farm in Waterford, I might even race him myself as he is such a good mover."

The colt was sold by Aughabeg Stables, which two lots later sold Lot 226 for €54,000, this week's first foal to sell for over €50,000.

By Maxios, the colt is out of Molly's Affair (King's Theatre), a half-sister to Nikoline, a Martaline Grade 3 winner in France. He was bought by Timmy Hillman of Castledillon Stud, Norman Williamson was the underbidder. (11:02)

Lot 247: by stalwart stallion Doyen, and out of the Presenting mare Ice Princess, this colt sells for €28,000. The top two by Doyen on official ratings are the Grade 1 winner Battloverdoyen (BHA 160) and the Grade 2 winner Beacon Edge (BHA 158), who has also been twice Grade 1 third-placed and also finished fourth in the Stayers' Hurdle (G1). His mare Lauren Gift is also by Presenting.

Ice Princess is a half-sister to Ashwell Boy, an 11-time winner, who won the Champion NH Flat race (G1) at Aintree, the Mersey Novices Hurdle (G1), also at Aintree, and finished second in the Maghull Novices Chase (G1), again at Aintree.

This colt was sold by Ballinwear Stables to TPMR Bloodstock. (11:52)

Lot 272: a first purchase this week for Rathmore Stud, Peter Moloney going to €37,000 for this Saddex half-other to The Gunner Murphy, winner of a bumper and placed third in a Grade 2 over hurdles.

Dam River Finn (Luso) is a half-sister to the black-type-winning chasers – Treacle, who won the Munster National Chase (G1), and Lucky Bay, winner of a Grade 2 chase at Newbury – and to a black-type performer in Green Belt Flyer, placed multiple times in graded races over fences and hurdles.

Saddex's leading NH performer is Eklat De Rire, a Grade 3 novice chase winner for trainer Henry De Bromhead in January, and a 4l Listed winner at Wexford on October 25. (12:31)

Lot 274: regular Tattersalls Ireland buyer Aiden Murphy makes a first purchase this week – he goes to €22,000 for colt by Poet's Word and from the stallion's first Irish-bred and NH crop, the son of Poet's Voice moving to stand at Boardsmill Stud after one season at Shadwell's Nunnery Stud in Norfolk, England.

This colt, consigned today by Crillea Farm, was bred off a €5,000 covering fee and is the fourth foal out of the NH Flat race-winning Milan mare Myblueyedgirl, a half-sister to Mad Brian (Brian Boru), runner-up in the Troytown Chase (G2). (13:21)

Lot 297: the Hardwicke Stakes (G2) and Yorkshire Cup (G2) winner Dartmouth (Galileo) stands at Shade Oak Stud, and the farm offered this son out of the dual winning Black Sam Bellamy mare Samedi Soir, bought by Rathbarry Stud.

She is a half-sister to four winners and from the family of the 17-time winner Royal Derbi, whose wins included the A.I.G. Europe Champion Hurdle, the Champion 4YO Hurdle, the Bula Hurdle, all races that now boast graded status, but then were classified as Listed races.

Dartmouth's first crop are three-year-olds of this year. (14:03)

Lot 322: today's first foal offered this week from a catalogued draft of 10 by Sholokhov, the son of Sadler's Wells who stands at Rathbarry Stud, makes 27,000gns, bought by Kilbride Equine.

This colt was sold by Lough Na Solis Stud, out of Grange Gold (Flemensfirth), an own-sister to the Grade 1-placed Top Ten and the Grade 2-placed Sizing Gold.

Sholokhov was the only stallion to sire two graded race winners at this year's Cheltenham Festival, courtesy of the talented pair of Shiskin, winner of the Arkle chase (G1) and Bob Olinger, winner of the Ballymore Novices Hurdle (G1). (14:22)

Lot 339: "I was particularly keen to get one by Poet's Word and this is the one I really wanted," said buyer Kevin Ross after going to €62,000 for the colt offered by Clonbonny Stud.

"He is a lovely foal, a proper stamp of a foal. I have been very keen on the sire, he is stamping his stock and this is a particularly nice model. He has a good dam's side, too, he has been bought for a client for resale and stays in Ireland."

Underbidders included Joey Logan, standing with Alan Harte, and Tessa Greatrex.

The colt, born on January 27th, is out of Supreme Breda (Supreme Leader), and she has already produced a three-time Grade 1 winner in Benefficient, winner of the Deloitte Novice Hurdle (G1), and Leopardstown's Arkle Novice Chase and Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase.

Poet's Word was a dual Group 1 winner at Ascot, successful in the 1m2f Prince Of Wales's Stakes at the Royal meeting in 2018, before a month later winning the 1m4f King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a neck from Crystal Ocean. He was also a four-time Group 1 runner-up in the Dubai Sheema Classic, the Juddmonte International Stakes, the British Champion Stakes and the Irish Champion Stakes. (14:53)

Lot 355: Blue Bresil moved from Yorton Farm Stud to stand at Rathbarry's Glenview Stud in 2020. His leading performer in 2021 was Royale Pagaille, winner of the Peter Marsh Chase (G2) and sixth in the Gold Cup (G1).

Paul Cashman of Rathbarry went to €40,000 to buy this colt offered by Clonbonny Stud out of the Doyen mare Onefortherose. She is a half-sister to the Grade 1 Guinness Handicap Chase winner Patricks Park. They are from the family of Remember Rose, a ten-time winner over jumps in France, four times at Grade 1 level. (15:33)

Lot 373 and Lot 374: this afternoon saw a good stint for the first, select early draft from Ballyreddin Stud.

The first through the ring, a colt by Order Of St George out of Avanguardia (Choisir), was bought by Alan Harte for €58,000, the price then eclipsed by Paul Cashman, who went to €70,000 for a filly by No Risk At All.

"I need to sit down after that!" laughed Cashman. "In my eyes she is a queen of a filly, probably the nicest you will see here. She is by a very good sire, she is the only filly here by him, and she is just has a lot of quality to her with a lovely outlook to her and size and scope.

"She will probably be resold, we might bring her to the Derby Sale, we just have to keep her in one piece! This is my first one by the sire, but he looks like he is one on the rise – he is a top class sire and his record speaks for himself. I am just glad that I was able to buy her."

The filly is out of Jetfire (American Post), a five-time winner on the Flat, with a Listed win amongst that quintet. She was also a winner and Listed placed over jumps.

Cashman earlier purchased Lot 355, the colt by Blue Bresil from Clonbonny Stud, for €40,000. Of the colt, he said: "He is a lovely quality colt, he came from good breeders, a good home. I obviously love the sire as we stand him so I can be a bit biased there!

"This colt has a great temperament, a lovely step to him, he has size and scope and could be nice horse to bring back as a three-year-old."

Ballyreddin Stud's John Dwan was obviously delighted with both sales. He had purchased both mares in France in-foal in 2019 – he left both mares to foal down abroad, then carrying to Doctor Dino and Le Havre, covered the mares in 2020 with the respective sires of these foals before shipping them back to Ireland last year in-foal.

He said: "They have both been popular since they came in, both are good walkers, especially the filly, she is a smasher and is by a very good sire.

"Order Of St George has been very lucky for me, we had a very good one by him last year who made €90,000. People are saying they are very nice to deal with. and manage, and they are, in my book, very nice horses."

Of the two mares he updated: "Avanguardia is now in-foal to Walk In The Park and Jetfire is in-foal to Crystal Ocean."

Of the rest of this week's draft, he said: "We have two very nice Walk In The Park fillies with good pages [Lot 600], one is a sister to last year's Order Of St George colt [Lot 876], and we also have a Great Pretender colt [Lot 875]." (16:20)

Lot 403: Yorton Stud, which stood Blue Bresil until the sire transferred to Ireland, offered this colt by the Smadoun stallion, and he was bought by Dick Frisby for €50,000.

Dick's son JJ Frisby said: "A good stallion, he is getting plenty of winners. He is out of a young mare, she is well-related and has a good pedigee. He is a fine horse with a good walk, and he will come back here for resale."

The unraced mare More Like That (Stowaway) is a half-sister to three black-type winners and two black-type placed horses. Her Beneficial half-brother More Of That won the Word Hurdle (G1), the Relkeel Hurdle (G3) and finished.third in the RSA Chase (G1), while Santenay, a half-brother by Mister Mat, was a Grade 2 winner over hurdles and fences, and Grade 1 placed over hurdles. (17:27)

Lot 425: bloodstock agent Matt Coleman only got to the sale ground today, but he has not wasted any time in doing business – the agent went to €70,000 for this filly by first-crop sire Success Days, a son of Jeremy.

"I have bought her for a client and she has been bought to race and will probably go into training in Ireland," reported Coleman. "I just thought she was a lovely filly, from a fantastic family and Jeremy is no longer with us, so this son is the obvious potential successor. Jeremy was a fantastic sire, so hopefully Success Days can pick up where he left off.

"She is from one of the best pedigrees in the NH stud book, so fingers crossed. She is a very good moving filly, she is very racy, she has lots of quality and she looks like a racehorse, time will tell!

"I have seen a few by the sire, they are nice, but I only arrived today so have not seen any for tomorrow. I like the idea of Success Days, he was a very tough racehorse and, if he is a s half as good as his sire, he will be ok."

The filly is out of Dona Katharina (Stowaway) and she is an own-sister to the three-time Grade 1 winner Outlander, to the Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 placed Western Leader, the Grade 3 placed Ice Cold Soul, as well as the Listed chase winner Mart Lane.

The family stretches back to the talented pair of Asian Maze and Quantitiveeasing.

She was sold by Kilbarry Lodge Stud, which stands Success Days, a multiple Group race winner and third in the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1). He was also responsible for the sale of Lot 411, a grey colt also sold by Kilbarry Lodge and he fetched €40,000. (18:36)

Lot 495: the first in today by Capri fetches €31,000, bought by Springhill Stud.

Sold by Derrymore Farm, the colt is out of the Artic Lord mare Shivermetimber, a NH Flat race winner and a Grade 3 chase winner. She is dam of four winners, including the Grade 2 Peter Marsh Chase winner The Dutchman, Katie Too, a Listed mares' hurdle winner, and The Pirate's Queen, a Listed winner and Grade 2 placed over hurdles.

Capri (Galileo) stands at Grange Stud and was a dual Group 1 winner, successful in the St Leger Stakes and in the Irish Derby in which he came home a neck ahead of Cracksman. His fee to produce this first crop was €5,000. (11:08)

Lot 522: Garryrichard Stud's son of Hillstar is bought by Johnny Collins of Brown Island Stables for €36,000.

The colt boast a fine pedigree being out of a grand-daughter of Libertina, the dam of the talented Gold Cup (G1) winner Long Run. He won 15 races, including six Grade 1 races in England and France.

Libetina is also dam of Liberthine, winner of the Mildmay Of Flete Chase (G3) and dam of Free Thinking, who has been placed in a Listed mares' NH Flat race.

This colt's dam Freedom Run is a Presenting half-sister to Lily Pedlar, who has finished third in a Grade 2 mares' hurdle at Newbury. (11:47)

Lot 528: the first to top the €50,000 mark today is agent Joey Logan, who was bidding from the gangway and standing with buyer Alan Harte.

The pair went to €53,000 for the son of this week's popular sire Poet's Word sold by Graiguebeg Stud for Seamar Bloodstock.

The youngster is a first foal out of the unraced Regal Return (Getaway), and she is a half-sister to Ballyadam, winner of the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (G1), runner-up in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle (G1) and the Brave Inca Novice Hurdle (G1).

He has run over fences this season and finished second on in a beginners' chase at Navan this month having fallen on his debut over the larger obstacles in October. (11:56)

Lot 546: Aiden Murphy sees off some persistent underbidders to buy this colt by Walk In The Park, matching yesterday's joint top price of €70,000.

"He is a good-looking, good-walking colt, a very nice colt. He has been bought for an Irish client and will come back," said Murphy.

Jimmy and Eileen Furlong of Thistletown Stud offered this colt, who is a half-brother to the Grade 2 chase winner Raging Bull and from the family of Jessies Dream, winner of the Drinmore Novice Chase (G1) and runner-up in the RSA Chase (G1). (12:44)

Lot 574: Belleville turns from buyer to consignor and sells this well-bred colt by Poet's Word for €32,000.

He is grandson of the talented racemare Spirit Leader, winner of the Tote Gold Trophy, runner-up in the December Hurdle (G1) and third n the Champion INH Flat Race (G1) at Leopardstown.

She is dam of the Grade 1 hurdle winner Prince Of Scars and Folsome Blue, a Grade 2 and 2 winner and Grade 1 place.d

It is the family of Crocodile Rock, The Game Changer and Thats My Man.

Poet's Word is currently the leading sire by aggregate: 19 foals sold for a turnover of €399,000. He is in the top ten by average and with Soldier Of Fortune the only two sires with double digit foals sold so far. (13:43)

Lot 588: the ever-successful Grange Hill Stud pedigree of Oscar Whisky strikes again... this chestnut colt by Getaway and out of Annabaloo, an unraced own-sister to the multiple Grade 1 and graded race winner, fetches €62,000.

At this sale in 2018 and 2019 colts by Presenting and Walk In The Park made €80,000 and €72,000. They are out of Poppy Balo, another own-sister to the former Nicky Henderson-trained star performer, and all bred by Stephanie Hanly of Grange Hill.

This colt was bought by Adrian Costello, a third purchase so far this week signed for under the Park Farm banner. Regular Tattersalls Ireland foal buyer Ben Case was underbidder.

Annabaloo's first runners have made it to the bumper and point-to-point field since this catalogue was published.

Surtitle, a 2016 gelding by Presenting, has been placed twice in NH Flat Races, while Not Long Left, a 2017 gelding also by Presenting, has been placed once in a point-to-point.

Surtitle was sold at this sale to Gatterstown Stud for €45,000, while Not Long Left is a Derby Sale graduate and is now in training with Donnchadh Doyle. (14:25)

Lot 599: Windward House Stud is selling just two horses here this week, but this colt by Walk In The Park comes up trumps fetching €66,000, bought by Tom Whitehead with Kevin McAuliffe, the pair bidding from the bridge and Whitehouse signing as Altenback Bloodstock.

"He is just a lovely type, and will be coming back here, he goes to Tom's now," said McAuliffe.

Aidan Aherne of Windward bred the colt, as well as his dam and her siblings, two of which have been top class racehorses – the Grand National (G3) winner Many Clouds (Cloudings) and his Oscar half-brother The Tullow Tank, a dual Grade 1 winner over hurdles.

"I am delighted with that sale," said Aheren, who explained how he came to own Bobbing Back, the grand-dam of this colt and dam of the two graded race winners. "I owned Back On Line, by Bob Back, and I liked her and she got black-type in England. Her full-sister Bobbing Back had run in France, and she came to Wexford and I heard that she was there – I went down and bought her.

"I raced her and she did nothing, so I went breeding then and, as they say, the rest is history. It is just such a shame that her daughter Autumn Clouds, the dam of this colt, gave birth to him at 12.30, but was dead by 9.30am the next morning."

Sadly, she was just a young mare (2013) and, though two of her previous foals were both fillies and full-sisters to this colt, they have also been sold.

"I have nothing left from the mare, but at least this lad sold well," reasoned Aherne, who is based at Midleton in County Cork. (15:11)

Lot 601: Aiden Murphy and Joey Logan went head to head for this colt by Soldier Of Fortune, but it was the latter who came out best at €67,000.

The colt is out of the good mare Turbo Linn, (Turbo Speed) an eight-time winner and with the distinction of having been a Group 2 Flat winner when successful in the Lancashire Oaks. She is yet to have a runner.

"I am not sure what I am going to do with him yet," admitted Logan. "He is a beautiful colt by Soldier Of Fortune, I have bought a good few three-year-olds by the sire and I think he is smart young stallion. This is a real, smart foal, a good walker."

Soldier Of Fortune is a son of Galileo and moved to stand in Ireland at the Beeches Stud for the 2016 covering season. His debut fee in Ireland was €5,000, which rose to €8,000 for 2018, a price it has remained at since. (15:22)

Lot 624: "I bought her for Semore Kurdi," said Matt Coleman after purchasing this Blue Bresil filly for €56,000. "Semore has a farm in Newcastle and he is building up a team of mainly NH fillies to race and then breed from. We bought a few store fillies at the Derby Sale and are looking for few filly foals here, too.

"I just really liked that filly, and we bought a really nice Blue Bresil filly earlier in the year and we are quite keen on the sire. She is from a good pedigree of She Ranks Me and Cooldine, it is a wonderful family. There is black-type popping up and loads of fillies breeding. Cormac Doyle has the three-year-old half-sister by Robin des Champs, and Norman Williamson bought the half-brother by Walk In The Park at this sale last year [Lot 462]– so hopefully there is lots going on in the pedigree."

Racing is not the only sporting interest for Kurdi, a property investor. He owns a majority share in the Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club, and also has ownership of the rugby league team, Newcastle Thunder.

The Falcons is currently seventh in the Gallagher Premiership having played seven matches, won four and lost three games. they are on 17 points.

Newcastle Thunder is 11th in the Betfred Championship: played 20, won seven, drawn one and lost 12. (16:11)

Lot 641: the Crystal Ocean colt out of Carrowmore, the Yeats half-sister to the Grade 1 winner Pinshou, the two-time Ascot Grade 2 winner Magic Of Light and the graded placed runners Sizing Platinum and Mughas, makes €80,000, bought by Aiden Murphy.

"Crystal Ocean looks like he is producing good stock, I have seen a number of them. This is nice colt, a good-walker, he has a nice pedigree and will be coming back," said Murphy. "You have to pay that bit extra, it makes a big difference, that extra spend you get three times the horse."

David Fenton of Hillview Stud said: "We are delighted but we were confident as we had huge interest in him. He is a very well balanced colt, and he just ticked the boxes.

"We bred him, we bought Carrowmore carrying her 2018 Shirocco filly. This is a great page and this foal just had that bit about him, that bit of class, the walk, the balance. Crystal Ocean was a good racehorse and this colt is a good advertisement for the sire," said Fenton, who added: "Carrowmore is back in-foal to Crystal Ocean."

Carrowmore's half-sister Magic Of Light (Flemensfirth), whose biggest performance came when runner-up in the 2019 Grand National to Tiger Roll, is due through the ring on Thursday, Lot 1251, consigned by Baroda Stud. (16:52)

Lot 663: the colt by the late Mastercraftsman out of Melior, a half-sister to the brilliant 21-time winner Altior, makes €56,000. He was consigned by Mark Dreeling and Barbara Fonzo of Coole House Farm.

"We are thrilled with that price, he is the first foal out of the mare to come to sale and we were not sure how he was going to be received being by Mastercraftsman," said Dreeling. "He was received very well, trade is very strong as it has been all year. The owners are more than satisfied, Paddy and Rose Behan, who own the grand-dam Monte Solaro."

Of the reasoning behind the covering of Msstercraftsman, Dreeling explained: "We wanted to inject more speed into the mare, very simple. He was starting to get a few very good hurdle horses, a couple ran at Cheltenham and were just touched off. We felt that as the mare is by Milan and was more 'staying,' it was the same reason behind using High Chaparral to produce Altior. Monte herself was a 3m horse and we chose High Chaparral to put mile / 1m2f speed into her."

Dreeling added: "Paddy is our next door neighbour and Monte comes down to foal, and this mare does the same. Melior is now in-foal to Saxon Warrior." (17:39)

Lot 669: the Getaway colt out of Listed winner and Grade 3-placed mare Banjaxed Girl (King's Theatre) is sold by Little Lodge Farm for €65,000, bought by the Lalor family's Carrigeen Bloodstock.

Breeder Robert Chugg said: "He has gone to a good home, we have had the family for 40 years, and it is still producing results. We have the three-year-old half-sister by Presenting and she is going into training with Lorna Fowler, who trained Banjaxed Girl."

John Lalor said: "We will take him home and see how he develops. We may bring him back for resale but plans are fluid. He has such an easy stride, he is a big scopey gelding, he is probably a bit unfurnished at the moment but he should be a fine horse as a three-year-old.

"He has the pedigree – the mare was a good racehorse and she has produced it as well now. It is hard to find horses like this and even harder to buy them!" (18:05)

Lot 677: another Crystal Ocean, another leading price and another purchase by Aiden Murphy, the agent matching the top price of €80,000 with his purchase of this colt out of Yeats mare Hour Before Dawn.

It is the best result in the ring for a foal sold by Oliver Loughlin and his son Alan chatted to sales day live about the sale.

"We bought the mare from Aidan Fitzgerald in Carlow and when we heard Crystal Ocean was coming we decided he would suit her," said Loughlin Jnr. "He was such a good racehorse. We've always liked this colt since he was a couple of days old, we thought he was a bit of a stand out, he has brilliant mind and he is a great foal to move. It is a fantastic result, it hasn't sunk in yet!

Of the foal's time here at the sale, Loughlin added: "He was out pretty much all of today, and trade has been so good today."

The mare is back in-foal to Crystal Ocean, carrying a colt, and she one of 26 mares on the farm at home, and Loughlin explained the thinking behind her purchase.

"It is a great back pedigree, and even since I have bought her there has been a lot going on – Docteur De Ballon won the big race at Auteuil, twice, Politologue won the Champion Chase, but what I also liked was that the mare Kings Crystal is breeding in France and I could see that she has lot of progeny to come, and even two by Doctor Dino. The mare is big and strong and a great mare to walk, she went through the Derby Sale herself."

It has been a particularly special period for Alan, he recently became a father for the third time and is on 26-week paternity leave from his job in the pharmaceutical industry.

Particularly good timing for the November NH Sale. (18:27)

Lot 686: John Kilbride of Kilbride Equine bought one lot by Crystal Ocean [Lot 389] yesterday saying then that "he had to have one by the sire", and he repeats the feat again today. This time he went to €70,000 to buy the Yellowford Farm-consigned colt out of the winning mare Blixt, a Yeats half-sister to the 26-time winner Hurricane Fly, a record-breaking winner of 21 Grade 1 hurdle races.

Kilbride said: "My thinking about Crystal Ocean is this, when the best horse in the world retires straight to NH, then you have to take note. This colt isn't massive, but neither was Hurricane Fly, so that helps. He might not be a traditional horse for traditional NH men [and women], but as action goes, I think he has the best action in the sale. He will come back for the Derby Sale, is for a client, and he goes now to England." (18:39)

Lot 729: a colt by first-crop sire Poet's Word breaks up the Crystal Ocean dominance at the top of today's trade, this colt bred and consigned by Mountain View Stud sells for €85,000, the top price overall so far at the November NH Sale.

He was bought by Joey Logan leaving Kevin Ross standing with Ben Case as underbidder.

"He is real racy, he has a beautiful head, some step, all by the sire really seem to get their heads down and walk. I saw a lot of them earlier in the year and thought they were nice. This is a lovely colt, out of a very good race mare – he just has to be lucky now!" said Logan. "I don't know plans as yet, we will se how it goes."

Louis Kennedy said: "We are actually over the moon, we can't believe it! He has far exceeded our expectations. From the moment he arrived here, he never put a foot wrong. He has been tremendous. I am delighted Joey Logan has bought him and I hope he is lucky for him.

"We have three foals by the sire and all three are tremendous foals. This lad has a great walk and a great manner. We covered five mares back to Poet's Word on the back of this foal."

Of the mare Dinaria Des Obeaux, Kennedy added: "We bought the mare of fEddie and Michael O'Leary two years ago. She was a tremendous racemare, a lovely big mare, she has been very lucky for us and she is back in-foal to Poet's Word again." (20:29)

He was bought by Joey Logan leaving Kevin Ross standing with Ben Case as underbidder.

"We have three foals by the sire and all three are tremendous foals. This lad has a great walk and a great manner. We covered five mares back to Poet's Word on the back of this foal."

He was bought by Joey Logan leaving Kevin Ross standing with Ben Case as underbidder.

"We have three foals by the sire and all three are tremendous foals. This lad has a great walk and a great manner. We covered five mares back to Poet's Word on the back of this foal."

Of the mare Dinaria Des Obeaux, Kennedy added: "We bought the mare off Eddie and Michael O'Leary two years ago. She was a tremendous racemare, a lovely big mare, she has been very lucky for us and she is back in-foal to Poet's Word again." (20:30)

He was bought by Joey Logan leaving Kevin Ross standing with Ben Case as underbidder.

"We have three foals by the sire and all three are tremendous foals. This lad has a great walk and a great manner. We covered five mares back to Poet's Word on the back of this foal."

Of the mare Dinaria Des Obeaux, Kennedy added: "We bought the mare off Eddie and Michael O'Leary two years ago. She was a tremendous racemare, a lovely big mare, she has been very lucky for us and she is back in-foal to Poet's Word again." (20:30)

Lot 785 and Lot 786: the Elusive Pimpernel colt out of Simonsfleur, the full-sister to the talented runner Simonsig, makes €35,000, she was bought by Niall Bleahen (Lot 785).

"I love Elusive Pimpernel, I think he is a seriously good sire," he said. "He has had small crops but his strike rate is phenomenal. I thought this colt was a perfect model, and of course Simonsig was a very good horse."

Of trade this week, he said: "It has been tough to buy, I have finished as underbidder too many times!"

The following lot in the ring, also offered by Simmonstown Stud, makes €26,000. He is also by the Irish National Stud-based sire, but interestingly also hails from the stallion's family – the third dam Gay Fantasy is a grand-dam of the son of Elusive Quality. The family has also produced the talented horses the multiple Group 1 winner and champion tree-year-old Snow Fairy and John Leeper, a one-time Epsom Derby fancy earlier this year.

This colt is out of Persian Memories (Indian Ridge), the dam of five winners, all of which have won on the Flat. He was bought by BBA Ireland. (11:02)

Lot 796: the first to €50,000 today is a son of this week's popular sire Blue Bresil, offered by Dunahall Stud. The colt is a homebred and is out of the mare Dunahall Queen (Saddlers' Hall), the dam of Glamorgan Duke (Flemensfirth), a Grade 1 winner over fences.

The pedigree only features two dams on the page – second dam Las Cancellas is dam of the multiple graded race and Grade 1 winner Harbour Pilot, and is grand-dam of the black-type winners River Wylde, Get Me Out Of Here and Living Next Door, and of the black-type performers Kilcrea Castle and Rock On The Moor.

He was bought by Michael Carty, who signed as KCS Bloodstock.

Blue Bresil, a son of Smadoun, is currently averaging €22,310 for 21 lots sold. (11:28)

Lot 811: Norman Williamson sold a three-year-old gelding by Walk In The Park at this year's Derby Sale for €80,000, and the pinhooker reinvests in the sire today going to €56,000 for this colt from Dunahall Stud.

The April-born foal is out of the winning Oscar mare Las Princess and she is a half-sister to Dunahall Queen, dam of Lot 796. It has been a good Wednesday morning for the farm.

Las Princess is dam of The Candy Rose (Presenting), a four-time winner. This sale is the best price for the mare in the Tattersalls Ireland sale ring. (12:05)

Lot 842: breeder Sean Murphy proves there is no substitute in this business for research and persistence – he sells this colt by Order Of St George, the half-brother to the Grade 1 Champion Novice Hurdle third-placed Mister Blue Sky, for €58,000. The May-bon colt was bought by Glenvale Stud.

"We bought the mare from Sweden a couple of years ago," recalled Murphy, who has around 12 mares based at home at Ryehill Stables. "She had a four-year-old with Willie Mullins and he won his maiden hurdle first time out, I read in a report after that Mullins said that he thought the horse, who is Mister Blue Sky, could be anything.

"With the help of Michael Kelly we looked around for a mare or a filly from the family. Michael sourced her, we eventually did a deal with the owners and brought her home. She was not in-foal then – we covered her with Yeats and sold that foal last year."

Of his decision to cover Mujdeya (Linamix) with Order Of St George, Murphy said: "He was such a popular sire last year, and I thought he'd be just as popular this year. I loved the foals by him and I have loved this foal since the start – he has a lovely temperament and a good walk. I can't believe what he has made!"

It has been a good year for Murphy – he enjoyed success at the highest level this year as breeder of Flooring Porter (Yeats), winner of last March's Grade 1 Stayers' Hurdle. (13:17)

Lot 861: the first foal to sell for six-figure sum this week is a son of first-crop sire Crystal Ocean – he was bought by Kevin Ross Bloodstock and Ben Case for €120,000.

Ross and Case met with some fierce competition around the packed sale ring for the Coolmara Stables-consigned colt out of Daydream Beach (Mahler), a sister to the Listed winner and Grade 1 Royal Bond Novice Hurdle winner Airlie Beach. The pair are out of Screaming Witness, a sister to the Grade 3 winner Our Girl Sallie.

Ross and Case persevered and outlasted a number of underbidders, including Joey Logan.

"This is a good sized foal and he has a great pedigree and he will come back for resale," explained Case when outlined why he and his team were so keen to buy the colt. "He is just a gorgeous horse and we thought he stood out today. We are delighted to get him, whether he will turn out to be ok, who knows, we will just enjoy today for now."

Case has bought four colts and three fillies here this week for Lady Jane Grosvenor, all of which will be re-offered.

He added: "Trade is strong, especially when paying that sort of money. Market is strong, it is buoyant which is lovely to see. There are some lovely foals out there, there are some exciting young stallions – Poet's Word, Crystal Ocean, Order Of St George, Vadamos for example. There needed to be some new sires as we have lost a few, it needed some new stock on the ground."

It is the best sales ring result for Kieran Mariga's Coolmara Stables and the team was delighted with the price.

"He has been very busy, we never expected that much, he was out of his box all day, he was never in his box for longer than 10 minutes,"said Mariga's son Cathal, who added: "He has scope, he has good action, he is great mover, he is very athletic. He has been a really lovely foal all the way through.

Daydream Beach was bought by Coolmara here at the November NH Sale in 2017.

"She cost us for €42,000 and was sold in-foal to Shantou. We sold that foal here at the May Sale for €20,000 to Jack and Paddy Kennedy. Her Flemensfirth two-year-old filly of this year will go to the Derby Sale next year," said Mariga, who explained that the mare's physique as well as her pedigree were her plus points when they bought her.

"Being a sister to Airlie Beach was really good, and she is a nice mare as well. She is a massive, big boned mare as well, 16.2hh, a proper NH mare. She is in-foal to walk in the Park," he outlined.

The farm has around 19 mares to foal down next spring, and Cathal was taken time out this week to be at Fairyhouse from the Equine Business course at Maynooth. (13:59)