The colt was from James Wigan's West Blagdon Stud draft, and the consignor said: "I am glad where he has gone. This colt is a little bit similar in some ways to Bay Bridge, this horse is very light footed and a very good mover. He has never been a moment's trouble and is a very straightforward horse. He will be a lovely colt."

Of any thoughts of retaining the foalfor a year to sell as a yearling, he said: "We always sell as foals, we have sold the occasional yearling, but it is disappointing for the team on the stud if they don't sell themselves [when the stock are foals]."

Of Bay Bridge's future plans he said: "He goes to stud, and the deal is being finalised."

Anthony Stroud said: "He is a really attractive horse, and is a full-brother to a good horse. It is a great stud to buy off, they produce such good horses, I am delighted to have bought him." (16:40)

The colt is a half-brother to the dual Group 1 runner-up Dragon Symbol, now a prospective stallion for Whitsbury, and to the 2022 Havana Grey colt who topped the day 2 foal session last year, and was a subsequent Godolphin purchase for 600,000gns at the October Book 1 Yearling Sale. (15:48)

Simon Mockridge Juddmonte Farms' general manager outlined the reasons behind purchase of the pair.

Lot 891: "The Kingman was very well presented, Hazelwood does a terrific job and there always have great turnout whether the are producing foals or yearlings. This foal has size and scope, which is just what we need, and has a great page. The cross is unbelievable [Kingman over Galileo mares] and has produced 15 per cent stakes winners-to-runners and has just made a lot of sense to us. Kingman has had a fantastic year with four Group 1 winners, and is the leading by three-year-old sire by stakes winners.

Lot 903: "We bought the Lope De Vega half-sister here last year and we think she is one of our nicest at home. This is a nice horse, a bit later as a May foal but very well balanced, compact, and a great walker. Wootton Bassett has had a very good year and this made a lot of sense to us. And this foal is out of a very good mare."

Michael Wates, consignor of the Wootton Bassett foal, said: "He is a very nice colt, a lot of people liked him and we got good money for him – Juddmonte is not a bad place for him to go! It is rewarding, people work very hard all year and sometimes it doesn't work, this year it has. My son runs the stud, he does a good job, he has got great staff and all being well we are going to stick at it and go one for more.

"Poet's Vanity we bought as a yearling and raced her and I have always been in love with her. She is going to Blue Point next season and hopefully onwards and upwards." (15:22)

The half-sister to Ambition, winner of the Prix Corrida (G1) and second and fourth in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet, is the seventh foal out of the New Approach mare.

"She is beautiful, absolutely gorgeous, I fell in love with her as soon as a I saw her," said Lamb after purchase. "She is very athletic and has a wonderful page. She has been bought to race and to come back to Newsells Park Stud. She has two half-sisters by Dubawi and she ticked all the boxes for us. We are delighted to get her. I watched everyone going in for her, and thought 'Oh my gosh!'"

Of the young sire, Lamb added: "St Mark's Basilica is the unknown quantity, but she is the nicest I have seen by him."

Georgina Whales, Ashbrittle's stud manager, admitted she had a mix of emotion seeing the filly go, but there is still plenty of this top class family at home with exciting mating plans.

"We have Ambition back on the farm, she had a Frankel foal this year and is in-foal to Palace Pier and Talent is in-foal to New Bay," reported Whales.

"This filly speaks for herself and he has been so well behaved here. She has bene really busy and had ten vets and it was just this morning she had got tired but she still marched around the sales ring. Jill came to see her several times."

Whales has been at Ashbrittle for some time and in fact broke-in Talent herself. When asked if there are any family characteristics, she laughed: "The family tend to keep themselves out of trouble – Talent and Prowess when you feed them in the field they know they are queens and will walk away from everyone else and insist on being fed alone. This filly was out in the field with Ambition's Frankel foal and the pair of them did exactly the same!

"And the whole family are just complete foodies." (14:13)

"This year has been exceptional for her, we are very pleased," said Nick Pocock of the Somerset-based farm, recalling: "We bred You Look So Good ourselves – we bought her dam Divine Grace many years ago [December Mares Sale 2002, 6,000gns]. We then sold You Look So Good for 125,000gns as a yearling to Roger Varian and then bought her back after she had raced for 18,000gns. She does produce a lovely horse, and it has been brilliant to watch Too Darn Hot's progress this year. She is not in-foal."

Aside from Melo Melo she is also dam of Treasuring, who won the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes and the Curragh Stakes (G3).

Buyer Nick Bell of Haras de Meautry said: "He is a very nice horse, there is a lot to like about him, a beautiful walker, the mare has produced two very good horses andToo Darn Hot looks as though he is going to make it. This colt will go to France to the stud and then into training with Andre Fabre." (13:52)

The farm in Sussex, which is in "Winnie the Pooh country" and near Ashdown Forest, is owned by Neil Goldie-Scot and Clare Salmon who founded it following their wedding in 2015. The couple's entry into racehorse breeding was usually achieved via the Magnolia Cup.

"We worked in the City, and we got into this because I did the Magnolia Cup three times. Gary Moore trained me and I said to him to buy me a horse who could win the race, and he bought us a lovely sprinter called Secret Missile and then we just got hooked," said Salmon.

"We have four mares at present, one of which was the 'training' mare. We are very hands on now," said Goldie Scot, who has retired, while Salmon is a non-exec director

"It is our fourth year trading, but this is the first time we have ever had anything like her to sell," reported Goldie Scot, Salmon adding: "We bought the mare in France and we had seen her Sottsass foal before her in the ring and he sold for €105,000, and she is such a lovely kind mare with a beautiful looking mare. We did not go to France looking to buy, but our eyes met! We did not anticipate anything like this and that is why I can't stop crying! I started crying about 85,000gns."

"She was prepped at Carisbrooke Stud and they have don a great job, and she has had nearly 200 viewings and ten vettings here," said the couple, adding: "This very special because we chose the mare ourselves and backed our judgement."

Unfortunately, Salmon won't be doing too much celebrating tonight – she is nursing three broken ribs sustained while out hunting with the local bloodhound pack.

And if you are wondering about the name Apedroc Stud... if means "on the big rock" in Anglo-Saxon – the house dating from before the Norman Conquest and Edward the Confessor's wife Queen Edith, who was described by scribes of the time as a "considerable beauty", lived in the house. (13:22)

The farm's team of the resident Chasemore vet Pat Sells and stud manager Jack Conway, recently shortlisted for the Godolphin Stud Employee Awards, were in the sale ring and in charge of bidding duties.

"You will see him again back here next year. He is an exceptional physical, and Kodiac has 238 two-year-olds and Paddy Twomey has the Mehmas entered in the Irish Guineas [the unraced Lucky Silks], and is apparently a very nice young horse," said Sells. "It is a lot of money, but we and try and stack the odds in our favour with potential upsides ."

The farm's pinhooking purchases also depends on the broodmare band at Chasemore.

"It depends how many colts we have out of good mares, quite rightly we like to hold on to the good fillies but if we two consecutive years where our good mares have fillies, we like to bolster the draft with nice colts where we can," explained Sells.

Conroy will be busy on Monday – not only is it the first day of the Tattersalls December Mares' Sale, but he also has his interview for the Godolphin award. (12:00)

She is an Excelebration half-sister to the Listed winner Marlinka, dam of Marsha, the champion older European sprinter of 2017, winner of the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1) and the Prix de l'Abbaye (G1), and to Judicial winner of the Coral Charhe Sprint (G3) and the Chipchase Stakes (G3).

It is the further family of Soviet Song, the champion older European mare of 2004 and 2005 and five-time Group 1 winner.

Marsha, of course, sold for a European record price of 6,000,000gns at the December Mares Sale in 2017. (11:07)

The January-born foal is a half-brother to Spain Burg, winner of the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes, and he was sold by Glebe Farm Stables to Kelly Equine, the busiest buyer here so far this week with 11 purchases to this point.

Glebe Farm really appreciates the stallion's stock – earlier this week it turned from consignor to purchaser and spent 45,000gns on the Whitsbury Manor Stud-offered colt out Persaria (Lot 517). (10:38)

In a well-attended award ceremony held in the Tattersalls sale ring, Bromley, who was standing in his usual bidding spot on the rail, was awarded the title and a choice bottle by Geoffrey Howson, the Hon. President of the Federation of Bloodstock Agents.

Bromley has enjoyed a fine season on the track this year and his purchases include the winners of 10 Group/Grade 1 races under both codes in England, Ireland and France.

These include the triple Grade 1 winner El Fabiolo, winner of the English and Irish Arkle Chases, and Impaire Et Passe, winner at the Cheltenham and Punchestown Festivals and the top-rated novice hurdler of last season.

On the Flat, his buys have included the Group 1 and 2 winner Trueshan, Bradsell, winner of Royal Ascot's King's Stand Stakes (G1), and Relief Rally, who took the Lowther Stakes (G2) and the valuable Weatherbys Super Sprint.

"I first met Antony through David Minton and the late Peter Calver – a good judge of horses and men. I can recall Peter telling me that ‘Brains’ as he called Anthony, would go far in the industry. Anthony’s knowledge of English, Irish and French jumping form is phenomenal," says Howson.

"I have always been impressed by Anthony’s management of the Simon Munir and Isaac Souede-owned horses and his dealings with the media regarding their runners."

Anthony said: “I am thrilled to receive this award and it is particularly rewarding to be given something by your peers. Whilst it has indeed been a great year on the track for some of my buys, I have to thank my numerous amazing owners who continue to keep the faith by giving me the chances and of course to the trainers and jockeys who are so consistently top class. I am only the agent and would be nothing without those good teams supporting me.”

This autumn, he has purchased 84 yearlings for various different trainers, owners and at differing price points.

Bromley recalled how he started out in the industry.

"I came to work for 'Minty' when I was 19 as the tea boy, and it sort of started from there really. I did not become an agent overnight, it took years and years and years. I was under his wing forever and still am really. I am still the boy!"

"Keep pestering people to try and shadow them and get your face out there, a door might open, it is not easy and I appreciate that. Just get with as good people as you can. When becoming an agent, you don't necessarily plan it to bon , it sort of comes along, it is when people start to allow you to spend their money. You are allowed to buy some slow ones, but you need to find some good ones as well, thankfully the owners have stuck with me through thick and thin, and we have had some thin times too." (09:30)

Catalogued: 301

Offered: 250

Sold: 202

Total: 8,307,450gns (-12%)

Median: 31,000gns (-3%)

Average: 41,126gns (-3%)

% Sold: 81%

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Havana Grey, 2. Blue Point, 3. Showcasing

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Blue Point, 2. Too Darn Hot, 3. Pinatubo

Leading purchasers (by agg, accum): 1. Kelly Equine, 2. Grangemore Stud, 3. Tally-Ho Stud

Leading consignors (by agg, accum): 1. Whitsbury Manor Stud, 2. Newsells Park Stud Ltd., 3. McCracken Farms

Today's top five prices

Lot 638: Havana Grey (GB) / Stellarta (GB) Gr.C. (GB) >> Whitsbury Manor Stud >> Rumstar Bloodstock >> 250,000gns

Lot 710: Kingman (GB) / Liberty London (GER) B.C. (GB) >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd. >> Haras De Meautry >> 200,000gns

Lot 644: Too Darn Hot (GB) / Canonbury (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> New England Stud >> Grangemore Stud >> 185,000gns

Lot 657: Blue Point (IRE) / Glowing Star (IRE) Gr.C. (IRE) >> Hawes Stud, Ireland >> Grangemore Stud >> 170,000gns

Lot 660: Blue Point (IRE) / Roseau City (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> McCracken Farms >> Good Will Bloodstock >> 165,000gns (19:58)

Roseau City was bought at the Tattersalls February Sale in 2018 – amazingly Thraya Queen was purchased at the same sale two years before for even less – the daughter of Shamardal was signed for by Cecil McCracken at 1,700gns!

She was bought out of the Richard Fahey's Musley Bank Stables has had one winner from one runner and three foals of racing age. That winner is Panic Alarm, who won twice at two for Jessica Harrington and has since finished second in the La Jolia Handicap (G3) in the US for trainer John Sadler.

The mare was covered by Space Blues this spring.

Lot 717, a filly by Mehmas and out Nijah (Pivotal), did not give the farm too shabby a result either – she was sold to Kingsfield Stud for 68,000gns. (19:07)

The January-born colt, bred by Gestut Hof Ittlingen, was bought by Nick Bell.

"He has been bought by Haras de Meautry for Edouard de Rothschild," reported Bell, director of Haras de Meautry. "He will be kept to go into training and, hopefully, will go to Andre Fabre in two years' time, that's the plan.

"We always buy a couple of foals every year and there was not one for us this year in France. It is a thing we do every year so we can compare them to the foals we have at home, and we think we get a bit better value as a foal than buying as a yearling."

Of this colt he outlined: "He is nice, good-looking, good-walking foal and out of a good race mare. She won from three to five and she has run in good company all the time, that was big thing for us, she was obviously tough. As he was a first foal, too, it probably worked in our favour as there is nothing for the pinhookers to come through.

"That was the sort of price we had in mind, I told Edouard he would cost from 150,000gns to 200,000gns." (18:41)

Paul McCartan, bidding from the right stairs, said: "I have tried on a couple earlier this evening and got beaten, so I am really pleased to get her. She is beautiful mover and nice outlook. His stock do tend to be of type, it has not surprised me that he has done as well as he has judging by the progeny he is getting. They look like racehorses and they have very good temperaments. He is a very exciting stallion and you couldn't get enough of them!"

Of trade today he said: "It has been strong. I usually have two or three bought by the end of day two, we have only got this one so far."

McCartan, of course, has had previous significant results with the progeny of Blue Point – at this year's October Book 1 Sale he sold three yearlings for an aggregate of 1,980,000gns with a top price of 1,500,000gns given by Godolphin for the colt out of his star mare Anna Law, the dam of Baattash and The Antarctic. (18:35)

Breeder Craig McCracken was all smiles in the dark outside the foal's box in Somerville Paddock P, and recalled buying Roseau City (Cityscape) for just 4,000gns.

"The filly is by the sire of the moment in Blue Point, she was very well received, a lovely walker, get to work with. just wanted to please and we are very happy," said McCracken. "We bought the mare Roseau City here at the February Sales, she came from David Elsworths. Richard Kent knows the family very well and he said he missed her! He told us we had a lovely filly, and it has worked out very well for us. She is back in-foal to Sioux Nation."

He added: "Her Cotai Glory colt Pockett Rockett was a very good horse and the mare has already done well for us – but this has taken it to a new level."

Of the decision to cover the mare with Blue Point he said: "He was a fabulous racehorse, a great physical and we thought he's suit the mare and we love the Shamardal thing, which has been good to us over the years. Of course it was a bit of a punt going to him after his first crop would have run, but for us we have to take those chances as it is difficult to justify spending the money [to go to established sires].

"But in our opinion, it was a calculated risk as we had been to see a few of his foals and we thought they were very nice and this game is very much about the physical, and Blue Point is the physical. Even if he had not hit the dizzy heights he has hit, he still think he would have been very commercial." (17:59)

"It is brilliant with the two horses, it is absolutely fantastic, we sold two more earlier today and that was a bit bumpier but these two make up for that," said Gaffney. "Glowing Star is from a very very fast family, we went to Blue Point whom we thought was a rocket and we loved him when we saw him. We put two rockets together and we got a superstar of a horse so we are thrilled!

"This is one of the better prices that my wife and I have sold under the Hawes Stud banner, we have been with my brother Tom of Churchtown House Stud. We have sold for a couple of years under the Hawes Stud; we are diverging but staying together."

Of Glowing Star he reported: "We bought her a long time ago, we loved her the minute we saw her. We bought her cheap and the family has just improved. She is in-foal to Magna Grecia. We have bred all her offspring and we have Two Stars – he won for us earlier this year and will race on for us next year, he runs in my wife's colours."

Guy O'Callaghan of Grangemore said: "We are going to buy as many Blue Points as we can get our hands on!"

Churchtown House is best known as breeder of the four-time Group 1 winner Alcohol Free, who sold at last year'sTattersalls December Mares Sale 2for 5,400,000gns (16:53)

After the sale of the January-born son of Too Darn Hot, who is out of the Oasis Dream mare Canonbury, a daughter of the champion three-year-old Islington, to Yeomanstown Stud, Peter Stanley said: "Obviously the Ogdens have enjoyed their racing for so many years and things are changing, so it was lovely to end up with a really nice one by Too Darn Hot and there has been a couple of updates recently.

"It is the most wonderful family with Islington, and just looks as though it might be starting to happen [again] and with the class of Too Darn Hot who is looking very exciting and I can only think he will be even better next year with his thee-year-olds. This colt was an obvious one to make good money, he spoke for himself – he has a great walk, a bit of size and some quality.

"We have a few mares to offer next week from the dispersal, including Canonbury [Lot 1943] so hopefully this is a good advertisement for her!"

The mare's juvenile of this year Tchaikovsky (Bated Breath) is now the winner of one race from just two starts, while her 2019 Frankel filly Kensington has won a second race.

Canonbury was bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock / Sir Robert Ogden for 425,000gns at the December Mares Sale in 2017. (16:13)

He is out of Stellarta (Sakhee's Secret) the dam of Rumstar, the Cornwallis Stakes (G3) winner, and a daughter of Torgau, winner of the Cherry Hinton Stakes (G2) and runner-up in the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) and the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1).

Hamish Macaulay opened up the bidding at 100,000gns, but it was an online bidder, signing as Rumstar Bloodstock, who was successful at the final price.

The previous foal by the sire sold for 250,000gns was the colt out of Arcamist, pinhooked by Stauffenberg Bloodstock Services from Whitsbury Manor here last December and Day2's top lot.

At the subsequent October Book 1 yearling sale the colt was purchased by Godolphin for 600,000gns.

Harper referenced last year when chatting about today's price saying: “Funnily enough we sold a Havana Grey colt for 250,000gns on the second day last year. He went and made 600,000gns at Book 1 so hopefully history will repeat itself. We wanted him to be the star lot on this day and it’s turned out that way. You never know when you make the entry, though, and that feels like a long time ago now." (15:45)

Worship is a daughter of Up In Time, winner of the San Clemente Handicap (G2), and from the family of the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes winner Musicanna, the champion sprinter Overdoes and French 2019 champion juvenile filly Raffle Prize.

Worship was purchased at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale for 45,000gns by Tweenhills / Widden in 2020. (15:18)

That first foal named Miss Show Off (Showcasing) was bought at the Somerville Sale 2022 for 65,000gns by Norman Court Stud, and the same connections purchased her 2022 full-sister named Miss Show Down in October Book 3 this year for 52,000gns.

The older sibling is now the winner of that one race from three starts.

Greach produced an Havana Grey filly this year at, and for, Whitsbury Manor Stud and the breeder sold her today to Timmy Hillman for 90,000gns.

Greach, who was bought at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2019 for 28,000gns, was returned to Havana Grey this spring. (14:50)

The colt is a half-brother to Oneforthegutter (Muhaara), who was a runner-up in the Prix Francois Boutin (G3).

Buyer Sophie Buckley said: "The plan is to bring him back to the yearling sales, maybe to Book 1. The main thing is that I thought he had a fabulous walk; he’s a good size, by a solid stallion. I just thought he was very athletic, essentially. Sioux Nation has had a good year, his strike rate is good and he’s had around five per cent black-type winners-to-runners, which I like. Hopefully, a few of them will go on next year as well."

On pinhooking in this market: “It’s all about having the right horse because the right horse always sells. Whether he turns out to be the next right horse, time will tell. But I think it’s safer to buy these very solid horses – solid sire, solid mare, solid page – and hopefully that will roll into next year.”

The farm's subsequent lot, a filly by Ardad and out of All Of Me (Teofilo) mades 65,000gns to KCS Bloodstock ( Lot 559).

Of All Of Me, Wates said: "We purchased the mare, and she produced Alluring Angel as her second foal, and she is in-foal to Pinatubo. Ardad has done very well."

He added: "We have had a good run of late, since we decided to sell as foals rather than yearlings, it suits our set up."

The "good time" of late was evident at this sale last year when the farm sold a Lope de Vega filly foal, a second foal out of Poet's Vanity, to Juddmonte Farms for 500,000gns.

The farm retained the mare's first foal – he has been named King's Vanity (Kingman) and has run once for Andrew Balding when fifth of eight at Newcastle on November 15. The Racing Post analysis wrote "kept on inside final furlong, eyecatcher".

This year, the farm is offering the third foal out of the young Group 3-winning Poet's Voice mare – a colt by Wootton Bassett (Lot 903).

Rainbow Springs and All Of Me were both bought with Blandford Bloodstock at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale – All Of Me for 140,000gns in 2018, while Rainbow Springs was a 440,000gns purchase in 2012.

Poet's Vanity was purchased at 2015 October Book 1 Yearling Sale by the Wates family from Longview Stud for 200,000gns. She won three races, including the Oh So Sharp Stakes (G3). (14:13)

He was bought by Creighton Schwartz Bloodstock / Kirsty Spence for 85,000gns today.

Showstoppa is a Showcasing half-sister to Temple Meads, winner of the MIll Reef Stakes (G2). (14:10)

The filly is half-sister to Khalidi (High Chaparral), winner of the Listed Cocked Hat Stakes and second in the King Edward VII Stakes (G2) and the Gordon Stakes (G3), and to Assembled (Iffraaj) has won a further two races since the catalogue was published. (12:42)

Bred by Miss A. O’Brien & Mr B. Wood, the March-born colt is out of the Cape Cross mare Cherika, a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Cheyenne Star and grand-dam of the multiple Group 1 winners Barney Roy and Gordon Lord Byron. (12:14)

Whitsbury Manor Stud bred and sold this colt, who is out of a Persiana (Equiano), an own-sister to the The Tin Man, a three-time Group 1-winning sprinter, for 45,000gns to Glebe Farm Stables.

Lope Y Fernandez stands at The National Stud, and is owned by a syndicate that involves Whitsbury Manor Stud, Nick Bradley, the National Stud, and Coolmore, for whom the horse raced. (11:54)

Lot 510 is signed for by Ballybush, the buyer going to 33,000gns for the Oasis Dream colt. The January-born colt is a first foal out of Franklet (Frankel), the winner of one race as a three-year-old and a daughter of the Galtres Stakes (L) winner Martlet (Dansili).

Franklet was bought by Foursome Thoroughbreds for 60,000gns at last year's Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

Kirtlington also sold Lot 511, a son of Showcasing for 38,000gns, bought by Sean Ronan's Orchardstown Farms.

The May colt is out of Newsletter (Sir Percy) and she was winner of the Kilvington Stakes (L) and was placed second in the Ballyogan Stakes (G3) and third in the Queen Mary Stakes (G2).

She has had three winners from four runners, including Miss Information (Blue Point), who is a winner and has been placed three times in five runs for owner Norman Court Stud and Susan Bunney. (11:38)

The couple are reinvesting in progeny of Havana Grey having enjoyed a fine result in the autumn at the October Yearling Sale when selling the colt out of Free Spirit to Sackville Donald for 185,000gns. It was a good sale for the stud as they also sold a Showcasing filly to Ben McElroy Agent / Stonestreet Stables for 325,000gns.

"He is probably the best young stallion in Europe, there is a lot ot like about this colt so why not? Hopefully, he will make up into a nice yearling last autumn," reported Peter Morgan.

This colt foal, bred and sold by Whitsbury Manor Stud, is out of Minoria (Harbour Watch) who was bought here at the Tattersalls February Sale in 2019 by Howson & Houldsworth for 16,000gns.

Minoria's first foal by Showcasing is called It's Showtime Baby and was placed third in the Naas Juvenile Sprint Stakes (G3) for trainer Archie Watson.

Her 2023 yearling, by Havana Grey was bought by Stroud Coleman for 150,000gns at the Tattersalls Somerville Sale. She was covered by Showcasing this spring. (10:54)

The colt, sold by Whitwell Bloodstock and bred by Chris O'Dowd, is a half-brother to Rocket Rodney (Dandy Man), winner of the Listed Dragon Stakes and runner-up in the Molecomb Stakes (G3) and the Windsor Castle Stakes (L).

The second dam Degree (Warning) produced the Richmond Stakes (G2) winner Mister Cosmi, the son of Royal Applause also third in the Gran Criterium (G1), and Auditorium, also by Royal Applause and who won the Ripon Champion 2YO Trophy and placed second in the Champagne Stakes (G2) and third in the Middle Park Stakes (G1). (10:45)

Selling starts at 10am. (09:30)

Catalogued: 259

Offered: 227

Sold: 135

Total: 1,517,450gns (-51%)

Median: 8,000gns (-38%)

Average: 11,240gns (-32%)

% Sold: 59%

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Havana Grey, 2. Sergei Prokofiev, 3. Lope Y Fernandez

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1. Havana Grey, 2. Nathaniel, 3. A'Ali

Leading purchasers (by agg): 1. Mickley Stud Ltd, 2. Whitsbury Manor Stud, 3. The Castlebridge Consignment

Leading consignors (by agg): 1. Hazelwood Bloodstock, 2. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 3. Jamie Railton Sales Agency

Top five prices

Lot 450: Havana Grey (GB) / Ebrah (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Jamie Railton (Agent) >> Hazelwood Bloodstock >> 65,000gns

Lot 421: A'Ali (IRE) / Maureen (IRE) Ch.C. (GB) >> Newsells Park Stud Ltd. >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 55,000gns

Lot 454: Nathaniel (IRE) / Chesapeake Shores (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Mickley Stud Ltd. >> Jamie Railton Sales Agency >> 55,000gns

Lot 375: Havana Grey (GB) / My Law (GB) B/Gr.C. (GB) >> Selwood Bloodstock >> WH Bloodstock >> 52,000gns

Lot 336: Havana Grey (GB) / Likelihood (USA) B.F. (GB) >> Culworth Grounds Farm >> JC Bloodstock >> 40,000gns (17:55)

"He has been bought to come back to Book 2," said Railton. "He is an awfully good-looking horse, he has lot of potential and the second dam produced a Derby winner. He will go to Ireland from here."

Chesapeake Shores won as a three-year-old and is closely related to Frozen Fire (Montjeu), winner of the Irish Classic and runner-up in the Dante Stakes (G2) and third in the Ormonde Stakes (G3).

Under the third dam is the Group 1 winner Flamingo Road, a champion three-year-old filly in Germany for 1999 and winner of the Pres der Diana (G2). (17:38)

O'Brien said: "This horse is a May foal and I think he has got an awful lot of improvement in him, so we hope that is going to be the way.

"Since before Havana Grey even had a runner I have bought one foal each year, have had a bit of luck and I love them, he is proving to be outstanding sire. He gives them athleticism and, though they come in different shapes and sizes, they can all run."

O'Brien also reported that he has tried on two today – and successfully bought both, also purchasing Lot 404 also by the sire.

The foal was bred by and Paul Gardner's Springcombe Park Stud and consigned by Jamie Railton, who said: "It is really nice to see a British owner breeder, who is becoming a rare beast, to get a return.

"Paul bred Quiet Reflection and so he can produce you a good horse. It is great for him to get a few quid back. He sent all his mares to Showcasing in the early days and now he sent all his mares to Havana Grey so he has been quite lucky. He has a few more by the sire to sell through the week." (17:34)

"He has been bought for a syndicate and he has been probably be bought to come back as a yearling and be reoffered," reported the successful purchaser Matt Coleman. "Anthony [Stroud] obviously bought A'Ali with Simon Crisford for Sheikh Duaij , we are keen to support the stallion and we thought this is the best A'Ali here today."

Of this horse, Coleman outlined: "He is strong, very athletic, we thought he has plenty of scope for a sprinting horse and Maureen was a top race horse herself and has produced Whenthedealisdone, who was 100-odd rated. I thought he had a great attitude, great outlook, strength, very good mover. He looks a horse who will run.

"I have seen a couple of nice ones by the stallion for tomorrow and he looks to be making a nice shape of a foal. A'Ali is a small horse, but he has got plenty of foals here with plenty of size, I think it is encouraging. "

Coleman added: "The syndicate is made up some of our clients. I don't know what the plan is from here, but he is likely to be appearing in a sale somewhere next autumn."

the colt was bred by Newsells Park Stud, which stands the stallion who is a son of Society Rock. He won the 5f Sapphire Stakes (G2), the Group 3 Sprint Stakes, the Flying Childers Stakes (G2) and the Norfolk Stakes (G2). (16:54)

“I’m a neighbour of Ed Harper’s and he told me I needed a thoroughbred mare so I asked him to help me find one," said Yarrow. "He found me My Law, who had belonged to Harry Wigan, who’s a son of my other close neighbours, James and Anita Wigan. Ed always said I’d have to go to Havana Grey, so I said ‘Okay, I’ll do whatever you tell me’ and that’s how I bred this colt on a foal share with Ed.

"I’ve never been to Tattersalls before but it’s been a sensational experience, it’s the most wonderful place. I’ve loved it, and the colt has been bought by someone I know, which makes it even better! I always thought he was a nice foal and Selwood Bloodstock have prepared him beautifully. I can’t thank them enough." (16:22)

Bred by Eric Boumans and offered by Culworth Grounds Farm, the filly is out of Likelihood (Mizzen Mast). She was bought by Boumans from Moyns Park Estate & Stud Ltd for just 1,000gns in February 2022.

Likelihood is the dam of two winners from four runners, including Future History, who is rated 101 and who has won the Bart Cummings Handicap (G3) and placed five times in Australia, including when third in Moonee Valley Gold Cup (G2). He was bought from Juddmonte to race in Australia by Nick Bell / Peter Trainor / Hurworth for 140,000gns at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale in 2022. (14:06)

Third dam is the Grade 1 winner Proud Lou, a joint-champion two-year-old in Canada and winner of the Frizette Stakes (G1). She was dam of Houseproud, winner of the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (G1) and the Prix de la Grotte (G3) and runner-up in the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1).

Ardad and Frozen Power is a cross that has worked well before – Ardad's Group 1 winner Perfect Power is out of the Frozen Power mare Sagely. (14:00)

The family hails back to third dam Blue Duster, a champion two-year-old filly in 1995 and winner of the Cheveley Park Stakes (G1), the Princess Margaret Stakes (G1) and the Queen Mary Stakes (G3).

Blue Lyric was bought from Fittock's Stud by today's consignor and breeder Whitsbury Manor Stud for 16,000gns at the December Mares Sale in 2010. (13:25)

The pair have invested again and today's purchase, once again a filly, is a daughter of Territories out of the two-time winner Daddy's Daughter (Scat Daddy). She is a daughter of a US ten-time and black-type winner Golden Stripe

The filly, consigned by Jamie Railton, cost the duo 16,000gns. (13:15)

The March-born youngster was sold by Culworth Grounds Farm on behalf of Five Gates Stud Farm.

He is out of Silhuette (Canford Cliffs), the dam of one winner from two runners and from the solid family of the Group 3 winners Bishops Court, Ponty Acclaim and Yulong Gold Fairy, as well as the Listed winners Dazed And Amazed, Astonished and Stunned.

Her juvenile half-sister Alfa Kellenic (Havana Grey) has been placed once on her sole start to date for trainer Craig Lidster and since the catalogue was published. (12:16)

Her half-sister Gypsy Whisper (Helmet) is the winner of four races and has now been placed 12 times.

The pair are out of Secret Insider (Elusive Quality), the winner of one, and a half-sister to the Australian Group 1 placed and Group 3 winner Buffalo River.

Greyridge Bloodstock ins based in Wiltshire at Glebe Farm Stud and is run by stud manager Carwyn Johns and his partner Amy Wilkinson. (11:56)

The April foal is out of Ilsereno (Lethal Force), who was placed once at two from two starts and is a half-sister to the Irish 1,000 Guineas (G1) third-placed Decrypt (Dark Angel).

The colt's half-sister Mariamne (Dandy Man), a two-year-old in training with James Fanshawe, has been placed for a third time since the catalogue was published. (11:10)

Follow all the details here on sales day live. (09:44)

Catalogued: 188

Offered: 162

Sold: 128

Total: 4,778,200gns (+6%)

Median: 20,000gns (-9%)

Average: 37,330gns (+9%)

% Sold: 79%

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Sea The Stars, 2. Mohaather, 3. Too Darn Hot

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold): 1.Sea The Stars, 2. Showcasing, 3. Ghaiyyath

Leading purchasers (by agg): 1. Agrolexica International Trading, 2. JS Bloodstock / Rogue Gallery Racing, 3. C Washbourn

Leading consignors (by agg): 1. The Castlebridge Consignment, 2. Lynn Lodge Stud, 3. Barton Stud

Top five prices

Lot 182: Pinatubo (IRE) / Narak (GB) Ch.C. (IRE) >> Lynn Lodge Stud, Ireland >> C Washbourn >> 200,000gns

Lot 150: Mohaather (GB) / Jm Jackson (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Ringfort Stud, Ireland >> Quirke Bloodstock / RP Racing >> 175,000gns

Lot 119: Showcasing (GB) / Frangipanni (IRE) B.C. (GB) >> Folland-Bowen Bloodstock >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 170,000gns

Lot 9: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Pirouette (GB) B.C. (GB) >> WH Bloodstock >> Rabbah Bloodstock >> 150,000gns

Lot 183: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Nectar de Rose (FR) B.F. (IRE) Mount Coote Stud, Ireland Agrolexica International Trading 135,000gns (18:21)

A shocked (but laughing) Hannon looked at his phone, put it down and proceedings were then concluded quickly – as the hammer knocked down to Washbourn he rounded off his purchase with a "get in there" call, and there was a round of applause from the sale ring as the colt was led out. Trainer David Menuisier signed the docket.

We'll let Washbourn do the talking now.

"He is the greatest colt in this sale, I love Tatts! This particular sale there is amazing value for money. Quite often you get sort of Book 1 'rejects', but the most important thing is understanding why. This colt looked a little bit underdone before, but these Pinatubos look like middle-weight fighters – this colt will be smashing Coolmore up the Ascot straight, boof, boof, boof!

"I did not think I would get him, Laura, my lovely girlfriend, was supposed to be keeping me under control here. I am a small insignificant owner who has had seven or eight Group winners but I have a brilliant pedigree man, I also have my own rules and then I have a brilliant trainer.

"This colt for us has a four-star rating, as near to Thundering Blue as we have seen. I sent him [David] up and I was driving up from London I got a call and he said 'God, this colt is beautiful' so that was it, number one target.

"If anyone is going to train a colt to be a Group 1 winner for me is David, I love David. He is grumpy, he is not user-friendly, but he is a real horseman and Coombelands where he trains is so quiet and so calm. And we have had some finish to this Flat season.

"This colt was number one target. I think I might have overpaid, I got a bit of a rush of blood! I have probably been a complete idiot, but when this horse goes and 'does' Coolmore in the Coventry....

"The sales are very quiet, I am quite loud, but I love the theatre of it all. Laura has just said I am never allowed to come to the sales again!"

The colt was sold by Lynn Lodge Stud and is the first foal out of the one-time-winning Dubawi mare Narak. She is a daughter of the Group 1 winner Chachamaidee and dam of the Group 2 winner Valiant Prince and the Group 3 winner Klassique. It is the extended family of the 1,000 Guineas winner Virginia Waters. (17:57)

Of this colt Quirke said: "We saw him early doors, he stands out here, hopefully it will work out. He is out of a fast two-year-old, there was a lot of [broodmare sire] No Nay Never about him, hopefully he will be fast – I think he will be sharp, the stock by the stallion look to be the business. He is for RP Racing [Big Evs owner] and he will go to Mick Appleby."

Reflecting on Big Evs: "Hopefully he is not a horse of a lifetime and we can find the next one. To have come off the ropes in the Nunthorpe and deliver two of his best performances leaves us very excited for next year. Fair play to the owners they are restocking and getting stuck in for next year. I am very grateful for the opportunity. Hopefully these horses can deliver on the track."

Of the US trip he added: "The Breeders' Cup has a Ryder Cup feel to it – the Europeans are together and everyone is rooting for each other. It was a great experience."

Of the latest on the Grade 1 winner, Quirke updated: "The race took nothing out of him, every trot up video after the race he is reefing at the shank and raring to go, he is a great horse. It is magic to be associated with him.

"I was initially pushing all along to step up to 6f, but he is so good over 5f. I don't think we will over complicate it. He is an electric 5f horse so we will stick to that for now. Mick is so good with his sprinters, too – if it ain't broke why change it?"

Consignor and breeder Derek Veitch of Ringfort Stud and his daughter Stephanie, who were standing outside the Wall Boxes in the gathering November gloom, were delighted with the price.

"We bought the colt's mare JM Jackson as we'd had had her full-sister [Singforthemoment] as a foal to prep at the yearling sales," said the breeder. "She had been bought as foal by John Kilbride, who is Stephanie's husband. John had also bought JM Jackson as a yearling and she had raced with Mark Johnston, and then we bought her as a mare. It is all quite involved!"

The Mohaather colt was originally prepped to sell in the autumn, but picked up a muscle problem and had to be withdrawn.

"He was always good foal and we were looking forward to consigning him, but the team called me when I was away at Fairyhouse sales to say he was lame," recalled Veitch. "He was sore behind and he missed his initial sale date – he had pulled a muscle and must have got cast. He missed ten days work because of it.

"In the end, the man above was looking after us as he has improved a lot with the time off – he never put a foot wrong here, behaved as thought he had been here all his life. He scoped and x-rated well."

Stephanie added: "He has far exceeded our price thoughts – Conor opened up the bidding at 50,000gns and finished it off, we are very thankful to him."

She continued: "The mare is actually owned in partnership, Dad is the main partner, but all the women in the family have 10 per cent share. We are the 'silent partners', but we do give Dad a lot of grief behind the closed doors!"

Veitch smiled: "The ownership includes Stephanie and Victoria my daughters, my daughter-in-law Judith and my wife Gay and they put me under a lot of pressure ... I reluctantly allow them!"

Sadly, the mare lost a Bungle Inthejungle foal this summer and she did not go in-foal this spring.

However there are some exciting plans in place.

"She is booked in to Showcasing, we thought the cross would work as we liked this colt so much,"said Veitch. "You dream but you aim to get four legs, a head and a tail and you hope they are going to be in the right place." (17:11)

The March-born bay is a brother to Tropbeau, winner of the Prix du Calvados ((2) and second in the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1). She was trained by Andre Fabre and the purchaser confirmed that his Chantilly yard will be the training destination for her younger brother.

It is a family well-known to Stroud – in 2014 he bought the two-time-winning mare Frangipanni, a daughter of the Group 1 July Cup winner Frizzante, for breeder Lord Margadale's Fonthill Farms.

"This colt will be going to Andre Fabre," said Stroud. "He comes from a good nursery, he is an athletic horse and I liked him – he looks an early-ish sort and we like Showcasing. Frangipanni is a strong well-made and attractive mare."

Folland-Bowen Bloodstock, which is run by run by Natalie Folland and Matthew Bowen, is based at Lord Margadale's Fonthill Farm. This is the best Tattersalls' sale ring result so far for the young organisation.

Breeder Lord Margadale said: "We’re over the moon. He’s always been a lovely horse from the word go. It was great that Frangipanni produced another fantastic foal by Showcasing. She’s had a year out from breeding but she’s actually going to another Whitsbury Manor stallion next year because she’s going to Havana Grey.

“Pace is obviously her thing. This colt is a little bit smaller than Tropbeau but he’s slightly sharper looking. People told me he was one of the two nicest horses in the sale, but he was obviously the apple of my eye." (15:22)

"I usually buy fillies, we have had a good year and we are looking to get the stud further forward, but he took my eye yesterday – my trainers are going to fight over him!" said Taplin. "We fancied having a colt and the plan is to run him and keep him away from the fillies."

As a grand-son of Hoity Toity, the dam of Lillie Langtry and the grand-dam of Minding, Tuesday, Empress Josephine and Kissed By Angels, the colt does have something of a pedigree, but stallion prospecting was not the main driver for Taplin's purchase.

"It would be the dream to have him become a stallion but he has not been bought with that in mind, we just want to run him and see what happens and have some fun. We do have Sixties Icon and Rumble Inthejungle on the farm; Sixties is 20 now and will cover next spring, " added Taplin.

Norman Court will have 23 in training next summer, split between trainers Jack Channon, Clive Cox, Eve Johnson-Houghton, Andrew Balding and Roger Teal and Michael Madgwick.

The Wiltshire-based farm has a broodmare band of around 40 mares of which around 12 are its own, the remainder being boarding mares. Last year's juvenile Mister Sketch was bred by Norman Court and, racing in the farm's colours, won an August Salisbury maiden for trainerJohnson-Houghton. The Territories colt was subsequently sold to Wathnan Racing for whom he finished second in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes on his last start of the season. (14:55)