The three-year-old is by Kuroshio and has been in training in Ireland with Kieran Cotter.

The colt finished a good second on October 11 over 5f at Naas, running the 84 rated Stag Night to a half length, having won his maiden at the beginning of the month at Bellewstown over 5f and on soft ground.

He finished down the field at Navan on October 22, but had to race then without cover.

Purchaser Chris Dixon said: "He hadn't shown a lot in his three starts when the catalogue came out, but has won and run well in the last month. We had an eye on him and thought he could be bought at a competitive price today.

"He is lightly-raced sprinter type, young and progressive, and there are a few angles for improvement – we will geld him and he could step back up to 6f.

"He is just the sort that Mick Appleby does so well with and he is for The Horse Watchers syndicate." (10:04)

A winner at Lingfield in June, the gelding, who is rated 55, finished second last time out at Bath over 2m1f on soft ground for Georgina Nicholls. (09:43)

Selling starts at 9.30am and will be followed immediately by the Autumn Yearling Sale at 12.35pm. (08:51)

Catalogued: 320 (282)

Offered: 229 (195)

Sold: 206 (264)

Turnover: 2,424,000gns (+25%)

Median: 7,000gns (-13%)

Average: 11,767gns (+2%)

% Sold: 90% (86%)

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. The Castlebridge Consignment, 2. Jamie Railton, 3. Coolmore

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. BBA Ireland, 3. Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Frankel, 2. Wootton Bassett, 3. Night Of Thunder

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold, cumulative): 1. Holy Roman Emperor, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Le Havre

Lot 1379: Skiathos (IRE) B.C. >> Wootton Bassett-Catalina Bay (IRE) >> Spigot Lodge Stables (K. Burke) >> Henry Dwyer Racing / Jamie Piggott / Harvey Williams >> 150,000gns

Lot 1315: Cracks Speed (IRE) B.G. >> Cracksman-Picco Uno >> Weathercock House Stables (R. Hughes) >> Red Racing >> 65,000gns

Lot 1320: Likewhatyousee (USA) B.F. >> Street Sense-Maqboola >> Baroda Stud, Ireland >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock / O'Neill Racing >> 60,000gns

Lot 1331: Here Forever (GB) B.C. >> Havana Grey-Hereawi >> The Castlebridge Consignment >> Harrowgate Bloodstock >> 52,000gns

Lot 1443: Yy Nation (IRE) Br.G >> Sioux Nation-Our Joy >> Spigot Lodge Stables (K. Burke >> H & A Al Owaimer >> 50,000gns (18:20)

The three-year-old gelding has run eight times and finished placed four times for trainer Jonathan Portman. He is rated 73 and is a grandson of Magic America, winner of the Prix Miesque (G3) and second in the Prix Morny (G1). (17:49)

Trained to date by George Boughey, he is the winner of one start when successful last time out at Lingfield over a mile, looking as though there is still some improvement to. come.

He is out of Via Condotti (Galileo), a own-sister to the champion Highland Reel, the Group 1 winner Cape Of Good Hope, the Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed Idaho and the Group 3 winner Nobel Prize. (17:45)

The two-year-old gelding is a maiden in five starts but has been placed at Ascot and Epsom over7f.

Our Joy (Kodiac) is a half-sister to Xtension, a two-time Group 1 winner in Hong Kong, to Beatrix Potter, the dam of the champion three-year-old sprinter Harry Angel, to Triggers Broom, the dam of the Middle Park Stakes (G1) winner Supremacy, and to Goodnight And Joy, who is dam of White Lavender, runner-up in the Prix de l'Abbaye (G1). (17:34)

Gold Lace is a half-sister to Emerald Commander, winner of the Oettingen-Rennen (G2) and runner-up in the Criterium International (G1), as well in multiple Group 2 and Group 3 races.

She is from the family of the Group 1 winners Commander Colllins and Lit De Justice, and the Group 1 placed performers Colonel COllins and City Leader. (17:27)

With Piggott on a plane to the US, and Dwyer at home in the southern hemisphere, Harvey Williams, son of trainer Ian, was in charge of bidding.

Piggott sent this message from the air...

"It’s the first time I’ve bought a horse whilst flying over Michigan! I’m on the way to Del Mar.

"Henry is a good friend, we’ve had a lot of good times together in the UK and Australia over the last couple of years.

"He’s obviously done amazing with Asfoora here and back home and he was looking for something to race here and then likely take back to Australia.

"This colt could be anything. I watched him win well whilst in the Green Room on Monday and immediately remembered that he was in on Thursday.

"He’s a lovely athletic individual with scope to get the mile next year. Harvey Williams did a great job with the bidding, we’ve bought five smart prospects with his dad Ian over the last couple of days, couldn’t be happier!"

Skiathos, a two-year-old by Wootton Bassett, has run twice in October, finishing second on October 4 on debut at Redcar and then winning at the same track three days ago.

He is out of the Pastoral Pursuits mare Catalina Bay, who was a Listed winner in Italy, and is dam of Attagirl, winner of the Roses Stakes (L).

Skiathos was bred by Ballyhane and owned by Clipper Logistics. (15:39)

The three-year-old filly is by the US sire Street Sense, she has run five times, and won her last start on heavy ground over 1m4f at The Curragh.

"We were keen to find a juvenile hurdling prospect or two this week, she has a US sire but she has run well on her last three starts in Ireland, she tries hard and stays well, she was a very game winenr at The Curragh on soft groud.

"She is a tall filly with plenty of scope, and I think she is a filly who should improve with time.

"Cormac Farrell bought her as a breeze-up prospect but she was too tall and immature so he kept her and raced her, he was very keen on her and recommended her. She is a filly who will go hurdling after Christmas and then can run on the Flat next summer in 0-90s for fillies.

"She is rated 77, and is the one we picked out today to try and buy. There is a lots of stamina in the pedigree, and her three-parts sister was a US stayer on the grass, so there is stamina there and I have had a bit of luck buying US-sired horses with European female lines."

AJ O'Neill added: "We got one yesterday, and her today, neither have owners so we are lucky to have two lovely horses in the yard for sale!" (14:29)

"He will stay in bumpers for now," says purchaser Lottie Ingleton. "He showed enough on his first run, and he will be trained by Thomas Gallagher, who trains privately for John."

Richard Hughes said: "We are thrilled, anything over 50,000gns we thought would be a good day's work. He came into me in the spring, he had been on the farm a long time because he was so big, and he looked a little bit slow to start off with, so I mentioned to Mr Jaber that we should run him in a bumper.

"I explained what a bumper is – a NH Flat race – and he ran a blinder and just got beat, and as he had never been on grass before he ran a really good race.

"He is an easy kind horse, very good pedigree. He is a real NH horse, he sold well."

The three-year-old is by Cracksman, who has transferred to stand as dual-purpose stallion at David Futter's Yorton Farm. (14:10)

The gelding has been in training with Karl Burke at Spigot Lodge Stables, and, although still a maiden, has a good level of form having finished placed three times from five starts. He is BHA rated 74. (13:55)

"I have been at Tattersalls since Sunday, looking for Ron," said Kerly. "Her granddam raced very successfully in the US, but when this filly won her maiden at Wolverhampton she beat one of Marco Botti's who has won since [Lizzana]."

Anywaythewindblows, named after the lyrics in Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, has run three times – after a mid-division performance at Kempton on debut, she finished second at Chepstow in August over 7f, and was then successful on her last start at Wolverhampton in September over a mile.

Her juvenile-winning dam Helcia (Olympic Glory) is out of the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection, the winner of 11 races, including four Grade 2 and 3 races. (13:05)

A half-brother to the Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Daahyeh, the Listed winner and Group 1-placed Saint Lawrence and the Group 3-placed Russet Gold, Warm Waters cost the Ivory family 24,000gns.

"Dad is 90 now, and still pops into the yard so the horse will be one for a bit of interest for him. Roger looks after them so well, and we will get this horse home, get him settled in and look for an outing on the All-Weather somewhere."

Ken Ivory trained for 30 years, Dean taking over the licence at the Hertfordshire-based Harper Lodge Farm in 2002. (11:44)

She is the second foal out of the Group 2 May Hill Stakes winner Powerful Breeze (Iffraaj), who was also placed second in the Fillies' Mile (G1). (11:35)

Owned by Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, the two-year-old colt has been in training with Richard Hughes. (10:34)

Catalogued: 388 (402)

Offered: 283 (292)

Sold: 250 (264)

Turnover: 11,211,500gns (+13%)

Median: 24,000gns (+9%)

Average: 44,314gns (+18%)

% Sold: 89% (90%)

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. The Castlebridge Consignment, 2. Jamie Railton, 3. Coolmore

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. BBA Ireland, 3. Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Frankel, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Wootton Bassett

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold, cumulative): 1. Holy Roman Emperor, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Le Havre

Lot 1072: Fantasy World (IRE) B.G. >> Make Believe-Donau >> Kingsclere Training Stables (A. Balding) >> JP Mcgrath Bloodstock >> 600,000gns

Lot 1078: Push The Limit (FR) Ch.C. >> Le Havre-Sister Dam's >> Imperium Sales >> Ryan Mahon / Dan Skelton Racing >> 580,000gns

Lot 1002: Fearnot (IRE) B.C. >> Invincible Spirit-Alsindi >> Beechdown Farm Stables (C. Cox) >> Najd Stud / Archdale Bloodstock >> 500,000gns

Lot 1046: Gran Descans (GB) B.C. >> Frankel-Big Break >> Juddmonte >> BBA Ireland >> 425,000gns

Lot 1049: Nightwalker (GB) Gr.G. >> Frankel-Sleep Walk >> Juddmonte >> Hurworth Bloodstock / Phil Cunningham >> 320,000gns (21:16)

The six-year-old by Iffraaj, bred by Cheveley Park Stud out of Ladyship, a daughter of the Group 1 winner Peeress, has run in 17 stakes races, won three Group races, including the Lennox Stakes (G2) and the Criterion Stakes (G3). (21:02)

Lot 1110A, the Derby Italiano (G2) winner Molveno, was bought from Marco Botti's Prestige Place Stables by Ramzi Alghul for 120,000gns, while the three-year-old filly Nasebah (Lot 1110C), by Kingman and sold by Barton Sales, is bought by Chris Waller Racing.

The Ardad two-year-old colt Ardad Ned (Lot 1110F) sold by Baroda Stud, makes 130,000gns and is bought by De Burgh Equine / Matt Laurie Racing. (19:54)

"They were the two horses that we very much wanted tonight," recounted Mahon. "We missed the earlier horse so we we were not going to miss this one. We loved him as a model, he is for a new owner with Dan [Skelton], hopefully he will make up into a really nice hurdler.

"The ones you really want are very difficult to get, and you have to go all out to get them. As a physical, he fitted what we are after – myself and Dan have spoken about him a lot over the last couple of days. Potentially, he could have a dual-purpose career, but that is for Dan to work out."

Push The Limit was a €48,000 yearling, bought by Alex Elliott. He has run six times, won twice and finished third three times. He won on his race debut at Kempton in the October of his juvenile year, then went onto finish second on his first two three-year-old starts before winning a 1m3f handicap on good to soft ground at Goodwood.

After a second placing on soft ground over 1m4f in a heritage handicap at Ascot, he finished fifth in the pivotal race of tonight's sale, the Listed Noel Murless Stakes. (19:08)

Last time out Fantasy World beat Nightwalker in the Listed Noel Murless Stakes, Nightwalker (Lot 1049) sold earlier tonight for 320,000gns.

"Fantasy World has been bought to go jumping, but also with a dual-purpose career in mind," said McGrath. "He has been a horse on the radar and he is progressing, he ticks a lot of the boxes for us. He goes to Seven Barrows, is for an existing owner, hopefully he is lucky.

"This lad is very progressive, he has won over 1m2f, 1m4f and 1m6f, goes on the slower ground and is a real hurdling type. He looked beaten at Ascot last time and battled back well, he is an exciting horse going forward. He is gelded, but he will have a break now as he has been busy this summer."

He was bought as a yearling by Lillingston Bloodstock from Wier View Stud at the 2023 Tattersalls Ireland September Sale for €70,000 and was owned by Kennet Valley Syndicate – Luke Lillingston the syndicate's bloodstock advisor, and Sam Hoskins is its racing manager.

Hoskins said: "He is was always going to be the kind of horse who was going to appeal to the NH or Australian market and we were not going to do either of those things, we are a Flat syndicate and historically we offer our horses at the end of their three-year-old seasons. He fitted that bill and he will make some hurdler, and the timing for is perfect having won the Listed race,

"I will love to see him coming down that hill at Cheltenham, he looks a real jumper – and that is what he should be doing, he is made to be jumper, and we are a Flat syndicate.

Lillingston said: "It is big credit to trainer Andrew Balding, and he has developed this horse all the way through this season and he said let's have a go at the Noel Murless."

Hoskins picks up the story, "It was inspired placement, he was the lowest-rated horse in the race, but we thought he is a guaranteed stayer, he will appreciate the ground and it was going to be his last race of the season.

"We hoped that he would be competitive in it and that his rating would go up – in the end he won! He was very game, he has a wonderful attitude, is very sound. They will do well with him, he is a lovely horse." (18:56)

The three-year-old gelding is the winner of two races from seven starts, and has been in training with Dermot Weld.

He last won in August when successful over a mile at Killarney, having broken his maiden tag when winning a 1m1f premier handicap on Irish Derby day at The Curragh. (18:12)

Sam Haggas was elected spokesperson and he said: "He has been bought for Phil Cunningham for Richard Spencer to train. He has a team going out to Dubai this winter and that is the main aim for this horse, and we bought one yesterday who is doing the same [Sisyphean, Lot 711].

"There is a programme over 1m6f out there, but I will leave that up to Richard!

"This is a lovely staying horse and I think he should have plenty more going forward. He looks a really good promising horse, he is a big galloping type, he has been highly tried and he was thought good enough to run in the Derby – he was quite well fancied at Epsom.

"He remains a bit unexposed over staying trips, t only time he has run over as far as 1m6f was last time in the Noel Murless and he ran a super race, he has a lot to offer over those distances."

Of the link up with Cunningham, Haggas outlined: "We have bought one or two here and there before. Phil and Aidan [Cunningham] and Richard are good friends and I am very grateful for their support and, hopefully, we can have a bit of fun over the winter."

Nightwalker, previously trained by John and Thady Gosden, finished second in the Listed Noel Murless last time out. He finished 12th in the Derby, sixth in the 1m4f King Edward VI Stakes at Royal Ascot, and third in the 1m3f August Stakes (L) at Windsor in the August. (18:02)

"He is very progressive horse, we certainly think there is more to come, he stays well, and has been bought for a client in the Middle East, the same client whom I bought for yesterday," said Donohoe. "Interestingly, pedigree-wise he is out of a Dansili mare – Dansili is going well in the Middle East, and there is more Dansili about this horse than Frankel.

"He vetted very well, and is another straightforward horse. He will go from here to George Peckham – all the horses we buy for the Middle East go to him. He does a great job, keeps them in full training and they ship from him and, hopefully, the horses will be ready to run soon off the plane."

Gran Descans has won three times, last time successful in a handicap over 1m4f at Newcastle winning off a BHA rating of 90. His mark subsequently increased to 96. (17:48)

The docket was signed three ways between Ed Bailey Bloodstock / Matthew Houldsworth and trainer Harry Derham, and Bailey explained the plan for the three-year-old son of Frankel

"He will come back to mine for a break and then go to Harry's to run on the Flat next summer, with a view to go to Australia at the end of the season," said Bailey. "He has been bought for owner Jon Gregory, who has horses with Harry already, and his brother Tim, who lives in Australia – they have bought the horse together."

He laughed: "Matt has been giving me a lot of help over the summer, we have been trying to buy one for around four months – we have got there in the end, but I think Matt was about to block my number!"

Houldsworth said: "We have done a bit together in the past and we are just trying to help each other out. This horse is by Frankel, he has won on fast ground, stays a trip, has got a bit of class and will be a nice horse for Harry to get stuck in to next year and then progress to Australia. It is great buying from such an esteemed operation, these horses have been looked after so well their whole lives."

Of the burgeoning Flat operation at Derham's, Bailey said: "We have bought three others this week, and I think he will have five for the Flat next summer. We are trying to get a few middle-distance types, who could also be dual purpose types, and I think Harry would like to look at going abroad with a few as well." (17:37)

The Profitable five-year-old has run in 18 stakes races, and is the winner of the 2024 Temple Stakes (G2) and the 2023 Listed Beverley Bullet Stakes. He also finished fourth in the Group 1 Flying Five Stakes last year.

He ran last time in October's Rous Stakes (L) coming home in a close-up fifth placing. He has won £213,414 in prize-money earnings. (16:35)

The colt, who was fourth in the Superior Mile (G3) last time out, finished third earlier in the season at Royal Ascot in the Britannia Handicap, won a mile Ascot handicap at the following July meeting, and is now BHA rated 103.

"He goes to Saudi," said Archdale, "and will be one for the King's Cup. He is a lovely horse, came highly recommended by Clive Cox, and has been highly progressive this season. He was our top pick of the sale."

Trainer and consignor Clive Cox said: "I am thrilled that he commanded such a lot of respect and appreciation, he is a lovely horse, he has done everything right, he is real athlete, and I am thrilled he has had such an increase in price.

"This is the way the journey goes, I am pleased we have invested quite heavily in yearlings and this allows us to keep taking that approach. Like any market place quality is key, and that it is very clear to see."

He added: "It is hard to say goodbye to these horses, but I am also very proud to have these horse through our hands, it keeps the enthusiasm and momentum to try and do it again. Owner Jason Goddard has been a very loyal supported so i am really pleased for him."

Cox purchased Fearnot, a son of Invincible Spirit, in the October Book 1 Sale for 90,000gns from Genesis Green. (16:26)

The colt has run twice since the catalogued was published, winning at Pontefract and then finishing second in the Listed Prospect Stakes over 6f. An improving sort, he is now Timeform rated 93.

He was bred by Biddestone Stud Ltd, bought by Alex Elliott at last year's October Book 2 Sale for 52,000gns. (15:24)

The winner of two races from 11 starts, the chestnut gelding finished second last time out when beaten just a neck in a 0-85 mile handicap at Nottingham. (14:10)

The colt, BHA rated 73, is still a maiden but has finished second four times and third once in 11 starts. He has finished placed on his last three starts and was a good second at Kempton on October 10. (14:05)

The three-year-old has been trained by Edward Smyth-Osbourne to win three races, including a handicap victory in June at Doncaster off a mark of 81. He has subsequently been placed second, and twice fourth off higher ratings of 85, 90 and 89, and over 6f and 7f trips. (12:55)

By Sioux Nation, the two-year-old colt has been in training with Kevin Philippart De Foy for Amo Racing. He is still a maiden but has finished four times over 6f, and fourth twice over 5f and 7f.

He is from the family of the Group 3 winners Drumfire and Cabaret, who is the dam of the dual champion St Mark's Basilica. (12:33)

The colt has run six times, and has won his last two starts successful at Yarmouth over 1m3f in October and previously at Wolverhampton over 1m4f. (10:55)

The two-year-old colt, who has been in training with Bryan Smart, has run five times, won twice and been placed three times. He is rated 78 and was purchased by Smart as a yearling for £25,000. (10:50)

Knighton finished second on his sole start to date over 1m4f at Ripon in September for joint-trainers Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero, who have taken the horse back home. (09:53)

Catalogued: 396 (402)

Offered: 282 (286)

Sold: 246 (266)

Turnover: 12,170,000gns (-12%)

Median: 22,000gns (-6%)

Average: 49,472gns (-5%)

% Sold: 87% (93%)

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Coolmore, 2. The Castlebridge Consignment, 3. Barton Sales

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Blandford Bloodstock, 2. McKeever Bloodstock / Waterhouse / Bott, 3. BBA Ireland

Leading sires (by agg, cumulative): 1. Night Of Thunder, 2. Wootton Bassett, 2. Sea The Stars

Leading sires (by av, two or more sold, cumulative): 1. Holy Roman Emperor, 2. Night Of Thunder, 3. Belardo

Day 1 top five

Lot 625: Gladius (IRE) 2022 B.C. >> Jamie Railton (Agent) >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 950,000gns

Lot 726A: Geography (GER) 2021 B.G. >> Barton Sales >> BBA Ireland >> 570,000gns

Lot 733: Wave Rider (GB) 2022 B.G. >> Barton Sales >> JS Bloodstock / G Scott Racing >> 420,000gns

Lot 627: New Century (GB) 2022 B.C. >> Jamie Railton (Agent) >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 390,000gns

Lot 673: Stay True (IRE) 2022 B.C. >> Coolmore >> Blandford Bloodstock / Archibald Racing >> 360,000gns (20:53)

An improving sort, he won last time out in mid-September at Pontefract over 1m2f – sent off the 10/11f, he won by two and a quarter lengths off a BHA mark of 88. He has been reassessed to a mark of 94.

His first win came in June at Sandown rated 83.

"He will go at the middle distance races, 1m2f and 1m4f Cup races," said Jackson Stops. "Sheikh Nasser has won his own Cup a couple of times and be great to try and win it again. He has the form, and the profile to be successful there.

"Harry [Charlton] we know and trust and the horse has been looked after to the very best.

"Bahrain as racecourse is on the up, we want to support that, send the right horses and ensure the quality of ability and competition remains high, and horses like this will do that."

Wave Rider has returned a significant increase on his yearling valuation when he was bought for 45,000gns in the October Book 3 Sale by Beckhampton Stables / Amanda Skiffington from Hillwood Stud. (19:58)

Trained by Peter Schiergen, he ran last time in the Prix de la Foret whenfifth. He has won six races, five of which are stakes level and include two Group 3 races this spring.

"He is really the one that we identified when the wildcards came out," said Donohoe. "He is a horse we had been following, he has extremely consistent form, his run in the Foret was good, he is a very good physical, he vetted very well and he is versatile.

"He is for a client in the Middle East and we will make a plan now, he will probably ship and be based there. He will suit the mile races in the region, and with his pedigree, he might be a horse who could go on the Dirt in Saudi, too.

"We gave a bit more than we thought we would, but we are very happy to get him. If he can win a valuable race in the Middle East, he makes good sense from an investment view point." (19:35)

"His new owners are to be decided, we have a couple of options, I genuinely I need to have a conversation, but it is people in the yard already," said Osborne.

Going on to outline the purchase, he said: "It is very rare to be able to buy a horse of his calibre, he is five but he has got plenty of life in him. He can go anywhere – he could be at Royal Ascot next year and run in something like the Wolferton, and would be one of the better horses in that race, or can go around the world for the next couple of years and give his new owners a lot of sport."

Of valuation expectations going into the sale, Osborne said: "How do you value him? It entirely depended on someone's appetite for almost guaranteeing themselves a really good, strong travelling horse for the next couple of years, how do you value that? You are just buying a bit of certainty – and I think he made sense at that [price]."

He added: "A lot of my clients like the little adventures that we go on, and he will be a wonderful horse to go on an adventure with. We will look after him, he has probably ended up with a home for life, but I will almost certainly geld him to give him a bit more longevity, it will probably be the first thing we do, and we will take it from there."

George Murphy, assistant to his father John Joseph Murphy at Highfield Stables, said: "It is tough to see him go, for sure. He has been brilliant for us and we very thankful to have had him when we did and thankful to the owners too, they have been very great owners for us for many years.

"When he was a younger, he was full of life as could be seen in his races, but he matured into a lovely horse with a great mind. I am sure his new connections will have a great time with him and we wish him the best of luck."

White Birch has run 14 times, is the winner of five races, four of which are Group races, including the Group 1, and all coming over 1m2f. He has been placed four times, twice at Group 1 level when third in the Epsom Derby behind Auguste Rodin and when fourth in this year's Tatersalls Gold Cup. He has won £649,089 in prize-money earnings and was the joint-champion older horse in Ireland in 2024.

By Ulysses, he was bred by Cheveley Park Stud and was bought as a December foal in 2020 for 75,000gns by Tally-Ho Stud. (19:14)

"We will take them straight to Oz," reported Fitzgerald. "We will let them acclimatise, they are young horses and lightly raced, and have the exact profile of a horse that we come here to target. They are incredibly sound, they are lovely and fresh and we love progeny by Wootton Bassett."

She added: "When the catalogue comes out we start making plans, we then have a couple of days here to get around them all, and these two in particular really stuck with us as physically big, strong types who will suit Australia. We have ownership plans in place."

Johnny McKeever added of the decision-making process: "Rob liked one a bit more, and we Iiked the other a bit more, and so we said if they come reasonably priced we should buy the pair – they are both Group winners, they are coming from a leading stable and we have done really well buying off Coolmore.

"We take the view that we send them to Australia and they get a break and we start from scratch. These horses from Coolmore are blue bloods, they are beautifully bred, and they have beautifully clean vettings.

"Rob Waterhouse is the guru on what he feels form-wise and then Claudia and I are looking at them physically, and I always defer to what Claudia thinks she will be able to sell – I ask her if she will be able to sell to her clients."

Swagman, a winning two-year-old, won the Classic Trial (G3) at Sandown in April and is out of the unraced Galileo mare Secretina. She is a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Plumania, and to Balladeuse, the dam of this autumn's Prix Vermeille (G1) winners Aventure and Left Hand.

Thrice won May's Gallinule Stakes (G3) and is out of the Galileo mare Mississippilanding, a own-sister to Giuseppe Garibaldi, a Listed winner and Group 2 and 3 placed. (18:26)

Stuart Boman, who was sat in the seats with British-born, Australian-based trainer Annabel Neasham, said: "He goes to Australia, and is for Annabel and Rob Archibald Racing. He is a perfect Cup horse, he is already Melbourne Cup qualified, he has got the rating to get in, he finished third in the St Leger and he is from Galileo's final crop. He ran a top race in the Great Voltigeur when fourth, and he has a great pedigree."

Neasham added: "He is ultimately for a Melbourne Cup / Caulfield Cup campaign, we have not got definite plans as yet, we might fly him out in March and run him off the plane in something like the Tancred Stakes. He is on spec at the moment, but I have few owners who want a Cup horse, he will be easy enough to sell, he has just run third in the Leger. He is just the horse you come to buy, it is difficult to land on them."

This is the trainer's first visit to the Autumn HIT Sale, she laughed: "Normally I am on the phone in the middle of the night, it has been quite a bit easier being here." (18:02)

Bidding developed into a bit of a process, with instructions being taken over the phone by Jonno Mills, sat with Boman, and Matthew Houldsworth, with an online bidder involved as well, eventually Boman securing the deal at 390,000gns leaving Houldsworth shaking his head.

"We got there in the end, it took a little while," smiled Boman, adding: "It is rare you get to buy a Grade 1 winner at auction, he has run very well in that company since, he was a horse talked as a Classic prospect. He vetted immaculately, and for a horse who has trained in the US, and come back again....

"Royal Patronage did the same thing and he has a similar profile, he is a year younger.

"We are happy to get him, he is for an existing client and he is will be going for the Dubai for the Carnival."

Royal Patronage as mentioned by Boman, is a graduate of the 2023v Autumn HIT Sale when bought by McKeever Bloodstock / Waterhouse / Bott for 300,000gns. He has since been finished in the places in multiple Group races in the southern hemisphere and won the Canterbury Stakes (G1) in the spring. (16:48)

The eventual and persistent underbidder was Claudia Fitzgerald withJohnny McKeever, standing at the top of the back stairs. Fitzgerald initially turned away, returning with a phone to her ear to take the 900,000gns bid, but that was batted back by Richard Brown, who was sat in his usual spot, the bidding then concluding swiftly.

He is the third most expensive horse to be sold at the Autumn HIT Sale and it the second-most expensive colt.

"He is for Wathnan Racing," said Brown, laughing: "As you can you tell with Ali Al Kubaisi [Wathnan's racing manager] sat with me!

"We have followed this horse through the year with interest, and we have Damysus, who we hold in high regard and we thought this horse ran very well in behind him in the Group 3 Darley Stakes. It is a form line we know about.

"Gladius will go back to Andrew Balding and we will target the Qatar Derby with him. He is what we are looking for - he is a progressive, still unexposed, colt who can go to Qatar and then go on to be an international horse for us as well.

"It is what Olly Tait set out to do for Wathnan, and the brief we have been given – he is just the horse who fits that brief. He is rated 111 off six starts, he can climb again, and the plan will be to go Andrew and to give Wathnan a big day at some stage."

Sold today by Jamie Railton (Agent), Gladius was bred by Irish National Stud Mare Syndicate IV, is the winner of three races, and was last successful at Goodwood in August over 1m1f off a mark of 94.

He was purchased in the Tattersalls sale ring as an October Book 1 yearling for 250,000gns by Qatar Racing / China Horse Club. (16:33)

"He has been bought for trainer Dominic Sutton, who is training at Flemington,"said Crosse. "We look after Nick Sutton's horse here, who is his father. We tried on a couple of horses yesterday, hopefully, this horse will be lucky and this will be the first of many.

Crosse added: "Neither of us have been Down Under, with a bit of luck this guy will take us for a day! Dom is a young trainer and has been training for just two years. He started from scratch and has had great success already, and is definitely a trainer on the up and it is good to be associated with him."

Of the process of sorting a short list and selecting Shamrock Bay, Crosse outlined: "We have been on the ground picking horses and putting them to him in the middle of his night.

"This horse did not run as a two-year-old, then won his first two starts. He is a horse who has needed time and he will be better with more time again, he is still a little 'bum high' despite being a four-year-old. We just loved the way he goes about his races, he has plenty of gate speed, we think he is progressive, will go forward again in Australia and he goes on fast ground."

Fehily and Crosse have hot footed it to Newmarket from the David Maxwell Dispersal held in the Tattersalls Cheltenham sale ring at Cheltenham racecourse on Friday – the amateur jumps jockey, having had to call time on his riding career on medical advice, deciding to sell all the horses in his ownership. The dispersal, auctioned by Tattersalls Cheltenham, saw 17 horses change hands for an aggregate of £2,257,000 and an average of £132,765 – Fehily and Crosse were responsible for handling the draft.

"I have always coached David, and we were given the great honour of looking after the horses for his dispersal," said Crosse. "We had bought plenty of them and it is always nice to see them sell on. The sale went really well and an average price of £130,000 or so, I think he will have been very happy with. Some horses sold for more than we were expecting, some for a bit less, the whole evened itself out.

"It was a great way for David to draw a line underneath everything by selling at public auction, and I can totally understand his need to go 'cold turkey', and I do believe he will come back to racing further down the line." (14:25)

He has been in training with Joseph O'Brien, and was bought today by Johnny McKeever for Australian trainer Gai Waterhouse, McKeever on the sale ground with Waterhouse's bloodstock manager Claudia Fitzgerald

"He ran well in the Britannia which is a race we have had good success coming out from," said Fitzgerald. "He is a young horse, has lots to give and is relatively lightly raced, he is by Wootton Bassett and we have had great success with horses by him, they are not easy to buy! I actually thought this horse was super buying at 200,000gns.

"He has been running over shorter than perhaps we'd look for [7f and a mile], but he looks like a horse who will stretch out, especially when we get him to Australia and the sun on his back!" (13:46)

The two-year-old, trained by Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore, has yet to win, but has run with promise in two starts finishing third on his debut in a 6f novice stakes at Carlisle, and then going a place better when runner-up over the same trip in a maiden at Hamilton.

Bred by Springcombe Park Stud, the colt is out of the Medicean mare Blizzard, the winner of two races and placed in the Prix Ceres (L). (12:13)

By Elzaam, the three-year-old gelding is out of Gold Bubbles, a mare by Street Cry, who finished second in the Musidora Stakes (G2) and os dam of six winners from seven runners.

Fervent has been in training with Stephen Crawford and last ran in July when third at Leopardstown over 1m5f having won twice in June over 1m2f and 1m4f. (10:55)