He added: "We thought we'd have to spend a bit to get him, but did not think we'd have to spend quite so much, but there was strong competition for him.

"He did everything that you'd want from a racehorse. He will come back to my yard and hopefully will start off in a maiden in six or eight weeks' time. He is for an existing client based in the US."

The February colt is a first foal out of Dawn Choir (Fastnet Rock), a daughter of the Listed-placed Heavenly Dawn, an own-sister to the dual Grade 1 winner Megahertz and the Group 2 winner, three-time Group 1-placed Heaven Sent.

Magna Grecia has had four runners so far and one winner – the Amy Murphy-trained Myconian, who is out of the Choisir mare Sirici. (17:14)

He is out of the US Listed winner Cold Cold Woman, the dam of six winners, including the Saudi Arabian winner Port Lions, who won at the 2020 Saudi Cup meeting for Fawzi Nass when beating Deirdre. (16:51)

"She has been bought for Charlie Pike, a young man who is going to be starting training, and this filly has bought by his future father-in-law Gary Gillies for him to train," reported Malone. "Charlie is going to be based as an assistant to trainer Jimmy Fox for a year."

About the filly he said: "I loved her, and the big thing is that she has the GB bonus, which is important for owners in Britain, she has some chance of getting back some money."

Of her breeze he said: "She breezed well and looks an inexperienced sort. She breezed in the first 25 per cent of the times and that is good enough for me.

Malone has also purchased a Cracksman colt today for 40,000gns (Lot 183). (15:36)

"He is for a partnership between Teme Valley and Opulence Thoroughbreds," explained Ryan. "It will be the second horse we have together. He will go to trainer Clive Cox [trainer of the Group 1 winner Profitable], and it looks a good fit."

He added: "He did a respectable time, we liked the horse a lot and he is a great physical specimen. He is a particularly strong individual, and as a stamp of horse he is exactly my cup of tea. I am sure Clive will like him when he sees him. He is going to be a second-half of the season two-year-old and make up into a lovely three-year-old."

Of his breeze up purchasing strategy, Ryan outlined: "It is a combination of everything. I am not that hot on times, especially if it is a horse who should not be blitzing this time of year. For a big strong horse like this you look to see whether he has done the breeze respectably and not in a hopeless time, presented in the bridle properly, extended and used his stride, and then finished out his gallop. This horse has been also well produced by Malcolm."

Ryan purchased Lot 34 at the Craven Sale, a colt by Starspangledbanner and out of Rely On Me for 320,000gns, purchasing on behalf of a partnership between Teme Valley and MV Magnier, and Ryan updated: "So far so good and Joseph [O'Brien] is very happy with him." (15:00)

Third dam is Red Rita, runner-up in the Cherry Hinton Stakes (G2) and Princess Margaret (G3), dam of the Lupe Stakes (L) winner Foodbroker Fancy and ancestress of the likes of Soft Centre, the Group 1 winner Sultanina, the Group 1-placed Extortionist.

He was breezed by Grangecoor Farm. (14:55)

"This colt has been bought for owner Peter Jeffers, who became a client last year," reported Richard Brown. "We bought him two last year – a Craven Breeze Up colt by Starspangledbanner who is called James McHenry and who won impressively the other day and might make up into a Britannia horse, and a colt called Open Choice who has only run once so far.

"Peter is a complete enthusiast, and he lets me get on with it. He does not want the 'whizz bangs'; Peter is looking for horses who will be mile plus types. He let's Ed take his time and there is no rush."

Of this colt, who is out of the Exceed And Excel mare Rue Cambon, a full-sister to the Group 2 Goldene Peitsche winner Royal Intervention, and a half-sister to the Beverly D Stakes (G1) winner Gorella, and Porto Santo, a Listed winner in France.

"This is a lovely horse, he is a big lad and is bred to go much further than he was asked to yesterday. He looks like he will be a 7f horse that goes 1m2f in time.

"He has a very good pedigree and he is smart colt. (14:40)

Lots catalogued: 155 (121)

Lots offered: 99 (77)

Lots sold: 85 (71)

Aggregate: 1,525,500gns (+40%) ** record

Median: 12,000gns (+33%)

Average: 17,947gns (+17%)

% sold: 86% (92%)

Top five

1. Lot 154: Sea The Stars (IRE) / Pinkster (GB) 2021 B.F. (GB) >> Vicarage Farm >> Oakgrove Stud >> 150,000gns

2. Lot 114: Kiwano (FR) 2019 B.G. >> Trillium Place Stables (D. Simcock) >> Durcan Bloodstock / G Baker Racing >> 75,000gns

3. Lot 128: Caustic (GB) 2020 B.C. >> Juddmonte Farms >> Ian Williams >> 75,000gns

4. Lot 154A: Empty Metaphor (IRE) 2020 B.C.Wildcard >> Kilbrew Stables, Ireland >> Mohammed Hamad Khalifa Al-Attiyahhh 70,000gns

5. Lot 136: Batal Dubai (IRE) 2020 B.C. >> Barton Sales >> JS Bloodstock >> 55,000gns (13:43)

"It is very much a pedigree-based purchase," explained Hilton. "Mr Deer is very fond of the pedigree, we have Poplin under the econd dam and she is doing well for us.

"We are happy to buy this filly, whether we race her or not is up for debate, but she will join the broodmare band eventually."

He further outlined: "I spoke to Megan Evans at Vicarage, who was very honest and said they have not done a great deal with her. She is very elegant, big, she has a lovely head and is a good mover. She is very 'Sea The Stars' and Nathaniel is starting to do well as a broodmare sire. Pinkster is a Newsells Park-based mare and I am sure they will be looking after her very well and we will be looking on with interest."

Pinkster (2015) is a young mare and is dam of one winner from one runner – Paz (Siyouni) a winner as a two-year-old in France last year. She runs in the Listed Prix des Lilas at Chantilly tonight, and, with a bit of luck, Oakgrove could get an immediate black-type update for today's new purchase.

Second dam is Puce (Darshaan), dam of the Lancashire Oaks (G2) winner Pongee and grand-dam of the Group 1 producer Prudenzia, whose progeny includes Magic Wand and Chicquita. (13:43)

Williams said: "He’s been bought on spec. I’m not sure of the plan yet but we’ll get him home and geld him, and then see where he are. He’s a lovely type of horse who vetted well – just the type we enjoy training."

The colt is out of the Dynaformer mare Starformer, a multiple Graded race winner in the US and dam of the Listed winner and Grade 2 placed Flavius.

She is daughter of Etoile Montante, the Group 1 winner of the Prix de la Foret and placed in the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1), the Prix Maurice De Gheest (G1), the Matriarch Stakes (G1) and the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (G1).

The last Tattersalls purchases made by Williams were made at the Ascot March Sale where he bought eight lots and was the sale's top buyer.

He updated: "I am really pleased with them all, they are going on well and cantering away. They have all had the winter off – if I buy one at the October HIT Sale I will give the horse the winter off, and these have had that time, too." (12:43)

The speedy Kiwano, a son of Dabirsim and bred by High Valley Equine, is a three-time winner over 5f, 6f and 7f. His last win came in March off 92, ridden by Jamie Spencer, and finished a good third in a Lingfield 0-105 over 5f in March, again ridden by Spencer. (12:13)

He was bred by Rabbah Bloodstock and owned in training by Jaber Abdullah. The colt is a half-brother to the German Group 3 third-placed Maraseem and out of Why Not Queen, a Dubawi own-sister to the Hong Kong Group 1 winner Akeed Mofeed. (12:05)

Restrepo, a regular buyer at Tattersalls, said later via WhatsApp: "This colt will be headed to Saudi Arabia for Naif Suliman. You cannot go wrong with a winner. He’s a Frankel; who is in fine form this year with six wins and two placings over his last eight races this year. He’s rated 75 going 10-12f, which fits Saudi Arabia like a glove. I am always pleased to buy quality stock at Tattersalls.”

Sausalito, bred by Fairway Thoroughbreds, was bought by Moore for 10,000gns at last year's July Horses In Training Sale. The horse ran five times for Moore before beginning a winning run of five in February off a BHA mark of 48.

The concluding victory of the five-timer came in March off 62. The four-year-old gelded son of Frankel was then placed twice at Lingfield before winning last time out on April 26 over 1m2f and rated 70. (12:02)

A four-time winner by Gutaifan the colt has won over 5f and 6f and is BHA rated 83. He last won in August 2022 off the same mark and finished third over 6f at Lingfield earlier this year with a rating of 85. (11:17)

The son of El Kabeir and out of the unraced Delma, a daughter of Authorized, won last time out for his first career victory. he was successful over 1m1f at Wolverhampton off a BHA mark of 58. The three-year-old had previously finished in the first four places on his four previous starts

He is now rated 63 and has been purchased by Dan Astbury / Avon Racing. (11:03)

The three-year-old son of Roaring Lion is unraced and was bred by Chasemore Farm. He was in training with James Ferguson for Qatar Racing.

He is out of the Listed winner and Grade 1 Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) third-placed Mutatis Mutandis (Mastercraftsman). (10:43)

The sale is split into two with selling for the Horses In Training Sale section starting at 9.30am. There are a 355 lots catalogued over the whole sale, plus three wildcard lots, and a 154 lots catalogued for the first horses in training section.

The breeze up session will follow on immediately after the conclusion of the horses in training. (09:00)

“Two Craven Breeze Up Classic winners last year as well as more 2022 two-year-old Group and Listed performers than any other European two-year-olds in training sale have been the perfect advertisements for the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale and this year’s renewal has attracted leading international buyers in abundance, all of whom have contributed to notably strong demand particularly at the higher end of the market and a record sale turnover in excess of 15 million guineas.

“There has been a significant rise in the number of lots of selling for 200,000 guineas or more and a number of participants new to the Craven Breeze Up Sale, all of which demonstrates the sale's international reputation as a consistent source of horses which go on to prove themselves at the highest level on the global stage.

"The largest Craven Breeze Up catalogue for more than 15 years, 25% larger than last year, may not quite have matched the impressive clearance rate of last year’s sale, but the key indicators of average and median have both held up well and there has been no shortage of outstanding pinhooking triumphs with the obvious highlights being the 625,000 guineas sale-topping colts by Havana Grey and Blue Point, consigned Glending Stables and Oak Tree Farm respectively, and Grove Stud's 600,000 guineas filly, who is the second highest priced filly ever sold at the Craven Breeze Up.

“Year after year the consignors support the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up with so many of the best breeze up two-year-olds to be found in Europe and it is wonderful to see their professionalism and confidence in the sale rewarded as it has been over the past two days.

"Buyers, both domestic and international, have shown similar confidence in the sale and we look forward not only to seeing many of them rewarded with the lucrative Tattersalls bonuses which have proved so popular since their inception, but also to welcoming many of them back to the forthcoming Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and Horses in Training Sale.” (23:40)

Lots catalogued: 202 (164)

Lots offered: 166 (134)

Lots sold: 126 (103)

Aggregate: 15,357,500gns (11,939,500gns) ** record

Median: 80,000gns (-11%)

Average: 121,885gns (+5%)

% sold: 76% (77%)

Top five D2

1. Lot 198: Havana Grey (GB) / Mosa Mine (GB) Gr.C. (GB) >> Glending Stables, Ireland >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 625,000gns

2. Lot 199: Blue Point (IRE) / Most Beautiful (GB) B.C. (IRE) >> Oak Tree Farm, Ireland >>Godolphin >> 625,000gns

3. Lot 162: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Guana (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Grove Stud, Ireland >> Kerri Radcliffe Agent >> 600,000gns

4. Lot 47: Munnings (USA) / Separate Forest (USA) Ch.C. (USA) >> Longways Stables, Ireland >> Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock >> 360,000gns

5. Lot 172: Blue Point (IRE) / Immediate (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Kilminfoyle House Stud, Ireland (Agent) >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 350,000gns (23:30)

Lots catalogued: 101 (81)

Lots offered: 80 (67)

Lots sold: 67 (51)

Aggregate: 8,862,000gns (5,628,500gns)

Median: 120,000gns (+33%)

Average: 132,269gns (+20%)

% sold: 84% (76%)

Top five D2

1. Lot 198: Havana Grey (GB) / Mosa Mine (GB) Gr.C. (GB) >> Glending Stables, Ireland >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 625,000gns

2. Lot 199: Blue Point (IRE) / Most Beautiful (GB) B.C. (IRE) >> Oak Tree Farm, Ireland >> Godolphin >> 625,000gns

3. Lot 162: Night of Thunder (IRE) / Guana (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Grove Stud, Ireland >> Kerri Radcliffe Agent >> 600,000gns

4. Lot 172: Blue Point (IRE) / Immediate (GB) B.F. (IRE) >> Kilminfoyle House Stud, Ireland (Agent) >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 350,000gns

5. Lot 118: No Nay Never (USA) / Catch The Eye (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Oak Tree Farm, Ireland >> Blandford Bloodstock >> 340,000gns (22:02)

"He is for Godolphin," said Stroud. "Blue Point has made a great start, this colt comes from a top consignor and he fits the profile. He will go to Charlie Appleby, who has a few by the sire and likes what he has."

A beaming Williamson, the sale's leading consignor, said: "We bought this colt privately and I loved him when we bought him. All spring people have been telling me that they had Blue Points could run, I kept my powder dry, but I knew I had a good one. I am thrilled.

"Although Native Trail went from this sale and won just six weeks' later, this is a sharper sort than him, he just feels like he is one to point and shoot – he feels fast."

Williamson added: "It has been a great week, it is what you do it for and the team have done a top job."

The colt was consigned at the Tattersalls October Book 2 Sale by Tradewinds where he was a vendor buy back. He had previously been purchased by John Rowe at the Tattersalls December Sale 2021 for 110,000gns, bought from Norelands, (21:57)

"Havana Grey has done really well, he is a legitimate sire and had the good filly win today," said Stroud. "The colt breezed well in good time and looks a two-year-old type."

He was sold by Roderic Kavanagh of Glending Stables who said: "Havana Grey has done so well and had the Group 3 winner today and an impressive one at that.

"You hope all the interested parties going to all pitch up and it has obviously got late in the sale and it is a bit lonely, but they all got there. We had some great judges on him. He is an athletic horse, with a bit of scope, I don't think he is just a sprinter type, hopefully he will get 7f or a mile."

He added: "This easily our best result, most of them make 25,000gns! When it happens, it happens. We have had a good week and the two have breezed so well, they are naturally fast horses. We are delighted.

"Cormac O'Flynn buys most of them with me, he is the brains of the outfit, I just get to hold the reins!"

The colt was pinhooked by the pair at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale for 42,000gns.

O'Flynn said: "It was Roderic found him at the sale, we went down to see him together and I liked him from the outset. We were delighted to get him and he has just gone from strength to strength." (21:44)

"She is gorgeous, she is a beautiful filly," said Brown. "I think she will need a little bit of time, I don't think we will try and make her into a Royal Ascot filly, but we will see, we will let whoever is going to train her decide on that.

"Blue Point has made a tremendous start. She obviously did a good breeze, she did not blitz up but did it in a really good style. I can't imagine she liked that ground as she has a low action. She is from a good Juddmonte family and I think she could be a bit special. I am delighted to get her."

Brown has bought the filly for the same client as Lot 118, and as the no Nay Never filly she will be trained in England or France.

JC Bloodstock paid 70,000gns for the filly at the Tattersalls October Book 2 Sale buying her from Ballyhimikin Stud. (20:42)

She is the second highest-priced filly ever sold at the Craven Sale.

Radcliffe said: "She has got the pedigree so she got residual value and she comes from a great consignor. She did a lovely breeze, not one of the quickest times, that's not what I buy, I like to buy something that finishes out well. Whenever she hit the rising ground she took off, and that is what you want to see them do."

Of plans she outlined: "She is for a new client based in London and we don't know where she is going to go yet – give me 24 hours to think about it! I am getting on a plane to Florida in the morning so I have plenty of time to think of it. She will either stay in Britain or go to France."

Radcliffe added: "I saw her in February and loved her and physically she has done very well since then. Hopefully she will be very good, and, hopefully, she will be an Ascot filly."

Consignor Brendan Holland of Grove Stud was understandably delighted with the sale.

"It is a great result for the farm,," he said. "I Ioved her when I bought her as a yearling, Night Of Thunder is a top class sire and she is from a really fast family. It is very hard to buy something with speed all the way through the page, which she has and to be by such a good sire.

"I did not dream that we could get a result like that today, but we did think at the farm that she was the best filly we have had since Rosdhu Queen [Group 1 winner, 2012 Craven Sale 65,000gns graduate], and we really liked her coming into the sale."

Recalling purchase last autumn, Holland said: "She had a great physique at the yearling sale, she was a May foal and she looked like she would improve physically.

"She has improved again, she is very mature, she has a great top and great limbs. You can get anything by the sire and he had the fastest sprinter in Europe last year and that was a filly. She was an easy buy at the sales, at the time it was a lot of money, but today has exceeded expectations."

She has been showing Holland plenty of talent at home.

"Her ability all spring was very evident. Even though she is a May filly, and she has to win her maiden, but there is a chance she could end up at Ascot – it is big shout for an unraced two-year-old filly, she looks like an Ascot horse.

"She has always been able to run, the running bit has been easy for her. On reflection she was a very good yearling buy, but giving €90,000 to pinhook any yearling is no small price." (20:34)

The colt is out of Dorcas Lane, the Listed winner and Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) third placed daughter of Norse Dancer. She is the dam of two winners, both of whom have black-type Listed placed form to their names.

Hoban said: "We have been pre-training since 2018 and we are slowing developing a breeze-up and consigning arm to run alongside. We are relatively new to this – we had one at Newmarket last year and we have five or six to sell this year.

"We were sent this well-bred colt to sell by a client and we were delighted to get him. He did a very good breeze, has been very straightforward at home and shown a lot of class. He is a May foal so we think he is just going to get better and better. He has developed a lot in the last few months and we are looking forward to following his progress."

Beechlea will back to Newmarket with one lot catalogued for the Guineas Sale, also has one to sell at the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Sale. (19:14)

"I am delighted as I did not buy a horse last night!" laughed Brown. "This is a lovely horse, he is going to need some time, he is a big horse. He is not even a two-year-old yet – his birthday is not until May 16, so he still nearly a month off his second birthday – so to breeze the way he did I thought was pretty sensational.

"He is a big striding horse, he seems to have a great attitude and he is from a very good hotel in Oak Tree. I was keen to get him. I have bought him for an existing client and I don't know who will train him, but it will be in England or France."

Brown added: "He was not particularly fast in his breeze, but he did it in a very good style. We will give him plenty of time now and then hopefully will see him in the late summer and autumn."

The colt was bought by Mags O'Toole and Oak Tree Farm for €87,000 last autumn. (18:47)

"He is a lovely horse, I have loved him all year," reported Grant. "We have had lots of interest here, lots of vets, and I thought he might get to the same sort of figure as last night, I am thrilled with this price."

Last year Grant sold Bradsell, winner of the Coventry Stakes (G2), and he said: "This is a very similar horse, his work is very similar at home and when Bradsell breezed he was not the fastest horse in the sale either. This fella is big, but very good actioned, and very balanced and I think he could be very good."

When he bought the colt as a yearling for €75,000, Grant recalls the colt's good walk really catching his eye, but he added: "We thought that Blue Point could do well and he has made a great start with his early runners."

Buyer Jason Kelly said: "Blue Point is a very smart stallion, this colt is a three-parts to a black-type placed horse and so there is plenty on the dam's side and hopefully Blue Point is as good as he has shown early on. This colt has been bought for a good friend of mine in Frank Gillespie, he has had some luck before so hopefully we can have a bit more luck with this horse. He goes into training with David O'Meara."

Of immediate plans, Kelly added: "He is a big horse, he breezed nicely , we will get him back and see, we have not immediate plan. We liked how he sustained his gallop and galloped out well out at the end, it was tough going at the breeze but for a big horse like him he got through it well." (18:38)

The colt was bought by Najd Stud. (18:16)

The daughter of Acclamation, who was bought by Blandford Bloodstock, is out of a winning Holy Roman Emperor half-sister to the Richmond Stakes (G2) winner Ivawood, also runner-up in the Middle Park Stakes (G1) and third in the 2,000 Guineas.

Third dam is the Prix de l'Opera (G1) winner Kinnaird, dam of the Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) winner Berkshire. (17:53)

106,  111,  112,  113,  119,  129,  136,  143,  145,  152,  153,  163,  164,  165,  169 (12:57)

Lots catalogued: 101 (83)

Lots offered: 86 (67)

Lots sold: 59 (52)

Aggregate: 6,495,500gns (6,311,000gns)

Median: 77,000gns (-10%)

Average: 110,093gns (-9%)

% sold: 69%

Leading consignors (by agg, cumulative): 1. Mocklershill, 2. Tally-Ho Stud, 3. Longways Stables

Leading purchasers (by agg, cumulative): 1. Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, 2. Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock, 3. Durcan Bloodstock

Leading sires (by agg): 1. Blue Point, 2. Starspangledbanner, 3. Mehmas

Top five

1. Lot 47: Munnings (USA) / Separate Forest (USA) Ch.C. (USA) >> Longways Stables, Ireland >> Oliver St Lawrence Bloodstock 360,000gns

2. Lot 30: Blue Point (IRE) / Rebecca Rocks (GB) B.C. (GB) >> Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland >> Stroud Coleman Bloodstock >> 340,000gns

3. Lot 34: Starspangledbanner (AUS) / Rely On Me (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Mocklershill, Ireland >> R Ryan Agent For M V Magnier >> 320,000gns

4. Lot 36: Siyouni (FR) / Reticent Angel (IRE) B.C. (IRE) >> Mocklershill, Ireland >> Hong Kong Jockey Club >> 260,000gns

5. Lot 38: Territories (IRE) / Roger Sez (IRE) B.F. (IRE) >> Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland >> Michael O'Callaghan >> 240,000gns (22:00)

His third dam is Fictitious, an own-sister to Phantom Gold, winner of the Geoffrey Freer Stakes (G2), the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2), the St Simon Stakes (G2) and placed second in the Lancashire Oaks (G3). (21:51)

An Ghalanta is dam of six winners from six runners, including the Listed winner Time Scale and the Nassau Stakes (G2) and Albany Sakes (G3) runner-up Bletchley.

It was another good sale for Longways Stables, leading consignor (by average) in the first session of this year's Craven Sale, the farm having paid €60,000 for the January-born filly last autumn. (21:45)

The March colt is the first born out of the Distorted Humor mare, an own-sister to the Royal Lodge and Vintage Stakes (G2) runner-up Artigiano, who was trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin.

It is the further family of State Of Rest, who was so influential in today's decision by Richard Ryan and Teme Valley to purchase Lot 34. (21:27)

The brown colt is a grandson of Quishchi (Encosta De Lago) winner of a Listed race in the US and placed at Grade 3 level. She is dam of Mrs Sippy (Blame), the Grade 2 winner of the Glens Falls Stakes and a runner-up in the Flower Bowl Stakes (G1).

It is the further family of the champion two-year-old and three-year-old Grand Lodge.

The January-born colt, consigned as a yearling by Newsells Park Stud Ltd at last year's October Book 2 Sale, was bought then by Linehan Bloodstock for 105,000gns. (20:41)

St Lawrence said: "He is a very taking horse, Roger was keen on him and so was I. He looks like a type who could get to Royal Ascot. We have had luck with Munnings before with Shahama, who did well in Dubai and then went to the US."

Of this colt's breeze, St Lawrence said: "He did a perfectly nice time without setting the world alight. Mick brings them along nicely and does not push them too hard."

Varian added: "He looks a strong horse, so hopefully we can get him home and see where we go."

A smiling consignor Mick Murphy of Longways Stables said: "I am a very happy vendor! He was very popular, we had a lot of the right people on him. I was very hopeful, but you never know.

"I bought him in the US and we bought him to come to the Craven, we thought he'd suit this sale. I have been lucky enough to have already sold a Royal Ascot winner, this could be another!"

Murphy continued: "He is a horse who wants good ground and he breezed exceptionally well considering the conditions. He is a quick horse and a lot of people said he is very similar to Jack Christopher."

Jack Christopher is Munnings' leading runner so far and was a three-time Grade 1 winner of the Champagne Stakes, the Woody Stephens Stakes and the H Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes. He stands at Ashford Stud alongside his sire. (20:26)

Dam Roger Sez (Red Clubs) won the Firth Of Clyde Stakes (G3) and was placed three times at Listed level as a two and three-year-old. She is dam of four winners from five runners.

The February filly was sold by Tally-Ho Stud, Hamish Macauley Bloodstock having bought her for 92,000gns at the October Book 1 Sale last autumn from Highclere Stud. (20:20)

He is the first foal out of Reticent Angel (Dark Angel), placed third in the Listed Scurry Stakes and a half-sister to the Roses Stakes (L) winner and Norfolk Stakes (G2) runner-up Mind Of Madness. (20:15)

"He is an exceptional individual, he breezed very well and he is not unlike State Of Rest [also by Starspangledbanner] and he goes to Joseph O'Brien," explained Ryan. "It is Teme Valley's first foray with Coolmore as partners and we are thrilled – we loved the horse, let's hope he is lucky."

He added: "I don't think he will be too long to get to the racecourse, he is a natural easy mover with a great mind. He has every chance of being active this season, that what is we are hoping for. Joseph knows this type of horse exceptionally well and handles them brilliantly. It is a good fit all round."

Of the comparison with State Of Rest, he enthused: "There are huge similarities – this colt has a good girth, great movement, a good mind, everything that you would like to see in a youngster."

State Of Rest, by Starspangledbanner and owned by Teme Valley, initially as sole owner and then in a partnership, won four Group and Grade 1 races through August 2021 to June 2022.

He is a dual Tattersalls graduate – sold as a foal and then as a yearling at the October Book 2 sale in 2019 when bought by Aiden O'Ryan and Joseph O'Brien for 60,000gns.

State Of Rest is standing his first season at Rathbarry Stud at a fee of €25,000. (20:11)

The son of Shamardal adds to today's achievements in the sale ring – his colt out of the Listed winner Rebecca Rocks (Exceed And Excel) consigned by Tally-Ho Stud sells for 340,000gns and is bought by Anthony Stroud.

Stroud said: "He is a very nice horse, he is by Blue Point who has got off to a flying start. He breezed well, he is from Tally-Ho which has produced many a good horse. I am delighted to have purchased him. He has a good pedigree and is a nice neat two-year-old type, too."

The colt was bought as a foal by Tally-Ho for 70,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale in 2021.

Dam Rebecca Rocks, trained by Henry Candy, claimed the scalp of the talented Glass Slippers, subsequent three-time Group and Grade 1 winner, in the Listed Land O'Burns Stakes. (19:04)

Nikki Scallan and Antonio Da Silva's Curragh operation is in its third year selling breeze up horses and a former graduate of the stable influenced the decision to buy this colt as a yearling last autumn for just £38,000.

"We had his full-sister last year, she made 110,000gns at this sale. She went onto Kevin Ryan's, was named Transfer Affection and has been placed four times in seven starts.

"We loved this colt, he is a bigger stronger horse and has a lot of attitude. He puts his head down and goes. We were pretty confident that we would sell ok as we had lots of vets, but did not expect that."

She added: "Antonio picked him and liked him at the sale, he showed perfectly every time and there is something about him that draws you to him."

The team has 15 horses to sell this year with Lot 92 to sell tonight and will be back to Newmarket for the Guineas breeze in May. (18:52)

The two-year-old is out of Obama Rule (Danehill Dancer), the winner of the Group 3 Dance Design Stakes.

Tom Pritchard-Gordon, who was in charge of bidding and was standing in the back stairwell, said: "He is on his way to Hong Kong, he will go out there as a PPG, he came highly recommended by Norman, his sire is doing the business around the world and he is three from four from Hong Kong.

"It is a family we know well, we bought Twilight Payment for Lloyd Williams, we have had a bit of luck there. It is the same cross – Mehmas over Danehill Dancer – as a good horse in Hong Kong called Circuit Stellar who is with Tony Cruz."

He added: "He has got the size and scope to be good in Hong Kong and seems to have a bomb proof temperament. The family has worked around the world, it is a good old-fashioned Sangster family. He will go to George Peckham's for a couple of months and ship out."

Oak Tree Farm consigned the Classic-winning Craven Breeze Up graduate Native Trail, bought by Godolphin for 210,000gns in 2021. (18:26)

4,  5,  6,  13,  37,  52,  53,  60,  62,  83,  84 (14:37)

Selling starts today at 5.45pm after the conclusion of racing at Newmarket. (14:36)