Gordon Watson Left Seeing Stars

Gordon-Watson Left Seeing Stars… 
Charlie Gordon-Watson wasn’t able to divulge the identity of his client, but the agent was kept busy during the first session of Book 1, signing for lot 117, Hascombe & Valiant Studs’ son of Sea The Stars (Ire), at 600,000gns. Out of the listed-placed Mark Of Esteem (Ire) mare Victoria Cross, the colt is a half-brother to G2 Hardwicke S. winner Bronze Cannon (Lemon Drop Kid), who was trained by John Gosden at Clarehaven Stables. His younger sibling, however, will be trained just a little way along Newmarket’s Bury Road at Freemason Lodge. 

“He’s going to Sir Michael Stoute,” said Gordon-Watson. “He has a Classic pedigree, he’s a Classic horse by a Classic sire, so let’s hope for the best.” 

Seven lots later the agent sprang back into action to claim an Oasis Dream colt from Flash Conroy’s Glenvale Stud at 550,000gns. Amanda Skiffington bought the first foal of the winning Montjeu (Ire) mare Warling (Ire) (lot 124) and from the further family of stallions Westerner (GB) and Voix Du Nord (Fr) last December for 195,000gns. 

Gordon-Watson’s seven purchases throughout Tuesday added 2,410,000gng to the day’s turnover and put him in second place on the buyers’ list behind Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor John Ferguson.