August George

The bulk of the 271 horses offered on day one of the Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale at Tattersalls were sold to continue their careers abroad, including the 375,000gns August George (Night Of Thunder), who was snapped up by Qatari-based trainer Gassim Ghazali.  Runner-up to subsequent Group 3 scorer Dorset (Wootton Bassett) in the Goffs Million, the Ivan Furtado-trained juvenile boasted one of the most attractive profiles on Monday and the market responded suitably with Ghazali - a regular visitor to Park Paddocks - outlasting a number of leading buyers on the...