Kapgarde

A three-year-old gelding by Golden Horn topped Monday's Goffs Doncaster Spring Store Sale when bought by Paul Nicholls and daughter Megan for £140,000. A half-brother to the G1 Champion Hurdle third Luccia (The Gurkha), lot 100 was offered on behalf of breeder Paul Sandy by Mill House Stud. "We loved him, he was our pick of the sale," said Megan Nicholls. "Dad thought that we needed to come here and try to find as similar a type as we could to Regent's Stroll, who obviously won the sales race. "They're...

The fourth annual Lumet Show sale organized in partnership with Arqana was staged at Ecuries de la Ridaudiere on Saturday. There were 61 young jumping horses offered, with 66% sold for an average of €15,425. The total yield was €617,000. Leading the way at €42,000 was the 3-year-old Imprevu Du Large (Fr) (Kapgarde {GB}) (lot 1), who was signed for by Joffret Huet on behalf of trainer Paul Nicholls. "Once again we would like to thank David Lumet for his work in organising this sale," said Arqana President Eric Hoyeau....