Tattersalls Cheltenham Sale

Trainer Harry Derham and bloodstock agent Ed Bailey made the biggest splash at the Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale on Thursday by snapping up two of the most expensive horses on the evening for a combined sum of £720,000. The spend was headed by the Colin Bowe-consigned top lot, Cristal d'Estruval (Ire) (Crystal Ocean {GB}), at £400,000, while the pair went to £320,000 to secure Lisronagh point-to-point winner Clondaw Park (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}). Cristal d'Estruval was one of the big talking horses coming into the sale following his...

Maiden winner Starzand (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}) (lot 6) became just the third horse to clear the £200,000 barrier at the Tattersalls Cheltenham January Sale when selling to former NH jockey Richard Johnson for £230,000 on Saturday. Secured for Dave Lewis's Gwent Holdings, the 5-year-old gelding is bound for the yard of Philip Hobbs and Johnson White. Formerly a €21,000 store at the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale, Starzand was consigned by James Doyle's Baltimore House Stables and his price is the second-highest ever recorded at the sale. "Dave is keen to...