Uncle Phil (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}), the winner of the G3 Dan & Joan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse in January, topped Wednesday's ThoroughBid Christmas Sale when fetching £38,000 from Gordon Miller.
Consigned by trainer Willie Mullins, Uncle Phil won five of his 18 starts in his time at Closutton when in the ownership of Joe and Marie Donnelly. The seven-year-old is out of the Saint des Saints (Fr) mare Synthe Davis (Fr), making him a full-brother to this year's Novices' Championship Final Handicap Hurdle winner Helnwein (Ire).
Of the 45 lots offered, 29 sold for an aggregate of £177,800 and at an average of £6,131. The four-year-old Five Bar Gate (Ire), who was added to the sale as a wildcard after his victory in a point-to-point bumper at Larkhill on Sunday, was the pick of the other lots as he sold to trainer Neil Mulholland for £28,000.
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