Jamie Piggott

The beauty of modern technology allowed agent Jamie Piggott to get in on the action on the penultimate day of the Autumn Horses-In-Training at Tattersalls, with the jet-setting bloodstock agent going to 150,000gns to secure recent Redcar winner Skiathos (Wootton Bassett) whilst on board a flight to America for the Breeders' Cup. Piggott has been quite active this week and signed for seven horses to the tune of 464,000gns on behalf of various different clients - but Skiathos was by far the most expensive and the Thursday sale-topper will join...

Trident (Fr) Wootton Bassett {GB}), runner-up in the G1 Prix Morny for Andre Fabre and the Coolmore partners, has been sold to continue his career in Hong Kong. Bloodstock agent Jamie Piggott, who brokered the deal, told TDN, "We bought him for a seven-figure sum for Mr Ho and he will go to Caspar Fownes. Coolmore were brilliant to deal with. The horse is now in Newmarket and starts his quarantine on 10 February." Bred by trainer David Smaga and Marie-Benedicte Fougy, Trident was a €140,000 yearling at the Arqana...