Million In Mind

The Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale's annual Million In Mind Dispersal closed the second session at Doncaster with a flourish Thursday. A pair of six-figure plus lots led the action, led by Ioupy Collonges (Fr) (Kitkou {Fr}--Ine Collonges {Fr}, by Dom Alco) (Lot 675). The 5-year-old, who has won two of his four hurdle starts for Paul Nicholls, is expected to return to the Nicholls yard after being purchased by his trainer and Tom Malone. The final session also offered a 25-lot partial dispersal from Dai Walters, which produced three...

The third and final session of Goffs UK's Summer Sale on Wednesday provided the sale's highlight when The Million In Mind Partnership's unbeaten hurdler Grand Roi (Fr) (Spanish Moon) (lot 318) fetched £400,000 from Aidan O'Ryan and trainer Gordon Elliott. The pricetag is the second-highest ever achieved from the annual Million In Mind reduction. Another pair of horses in training shared the day's second-highest price of £82,000: Fabrique En France (Fr) (Yeats {Ire}) (lot 340A), who was supplemented off a point-to-point second at Ballycahane on July 3 and bought by...