The first British yearling sale of the season kicked off at Doncaster on Tuesday with Darley stallions accounting for four of the top seven lots, with a yearling from the first crop of Dubawi fetching the highest price of the day.
The January-foaled colt (pictured with his dam last year when just a few weeks old) was bred by Neville Poole of Paradise Farm in Dorset and fetched £220,000 ($472,000).
Sold as a foal for 55,000gns, the colt was a good pinhooking result for Charlie and Tracy Vigors of Hillwood Stud. His dam Hasten (Lear Fan) is a half-sister to the G3 winner Fantastic View and he was bought by Dubai-based businessman Mailh Al Basti, whose aim it is to have a runner in the Dubai World Cup.
Exceed And Excel filly Infamous Angel won Saturday’s G2 Lowther Stakes at Newmarket and the young sire was also responsible for the top-priced filly of the opening session when lot 87, out of Lady Oriande (Makbul), was knocked down to Amanda Skiffington for £90,000 ($193,000).
