Wildcard Top Man Tom (Ire) (Ask {GB}) (lot 46) claimed the top podium at the ThoroughBid August Sale on Thursday.
Consigned by Ben Pauling Racing, the 5-year-old gelding was knocked down for £13,500 to Dave Armstrong. The bay is out of Miss Your Top (Ire) (Luso {GB}), a half-sister to Grade 3 chase winner Little Josh (Ire) (Pasternak {GB}).
Just behind the topper was El Fabienne (Fr) (Spanish Moon), with Another Partnership signing for the Willie Mullins-consigned mare. Sold as lot 34 for £12,000, the brown mare is a daughter of Silver Bell (Fr) (Silver Cross {Fr}), herself a full-sister to listed hurdle winners and graded-placed Tommy Silver (Fr) and Cross In Hand (Fr), as well as a half-sister to El Fabiolo (Fr) (Spanish Moon), who won a trio of Grade 1 chases.
Overall, of the 48 lots offered, 28 sold (58%) for a gross of £121,900. The average was £4,353 and the median was £3,500.
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