Irish point-to-point winner Grandero Bello (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}) topped the ThoroughBid Christmas Sale on Sunday evening with a bid of £50,000 from Harty Racing. The 5-year-old gelding will join the Curragh-based Eddie and Patrick Harty's stable and will be eligible for ThoroughBid's Point2Rules bonus, which offers up to £15,000 in bonuses to any pointer sold through the platform that goes on to win first time under rules.
James Richardson, chief executive officer of ThoroughBid, said, “Each sale has been a bit different and this time we're particularly pleased to have sold some nice pointers. We announced the new Point2Rules bonus at the back end of November and that's certainly attracted some promising types. Again, the feedback from those bidding last night has been hugely positive and we're delighted to have closed out the year on a high.
“Having only kicked off with our first auction in September, we've now completed four and have a fifth slated for Jan. 16–the All-Weather Sale. Selling Belfast Banter was an obvious highlight for us, while having completed sales for a variety of top trainers, studs and point-to-point yards, we're really pleased with how things have begun.”
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