Grandero Bello

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...