THE eagerly anticipated Niarchos Draft at the November Breeding Stock Sale at Goffs did not disappoint on Friday evening.

Buyers from around the world descended on Kildare Paddocks for the sale of 40 fillies and mares owned by the Niarchos family, but M.V. Magnier of Coolmore Stud saw off all challengers for the top four lots, spending a total of €19 million on the quartet of Alpine Star, Alpha Centauri, Albigna and That Which Is Not.