AMERICAN bloodstock agent Kim Valerio bought four horses this week, including several for owner Leonard Green who has horses with Donnacha O’Brien. Valerio’s most expensive purchase came on Wednesday when she paid €500,000 for a Wootton Bassett colt from Ciaran Conroy’s Glenvale Stud.

The colt is the first foal out of an unraced full-sister to Group 1 winners Hermosa, Hydrangea and The United States. He was bought on behalf of Commonwealth, a sports investment company which owned 25% of this year’s Kentucky Derby winner Mage.