THE second DBS Silver Yearling Sale on Thursday showed growth in both turnover and average, while the median figure remained static at £10,000.

The aggregate grew by 8% to £1,350,500 and the average advanced by 12% to £13,641. The clearance rate improved by four points to 83%.

While last year’s top price was not threatened, there were 11 lots that sold for £30,000 or more compared with five last year.

This year two lots shared the top billing at £40,000 and both were sold in the last half an hour of trading.

The first of these was a son of one of this year’s leading first season sires, Zoffany, offered from Gerry and Maura O’Sullevan’s Cooneen Stud who bred the colt.

The first foal of his dam, he was sold to David Barron’s Harrowgate Bloodstock.

Shortly afterwards he was followed by another first foal, this one being a son of the dual winner Reset City.

This colt was consigned from Throckmorton Stud where the sire Yorgunnabelucky stood for his first two seasons.

A Giant’s Causeway own-brother to Shamardal, Yorgunnabelucky was trained by Mark Johnston and he purchased this sole offering by the stallion in the sale.

At this sale last year Willie Browne bought a colt by Showcasing and this time he paid £38,000 for a filly by the same stallion.

The dam is a winning half-sister to the group-winning juvenile Tremar.

Hillen & Ryan were very busy on the day buying five lots, including colts by Zebedee (£37,000), Equiano (£33,000), Tagula (£32,000) and Royal Applause (£30,000).

Alex Elliott gave £36,000 for a son of first crop sire Power out of a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Rainbow Peak, while David Redvers paid £34,000 for a daughter of Harbour Watch from the family of Makybe Diva.