WITH a couple of hours selling remaining, the five-year-old Galileo horse Indianapolis was leading the way at the Goffs UK December HIT Sale held yesterday. In doing so he had also set a new record price for the sale, realising £52,000 when bought by Richard Ryan and trainer Ian Williams.

A winner at Dundalk as a three-year-old when trained by Aidan O’Brien, the son of Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Adoration went on to win twice in the care of James Given.

Dash Of Spice, successful three times for David Elsworth a couple of seasons ago, will now carry the colours of the Ontoawinner syndicate after he sold for £29,000, Simon Bridge says he will be “campaigned in 2021 in all the top staying races”. The Teofilo six-year-old is a half-brother to the dam of Group 1 winner Arabian Queen.

The Godolphin draft was headed by their three-year-old son of Dark Angel, Civil Law. This €450,000 yearling was placed in France and was purchased by Guy Stephenson for £24,000. Godolphin also made a supplementary entry for the sale, the Thirsk seven-furlong maiden winner Currency Exchange. This two-year-old son of Night Of Thunder was snapped up for £16,000 by Newmarket trainer James Ferguson.

Five of the six lots offered by trainer Peter Bowen were listed as sold to Michael Bowen. They were raced in partnership by Roddy Owen and the late Paul Fullagar and sold to dissolve that partnership.

They included the recent dual Sedgefield chase winner Equus Dancer who was successful in a couple of bumpers in early 2019. The son of Jeremy realised £24,000 and was followed by another son of the same stallion, the five-year-old No Quarter Asked. He was runner-up on two of his three most recent starts over hurdles at Ffos Las and Chepstow. He cost £18,000, the same price given for Francky Du Berlais whose win over hurdles in October was his third success over the smaller obstacles.

Bumper runner

The Tom Lacey-trained Immortal Fame has run just once, carrying the colours of Lady Bamford to a fifth-place finish in a bumper at Hereford in October. The four-year-old Fame And Glory gelding sold to Jane Price for £20,000.

Runner-up in France to Shaman on his debut at two, Flying Dragon joined Richard Hannon and won twice in 27 subsequent starts, most recently at Wolverhampton in October. Bloodstock agent Ed Stapleton secured him for just £17,000. That was £1,000 more than the price realised by last year’s bumper winner Perfect Predator who sold from Alan King’s Barbury Castle Stables to D.J. Jeffreys.