ROSCOMMON point-to-point winner Poli Roi topped last Friday night’s Tattersalls Ireland Cheltenham Sale at £300,000.

The four-year-old French-bred is by Poliglote, sire of leading chaser Don Poli and Arc winner Solemia.

A £46,000 graduate of the 2015 Goffs UK Spring Store Sale, the bay was trained in Co Wexford by Denis Murphy for owner Alan Harte.

After his win at Rockfield two weeks ago, Murphy said of the half-brother to Le Rocher: “This is a very well-bred horse. His work at home has always been very good and what can you say, he showed that there.”

The buyer at Cheltenhamt was Mags O’Toole who was standing with trainer Gordon Elliott. O’Toole frequently buys on behalf of Gigginstown House Stud at these sales. The underbidder was David Pipe’s owner Bryan Drew.

Murphy’s Ballyboy Stables also offered the second highest price of the sale with the highly regarded relation of Champion Chase winner Finians Rainbow in Finian’s Oscar fetching £250,000. As a result of his stunning performance to win the four-year-old maiden at Portrush, the combination of Tom Malone and Colin Tizzard - in the company of Alan Potts - outbid Bryan Drew and secured Edelle Logan’s outstanding model by top sire Oscar.

Tizzard also secured Warren Ewing’s Storm Home. The son of King’s Theatre, sire of Tizzard’s multiple Grade 1 winning Cue Card, had looked a likely winner before falling at Largy on his sole outing and was knocked down to the Dorset handler for £130,000.

Pat Doyle’s Rathcannon final fence casualty Back Bar. Celebre d’Allen, a four-year-old by Network offered by Sam Curling’s Skehanagh Stables, was sold to trainer David Pipe for £100,000.

Demon D’Aunou, a three-year-old son of Martaline offered by French-based Haras des Rouges Terres, was placed twice in French bumpers before visiting the sales arena. Frank Berry, in the company of J.P. and Kieran McManus, bought him for £130,000.

A total of 31 lots were sold on the evening for just over £2 million, an increase in the aggregate of 16%. The median and average also experienced rises of 2% and 4% respectively.

Tattersalls Ireland’s Richard Pugh said: “Realising prices such as £300,000 and £250,000 respectively reinforces the message to vendors that selling at public auction guarantees maximum return for them. Most of the leading industry players were either in attendance or represented which is a testament to the quality of graduates who continue to perform to the highest level on the track.

“It is also encouraging to see rises across many indicators and we look forward to returning here on Friday, December 9th when the sale will also include a National Hunt breeze-up of three-year-olds on the morning of the sale.”