WHAT a purchase Jassim Hamad Al-Atteya made at the December Sale last year, buying the 16-year-old mare Days Of Summer (Bachelor Duke), in foal to Sands Of Mali (Panis), for 12,000gns.

A winner herself at two, Days Of Summer had bred five winners and a placed horse from six runners, and her most recent winner was the Group 2 Lowther Stakes runner-up Time For Sandals (Sands Of Mali). Her purchase price looked like good value.