Aurora Vega, the Grade 1 winning mare out of Quevega, predictably topped Thursday's Goffs Punchestown Sale when snapped up by Coolmore representative Gerry Aherne for €450,000.

The seven-year-old daughter of Walk In The Park has also won three bumpers for trainer Willie Mullins and was offered for sale by the Hammer and Trowel Syndicate, headed by Ger O'Brien, who raced and bred from the six-times Cheltenham winner Quevega. They also bred and raced Aurora Vega's Grade 1 winning brother Facile Vega.