AFTER one seven-figure sale early in trade on Thursday, onlookers were left waiting until late afternoon for a flurry of ‘fireworks’ as sales reporters like to call them, with the million mark reached another four times in the final few hours of Book 1.

The sale ended with 16 yearlings sold for 1,000,000gns or more – on par with last year, but none reached the four million mark that was twice breached 12 months ago. The number of lots to reach two million fell from eight to five.