Minella Premier has made as many sales appearances as career starts, but that didn’t deter Matt Coleman nor AJ and Jonjo O’Neill, as they stretched to £300,000 for Richard Hobson’s unbeaten six-year-old on the second and final day of the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale.

The buyer of Thursday’s session topper wasn’t immediately clear, as Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent struck the winning bid while taking instructions over the phone, and AJ O’Neill was quick to dismiss any suggestion that his decision to stay outside was tactical.