They say it’s tough at the top, but the only people complaining at the top at Tattersalls on Tuesday were those bidding against Godolphin, as Sheikh Mohammed’s operation refused to be denied on the first five yearlings to reach the million mark.

Norelands Stud certainly won’t be complaining, as the McCalmont family’s Co Kilkenny farm sold the highest-priced yearling colt ever sold in Europe, bringing a final bid of 4,800,000gns from a determined Godolphin.