THERE were a few raised eyebrows at the Goffs London Sale, staged in Kensington Palace on the eve of this year’s Royal Ascot meeting, when the final lot in the catalogue was unsold at a whopping £2,250,000.

Eight days earlier, Lazzat, a three-year-old gelded son of Territories (Invincible Spirit), had extended his unbeaten run in 2024 to five, adding the seven-furlong Group 3 Prix Paul de Moussac at ParisLongchamp to earlier wins in the Group 3 Prix Djebel at Deauville and the Listed Prix de la Californie at Cagnes-Sur-Mer.