LOCAL breeder Francis Tubman sold the highest-priced lot at Tuesday’s youngstock sale in Cavan where his Vivant van de Heffinck foal, Derena Diego (Lot 64), was knocked down to Vere Phillips’s Futurerate for €10,700.

Born in late May, it’s easy to see how the flashy colt would have caught the eye of potential purchasers looking at photographs and videos and he was particularly well-done on sales day.