Sunday’s Prix de Diane winner Sparkling Plenty was the centre of attention at the Goffs London Sale and lived up to her star billing by initially going under the hammer for an incredible £8.1million, but that wasn’t the end of the story.

It later emerged that she had been bought back by owner-breeder Jean-Pierre Dubois, before being part-sold privately to Al Shaqab Racing in a deal worth £5million.