Alastair Pim charmed Amo Racing’s Kia Joorabchian into buying Irish Oaks heroine You Got To Me for 4,800,000gns, the new top price at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

“They said we had a bit of a bromance going last night!” Pim claimed from the rostrum, after Joorabchian turned his back on the auctioneer. The characterful owner responded with a nod, and after unsuccessfully urging the underbidder to retort, Pim dropped the hammer with a quip: “The bromance is still alive!”