GORDON Elliott will train Pete So High, the three-year-old son of High Chaparral who topped the one-day Goffs UK September Horses In Training Sale on Wednesday. The German-bred gelding won twice over a mile and a half after the catalogue was printed, bring his record to four wins and eight places on 14 starts.

Aidan O’Ryan acted for Elliott and his bid of £66,000 proved decisive after the agent saw off Hamish Macauley for the Richard Hannon-trained, Middleham Park Racing-owned lot. Earlier in the day O’Ryan’s father Bobby secured Yug, another three-year-old gelding, for £56,000. The son of Motivator was placed over an extended mile and a half at Leopardstown on his second outing for John Oxx and will now be trained by James Nash. O’Ryan senior was with Hanshen Tham.