BIDDING reached 500,000gns relatively early on Friday, but the sales ring was comparatively quiet by bloodstock’s high standards until West Blagdon Stud’s Frankel colt entered the building after 4pm.

That might be hard to explain to those unfamiliar with the sales, given that 12 foals sold for between 200,000gns and 280,000gns in the interim, but they wouldn’t have made the top 20 in 2024.