IT’S not unusual for Gordon Elliott to come away with the top lot from a Tattersalls Cheltenham sale and he did it again last Friday when, acting on the trainer’s behalf, agent Mouse O’Ryan paid £410,000 for high-class bumper horse El Cairos.

The five-year-old No Risk At All gelding was trained by Gary and Josh Moore when winning a Newbury bumper a year ago and when finishing fifth in the Grade 1 Cheltenham Festival Bumper. His final start for the Moores saw him finish second in a Punchestown Festival bumper last May.