A sale almost seems disappointing if it doesn’t break records these days, but thankfully for Tattersalls, a new high price was reached on the second day of the July Sale on Wednesday. While the strength of the bloodstock market may ebb and flow, the appeal of Juddmonte bloodlines seems timeless, as was the case of Wednesday’s highlight.

Grant Pritchard-Gordon knows all about the success of the pink and turquoise silks, having served as racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah’s operation in the eighties and early nineties. It was through his and son Tom’s agency, Badgers Bloodstock, that they secured Orchid Bouquet, an own-sister to Calyx, for 550,000gns.