AFTER four days of selling at last week’s Tattersalls December Foal Sale, it transpired that the market had tightened at the very top for end users, while pinhookers remained as strong as ever at all other pricepoints, despite the 2025 yearling sales not always justifying their 2024 investments.

The sole millionaire, bought by M.V. Magnier, was a genuine highlight, but a lack of high-spending end users was apparent in the second highest-priced foal, which saw Henry Lascelles acting on behalf of breeder Lady Bamford to buy out a foal share.