SAM Wright, the US-based bloodstock agent, muscled his way into the upper echelons of the Craven Breeze-Up Sale sale with his purchase of a son of Shamardal for 340,000gns.

“I was delighted to get the chance to buy a Shamardal last year,” said the vendor, Grove Stud’s Brendan Holland. He bought the colt for 150,000gns in October Book 2.