BLOODSTOCK agent Tom Malone bought the top lot at this week’s Tattersalls Online August Sale when paying 85,000gns for Swift Hawk, a promising three-year-old colt who has been placed on three of his five starts to-date for trainer William Knight.

Malone said: “He’s a lovely three-year old who has good size and scope and he came highly recommended by William Knight. He was arguably very unfortunate to recently run second to a nice horse of William Haggas’ who is now rated 94. He looks the sort who will jump for us and I was very happy to get him.”