IRISH vendors and purchasers were to the fore at yesterday’s Tattersalls Cheltenham April Sale, when a larger catalogue than last year was responsible for a sizeable increase in turnover, a record. Average and median figures were very much in line with last year, and it was noticeable that many of the lots sold were bought by British trainers.

Not for the first, or last, time, the top lot will be headed to Gordon Elliott’s Cullentra Stables. Winner on his debut at Quakerstown on Sunday by five lengths from 10 opponents, and a wildcard entry for the sale, John Costello’s five-year-old Search For Glory sold to the Co Meath trainer for £200,000. The son of Fame And Glory is a half-brother to the smart Global Equity, and their dam is a half-sister to Tumbling Dice. This is the immediate family of Remittance Man.