THE Tattersalls Cheltenham May Sale on Thursday continued the trend of recent sales, with a most impressive clearance rate of 95%, an average of £55,151 and a median of £45,000. The latter figure matched that of 2018 and was just £500 less than that achieved in 2019 when the sale was last held.

Only three of the 56 lots presented for sale failed to find new homes, and yet again it was a filly who headed the trade. An early visitor to the ring, Call Her Now realised £240,000 when selling to Harry and Laura Fowler’s Rahinston Stud. The identity of the new owner was not revealed.