LOPE De Vega’s ascent to the top of the stallion ranks is well-established and this year’s crop was lighting up the Tattersalls sale ring time and again yesterday during the third session of the December Foal Sale.

An unusually early print deadline this week means that this report was penned with many of the day’s better lots still to make an appearance. However, most of the action at the upper levels of the market was being dominated by sons and daughters of established sires, with newcomer Saxon Warrior also grabbing attention from buyers.