THE increases seen on the first day of the foal sale were not carried through to Thursday’s session. Eleven lots sold for 100,000gns or more, down from 14 last year, but an 84% clearance rate indicated that vendors were adopting a pragmatic attitude to the market conditions.

Pinhookers still have an appetite for business, one such being Gerard Lowry of Oneliner Stables. He bought two of the top three lots on the day, headed by the 170,000gns son of Sea The Stars out the Dubawi mare La Mortala, sold by Newsells Park Stud.