THE Castlebridge Consignment came close to completing a trifecta of top lots at the opening session of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale, with the late interloper Sands Of Mali denying them the honour when he sold for 600,000gns as the last lot of the evening.

The top two lots in The Castlebridge Consignment draft were offered as part of a complete dispersal of Waddesdon Stud. Following the death of Lady Rothschild, this was the first stage of the complete dispersal of stock from Waddesdon, 14 of which were offered and sold.