ON the day that Roger Varian announced the retirement through injury of his stable star Postponed, the Carlburg Stables’ master sold the best lot in the horses-in-training section of the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up & Horses In Training Sale at Newmarket.

The lot in question was the last in that part of the catalogue and at 105,000gns the six-year-old Steve Rogers achieved the third-highest priced in the sale for a horse-in-training. Michael Bell signed the purchase docket. “He is for Ed Ware of 32Red,” said Bell. “Ed found him in the catalogue and was looking for a good Saturday horse and a horse to run at Ascot.