IN the history of pinhooking there has possibly never been another like it. A €6,000 yearling purchase turns into a £410,000 breezer in a matter of months. It is the stuff of dreams, and it is a life-changing happening.

Given the recent strong trade at all sales of thoroughbreds, it is perhaps no surprise that the €315,000 price tag for East, a daughter of Frankel and the previous record-holder for the Goresbridge Breeze Up Sale, would be bettered. However, the new record, and the manner of its occurrence, will be a talking point for a long time to come.