Pinhooker Peter Morgan made his first visit to Deauville worthwhile when forking out €165,000 for a colt by Starspangledbanner bred by the late Marquesa de Moratalla. The ACF Elevage offering is out of the Listed-placed TORENTOSA, herself  a half-sister to this year's Derby hero WINGS OF EAGLES who recently returned to his birthplace Haras de Montaigu to stand his first season at stud.

Emerald Bloodstock's Peter Kelly signed the docket and a delighted Morgan said:

We try to buy one or two every year to resell as yearlings and we have been finding the market very hard this year to it is good to finally get one. He has everything we look for in a foal and we look forward to bringing him back to Carmel Stud for the prep.

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