A racy colt from the first crop of Flying Childers Stakes winner Requinto offered by Coulonces Consignment reached €320,000 on a bid by Amanda Skiffingont, with Nicolas de Watrigant among the underbidders. The strapping bay is the second foal out of the unraced mare Narva, a half-sister to the Gr.3 Musidora Stakes runner-up Gold Bubbles.

I bought her for Mrs. Carmichael for whom I had bought Toronado at this sale, and he will also go into training with Richard Hannon, commented Skiffington.

An emotional Anna Drion explained,

We bought the dam cheaply in Sweden without even seeing her, because I just loved the page and the fact that she was a sister to Gold Bubbles. Then in the winter we were looking at stallions in Ireland and we fell in love with Requinto, we thought he was just the best moving horse we'd ever seen. From the outset, the plan was to breed to him and bring a nice moving yearling to the August sale, but we would never have expected that price, she added.