A colt by Invincible Spirit out of the Listed winner Alpine Snow topped Sun Bloodstock's shopping list when selling for €200,000. David O'Callaghan signed the docket for the Haras de la Louvière homebred, who is a close relation to Group 2 winner Terrubi and boasts Allegretta as his third dam, meaning that the stallions Sea The Stars, Galileo, Born To Sea, King's Best, Tamayuz and Anabaa Blue all appear on the page.

Sun Bloodstock owners Danielle and Ting Kong Cheng have celebrated some fabulous success with their first French purchases. National Defense, another son of Invincible Spirit and the first yearling they bought at Arqana last August, took the Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère by storm on Arc day while Sans Equivoque, a €180,000 buy at the Arc Sale, proved a bargain when winning the Gr.2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte two weeks later.

We liked the horse as an invidual and obviously he has a stallion pedigree, said O'Callaghan. He will go to Criquette Head. We are looking to expand our French operation, which has been off to the best possible start.