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Sunday’s Charlton Horethorne winner Micky Haller made a tidy profit for his owners at yesterday evening’s Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale.
Bought for €13,000 as an unbroken store at Goffs’ Arkle Sale in June last year, the four-year-old son of Batsford Stud stallion Passing Glance was knocked down to Ryan Mahon and champion-elect trainer Dan Skelton for £75,000. That was a fine result for trainer-rider Josh Newman and The Lincoln Partnership in whose colours he ran at the weekend.
His victory came in a GB Pointing Young Horse Maiden Series race, and having been bred in Britain he is now in line for a £25,000 bonus if he can win a developmental hurdle or chase within two years. Horses bred outside of Britain who win races in the series can land a £15,000 bonus, although all candidates have to be trained at licensed premises in Britain.
Micky Haller, who will be racing from the stable of Dan Skelton next season (Ce)
After lowering the hammer, Mahon, who is Skelton’s bloodstock buyer, said: “He put up a nice performance when winning on Sunday and looks a nice hardy type of horse. We’re looking forward to getting him home and getting him in the system, but at this stage he’s been bought on spec and we will be looking to secure an owner for him.
“The £25,000 bonus is a massive incentive to buy a horse. He can get a third of his cost back in one run, all being well. I wasn’t at the meeting to see him in action, but a couple of people had mentioned him previously and we’ve watched the race since. He did it well.”
Ryan Mahon: ‘The bonus is a massive incentive – he can win a third back in one run’
Yesterday’s sale involved one other British point-to-pointer, recent Larkhill maiden winner Seven Kites, although his victory was not gained in a bonus-providing series race. Trained by Tom Lacey, the son of Poet’s Word was led from the ring unsold when bidding halted at £80,000.
The GB Pointing Young Horse Maiden Series is being backed by the BHA and Horserace Betting Levy Board to promote young British pointers and forge further links between point-to-pointing and racing under rules. Individual races in the series are being sponsored by Tattersalls Cheltenham and Goffs.
Buckfastleigh in Devon stages the next leg on Sunday when Goffs will be providing the prize money.
