Consigned by Ecurie Arnaud Chaille-Chaille, the 4-year-old gelding won his second start over hurdles at Compiegne and made €250,000. The same buyers also snapped up debut-winning jumper Karia Des Blaises (Fr) (Jeu St Eloi {Fr}) (lot 3) for €130,000 from the draft of Emmanuel Clayeux.

Kaleosun (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) (lot 4) was second on the buyers' sheet at €215,000. Cava Associates' Cecile Adonias picked up the 3-year-old from the Alain Couetil stable.

Rounding out the quintet, Batman Girac (Fr) (Bathyrhon {Ger}) (lot 2), from the consignment of Ecurie Erwan Grall, made €150,000 on the bid of Highflyer Bloodstock; and lot 6, the Ecurie Nicolas de Lageneste-consigned Illiko Des Plans (Fr) (Cokoriko {Fr}), made the same amount when acquired by Guy Petit.

Of the seven lots offered, five sold for an aggregate of €895,000.

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Entries are now open and the catalogue, as well as registration to bid, will be available online on May 8. Some of the horses in the catalogue will be present at the Deauville Sales ground during the afternoon for inspection by buyers on Friday, May 12.

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An even 10 lots made six figures or better, and it was the AQPS Just A Princess (Fr) (Ivanhowe {Ger}) (lot 5), a member of trainer David Cottin's consignment and part of that dispersal, that topped the sale. The sophomore was knocked down for €260,000 on a bid from Anthony Bromley's Highflyer Bloodstock. She holds an entry into the G3 Prix Sagan at Saint-Cloud on Saturday.

Bromley was also in action for the second-highest lot on the day, the €200,000 Zarak The Brave (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) (lot 8). Offered by Stephane Wattel, the bay is already a winner on the Flat and will be sent to Willie Mullins to further his career in the National Hunt sphere.

After the sale, Bryant's daughter KC Graham said, “This is a very special day for us, full of emotion. What can I say, we are very happy with the results of this sale. The horses sold well, they were eagerly awaited and it's a great tribute to our mother and to David Powell. We loved David's genius, to whom we owe today's results.”

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