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[email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS | JOBS BOARD | RACING REVIEW | STAKES FIELDS TODAY’S HEADLINES TATTERSALLS IRELAND CHELTENHAM EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com RECORD PRICE SMASHED FOR A POINTER The record price for a point-to-pointer at auction was smashed over the boundary at Tattersalls Ireland’s Cheltenham sales venue yesterday, writes Carl Evans. Flemenshill (Flemensfirth), who broke the record price Flemenshill (Lot 20), a four-year-old son Flemensfirth, and for a point-to-pointer at auction yesterday when selling the winner of a maiden race on debut at Oldtown earlier this for £480,000 to Ann and Alan Potts at Cheltenham. month, was sold to racehorse owners Ann and Alan Potts for £480,000, hammering from sight the previous best of £370,000, a landmark which had stood for eight years. The former record – auctioneer Richard Botterill had clearly expected big things, for holder, Presenting Forever, was sold at Doncaster and bought he asked initially for £400,000, before accepting Malone’s offer. by Graham Wylie. Colin Tizzard will train Flemenshill, who came Matt Coleman added a circumspect £10,000, which Malone from the family of Hennessy Gold Cup winner Strong Flow. rapidly countered, then Harold Kirk and Kieran McManus joined in. Yesterday’s memorable moment in the ring was set alight by McManus, taking advice by phone, kept the pressure on as the price bloodstock agent Tom Malone with an opening bid of £250,000 spiralled, but Malone had the final word and signed for the horse.