Bella Veneta the chief attraction at steady Ascot November Sale

Bella Veneta, an easy winner at Bath in the spring for Rae Guest, is destined for a new start with Worcestershire trainer Frank Bishop after ending up as the £30,000 leading act at Thursday's Tattersalls Ascot November Sale.

Not seen since a moderate effort in late July, the three-year-old daughter of Belardo out of an unraced sibling of the Derby winner Motivator was being offered by Wayne Hawkins. It was Ben Pearson, taking instructions over the phone, who came out on top on behalf of Paramount Timber.

"They're new owners and have bought a few yearlings, they were looking for one to run over the winter," said Pearson.

"It was the top end of what we would spend. She'd had a bit of a break and we know the yard, they had recommended her. She can go back into training now with Frank Bishop."

An eyecatcher among a small selection of National Hunt stores offered by Shade Oak Stud was a daughter of its resident stallion Telescope out of the very useful Amaretto Rose, who was third in the 2007 Supreme Novices' Hurdle and a winner of the Grade 2 Rossington Main at Haydock for Nicky Henderson.

She has already produced a black-type bumper earner, Belle Amis, and this February-born and photogenic three-year-old commanded a reasonable £22,000.

Bidding duties were handled by Darren O'Dwyer, who said: "She'll go to Ireland to go point-to-pointing with Andy Pierce of Blackhall Stud.

"I like the stallion, we've had a bit of luck with him, and she's got a very good pedigree so if she can get anywhere close to winning she'll make her money back."

Shade Oak Stud's Telescope filly out of Amaretto Rose is going point-to-pointing in IrelandCredit: Debbie Burt

Entities from several of the emerging racing nations were among those competing for the top-table offerings at last week's horses in training event in Newmarket and there was further evidence of Gulf interest in performers of all levels.

The juvenile Al Jabrey, an Al Shaqab homebred by Toronado from the family of Dylan Thomas, Queen's Logic and Homecoming Queen, had not quite lived up to the lofty achievements of his distant relatives in a couple of starts for Richard Hannon but agent Ed Stapleton felt there was some potential there and took a chance at £14,000.

"He's been bought to go to the Middle East for a Saudi Arabian-based client and I thought he was one of the standout lots here," he said.

"He's had only two runs so he can go on, and we were happy to get him."

Stapleton would later sign for Youm Zaman, a four-times raced Kodiac colt presented by Rabbah Bloodstock. That his fee of £10,000 was also among the biggest prices indicates the level of trade during a session which was not crammed with obvious highlights.

The average of £5,218 dropped back to close to the 2020 level after hitting £7,838 last year, with a £2,750 median (from a 2021 of £4,600) following suit. Some 68 of 83 offered were sold, for a clearance rate of 80 per cent.

The only other transaction of particular note was the £20,000 paid by Robert Brinkley for the John and Thady Gosden-trained wildcard Sobegrand, a thrice-raced half-brother to the Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi.

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