David Redvers signs for Midnight Bisou's dam at $1.2 million

Also active at Fasig-Tipton's Night of the Stars was David Redvers, bloodstock and racing advisor to Sheikh Fahad Al Thani and the Qatar Racing operation the sheikh maintains with his brothers.

Redvers' first purchase was Diva Delite, the dam of Midnight Bisou in foal to Triple Crown winner Justify, for $1.2 million.

Redvers later said the sheikh also will be involved with a partnership spearheaded by Hunter Valley Farm, which was listed as buyer of Grade 1 winner Separationofpowers, a four-year-old by Candy Ride, for $2.1m.

Both Diva Delite and Separationofpowers likely will be kept at Hunter Valley, and Sheikh Fahad intends to increase his American breeding programme.

"She's been bought in a new partnership with a view to breed her to the best stallions in North America," Redvers said of Separationofpowers.

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Regarding Diva Delite, a 12-year-old daughter of Repent, Redvers described her as "very attractive, quality mare, great walker. We loved her. We thought she's a beauty and we thought she suits the covering sire spectacularly well. She's the sort of mare we want to add to our team. We're delighted to get her.

"She's got the quality and the size that's going to work well with (Justify). The package is what you're after and it's a very, very exciting package," he added.

Currently, Sheikh Fahad has about dozen mares at Hunter Valley, and Redvers said his bloodstock holdings in America probably would increase "not massively, but steadily.

"The great thing is that the potential to deal commercially in America is much greater than it is in Europe," he observed. "This is all part of a big programme, and some of it is to race and some of it is to trade.

"We're working with a really good team who understand the game inside out and that makes it fun for Sheikh Fahad and that's what he wants to do."

Sheikh Fahad Al Thani is involved in the Hunter Valley Farm partnership who bought Separationofpowers for $2.1mCredit: Fasig-Tipton Photo

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