Pair of Euro 80,000 lots share top honours on day one

An expanded catalogue saw the median and average hold steady

This George Vancouver filly was one of Wednesday's joint-top lots

French table-topping sire Le Havre and first-crop stallion George Vancouver shared the limelight on day one of the Osarus Yearling September Sale, with the joint-top lots being knocked down for €80,000.

Le Havre's season has been marked by dual Classic heroine La Cressonniere and Haras de la Cauviniere's mainstay was responsible for the first €80,000 lot of the day, a filly out of Spanish Classic winner Golding Star offered by Charles Briere's Fairway Consignment.

Laurent Benoit of the Broadhurst Agency signed for the filly -already named Positive - whose second dam, Lencloitre, won the Listed Criterium de Lyon at two.

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Scott BurtonFrance correspondent

Published on 15 September 2016inSales reports

Last updated 20:10, 16 September 2016

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