Records smashed as Autumn Sale concludes

What goes up must come down, and after three days of strong trade at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale the fourth and final session ended on a rather low-key note on Thursday.

However, the four sessions generated a record aggregate and median, with turnover of 25,137,100gns - a year-on-year increase of 24 per cent, an average of 26,488gns - a 35 per cent gain, a median of 13,500gns - up 35 per cent and an impressive clearance-rate of 92 per cent.

The final day's top price went the way of Qatari champion trainer Gassim Mohammad Ghazali, who parted with 57,000gns for High Commander, a son of Teofilo that has shown promise on both of his starts for Andrew Balding.