WHILE waiting at Goffs to speak to Nicolas Bertran de Balanda, I saw the figures rising on the various screens and wandered into the ring to see the French agent, phone to ear, outbidding Coolmore’s Gerry Aherne at €160,000 for a Walk In The Park colt foal.

It became a new record price for a National Hunt foal sold at Goffs, much to the delight of breeder Louis Vambeck and consignor Ballyreddin and Busherstown, though I’m not sure the buyer is comfortable with the attention it brings.