THE Hong Kong Jockey Club acquired a Mehmas colt from Dermot and Catherine Dwan’s Kellsgrange Stud in Callan, Co Kilkenny for €500,000, a healthy profit on his 240,000gns foal price.

This colt is a full-brother to Quattroelle, a five-year-old mare who has won at Grade 2 level in the US this year and been placed in Grade 1 company. Michael Kinane, who bought four horses at the sale for the Hong Kong Jockey Club, said: “He’s a nice, lovely balanced horse, and his sister is a very good horse. If he’s half as good as her he should be fine. Mehmas is new on the scene in Hong Kong, and there’s only one or two I know of over there, so he’s in his infancy. But I see no reason why he shouldn’t work.”