THANKFULLY, horses don’t know what they cost. The Rod Millman-trained two-year-old Anthelia was bought by her trainer at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale for £6,000, and she won on her debut at Bath to get her first-season sire Supremacy (Mehmas) off the mark with just his second starter.

For added pleasure, though they may not have felt much of that at the time of her sale for half of the sire’s yearling filly median, Anthelia was bred by Yeomanstown Stud. Things didn’t get better after the filly was born and the O’Callaghan’s decision to sell the dam, All On Red (Red Clubs), in foal again to Supremacy, resulted in her being purchased by Lee Waite and Abbeyleix Stud for a mere €3,000. She went on to have a colt last year.