Tattersalls Cheltenham made a successful return on Friday, when the average, median and top price rose at the November Sale.

Ger Quinn’s impressive debut winner Kovanis came with a big reputation, and lived up to expectations when knocked down to Gordon Elliott for a sales-topping £330,000. The son of Polish-bred and French-based sire Tunis had been bought by Ian Ferguson and Philip McBurney last year for £50,000.

“We are delighted,” consignor and handler Quinn commented. “He showed himself well all week, he is a class act. He has always been a very relaxed horse, whenever you asked a question he always showed.”

Kovanis’s new trainer Elliott said: “He is a nice horse, he has come well recommended, he travelled in his race like a good horse. I will imagine he will go for a bumper in the spring, he looks a nice big horse and one to go forward.”

In-form Fogarty

Jonathan Fogarty sold the next two most expensive lots of a sale, with Reckless Spending bringing £200,000 from Jerry McGrath and Nicky Henderson, while Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins stretched to £195,000 for Hank West.

The connections of that afternoon’s Grade 2 winner Potter’s Charm, who was bought at the venue’s December Sale last year, reinvested in Denis Murphy’s four-year-old maiden winner Un Sens A La Vie.

After providing the winning bid of £180,000 for the son of Muhtathir, Willie Twiston-Davies said: “The sire speaks for himself and we loved him when we saw him, he is a real Nigel Twiston-Davies type of horse, a real future stayer.”

There were 10 lots sold for six-figure sums on the night, with 32 of the 39 lots offered finding a buyer. The average price increased by 26% year-on-year to £93,485 and median rose by 24% to £72,000.