Hero Of Demacia Brings Record £560k To Top The Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale

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Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott purchased Hero Of Demacia (No Risk At All) (lot 18) for a sale-topping £560,000 at the Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale on Friday.The debut point-to-point winner is out of the Grade 3-placed chaser Mrs Lovett (Sir Percy). He was consigned by Monbeg Stables. He sold for €85,000 out of the Goffs December NH Sale as a foal and made €140,000 from Monbeg during the Goffs Arkle Sale in 2025.O'Ryan and Elliott also combined to buy Menelas Colombe (Cokoriko) (lot 27), who won his point-to-point at Loughrea in October. The £270,000 acquisition is a half-brother to talented five-time Grade 1-winning chaser Gerri Colombe (Saddler Maker). Fiddaun Farm consigned Menelas Colombe, who was a €150,000 buy from the Goffs Arkle Sale previously.Splitting the O'Ryan and Elliott haul was Jerry The Minion (Walk In the Park) (lot 29), who sold to Gordon Elliot Racing outright from Monbeg Stables for£325,000. The four-year-old gelding placed in his only start, a Quakerstown point-to-point. He is a half-brother to listed winner Baltimore Bucko (Sholokov) and the duo are out of the multiple stakes-winning hurdler She Ranks Me (Golan). He sold for €100,000 out of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale.At the close of trade, 43 lots sold for a gross of £4,554,000. The average was £105,907 and the median was £80,000. A total of six lots brought £200,000 or more.Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale sales manager Shirley Anderson-Jolag said, “Alongside the top-class racing on the track, the Cheltenham November Sale has established itself as an important fixture in the National Hunt calendar, and to have seen a record price set for Tattersalls Cheltenham for the second time this year is particularly special.“An average in excess of £100,000 reflects the quality of horse presented by our vendors so I would like to thank them for their continued support as well as the time and effort they put into producing their horses so well.“Equally, a huge thank you to all the purchasers and bidders, vital to the success of all our sales, as well as the Cheltenham Racecourse team.”The post Hero Of Demacia Brings Record £560k To Top The Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.