The six-year-old Kaiser Ball (Nom de d'La) (lot 443) took star billing during a record-breaking session of the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale on Wednesday when bought by Tom Malone for £360,000.Last seen finishing third behind the subsequent dual Grade 1 winner King Rasko Grey (Galiway) in a maiden hurdle at Limerick over Christmas, Kaiser Ball was sold by Tony Costello of Treannahow Stables, who spoke afterwards of “a day of days”.“I knew he'd sell well,” he added. “He's a proper Grade 1 horse with proper Grade 1 form. He ran once in a Fairyhouse bumper for Willie Mullins and he beat a Grade 1 horse [Eachtotheirown] by seven and a half lengths, and he ran once for me in a Limerick maiden hurdle. I've never trained a winner under rules, but he finished third behind King Rasko Grey, who was also mine to begin with. We gave King Rasko Grey 8lb and we were beaten five lengths. What was a maiden hurdle turned out to be a Grade 1. We took a gamble on bringing Kaiser Ball home and now it's paid off.”Malone was clearly determined to secure Kaiser Ball as he took his rivals by surprise by opening the bidding at £100,000 and then quickly countered every other offer made for the horse.“It's rare a horse like this comes to market,” said Malone. “He won a bumper by over seven lengths and there were 140-rated horses everywhere around him in that race. He was third to a Cheltenham Festival winner on his first start over hurdles and hit the line hard that day, and all the horses around him on that day are all rated in the 140s, too.“He's going to be a high-class black-type horse, if not better, in this country. If he stays sound, he'll end up at Cheltenham next year. To me, considering what some point-to-pointers can make, he's actually good value. It might sound like a silly thing to say, but he is.”Some £7,879,700 was spent at Doncaster on Wednesday, up 47% from last year's corresponding session and a long way in advance of the previous record figure of £6.8 million.The average of £37,523 represented an 11% increase from 2025, while the clearance rate clocked in at a very healthy 86%. The sale concludes on Thursday, starting at 10am.The post Kaiser Ball Headlines Record Trade at the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.