A horse purchased for €566,000 died in a freak accident while being transported to a yard in Co Kildare this week.
The Harry Angel colt was bought for a record price of £500,000 at the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale on Tuesday by Kildare trainer Michael O’Callaghan.
The-two-year-old was out of Go Angellica, who is a sibling of Lucky Liz, the dam of the O'Callaghan-trained Twilight Jet, who has won two Group 3s.
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Leading vendor Tally-Ho Stud sold the horse after picking him up for €38,000 at the 2021 Goffs November Foal Sale.
Speaking to the Racing Post after making the purchase, O'Callaghan said the horse was the best at the sale "by a long way", admitting "if there’s one from the sale I didn’t want to leave without, it was him".
He added: "We had to pay more than we thought we’d have to but when you think one is the real deal you have to pull it out. He needs to win a Group 1 now!
"This is a horse who may potentially be traded down the line but he has to go and do it now. If he reaches a high level by the middle of the summer, then who knows?"
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