Classic trials at Longchamp overnight in France featured the seasonal return of the half-brother to The Autumn Sun and he started a short priced favourite and despite losing his unbeaten tag will have lost no admirers with his late charging second.
The last time Tom Magnier put his name to a million-dollar Wootton Bassett colt it was this year’s Golden Slipper runner-up Wodeton and he went to $1.4milllion to buy a colt from Yarraman Park on Day Two at Easter on Monday.