Demand for the progeny of our young gun sire Capitalist was again highlighted at the Inglis Gold Yearling Sale on Sunday in Victoria when a colt from Chateau Griffo sold for $115,000 to top the first session.

Consigned by Ponderosa Park, the handsome chestnut colt is the first foal of a Group III placed Sebring mare and was snapped up by Andrew Lafontaine and Peter Macvean.

He will be sent to Moe to be trained by Craig Blackshaw.

Lafontaine and Macvean have been racing horses together for more than 15 years and have rarely been more excited about a yearling purchase.

“He’s by Capitalist, out of a Stakes-placed mare, he’s a cracking type with a nice page so we’re really pumped to be taking him home,’’ Lafontaine said.

“We’ve been racing horses with Craig for a few years now and have given him some cheapies but we wanted to give him a proper horse and we think this is the one.

“We came here wanting to buy one of the best horses in the sale, we had a few on our list and our limit was $100,000 but we basically knew that we would need to dig a bit deeper to get our hands on a Capitalist colt, so we did and we’re pretty happy we did!

“Capitalist can do no wrong, he’s going from strength to strength so hopefully this colt can add to that in years to come.’’

Ponderosa’s Paul Kelly described the colt as “an outstanding looking horse’’.

“We’re very happy with the price, he was on the market early enough for trainers to get on him and we’d hoped he’d roll up toward the $100,000 mark but never did we think it would exceed that, let alone reach $115,000 so we’re thrilled,’’ Kelly said.

“He’d be the best horse we’ve ever put through a yearling sale…he grabbed everyone’s attention and it was a great bidding battle with 360 Bloodstock the underbidder.”