Tipp bloodstock farmer sells horse for €1.3million months after purchasing him for €11,000

Tipperary based bloodstock farmer Con Marnane was celebrating on Monday after selling a Royal Ascot runner for an incredible price of almost €1.3million.

Marnane is one of a kind when it comes to spotting a cheap horse with masses of untapped potential and nd his latest move has been to sell the previously unheralded Givemethebeatboys for thw whopping seven figure price.

After buying the two-year-old colt in November last year, Marnane, who runs Bansha House Stables in Ireland, watched him when his first two races in style.

The second of which was a Group 3 win at the Curragh in Ireland last month, a victory worth £32,000.

The Jessica Harrington-trained horse was then sent to Royal Ascot where he finished a respectable fourth in the Coventry under Frankie Dettori.

Marnane, who was speaking after the hammer came down at the Goffs London Sale, told the Racing Post: "I can't describe how I feel at the moment.

"I’m just so happy. Goffs have done an incredible job.

"I had no figure in my mind but I knew a lot of people wanted him.

"He’s very special. You don’t get horses like him going to Ascot that are not already owned by the big powerhouses.

"This is a very special day. This is up there with the biggest I’ve had."

Marnane made clear it was his daughter Amy who originally saw the horse's untapped potential.

He added: "Amy was the one who bought him for £9,500.

"We tried to buy him in Doncaster [at the Premier Sale] and it didn’t happen as he got a bit of a stone bruise and they took him home.

"I just want to thank Jessie Harrington and all her team, and my own team at home that broke him and pre-trained him.

"My daughter, Olivia, is in college in Dublin and she rides out most mornings so she rides this horse out a lot. I’m just so proud of everybody."