A filly by the brilliant Frankel out of the 2007 English and Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Finsceal Beo has been sold for €1.8 million at Goffs November Sale – a record for a foal at public auction in Ireland.

The foal from Frankel’s first crop was sent from the Al-Eile Stud in Kilgobnet, Dungarvan, and bought by Dermot Farrington Bloodstock, of Naas, on behalf of a ‘new Irish client’.

Her sale brings the total generated by Finsceal Beo’s progeny at auction to €5.45 million. However, her price is not a European record for a foal, that accolade belongs to My Typhoon, the half-sister to Galileo and Sea The Stars who sold for €1.8 million guineas at Tattersalls in 2002.

She is the fifth foal out of her dam, who was trained by Jim Bolger.

Her third foal, Ol’ Man River, is the pick of the crop so far. Bought for a record €2.85 million as a yearling at Goffs last year, the Montjeu colt was a smooth winner of his debut before capturing the Group Two Beresford Stakes at the Curragh and is a big Classic hope for the Aidan O’Brien stable in 2015.

Meanwhile, O’Brien’s St Leger and Ascot Gold Cup winner Leading Light has been retired and will join Coolmore’s National Hunt stallion roster for 2015.

The four-year-old was last seen running at Ascot on Champions Day where he trailed home seventh behind Forgotten Rules but it later transpired he suffered a serious injury in an incident with the eventual winner.

O’Brien had hoped that his racing days were not over but unfortunately his career now lies away from the track.

Leading Light beat the Investec Oaks winner Talent when winning the 2013 Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster and came out on top in a thrilling three-way battle with Estimate (who was subsequently disqualified) and Missunited in the Gold Cup earlier this year.

“He’s a gorgeous, big horse and we’re delighted to be getting him,” said Coolmore’s Albert Sherwood on www.coolmore.com.