Capital Night Magic is offered alongside her own daughter, Capital Lynx, giving buyers the chance to acquire two generations of the same family, or to choose between them. For anyone building a band rather than buying a single horse, this is one of the most significant opportunities in the catalogue.

Night Magic is by Douglas, a KWPN stallion by Darco out of a mare by Capitol I, two of the most consequential names in modern jumping breeding. Douglas was placed first in jumping at his stallion performance test in Adelheidsdorf, was Champion of Ireland in his age group at four and reserve champion at six, and competed internationally at 1.50m with Conor Swail. His record at stud is emphatic: Suma’s Zorro went to the 2014 World Equestrian Games and won the Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows, Dassler won the Dublin Puissance, and Dougie Douglas sold for 1.4 million euros at Goresbridge before taking a Grand Prix and a Nations Cup in a single weekend. He has numerous approved sons, sits in the WBFSH top 100 sires and holds the NRPS Prestatie-Fok predicate, awarded on the strength of his offspring.

Night Magic’s damline is equally strong. Her dam, Casalla, is a daughter of Casall, one of the outstanding jumping sires of the modern era, and is herself the dam of Capital Pyros (1.40m). Her granddam, Uleika I, produced Mortimer (1.40m). Results at 1.40m in successive generations, on both branches, indicate consistency rather than good fortune.

Capital Night Magic is in foal to Capital Legacy, by Capital Levubu out of Capital My Lady. Legacy is athletic and powerful with enormous scope and a temperament to match, and Nicole Horwood singles out his willingness: focused in his work, and a pleasure to produce both under saddle and on the ground. Darco and Capitol I on one side, Casall on the other, and Legacy’s scope and brain on top make Night Magic one of the highlights of the sale.