by Karsten Bønsdorf, , USTA Newsroom Senior Correspondent

Magic Tile, a colt sired by Cantab Hall out of one of Norway’s best maternal lines, was sold for a record prize of $67,500 dollars at the annual Derby sale in Oslo.

Magic Tile is the first foal out of the Norwegian mare, High Eleven L, she by SJ’s Photo.

There are several classic winners in the pedigree, which hails back to Nevele Now, a Speedy Crown mare, who was born in 1983 and imported to Norway back in 1986.

Nevele Now who has been named Elite-mare by the Norwegian Trotting Association, has two of her daughters, Won Eleven L (sired by Ideal du Gazeau) and Eight Eleven L (sired by Lindy’s Crown) been too.

In France, Cristal Money, driven by Franck Nivard, won the Group 1 race, Prix de l’Etoile for 3-year-old trotters at Vincennes.

The purse for the winner was $125,000.

Thierry Duvaldestin, who since 2004 has trained the winner of this race no less than eight times, trains Cristal Money who is sired by Coktail Jet.

On the card was another Group 1 race, the Prix de Normandie, an under saddle race for 5-year-old trotters, which also had a purse for the winner of $125,000.

On a sloppy track the favorites disappointed and instead rank outsider Astor du Quenne, ridden by Adrien Lamy, won easily as a 51-1 longshot!

Astor de Quenne is sired by Opus Viervil.