 Revoque was sent to the Tattersalls November sales as a weanling in 1994.He was bought for 36,000 gns by the bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne on behalf of Robert Sangster.The intention was to sell the horse on at a profit as a yearling (a practice known as "pinhooking"), but Revoque grew so quickly that Sangster decided that he was "too big and boat-like" to attract bidders.