KILDARE, Ireland—Torrential morning rain failed to dampen the enthusiasm of buyers and traders as the second day of the Goffs Sportsman's Sale brought to a close a successful week of business at Kildare Paddocks. This second day was added after an oversubscription of entries were received and while there was an air of trepidation over [...]

KILDARE, Ireland—the two day Goffs Sportsman's Sale followed on from the Orby Sale on Thursday and expectations were naturally lowered after some eye-watering transactions the previous two days. Last year's sale was held in one session but a marked increase in entries lead to a second day added this time around and as a result [...]

As break-ups go, the dissolution earlier this year of the consigning force of Baroda & Colbinstown to just Baroda Stud was the purely amicable kind. While Colbinstown's David Myerscough was keen to take a step back from the consigning aspect of the business, Baroda's David Cox was even keener to drive the business forward and [...]

Pat O'Kelly's Kilcarn Stud has been synonymous with the Goffs Orby Sale for several decades through sale-topping yearlings and high-achieving graduates. While Kilcarn Stud is missing from the index of consignors at next week's edition of the sale, the farm is still strongly represented via The Castlebridge Consignment, which is offering O'Kelly's yearlings on her [...]

FAIRYHOUSE, Ireland–Another day of steady business on Wednesday brought proceedings to a close at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale. With a reduced catalogue, matching last year's turnover was always going to be a challenge and coupled with the absence of some big ticket lots the aggregate of €9,415,500 for the two days came in [...]

Eight years of sustained growth in the key metrics was interrupted at last year's Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, but with trade at the mid to high end ticking along nicely so far this European sales season, the powers that be at Tattersalls Ireland are hopeful that the graph can be recalibrated upwards after this [...]

Through a combination of hard work and a lot of shrewd and often brave bloodstock trading, Brendan Holland has developed his Fermoy-based Grove Stud from humble beginnings into one of the leading consignors in Europe. Whether it's pinhooking foals and presenting them as yearlings or selecting yearlings and forming them into ready-made 2-year-old racehorses, it [...]

Friday saw the Irish National Stud unveil a life-sized granite statue of the farm's flagship stallion Invincible Spirit (Ire). The impressive piece took over a year and a half to be carved by sculptor Simon Carman, who began the commission with an 18-ton block of limestone. The statue was unveiled by Michael 'Daffer' Kelly, Invincible [...]

For this correspondent last week's York Ebor Festival was definitely the most memorable one since Frankel (GB) breezed home by seven lengths in the G1 Juddmonte International in 2012. The meeting is a credit to the York team, headed by William Derby and it isn't a surprise that the venue was chosen to babysit Royal [...]

Goffs UK have unveiled the five initial entries for their Goodwood Sale, which takes place after racing during the Glorious Goodwood Festival July 31. The boutique sale is in its second year and features both racing and breeding prospects. Among the initial entries are the Archie Watson trained pair Nate The Great (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) [...]

The life of an international bloodstock agent is often portrayed as a glamorous one featuring high-stakes transactions, attending top class race-meetings, and wining and dining well-heeled clients. However, the opposite is often the case for many agents with constant travelling, disappointing racehorses and a lack of well-heeled clients a more regular scenario. One agent who [...]

Jessica Harrington and her team continue to be a force among the upper echelons of the Irish training ranks and judging by some of the juvenile talent that Commonstown Stables has unleashed so far this season, Harrington looks poised to be strongly represented in some of the major 2-year-old races later in the season. The [...]