FOLLOWING on from a successful renewal of the Orby, an expanded Sportsman’s Sale was unable to keep pace with last year’s strong edition as all key indicators fell behind 2015.

This year’s Sportsman’s was enlarged to two days and Thursday’s Part I session produced an aggregate of just over €4.6m which was six point fall on 12 months ago when 68 less horses came under the hammer. The average of €19,568 fell by 19% and the median dropped from €18,000 to €15,000.