Preview of this week’s issue:

BREEDING INSIGHTS: Sales ring reward this week for Clarkes' fine year

Hopes are high for the half-brother to recent group winner Blond Me, the first of the Clarkes Wardstown Stud draft at Goffs onTuesday writes Leo Powell

Pender lights up show jumping world

Lanaken 2016 was a historic occasion for Irish show jumping writes Ruth Loney

Three-page Horse Sense feature

Leanne O'Sullivan talks to Eric Hanlon of the Irish School of Motoring, training and recruitment services, about the trailer test, Performance coach, Poppy Blandford highlights the importance of psychological training in equestrian sport, Griffith College has launched a sports career development course aimed at both current athletes preparing for the future and recently retired athletes and Alison Corr chats to Niall Kennedy, who has over 20 years' experience in equestrian laundry, about getting rugs washed and repaired.

TATTERSALLS SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE: 11 pages of EXCLUSIVE coverage

A larger catalogue meant demand was spread more thinly at Tattersalls and this was reflected in the clearance rate

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