ROUNDING off a busy month of sales, the focus now turns to a two-day sale of sport horses at Goresbridge. Running as the penultimate fixture of the year at the Co Kilkenny complex, the catalogue is slightly lighter than 12 months ago, and as a result will run over two days rather than the usual three.

Despite the reduction, the entry content is stout, with competition pedigrees appearing with regularity across the age groups. It looks solid in Wednesday’s ridden horse sector where, competition horses aside, there are numerous warranted, proven hunters. It is the younger age group that really stands out, however, with contemporary pedigrees coming to the fore.