BUYERS from continental Europe and beyond played a major role in underpinning trade at this week’s two-day Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale, where market conditions proved “challenging for many”, according to Henry Beeby.

Owners, trainers and agents from Italy, Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Kazakhstan and, of course, Ireland and Britain, contributed to an aggregate of €3,242,800 and a clearance rate of 76%. The average price given was €8,445 while the median was €5,000.