THE three-day Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale kicked off on Monday afternoon with a session which saw the aggregate and average rise by 13% and 7% compared with 12 months ago, while the median price was up 63%.

Top price on the day was the €48,000 paid for a Sioux Nation filly. Consigned by Galbertstown Stables, she is out of the unraced Circus Tent (by Fastnet Rock) and was bought by agent Hamish Macauley on behalf of Rockfield Farm in Cork.