IT was a case of quality over quantity at the Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale last year, when the smallest catalogue ever published for the sale, numbering 781 lots, produced record average and median prices of 20,043gns and 15,000gns respectively.

Hopes must be high then for next week, with 686 lots catalogued to sell from Monday, November 9th to Wednesday, November 11th. All the leading sires are well-represented, with exciting young sire Poet’s Word leading the way with 62 lots, followed by Affinisea with 45, Harzand with 41 and Maxios with 36.