GOFFS has confirmed its intention to extend the Sportsman’s Yearling Sale to a second day this year. It will immediately follow the two-day Orby Sale, making a four-day yearling sale which takes place in the final week of September this year.

Henry Beeby, chief executive of Goffs, had hinted in The Irish Field that such a move may be on the cards in the immediate aftermath of the 2015 Orby and Sportsman’s Sales. That week saw a slight dip in the Orby trade while the Sportsman’s Sale took a step forward.