IT is that time of year again when the brave/intrepid/optimistic/ambitious foal breeders prepare and endeavour to dance their annual tango with the discerning and even braver/more optimistic/boundlessly ambitious foal purchasers.

As in life, at the bloodstock sales dance floor, no one wants to be the wall-flower standing alone in the corner, feeling the cold arctic harsh reality of being uncommercial, ill-prepared and unwanted.