GORESBRIDGE’s influential three-year-old renewal closed on Wednesday night, to produce a sale-topping figure of €15,700 together with a steady set of returns. Although it is still making small steps, the clearance rate climbed to 55% (54% in 2017 and 48%% in 2016) while the average this year dipped slightly to €3,544 in comparison to €3,698 (2017) and €3,468 (2016).