NATIONAL Hunt breeders will tackle the threat of overproduction in their sector at a couple of seminars in the new year.

The meetings have been scheduled in the wake of foal sales which saw clearance rates fall. Of the 948 National Hunt foals offered for sale at Tattersalls Ireland last month 697 (73%) were sold. At Goffs last week, where the catalogue was predominantly National Hunt foals, the clearance rate was 66%.