THE opening session of the Goffs UK Spring HIT & P2P Sale offered some positive results following concerns at the top end of the venue’s preceding store sale. Just one store passed the £100,000 mark on Monday, in comparison to five 12 months earlier, but seven reaching that mark on Wednesday was encouraging for the jumps market overall.

Wednesday’s session-topper provided Toby and Nicola Bulgin with their best result in the sales ring, as smart debut winner Poetisa brought £300,000 from Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins. It marked a fine return on the £42,000 paid for the Poet’s Word filly at the venue’s Spring Store Sale, having been pinhooked as a foal by Carrigeen Bloodstock and Anthony Cahill for €26,000 at the Goffs December NH Sale.