JOE Crowley was a regular bidder at Goffs until a few years ago - generally at the back of the bidder’s area below the auctioneer. Among his best horses was Sackville, who was catalogued as Lot 1 in the 1997 Land Rover Sale.

He went on to win a heap of races including a Sefton Hurdle at Liverpool and the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse - a real trailblazer at the time for the Land Rover Sale which was still in its infancy.