THE yearling sales season starts this Tuesday at Doncaster and it’s fair to say that the expectations of vendors and consignors for all the upcoming sales will be lowered.

Goffs UK will have done everything possible to get buyers on-site, online or on the phone but it’s stating the bleeding obvious to say that potential owners will be more cautious and pickier than ever before. Nobody predicted a pandemic when these horses were conceived in 2018 and now it’s a buyers’ market.