THE 21st annual JRHA Select Sale was held over two days at the Yoshida’s picturesque Northern Horse Park on Hokkaido. Following three consecutive record breaking years, an air of cautious optimism was present as to whether the sale could continue its upward trajectory. Nonetheless, for the fourth consecutive year the sale produced significant year on year increases across the board.

The opening session of the 2018 edition of the Select Sale saw 233 yearlings go under the hammer with 211 successfully changing hands. This marked an impressive 90.6% clearance rate, a 1.3% increase to that of the 2017 yearling session.