REVERTING back to two days, as it was in 2016, next week’s renewal at Goresbridge offers a high-class catalogue of 319 lots. It noticeably lighter numerically this year, but appears to compensate with quality

In the older horse sector there is a wide selection of graded competition horses, while Tuesday’s session of three and four-year-olds looks tempting. Selling in descending order of ages, and kicking off with the ponies, this midsummer sale offers stock by some of the most commercial stallions in the country.