2015 proved a record-breaking year for Ireland’s sport horse sales, topped by the sale of the Irish-bred British winning Nations Cup performer Dougie Douglas for €1.4 million, and we bring you unrivalled analysis of all the major sales trends in a special report on A46-47.

Expert sales correspondent Sally Parkyn looks back at the 2015 highlights in a comprehensive review of the year’s action at Goresbridge and Cavan auction houses and analyses the factors which contributed to trade which hit a 10-year high in some instances and signalled solid growth in virtually all renewals on the calendar.