“THE minute I saw him, I said he’s coming home,” said John Bracken of his unplanned purchase, Lot 185 Seans Supremacy. The Class 1 Irish Draught stallion became the top lot at Cavan’s recent Registered Irish Draught sale when he realised €10,000 for vendor Peter McHugh. “He was a steal at that price,” Bracken continued. “I had seen him at Dublin and liked him, and when I saw him again at the sale, he really moved and there was no one really there for him.

“The plan for him now is to progress under saddle and see how he gets on over the winter,” continued Bracken. “He will most likely go down the performance route, and he’ll stand with Joanne Maguire at Kilfoylan Stud. One of the things we liked about him is that he’s just 16.1hh, he’s not up in the clouds, so he’ll suit a lot of the bigger mares and put a bit of quality into them.”