A €54,000 yearling son of Saddler Maker led the way as the six day Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale got underway today.

The opening session of the all encompassing sale was devoted largely to yearlings and prices at the head of the market were broadly similar to last year. However, the number of yearlings to make at least €30,000 dropped from 15 to 10 and, overall, day one was unable to keep pace with 2015.