A CANADIAN owner paid a record price for a show jumping foal at auction in Ireland last Friday at the Gallagher Dublin Horse Show when the hammer fell at €80,000 for CSF Shay Kann Cruz (Lot 9), Connolly Stud Farm’s full-brother to Shane Sweetnam’s multiple five-star winner CSF James Kann Cruz.

The inaugural RDS Elite Show Jumping Foal Sale in partnership with Goffs took place immediately after the Aga Khan Nations Cup on Friday afternoon at the top of the Laya Arena where crowds gathered with their paddles to bid on one of the 16 foals selected for this prestigious sale by international selectors Philipp Baumgart and Marcel Beukers. All but one changed hands, generating a total turnover of €469,000, an average price of €31,267.