THE first of the 2023 specialist foal auctions took place at the weekend with the highly selective Goresbridge Supreme sale of show jumping foals taking place at Barnadown Showjumping in conjuction with the Irish Breeders’ Classic.

A sale topper of €18,000 and a 100% clearance rate made it a successful day for all involved. The vendor of that sale topper, CSF Harrison, was none other than the Connolly family, breeders of the much-admired Aga Khan and European team silver medal-winning CSF James Kann Cruz.