THE quality of sport horse foal pedigrees has changed dramatically over the past decade and, as a result, next week’s breeding stock sale at Goresbridge has quite a different appearance. The content of the two-day renewal is now predominantly bred on European lines, with well-related blacktype foals easily outnumbering those with more traditional breeding.

This variation offers buyers a wider choice of options however, and next week’s catalogue is both stout and diverse.