THE most prolific purchaser at this week’s Goresbridge Go For Gold select event horse sale was British entrepreneur David Mitson who signed for eight lots in total, all three-year-olds, two of whom are earmarked for Olympic event rider Oliver Townend who was also in attendance.

Mitson paid his top price of €42,000 for MBF Sporthorses’ MBF Holloway (Lot 58), an Irish Sport Horse filly by Diarado who was bred by Phil O’Reilly out of Trend De Luxe (by Future Trend), a half-sister to the OBOS Quality 004 mare Lissavorra Quality (CCI4*-L).