NINE yearlings sold for €500,000 or more during the opening session of the Goffs Orby Sale on Tuesday.

The session ended with 211 horses sold from 247 offered, setting a clearance rate of over 85%. The average price of €118,809 was 8% above the day one average from last year and only marginally below last year's final sale average of €122,764. Tuesday's median price of €80,000 was similarly only a fraction off the 2023 final median of €85,000.