CRITICISM of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing and Goffs this week from anonymous vendors at the yearling sale were obviously spoken from a position of disappointment. The question must be asked though if they were entirely fair comments.

I am sure that the sales company and the marketing organisation can show that they promoted the sale as well as possible. In their defence, they cannot create a market where one does not exist. While we may not have an ‘overproduction’ problem, we do have a lack of owners and therefore lack of demand – and I am not speaking of just our domestic market.