Derby sale

The British-based trainers dominated the top end of the day one Derby Sale trade at Tattersalls Ireland on Wednesday with Aiden and Olly Murphy snapping up two of the most expensive geldings to go through the ring, including the Doctor Dino (Fr) sale-topper at €250,000. Leading bloodstock agent Aiden and his son Olly, who is based at Warren Chase Stables in England, also splashed out €200,000 on a Saint Des Saints (Fr) gelding that was consigned by Moanmore Stables.  The pair's total spend on day one was just shy of...

Tattersalls Ireland's two-day Derby Sale drew to a close on Thursday with records achieved for the average and median price at the sale. An average of €54,018 and a median of €48,000 were achieved at the sale which returned a clearance rate of 86% for 299 lots sold. Twenty-four lots sold for six figures. Sons of Walk In The Park (Ire) filled the top two spots, with the sale-topping lot 389 picked up by Eddie O'Leary for Bective Stud for €280,000. He is the most expensive National Hunt store horse...

A 3-year-old half-sister to seven-time Grade 1 winner Altior (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 301) was the star of the show during the second and final session of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale on Wednesday when fetching a final bid of €300,000 from Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott. That sum is the second-highest price ever paid for a filly at this sale. Progeny of Walk In The Park proved popular on the day, with Gallagher Equine and Russell MacNabb paying the day's second-highest price of €195,000 for a gelded 3-year-old...