Gerry Aherne

A son of Walk In The Park sold for a session-topping €100,000 during the first day of the Goffs December NH Sale on Monday. Sold as lot 37, the bay son of Annie G (Getaway) was purchased by Gerry Aherne from Ballincurrig House Stud. His listed hurdle-winning dam is a half-sister to multiple graded-winning chaser Westerner Point (Westerner). Yorton picked up a son of Doctor Dino and Daring Rose (Al Namix) for €90,000 later in the day. Consigned by Yeo Barton Bloodstock, lot 181 is related to stakes winners Guerrier...

A colt foal by Walk In The Park brought a top price of €145,000 from Gerry Aherne during the second session of the Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale on Tuesday. Consigned by Oliver Loughlin, lot 433 is out of the Stowaway mare Posh Trish, who won at listed level at Cheltenham and Newbury. Two other lots exceeded the six-figure mark--a Yellowford and Drumlin-consigned son of Crystal Ocean and Park The Jet (Walk In The Park) (lot 428) who caught the eyes of Charles Shanahan and Ian Ferguson for €135,000; and...