Jerry Horan

NEWMARKET, UK -- It felt more like the July Sale at Park Paddocks as May got off to a blistering start with record-breaking temperatures. The trade was warm enough in the ring, too.  Though the figures for the Guineas Breeze-up Sale didn't rise quite as swiftly as the mercury, the returns were decent, with the 78% clearance rate being up three points on last year, while the median of 30,000gns represented a rise of 11%. The 6% dip in average was the one negative marker, with the turnover lifting slightly,...

His Highness the Aga Khan was remembered on the opening day of the Goffs February Sale, where the auditorium fell silent before the action--which was headlined by a €150,000 Space Blues (Ire) filly--got underway shortly after 11am. The Aga Khan Studs was due to offer a draft of seven horses during the two-day sale but they were withdrawn as a mark of respect to one of the most influential owner-breeders who passed away at the age of 88 on Tuesday night.  "On behalf of the Board of Goffs, Group Chief...

The G3 Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes winner Cold Case (GB) has arrived at Haras des Granges in France and will stand for a fee of €2,500 in 2025. Bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud, Cold Case initially sold for 100,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, before being purchased by trainer Karl Burke for 160,000gns when he returned to Park Paddocks for Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale. Burke saddled the son of Showcasing (GB) to win four of his 11 career starts for owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum,...

Capital Stud boss Ger O'Neill has revealed that Authorized (Ire) will stand for a similar fee to dominant National Hunt stallion Walk In The Park (Ire) and outlined his hopes that the new recruit to the County Kilkenny operation will help raise the relatively new outfit's profile amongst Irish breeders.  O'Neill's perseverance paid off in securing the 20-year-old Derby winner and sire of Tiger Roll (Ire), one of the most famous jumps horses of the modern era, from the Jockey Club of Turkey for what he described as "a frightening"...

First job in the Thoroughbred industry? My first job in the thoroughbred industry was working for local  Baltinglass trainer John Lennon during Transition Year in school where I rode out and tried to hang on for dear life!   Biggest influence on your career? My parents. They don't know much about horses but never held me back and always supported me to drive on and give it a go.   Favourite racehorse of all time, and why? Sea The Stars. He was an iconic specimen during my teenage years watching...

NEWMARKET, UK-The omens had been good ahead of the final breeze-up sale of the European season, and that sense of quiet confidence was largely justified with a strong clearance rate and new record price for the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge auction. From 193 horses put through the ring, 175, or 91%, were listed at sold for turnover of £5,664,301, an increase of 69% on last year's trade when 50 fewer horses changed hands. The average price improved by 22% to £32,367 and the median was up 5% to £20,000. Commenting on...