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Breeze Up Sale Results At Tattersalls
 

• John Ferguson bought the top lot, a Shamardal colt out of the Swain mare Balloura, at Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up for 500,000 guineas.  

• The average price was £73,316.

• Here is the full list of horses sold at the Breeze up sale.

Cheltenham April Point-to-Point Sale Results

• Fascino Rustico topped the Cheltenham April National Hunt Sale at Brightwells last night when he was bought by Aiden Murphy for Grand National winning trainer Paul Nicholls and his owner John Hales, for £310,000. 

• The 4yo son of Milan, a runaway winner of a Carlisle bumper winner, is out of the dual-winning hurdler Rustic Charmer and comes from the same family as Bouggler, winner of the Grade 2 Mersey Novices Hurdle at Aintree.

Goffs Ready To Run Sales Results 
 

Cheltenham Festival 2012

• After four days of championship racing the Cheltenham Festival is over for another year. On the face of it 5 Irish trained winners might herald a disappointing year for Ireland but if you delve a little deeper you will uncover a highly successful festival from an Irish perspective.

• Perhaps the most pleasing aspect was the fact that 12 of the 27 races were won by Irish bred horses and the winners of the Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Champion Chase were all bred in Ireland.

• Irish bred horses won six Grade 1 races and Irish born jockeys won an amazing 22 of the 27 races with Barry Geraghty finishing up top jockey for the festival.

Check out the EBN article on what ParadeRing.ie thought of the ITBA Expo 2012.

• "A successful ITBA Expo drew to a conclusion yesterday at Leopardstown racecourse, with mixed reactions from exhibitors, by far outweighed by the positive, and great enthusiasm from all visitors who attended."

Article: 

ParadeRing.ie ITBA Expo 2012 EBN 2012-02-26.pdf

ITBA Expo Forum on International Racing & Breeding
 takes place on Friday, 24th February 2012 in the Leopardstown Pavilion at 6.pm. This two hour questions and answers forum will be an interactive event.
 

 Goffs February Sale

• Overall for the two day sale there was 523 catalogued and 277 sold (52%) with an average price of €13,381.

Day 1

• Timmy Hyde bought the top lot of day 1 for €200,000 who was a half-sister to the high class juvenile Lilbourne Lad and from the first crop of Mastercraftsman. She was sold by Swordlestown Little Stud and her new buyer said she will be reoffered later in the year.

ParadeRing.ie at ITBA Expo 2012

• Check out ParadeRing.ie at the ITBA Expo 2012 on Febuary 24th - 25th  at Leopardstown Racecourse.

• You will get the opportunity to see the newest technology, innovative products and services available to the Industry.

National Hunt Horse Sale at Tattersalls Review

• The top lot sold on the day was the half brother to the 2010 Gr.1 Champion Hurdle winner Binocular. He was sold to Tom Rudd for €100,000 and is a yearling colt from the first crop of the top class stayer Yeats. He is out of the French Listed placed hurdler Bleu Ciel Et Blanc and is a half brother to 4 winners. 

New Research
 
Thoroughbred Racehorses ‘Speed Gene’ Originated from British Mare 300 Years Ago, Scientists Claim