CAVAN Horse Sales followed their upward trend to experience a fantastic end to the sales year. Growth in Turnover, Percentage Sold and Average Price all continued upwards, resulting in some intense trading both ringside and online.
The Performance Sale witnessed fantastic trade, with very active bidding on the many Lots on offer – buyers surely made their presence felt. ‘McGaw’, a four-year-old chestnut gelding by ‘Scrapman’, achieved the top price of €11,800.
With a near packed house and an extremely busy online bidding trade, turnover was over 70%, with a lot of these purchases going overseas.
HIGHLIGHTS
The top priced Ponies at the Performance Sale were:
Lot 11 – 10-year-old dun gelding, 148cm approx. by Frederiksminde Hazy Move On – €7,500;
Lot 32 – Three-year-old grey gelding, 148cm approx. by Tempo Cashel – €6,200;
Lot 4 – Seven-year-old white grey filly, 137cm approx. – €6,000;
Lot 10 – 11-year-old grey filly, 147cm approx. by Coral Gold – €4,700;
Lot 9 – 12-year-old black gelding, 143cm approx. by Laurelgrange Jason – €4,600;
Lot 5 – Five-year-old brown gelding, 137cm approx. – €4,500;
Lot 23 – Four-year-old chestnut mare, 147cm approx. by Denounce – €4,500.
The horses also outdid themselves and the top priced Horses were as follows:
Lot 85 – Four-year-old chestnut gelding, 168cm approx. by Scrapman [ID] – €11,800;
Lot 65 – Five-year-old grey mare, 158cm approx. by Bonmahon Master Blue – €11,500;
Lot 58 – Five-year-old bay mare, 172cm approx. by Luidam – €11,200;
Lot 105 – Three-year-old grey gelding, 168cm approx. by Glynwood Cornet – €11,000;
Lot 90 – Four-year-old grey mare, 162cm approx. by HSF Cardento Royale – €10,500;
Lot 49A – Six-year-old bay gelding, 168cm approx. by Chippison – €10,000;
Lot 128 – Three-year-old bay gelding, 170cm approx. by Sligo Candy Boy – €10,000.
Young Stock and Irish Draught Sales followed over the following two days and again Turnover, Percentage Sold and Average Price were all up. With flashy foals and young stock presented over both sales, this naturally led to a high demand, which certainly pushed up the average price.
Top priced Young Stock were:
Lot 221 – 27.03.22 brown colt by Conthargos – €9,600;
Lot 222 – 25.05.22 bay filly by KMS Rooney – €6,800;
Lot 204 – 17.04.22 chestnut colt by Sligo Candy Boy – €6,000;
Lot 195 – 20.04.21 chestnut colt by HHS Flonix – €5,800;
Lot 214 – 19.06.22 bay filly by Cornerado VDL – €5,300;
Lot 230 – 15.06.22 bay colt by Vleut – €5,100;
Lot 261 – 23.05.22 chestnut colt by Another Pleasure – €5,100;
Lot 208 – 06.06.22 bay colt by Colandro – €5,000.
Top priced Irish Draughts were:
Lot 363 – Five-year-old grey filly by Fintan Himself – €7,800;
Lot 367 – 12-year-old grey mare by Carrickrock Close Shave – €7,500;
Lot 368 – 13-year-old grey mare by Huntingfield Rebel – €6,100;
Lot 366 – Five-year-old grey mare by Cappa Cassanova – €5,000;
Lot 322 – 29.05.22 grey filly by Gortfree Lakeside Lad – €4,000;
Lot 326 – 14.05.22 grey filly by Tors Gentleman Farmer – €3,700.
DIARY DATES
The next sales at Cavan are:
Performance Horse & Pony Sale – Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Young Stock Sport Horse Sale – Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Registered Irish Draught Sale – Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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