I stayed out for the 2 days of the sale as I was very taken by a Malinas horse which was sold late last night, he was a half brother to 4 winners and looked the real deal. Sadly, I was under bidder to Harold Kirk who has bought him for Willie Mullins. I think if I'd have had another bid I would have got him. My bank manager wouldn't have thanked me but I had a third of him sold before he came under the hammer, selling another third of him would have been easy enough but I couldn't have afforded my third had I bid any more. The sale produced fantastic figures which highlights the demand for horses. The next few years I think will be very tough as the supply isn't meeting the demand. I have a romantic idea of buying some foals but fear their prices will be something else.
That's the sale season over for us and now all my concentration will be on training the horses we have bought over the last few months. We've put together a real decent bunch of horses and should they show to have engines they should be accepted well when re offered in the Spring.
Trouble Digger has come back into training today, the kids will be delighted and he'll be spoilt rotten by them. He is stabled outside the house, he gets carrots first thing in the morning and again when they come home from school.
The flat yearling sales start next week in France, it is terrifying where the time goes.
