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'What happened was a freak incident and a big shame' - Coolmore's MV Magnier looking to the future after loss of super sire Wootton Bassett

Bloodstock

Bond Thoroughbreds makes €1.32m splash on day one at Goffs

Sales reports

'I felt like we got a good price' - major players clash over €675,000 half-brother to Bay City Roller

Prices and paranoia on the rise as the bloodstock Terminator returns to Tattersalls Ireland

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‘I can’t afford the flashy pedigrees so you have to look beneath the bonnet’ – Eve Johnson Houghton riding the wave of bargain hunting success

Good Morning Bloodstock

‘We never in our wildest dreams thought this could happen’ - €200,000 Starspangledbanner colt tops record-busting September Yearling Sale

‘It’s huge for small breeders because there’s immense pressure’ - €130,000 Ghaiyyath colt supplies another hot result for Coole House Farm

‘We had to push the boat out’ – Blackbeard colt brings €165,000 at ‘crazy’ September Sale opener

Coolmore's star stallion Wootton Bassett dies at the age of 17

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Why Wootton Bassett’s tragic passing is far from the end of this remarkable bloodstock story

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