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‘I’ve embarrassed myself hugely two times now!’ – how an accidental move in to breeding paid off for Eve Johnson Houghton

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‘Karl felt this was a step above as an individual’ - 100,000gns Starman filly tops trade as new link-up emerges at Somerville Sale

Sales correspondent James Thomas reports from the opening session at Park Paddocks

‘It’s the stuff of dreams’ - 15-year-old in clover as first-time pinhooker turns €7,000 foal into 70,000gns sales star

Don't look back in anger…on a trip to Doncaster featuring hate mail, a bathroom mix-up and an offensive birthday present suggestion

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‘There’s been plenty of competitive tension’ - leading buyer Bromley reflects on £1,064,500 Doncaster spend

‘I’ve been in horses all my life and I’ve never had anything like that’ - dreams come true in Doncaster as major pedigree update sees Tasleet colt sell for £350,000

‘We never thought she’d make that much’ - small breeders land a big result as Havana Grey filly hits £240,000 in Doncaster

James Thomas reports from the first day of the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale

‘The harder you work this sale, the luckier you get’ – buyers bid to keep the romance alive as sales season rolls into Doncaster

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James Thomas sets the scene for the two-day Premier Yearling Sale

Was I hallucinating or was that Deauville trip full of high emotions, hair transplants and bloodstock’s answer to Batman?

James Thomas recounts a typically eventful jaunt to Normandy for Arqana's August Yearling Sale

'We knew she was special' - St Mark's Basilica filly tops Arqana as Coolmore strike winning bid at €1.7 million

James Thomas reports from the final session of the Arqana August Yearling Sale in Deauville

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