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Shots fired! Copping my share of stick as the Yorton Sale descends into a bloodstock comedy roast

Sales Diary

‘The sales price is vanity and the racecourse is sanity’ – £80,000 pair head Yorton Sale trade

Sales reports

‘It’s constant pressure – I can’t wait for the day I can stop taking risks’ – David Futter on the blood, sweat and tears involved in bringing the Yorton Sale to life

Sales News

Late top lot leaves me livin’ on a prayer during a trainwreck of a trip to Tattersalls

‘I need to see her again in case my eyes are deceiving me!’ - seeing is believing as Somerville Sale record falls again at 190,000gns

‘I need to see her again in case my eyes are deceiving me!’ - seeing is believing as Somerville Sale record falls again

‘There’s going to be some very good value horses’ - Somerville in the spotlight as sales season rolls into Newmarket

Social media snubs, bold statements and a dodgy Jeremy Clarkson lookalike at the sale that simply can’t be ignored

Social media snubs, bold statements and a dodgy bloodstock Jeremy Clarkson lookalike at the sale that simply can’t be ignored

‘There are horses I like that bloodstock agents don’t, but I’m not frightened to be my own man’ – Jim Crowley swaps the saddle for the sales ring as training career beckons

Interviews

‘It was always the plan to play late’ – three-way Doncaster dust up sees Night Of Thunder colt fetch £210,000

Goffs

‘I felt sick before he went through the ring!’ - first-time breeder bags £250,000 payday thanks to rags-to-riches mare

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Hazell & Jefferies Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Black Type Accountancy Handicap

BetVictor EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)

Grundon Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Div I)

AWC Season 14 Has Begun EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) (Div I)

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AWC Finals Day At Newcastle 26th March Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

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AW Trails Day - Lingfield 2nd Jan 2027 Handicap

Ladbrokes Moonee Valley Gold Cup (Group 2) (Turf)

Ladbrokes Cox Plate (Group 1) (Turf)

Moet & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes (Group 1) (Turf)

Grundon Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (Div II)

RFJ And Bee Jays Electrical Handicap (Div II)

AWC Season 14 Has Begun EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) (Div II)

Premio Dormello - Trofeo N.B.F Lanes (Group 3) (Fillies) (Turf)

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