Recent sales success a Walk In The Park for breeder Frank Motherway

For Yellowford Farm's foals to have topped the table at both Goffs and Tattersalls Ireland over the last week or so is a result that proprietor Frank Motherway is not taking for granted.

"There was a lot of uncertainty all through the summer as regards Covid and it was one of those times when we didn’t trade any foals at home - we normally would have sold some to good clients but I think lads were afraid what to do and they didn’t tend to come," he explained.

"I was encouraged by the trade at Tattersalls Book 2 - I know it’s Flat as opposed to National Hunt - it ended up going really well and there’s often a sort of co-relationship between the two.