Horseshoe could prove lucky for someone as BHA reopens auction

New silks: the unsold purple set (top right) is back up for auction

A set of snazzy silks emblazoned with a horseshoe that failed to sell at auction are back on the market on Monday.

The purple and silver colours were the only ones among six eyecatching designs not to be snapped up when released for sale under a BHA initiative to add some pizzazz to ownership.

But there have been a number of inquiries about the unsold set since, prompting a fresh online auction, from 9am on Monday to 5pm on Wednesday. The auction is at bha.auction-bid.org/micro2.php

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Mark StoreyNews editor

Published on 2 October 2016inNews

Last updated 16:08, 2 October 2016

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