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Sales review has opened a can of worms in urgent need of opening
Tattersalls October Yearling sale generated record turnover of more than £166 millionCredit: Edward Whitaker
On Saturday, the mammoth two-week Tattersalls October Yearling Sale ended. Turnover finished at a record high of just over £166 million. Justifiably, and not surprisingly, Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony was rather happy.
Nonetheless, in the Tattersalls press release quotes attributed to him there was acknowledgement this had not been a completely straightforward week.
On Tuesday, the BHA confirmed it has launched a review of the sales sector, plus the wider trading of horses, amid concerns of criminal malpractice.
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Lee MottersheadSenior writer
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