THE impressive Listowel maiden winner Aydoun was the undoubted star turn at today’s Goffs Horses In Training Sale when fetching €200,000 which saw him become one of the highest priced lots to be offered at this sale in recent years.

Aside from the top price of €225,000 achieved in 2013, Aydoun’s sale dwarfed the leading lots at other recent renewals of this auction and this in turn helped the sale to produce an improved set of figures. The aggregate of just over €1.7m represented a triple digit increase while the average of €16,548 grew by 19 points. The median did drop from €9,000 to €6,500 but the clearance came at 90%.