Mark Costello: Two of the most impressive winners at the Dublin Racing Festival – Kopek Des Bordes and Ballyburn – are graduates of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale. A good start to the year?

Simon Kerins: I know it’s a cliche, but our graduates winning is our biggest marketing tool. We can talk about record prices but when sale graduates win like that, at a meeting like that, it’s a real shot in the arm, and people take notice of it as well.