LAST year’s first staging of the Tattersalls Ireland May Sale of point-to-pointers and horses-in-training attracted just 25 entries and 16 sales, but this year it was better supported, and produced a satisfactory set of results.

The comparative figures are themselves irrelevant, but the fact that more than half of the sales are due to continue their racing careers in England shows that the sale has a real potential to grow in the future.