Recent Grade 1-winning novice hurdler Caldwell Diamond will be among 29 horses owned by Andy and Gemma Brown to be offered for sale at Tattersalls Ireland on Monday, February 5th.

Racing under the Caldwell Construction banner, the Browns have emerged as significant racehorse owners in the National Hunt scene in recent years, enjoying top-level success with Mighty Potter and a Cheltenham Festival winner in Jazzy Matty last year.

However, they have also had more than their fair share of bad luck. Four-time Grade 1 winner Mighty Potter was fatally injured at Fairyhouse last Easter and just this week the Browns lost another promising young horse in D B Cooper.

It now appears the Browns have decided to put all their racing stock on the market, including Caldwell Potter, who is among the favourites for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham, following his six-length win in Grade 1 company at Leopardstown over Christmas.

The Browns also own high-class jumpers Pied Piper and Fil Dor, talented novice chasers Imagine and Sa Fureur, juvenile hurdler Mighty Bandit and the progressive mare Mollys Mango, plus this week's Down Royal winner Staffordshire Knot. Firm Footings and Chemical Energy are two other multiple winners to carry their colours. All of their horses are trained by Gordon Elliott and they have had 12 winners in Ireland so far this season.

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