REALISING an impressive €23,500 and topping the day’s trading by a distance, Willie Craig’s home-bred gelding by Luidam was the star performer at Cavan last week.

A seven-year-old with show jumping form, his return crowned a lively renewal, which delivered some of the best results of the year. Demand for proven older horses proved especially strong and, while trade steadied on the appearance of the younger stock, the concluding figures illustrated an upturn in all quarters.