TRADE Horse Ltd sold two of the three geldings they brought down from Co Meath to this week’s Goresbridge Go For Gold Sale, where they received the top price of €57,000 for their four-year-old Irish Sport Horse (Lot 23) and €42,000 for their three-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Lot 57).

Traditionally-bred and grey like his sire, Cruising With Diamonds, the unnamed sales-topper proved popular with potential purchasers at Barnadown on Tuesday and was sold speedily in the Amber Springs Hotel late the following afternoon. Bidding opened at €20,000 and rose with little delay to €57,000, when the hammer came down in favour of a ‘Cash’ buyer from the UK.