£36 million: how the National Hunt market overcame adversity to prosper again

With the sector's three major British and Irish auctions done and dusted, the end is in sight for another eventful round of store sales.

Although the heavy Covid-related disruption experienced in 2020 was largely a thing of the past, this year was not without incident, most notably the 11th-hour decision by local authorities to rescind British-based buyers' authorisation to attend the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale in person.

However, when the results from a Brit-free Fairyhouse are considered in the round along with the Goffs UK Spring Store Sale and the Goffs Land Rover Sale (parts one and two), there is an unmistakable buoyancy to the market for unbroken National Hunt prospects.