Three Northern Ireland livestock auction marts have signed up for a state-of-the-art computer system supplied by the Holbrook IT Group.
Kilrea-based JA McIlrath & Sons has become the latest mart to move to a computerised system to record the movement of livestock.
The Co Londonderry company has made the switch to the latest generation Lysis Auction Mart [...]

The Irish bloodstock industry is bracing itself for significant losses this week due to a continuing feud between two of racing’s leading figures, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and John Magnier of Coolmore.
Breeders were looking forward to a bumper three days at the yearling sale at Goffs in Co Kildare, which starts tomorrow, but [...]

The Keeneland September yearling sale yesterday surged past last year’s record results to become the highest-grossing horse auction in history.
The $45,000 that Excel Bloodstock paid for an Officer colt pushed total receipts past the $324.9 million worth of horseflesh sold last year at the auction.
It took Keeneland only seven days to surpass the mark set [...]