Ciaran Murphy

Strong chance that Willie Browne leaves his Christmas shopping until the last minute. Why? The legendary breeze-up handler played a leading role at this week's Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale - one of the last yearling sales of the year - by spending €160,500 on four horses, which included the top lot by Sioux Nation at €88,000. Peter Nolan and Noel Meade, Spanish bloodstock agent Francisco Bernal along with BBA Ireland agents Mick Donohoe and Adam Potts could well be in a similar boat, as they also contributed to what turned...

Recent Curragh maiden winner Dupont Law (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}) is the latest high-class prospect to have been sold to continue his career abroad, with his handler Ciaran Murphy explaining that such a windfall is now needed every year in order to survive in the training ranks in Ireland.  Dupont Law was split three ways between Murphy, bloodstock agent Ross Doyle and owner William Drew, whose red and white silks were carried by the three-year-old to victory in that 1m Curragh maiden last month.  While Murphy says he derived just...