The 2024 Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sale produced a record turnover exceeding €9.5 million, a 12% increase from 2023. A new record average price was set of €43,634, while the sale produced a phenomenal clearance rate of 90%, up from 83% in 2023.
The top lot was a filly by Sioux Nation, consigned by Greenhills Farm and sold for €370,000, the second highest price ever paid for a filly at the sale.
The 2024 figures saw activity in the six-figure bracket increase to 21, while six lots were sold for at least €200,000. The expanding international racing programme resulted in purchasers from 18 different countries including Ireland, the USA, Scandinavia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Hong Kong, the UK, Poland, Germany, and Italy.