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Photo finish... youth take over
AT THE RECENT Tattersalls Somerville Sale and the September Horses In Training Sale, teenagers and 20-somethings were the ones busy doing deals.
At the yearling sale, Rauri Kilmartin’s first-ever pinhook turned him a significant profit, the Dark Angel filly he had purchased for €7,000 as a foal selling to Paul Corrigan for 70,000gns.
The 16-year-old Kilmartin (right), who should have been at school but had been given some time off to get to Tatttersalls (with the grace of his teachers), thanked the support of his father Dermot, and Roger O’Callaghan of Tally-Ho Stud, whom he has been working alongside.
Kilmartin is likely to be based at the busy County Meath farm for some of his transition year.
At the September Sale, the 20-year-old Adam Burton was active on the other side of two equine transactions, working as agent for clients from the Middle East.
Burton has spent time with trainers Roger Fell and Adrian Keatley, whom he says has been something of a mentor to him.
Burton, who admits he picked up his new customers by randomly chatting at the sales last year, spent 52,000gns and 35,000gns on the two horses in training.
The young man is already looking forward to being busy at the October HIT Sale.
The future of our industry looks secure with the likes of these two working hard to forge themselves exciting careers.
