Rolf Johnson views the numbers and reckons ‘it just does not add up’

Harefied atmosphere in the Newmarket Sales ring 2024 and the audience caught its breath as bidding for yearlings, foals and mares in training went stratospheric.
Buyers were surely under the influence of hypoxia – an irrational sense of wellbeing brought on by lack of oxygen. It’s a condition often experienced climbing Everest or when one’s parachute fails to open. Back to earth for those who splashed out millions, they have the winter months to muse on whether they will still be...