I see a local farmer in Tipperary saw off the challenge of two bloodstock bidders. Both Coolmore Stud and local trainer Fozzy Stack were in the frame to buy the 119ac farm at Golden, Cashel, but were thwarted by a local dairy man. He paid €17,600ac or €2.1m for the privilege. I understand the buyer had sold land on the outskirts of Cashel during the Celtic Tiger when the appetite for development land knew no bounds.