Arraghbeg Clover to be auctioned

World champion Irish Sport Horse Arraghbeg Clover is to be auctioned in December by Holger Hetzel, the German having bought her from rider Greg Broderick and Declan Orpen.

Hetzel yesterday said that while a number of top-class equines had passed through his establishment in the past, it was a coup to have a horse of the calibre of Arraghbeg Clover in his auction.

Hetzel took ownership of the mare last month in a sale arranged through Cian O’Connor. It came after Broderick and Arraghbeg Clover had claimed the title for five-year-olds at the World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses at Lanaken, Belgium.