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Own-Brother To Burrows Saint Tops Strong First Day At Goffs December NH Sale 

The headline act on a strong opening day of Goffs December National Hunt Sale was Rathmore Stud’s own brother to Irish Grand National winner Burrows Saint.  By Saint des Saints out of a Listed winning own sister to Grade 1 winning chaser Lagunak, the colt foal (Lot 171) was knocked down to Saint Patrick for €90,000. 
Lot 171:  Saint Des Saints colt ex La Bombonera
Sold by Rathmore Stud to Saint Patrick for €90,000
Gerry Aherne secured another of the day’s standout foals when going to €80,000 for The Beeches Stud’s colt from the first crop of Crystal Ocean and from the family of Muhaarar and a long line of black type performers including Grade 2 winner Diamond Sal (Lot 218). 

Lime On Gin (Lot 48) is a Doctor Dino filly foal out of a winning sister to recent Cheltenham winner and Grade 3 novice chase scorer Gin On Lime and she was sold today by Ballyreddin Stud to Old Rectory Stud for €65,000.

Ashwood Stud consigned a son of Maxios (Lot 107) that was knocked down to Park Farm for €58,000.  The colt foal is out of multiple Grade 2 placed mare Hello Kitty who is the dam of Grade 2 chase winner Impact Factor.

Click here to view full results from Day 1.
 

Lot 218:  Crystal Ocean colt ex Lucky Fancy
Sold by The Beeches Stud to Gerry Aherne for €80,000
 
Day 1 figures:

Offered:  226 off
Sold:  135 (60%)
Aggregate:   €1,928,000
Average:  €14,281
Median:  €10,000
Top price:  €90,000

Goffs December NH Sale continues tomorrow, Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th commencing at 10am each day.

 
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Vente d’Elevage reaches new heights

The fourth and final day of the Vente d’Elevage saw 159 mares, fillies and foals go under the hammer. More than 80% of the lots that went through the ring changed hands for an average price of €4,578, generating a turnover of €586,000.

Assessment of the 2021 Vente d’Elevage: an exceptional edition

The last sale of the year in Deauville, the Vente d’Elevage recorded record results at all levels. Over the four days, 76% of the 907 horses offered were sold for an unprecedented average price of €60,314 which for the first time rose above €210,000 for Part I.

The final turnover of €41,556,000 exceeding the €40 million mark for the first time.

Lot 160 ROUGIR © Zuzanna Lupa

Sumbe tops consignors’ table

Offering their first ever consignment in their blue and yellow colours which included the exceptional performers ROUGIR and SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, Sumbe topped the consignors’ table with a turnover of €5,352,000. The runner-spot went to Haras des Capucines, that sold 22 lots for a total of €3,373,000, with a top price of €2 million for PURPLEPAY. Notably the vendor of GRAND GLORYHaras de Castillon completed the podium with 18 lots sold for 3,155,500.

Fourth on the list, Ecurie des Monceaux sold 21 lots for a total of €2,519,000, followed by Gestüt Ammerland, that also had a very good sale, notably offering WILDFEDER, a half-sister to Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr.1) winner WALDGEIST, that was sold for €2,050,000 to Crispin de Moubray.

Lot 192 GRAND GLORY © Zuzanna Lupa

Buyers’ table: Oceanic Bloodstock takes top spot

The purchaser of seven lots for €4,950,000Michel Zerolo (Oceanic Bloodstock) was leading buyer at the sale. He was followed by Anne Sophie Yoh (YOHEA) with four lots bought for a total of €2,572,500 and Crispin De Moubray with three purchases for €2,096,000.

Following the sale, ARQANA Chairman Eric Hoyeau and Executive Director Freddy Powell said: “After a turbulent 2020, 2021 has been marked by tremendous resilience at all levels and concluded with an outstanding Vente d’Elevage that exceeded all our expectations. With five millionaire fillies in the first session and a turnover in excess of €40 million for the first time, the sale continued its upward trajectory and has now taken on a whole new dimension. All the ingredients were present and this resulted in very good prices in the ring. Four of the five fillies sold for a seven-figure price were acquired as yearlings at Deauville in August or October, and some owners did not hesitate to reinvest during the sale, such as with Tickle Me Green and Sun Bear. The quality of the catalogue attracted many buyers from the United States, Japan, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Spain, Italy, Turkey and all over France. We would like to thank our vendors who entrusted us with the best of their breeding and racing stock as well as all our teams who worked tirelessly to make this sale a success. We wish everyone a very happy holiday season and look forward to seeing you in February.”

Statistics

Tuesday, December 7

80 % Sold
   
TOTAL 2021 2020 %
OFFERED 159 167  
SOLD 128 131  
% SOLD 80,50 % 78,44 % +2.06 %
AVERAGE €4 578 €6 408 -28,56 %
MEDIAN €3 500 €4 500  
TOTAL €586 000 €839 500 -30,20 %
PRIVATE SALES 1 0  
TOTAL PRIVATE SALES €200 €0  
AGG. + PRIV. €586 200 €839 500 -30,17 %
TOTAL 2021 2020 %
OFFERED 907 704  
SOLD 689 557  
% SOLD 75,96 % 79,12 % -3.16 %
AVERAGE €60 314 €45 338 +33,03 %
MEDIAN €15 000 €16 000  
TOTAL €41 556 000 €25 253 500 +64,56 %
PRIVATE SALES 15 13  
TOTAL PRIVATE SALES €451 700 €1 241 000  
AGG. + PRIV. €42 007 700 €26 494 500 +58,55 %

Top Lots

LOT 977

HURRYM

HURRICANE RUN X YMLAEN

VENDOR: LA RIVIÈRE

BUYER: GEORGE MULLINS

€28 000

LOT 987

ANNA’S STAR

HERNANDO X ANNO LUCE

VENDOR: PETIT TELLIER

BUYER: NICOLA FITZGERALD

€26 000

LOT 954

SUMMER QUALITY

DUKE OF MARMALADE X SUMMER STAGE

VENDOR: HOTELLERIE

BUYER: SAS SAUBOUAS BLOODSTOCK

€23 000

LOT 970

GIROUETTE

PIVOTAL X VASSIANA

VENDOR: FAUNES

BUYER: ZIED ROMDHANE

€20 000

LOT 983

ANNA MANDARA

SEAHENGE X ALLIANCE D’OR

VENDOR: NORMANDIE BREEDING

BUYER: GUY PETIT

€17 000

Top Lots – Total

LOT 160

ROUGIR

TERRITORIES X SUMMER MOON

VENDOR: SUMBE

BUYER: OCEANIC BLOODSTOCK PR : WHITE BIRCH FARM / MV MAGNIER

€3 000 000

LOT 192

GRAND GLORY

OLYMPIC GLORY X MADONNA LILY

VENDOR: CASTILLON

BUYER: YOHEA

€2 500 000

LOT 188

WILDFEDER

GALILEO X WALDLERCHE

VENDOR: AMMERLAND

BUYER: CRISPIN DE MOUBRAY SARL

€2 050 000

LOT 150

PURPLEPAY

ZARAK X PIEDRA

VENDOR: CAPUCINES

BUYER: NBB RACING

€2 000 000

LOT 172

SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

WOOTTON BASSETT X MORANDA

VENDOR: SUMBE

BUYER: OCEANIC BLOODSTOCK PR : WHITE BIRCH FARM SC

€1 950 000

Top 5 Buyers
Top 5 Buyers LOTS AVERAGE TOTAL
Zied ROMDHANE 17 €4 206 €71 500
MAB AGENCY 12 €3 792 €45 500
Nicola FITZGERALD 3 €13 167 €39 500
Guy PETIT 3 €11 167 €33 500
Paul NATAF 5 €5 600 €28 000
Top 5 Buyers – Total
Top 5 Buyers – Total LOTS AVERAGE TOTAL
OCEANIC BLOODSTOCK pr : WHITE BIRCH FARM / MV MAGNIER 1 €3 000 000 €3 000 000
YOHEA 4 €643 125 €2 572 500
NBB RACING 5 €440 000 €2 200 000
CRISPIN DE MOUBRAY SARL 3 €698 667 €2 096 000
BBA IRELAND 20 €98 750 €1 975 000
Top 5 Vendors
Top 5 Vendors LOTS AVERAGE TOTAL
Petit Tellier 23 €4 370 €100 500
La Rivière 4 €12 375 €49 500
Hotellerie 7 €6 286 €44 000
Faunes 7 €6 286 €44 000
Normandie Breeding 2 €14 500 €29 000
Top 5 Vendors – Total
Top 5 Vendors – Total LOTS AVERAGE TOTAL
Sumbe 6 €892 000 €5 352 000
Capucines 22 €153 318 €3 373 000
Castillon 18 €175 306 €3 155 500
Monceaux 21 €119 952 €2 519 000
Ammerland 5 €463 200 €2 316 000

 

 

 

 

HISA to Take Over OOC Testing in July 2022, Race-Day Testing Start of 2023 (by TDN)

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) announced the proposed implementation date of the Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) program Tuesday, saying out-of-competition testing would be administered, under HISA’s jurisdiction, beginning with the program’s effective… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Feds: Fishman Still Selling PEDs Even as Trial Date Looms (by TDN)

An employee of Florida veterinarian Seth Fishman last week permitted Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents to search her workplace, and the inside tip has allegedly yielded evidence that Fishman is still selling purportedly performance-enhancing… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Keeneland 2022 January Horses of All Ages Sale Catalog Now Online (by TDN)

Keeneland has cataloged 1,516 horses–broodmares and broodmare prospects, yearlings and horses of racing age along with stallions and stallion prospects–for its 2022 January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will present four sessions from Jan…. [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Four Rossi Family Members Arrested In France

Group 1-winning trainers Frederic, Cedric and Charley Rossi were arrested in Marseille on Tuesday morning along with Charley’s wife, the jockey Jessica Marcialis, according to a report by Le Parisien newspaper.  The four were among a… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.] (by TDN)

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

Silver Hallmark

Racing Post Gold Cup Handicap Chase, 1.50 Cheltenham, Saturday, December 11

1pt each-way at 8-1 with bet365, William Hill and Coral

A bit of juice has been squeezed from the price of Silver Hallmark in Saturday’s Racing Post Gold Cup at Cheltenham (1.50) in recent days but he is still a decent each-way bet at 8-1. 

 

The Fergal O’Brien-trained chaser is as short as 5-1 with a couple of firms and I make that a fairer reflection of his chances. 

 

Silver Hallmark simply must have a few pounds in hand based on his comeback fourth in the Colin Parker at Carlisle in October. 

 

He was badly treated by the conditions of the race and had to give 6lb to the winner Fiddlerontheroof, who since ran a stormer when second in the Ladbrokes Trophy and is rated 159. 

 

The improving seven-year-old was also conceding 6lb to the 160-rated Espoir De Romay, who finished only a nose ahead of my selection in third. 

 

I was surprised the handicapper left Silver Hallmark on the same mark of 145 after he produced a career-best RPR of 152 at Carlisle. 

 

He has also been entered at Doncaster in a 3m handicap chase on the same day but I can’t see why connections would go there instead. 

 

The Doncaster race is run for vastly inferior prize-money and Silver Hallmark doesn’t shape as if crying out for that trip just yet either. 

 

This heavy-ground Grade 2 winner is expected to get the conditions he relishes at Cheltenham as plenty of rain is forecast up until racetime.  

 

 

Gabynako

Faugheen Novice Chase, 2.40 Limerick, Sunday, December 26

1pt each-way at 10-1 with Betfair and Paddy Power

Betfair and Paddy Power are the only firms to have priced up the Grade 1 Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick on December 26 and it is no surprise they are offering 8-15 quotes about Bob Olinger.

 

However, the gifted six-year-old might not be bulletproof as a novice chaser. His enormous engine is undeniable but he showed a tendency to jump out to his left at Gowran Park in his beginners’ chase victory and looked a little sloppy at times. 

 

It is unknown whether he will run at this right-handed track for the Faugheen anyway. He has been entered at Cheltenham on Saturday and I find it hard to believe he will tackle both races.

 

The last four runnings of this Grade 1 show you should never run scared of one horse as four odds-on favourites have been beaten. 

 

Asterion Forlonge (SP 4-6) in 2020, Samcro (4-6) in 2019, Getabird (8-15) in 2018 and Al Boum Photo (1-2) in 2017 all failed to deliver in fields with fewer than eight runners. 

 

Field sizes in that period of 5776 suggest betting each-way for three places is the value ante-post play and Gabynako appeals at 10-1. 

 

His trainer Gavin Cromwell also has Albert Bartlett winner Vanillier in the race (also 10-1), but he has been crying out for further over fences and will surely line up in the 3m Grade 1 novice chase at Leopardstown a few days later. 

 

There is no doubt Gabynako would have beaten Beacon Edge in the Grade 1 Drinmore last time had he not met the last two fences all wrong. He rallied admirably when headed but it was too little too late. 

 

The six-year-old jumped well apart from those two errors and definitely has the ability to land a top-level novice chase. 

 

The beauty of betting ante-post in races like this is Gabynako could finish third of five runners on the day and we’d still collect a few quid. 

 

I remember backing Janidil each-way at 10-1 for three places for this race in advance last year. He plodded round to finish a remote third of five runners at 11-2 but I was still paid out a small profit. 

 
 
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