- Supplementary yearlings offer more chances to qualify for Goffs Two Million Series
- Horses In Training catalogue out now
An additional 28 yearlings have been supplemented for the upcoming Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale which takes place from 5 – 7 November.
The supplementary Lots are catalogued as 791 – 819 and will be offered on Thursday, the final day of the sale. Among them are 13 yearlings eligible for next year’s Goffs Two Million Series which offers a guaranteed prize fund of €2,000,000 in the Goffs €1 Million Bonus Race Series which will see 20 bonuses of €50,000 paid to qualified winners of a series of 2YO maidens in Ireland and the UK as well as Europe’s richest two-year-old race, the Goffs Million. The Autumn Sale is also the last opportunity for buyers to secure contenders for Harry’s Half Million by Goffs with one supplementary (Lot 800) and several Lots in the main catalogue eligible for the £500,000 contest at York.
Yearlings by Acclamation, Cotai Glory, Mohaather, Sioux Nation and Ulysses feature in the supplementary catalogue, with the following just some of the highlights:
- Lot 796: Starman half-brother to Loterie, 2nd in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes.
- Lot 805: Vadamos half-brother to Lunar Power, multiple Graded placed Juvenile Hurdler.
- Lot 815: Dandy Man own-sister to Countess Rosina, three-time winner & Stakes placed, USA.
- Lot 811: Cotai Glory colt out of a half-sister to Lily’s Angel, Group 1 placed & multiple Stakes winner.
Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale is known across Europe for its quality and value with recent graduates headed by Group 2 winners Birthe and Givemethebeatboys, purchased for €10,000 and €11,000 respectively, while others include recent Italian Derby and Polish 1000 Guineas winners. Autumn Horses In Training Catalogue Out Now:
Goffs Autumn Sale will commence at 11am on Tuesday 5 November with 121 horses in training followed by two and a half days of yearlings.
The Horses In Training catalogue features drafts from many well-known Irish training and breeding establishments, headed by HH Aga Khan Studs who offer ten including recent winners Masoun (Lot 65) who decisively landed a competitive Curragh handicap over 1m 2f on his latest start and is rated 88, along with the 90-rated Ridhaz (64) who also won a 1m 2f handicap last time out. Godolphin, Willie McCreery’s Rathbride Stables, Gavin Cromwell Racing, and Conyngham Lodge Stables are also among those with notable consignments. The HIT sire profile meanwhile includes Blue Point, Dark Angel, Mehmas, Nathaniel, Night Of Thunder, Sea The Stars, Too Darn Hot and Zarak.
Other winners catalogued include the Eric McNamara trained Future Cutlet (Lot 52), winner over 7 furlongs at Down Royal on 30 September, and the Michael O’Callaghan trained Kodiac filly Do Si Do (Lot 62), winner of a Naas maiden over 6 furlongs on her second career start.
National Hunt prospects include Thecompanysergeant (Kayf Tara – Lot 93) from Denis Hogan’s Boherna Stables who was fourth in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Fairyhouse behind Spillane’s Tower and went on to win a beginners chase at this year’s Galway Festival. The Dancing Tree (Lot 97) is another interesting prospect following an impressive 6 length Bumper win on his stable debut for Gavin Cromwell.
As with the Autumn Yearlings, the Horses In Training Sale is another that punches above its weight. Autumn HIT graduates have won under both codes across Ireland and the UK this year, as well as multiple winners in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, proving the quality and value to be found at Goffs this Autumn.
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