Five-year-old gelding Keskonrisk (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) (lot 236) brought a sale-topping price of £370,000 from Henrietta Knight during the second and final session of the Goffs UK January Sale. Wednesday's session played host to point-to-pointers and form horses, and the Camas Park Stud-consigned half-brother to the Grade 2 winner Grand Sancy (Fr) (Diamond Boy {Fr}) won a debut bumper at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day.
A handful of general horses-in-training also went through the ring, with Royal Ascot winner The Grand Visir (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 288) taking top honours at £40,000. The five-time winner from Ian Williams's Dominion Racing Stables caught the eyes of Richard Ryan who partnered with Williams on the ticket. The duo also bought lot 286, the listed-placed Walhaan (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) from Shadwell for £35,000.
From 90 offered, 67 sold (74%) for an aggregate of £1,441,100. The average rose steeply by 57% to £21,509 and the median by 100% to £10,000. Cumulatively, the clearance rate was 70% for 176 sold from 250 offered. The gross was £2,693,100 with an average of £15,302 (+23%) and a median of £9,000 (+64%).
Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent commented, “As with yesterday's NH foals, feedback on today's session was very positive when the catalogue was released and to see Keskonrisk set a new record price of £370,000 is a great result.
“Over the two-days we have welcomed a diverse buying bench and have exceeded last year's turnover with 35 less horses so we have made a positive start to 2020. We would like to extend our thanks to the vendors who have supported the sale and now turn our efforts to the Aintree Sale at the Randox Health Grand National Festival where we look forward to offering more high-end pointers and form horses.”
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