The catalogue for the Goffs UK Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale, featuring 30 more 'Donny Rockets' this year, was released on Friday. A total of 479 lots will pass through the Doncaster ring over the two-day stand on Aug. 27-28.
Some lots of note include a Showcasing (GB) half-brother to Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Stepper Point (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) (lot 48); lot 195, a Night Of Thunder (Ire) filly out of Group 3 winner Aim To Please (Fr) (Excellent Art {GB}); an Invincible Spirit (Ire) full-brother to the group-placed Invincible Gal (GB), with the duo out of Group 3 winner Alsindi (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}); a Churchill (Ire) colt out of Group 3 winner Angel's Hideaway (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 222); a Ten Sovereigns (Ire) half-brother to Group 2 winner Yonkers (Medaglia d'Oro) (lot 223); a Blue Point (Ire) half-brother to the listed winner and Group 1-placed Jabaara (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) (lot 243); lot 343, a New Bay (GB) colt who is a half-brother to group winner Sporting Chance (GB) (Kodiac {GB}); and a Cracksman (GB) colt out of Group 2 winner Meeznah (Dynamformer) (lot 457).
There are yearlings by a variety of sires including Blue Point (Ire), Cracksman (GB), Dark Angel, Kingman (GB), Kodiac, Night Of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Oasis Dream (GB), Starspangledbanner (Aus), Too Darn Hot (GB) and Wootton Bassett (GB) among others. There are also sires represented by larger amounts of yearlings like Ardad (Ire) (20), Cotai Glory (GB) (11), Havana Grey (GB) (19), Kodi Bear (Ire) (16), Mehmas (Ire) (17), Sergei Prokofiev (21), and Sioux Nation (16). First season sires include A'Ali (Ire) (14), Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (15), Lucky Vega (Ire) (7), Nando Parrado (GB) (10), Space Blues (Ire) (9), St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (2), Starman (GB) (28), Supremacy (Ire) (17), Ubettabelieveit (Ire) (12), and Victor Ludorum (GB) (4).
The £500,000 Harry's Half Million sales race will also be held during York's Ebor Festivial on Aug. 22. All yearlings offered this year will be eligible for the 2025 edition of the race.
Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said, “The Premier Sale is all about the individual, it's about what you see in front of you, the racehorse, and it's that approach on which the sale has built its reputation. We remain fiercely loyal to that mantra so when buyers arrive at Doncaster in August, they know what they are going to see before they set foot on the complex, yard after yard full of precocious, good walking, smart athletes.
“Importantly, Premier is also delivering on the racecourse, as it consistently produces the highest percentage of 2YO winners, and it has also sent out its share of stars. Premier has a proud history of elite horses coming from its ranks, think Acclamation, Dark Angel, Wootton Bassett, Tasleet (GB), all winners of our sales race at York, and more recently Harry's Angel (Ire), Advertise (GB), A'Ali and Supremacy, the latter two seeing their first yearlings sell at Premier this year. And let's not forget fillies like Laurens (Fr), Fev Rover (Ire) and Sacred Angel (Ire) to graphically illustrate the quality on offer.
“This is why this sale has carved out such a unique identity over so many years and has proved to be one of the most enduringly popular sales for yearling buyers. We have another enticing catalogue for 2024 and we invite buyers from the world over to come and test their eye at Doncaster on 27 – 28 August.”
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
