Goffs staged the first of two sessions of its live online Autumn Yearling Sale on Tuesday. With the first-day catalogue of 296 scratched down to 167, 99 were sold (59%) for an aggregate of €662,400, compared to €1,134,400 last year when 192 were sold on the day from 254 offered. The average of €6,691 was up 13%, while the median climbed 11% to €4,200.
Boherguy Stud's New Approach (Ire) colt out of Neophilia (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 192) had originally been slated for the Goffs Sportsman's Sale, but connections opted for this spot when that sale was moved to Doncaster. While this sale was subsequently forced online, the Apr. 30 foal enjoyed a significant update in the interim, with Gear Up (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) under his third dam having won the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud on Oct. 24. E Hannon went to €40,000 for the fourth foal out of the mare, who has produced the winning New Vocation (Ire) from two foals to race. The colt is bred on the same cross as this year's G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy scorer Mac Swiney (Ire), and also shares his breeder, Jim Bolger. The New Approach colt is also from the same family as the Bolger-bred, Boherguy-consigned Teofilo (Ire) colt that topped the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale at £325,000, he being a full-brother to Gear Up.
Earlsfort Bloodstock went to €30,000 for an Oasis Dream (GB) colt out of the listed-placed Maybe Grace (Ire) (Hawk Wing) (lot 290), who has produced two winners from three runners and is a half-sister to Australian Group 1 winner Magic Hurricane (Ire) (Hurricane Run {Ire}).
The first-crop yearlings by Yeomanstown Stud's Scat Daddy sire El Kabeir have been well received this season, and his name also featured among the top lots at this sale when Noel Meade went to €29,000 for Eyrefield Lodge Stud's colt out of the listed-placed Bee Eater (Ire) (lot 157). That daughter of Green Desert has produced the G3 Marble Hill S. winner Minaun (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) among her eight runners and five winners. The third dam is the champion 3-year-old filly Marwell (Habitat).
The top-priced filly of the session was Tullogher House Stud's first crop daughter of Ardad (Ire) (lot 86) who was bought by Con Marnane for €20,000. The dam Dame Shirley (GB) (Haafhd) is a full-sister to G3 Meydan Sprint winner Fityaan (GB).
The first day of the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale saw horses sold online to Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Poland, Serbia, Sweden and the UK, with 1225 online bids placed in addition to telephone bids. The second session of the sale begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
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