Lingstown debut winner Kindly Prince (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}) (lot 4) topped the second edition of the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale at £320,000 on Saturday. David Mullins snapped up the 4-year-old gelding from Jonathan Fogarty Racing.
Soldier Of Fortune (Ire) gelding Real Quartz (Ire) (lot 7) caught the eyes of Ryan Mahon and Dan Skelton Racing for £190,000. He was consigned by Skehanagh Stables. The bay is from the same family as dual Grade 1-winning chaser Joncol (Ire) (Bob's Return {Ire}).
Statistically, 14 of the 16 horses offered sold (88%) for a gross of £1,510,500 (-30%). The average was £107,893 (-9%) and the median dropped to £90,000 (-18%).
Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “Following on from last year's successful debut sale here at Newbury Racecourse, there was a high level of anticipation coming into this year's edition and the racecourse results ensured that we had a strong catalogue going into today's sale. Because of that, inspections were busy across both days of racing at the Coral Gold Cup Festival with many positive remarks about the improved facilities which included using the racecourse stables and moving the auction to Newbury's Owner's Club. These changes helped the sale to enjoy a unique atmosphere and other than a few on-site technical issues, the event was a success.
“Racecourse results are what drive any sale and the impressive victory of Ben Pauling's The Jukebox Man in yesterday's G2 John Francome Novices' Chase was a timely reminder of what can be bought at the Goffs Point-to-Point Sales. This helped drive a clearance rate of 88% and a sale topping price of £320,000 which is a significant increase on last year. We would like to thank our loyal vendors for their support today and also wish the buyers the best of luck with their new recruits. We look forward to following their progress in the hope of unearthing the next The Jukebox Man, Jonbon or Constitution Hill.”
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