A colt foal by Walk In The Park (Ire) (lot 378) set a new Goffs foal record during the second day of the December NH Foal Sale when selling for €160,000 to Nicky Bertran de Balanda as NBB Racing.
The colt is out of the winning jumper Holy Virgin (Fr) (Saint Des Saints {Fr}), herself a half-sister to Grade 1 chase winner Top Notch (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}) and the G2 Prix de Malleret heroine Never Forget (Fr) (Westerner {GB}).
“He's very nice, the one I liked most in the sale,” said Bertran de Balanda. “He's by a good sire and out of a good mare. She was a winner in Auteuil, she's by a great sire in Saint Des Saints and she came from a very good French breeder in Benoit Gabeur.
“He's just a very good individual, really athletic with a lovely walk. I'm not surprised I had to battle against some very good judges to get him. Let's hope he's fast now.
“He's been bought for Sofiane Benaroussi, so will race in France. Sofiane is building a great team of young National Hunt horses, I hope it works out well. Trade here at Goffs is generally realistic, but very strong for the right ones.”
Two other individuals made €70,000 or more, with a son of No Risk At All (Fr) (lot 335) bringing €92,000 from Tally-Ho Stud. He was part of the Clonbonny Stud draft and out of the Kapgarde (Fr) mare Gardiala (Fr), herself placed in a Grade 3 chase. The other was lot 362, a son of Blue Bresil (Fr), who made €70,000 on the bid of Oaks Farm. Longrove Stud consigned the brown relative of Grade 2-placed Good And Clever (Ire) (Soldier Of Fortune {Ire}).
At the end of the day's trade, the turnover was €2,816,000 with an average of €17,600 and the median at €12,000.
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