Unbeaten Regent's Stroll (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}) set a new world record for a NH horse-in-training when the 5-year-old gelding dropped the hammer at £660,000 to Tom Malone and Paul Nicholls at the Goffs Summer Sale on Monday.
Regent's Stroll (Ire) (lot 67) is set to remain in the care of Nicholls in Ditcheat after selling to the 14-time British champion trainer and bloodstock agent Malone after a spirited bidding war. Bred by Rita Kent, Regent's Stroll is one of five winners out of the unraced Pretty Puttens (Ire) (Snurge {Ire}), who is in turn a half-sister to the G1 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Denman (Ire) (Presenting {GB}).
The gelding won both his starts in bumpers during the latest season for Nicholls and in the familiar colours of Chris Giles, who offered 11 lots through Mill House Stud at Doncaster following his departure from the sport. That dispersal sold for a total of £1.9-million with Nicholls and Malone securing eight of the lots for new owners.
That pair also notably struck for lot 65, Graded-winner Rubaud (Fr) (Air Chief Marshal {Ire}) for £200,000, and partnered with Dave Staddon to secure Grade 1-winning Stay Away Fay (Ire) (Shantou) (lot 72) for £325,000. French Grade 1-winner July Flower (Fr) (Pastorius {Ger}) (lot 96) changed hands to Henry De Bromhead for £350,000.
Of the 188 offered lots, 134 sold for a 71 per cent clearance rate, which is down 9 per cent from 2023 where 125 were offered and 100 sold. The turnover surged to £3,643,000 in 2024 from £1,135,000 in 2023. The average and median prices also rose with the former tallying £27,187 and the latter £9,000; up from £11,356 and £5,000, respectively, from last year.
“What an incredible day in Doncaster and we must start by thanking Chris Giles for entrusting Goffs to handle such a prestigious dispersal of quality horses,” said Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent.
“It has been a pleasure to work for Chris and we hope to see his colours back in the winners' enclosure in the not-too-distant future. It has also been a pleasure to work with Juliet Minton and the Mill House Stud team, who did such a fantastic job of presenting the horses for sale.”
The unbeaten Regent's Stroll sells for £660,000 to @TMBloodstock & his trainer @PFNicholls. The 5YO son of Walk In The Park was offered by @millhousestud as part of the Chris Giles Dispersal#GoffsSummer #WorldRecord pic.twitter.com/lmyv64COf7
— Goffs UK (@GoffsUK) July 22, 2024
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