Goffs Autumn Horses In Training Sale

A total of 28 yearlings have been supplemented to the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale on Nov. 5-7. Catalogued as lots 791-819, they will be offered on Thursday, the final session of the sale. Thirteen yearlings are eligible for next year's Goffs Two Million Series which offers a guaranteed prize fund of €2,000,000 in the Goffs €1 Million Bonus Race Series which will see 20 bonuses of €50,000 paid to qualified winners of a series of 2-year-old maidens in Ireland and the UK as well as Europe's richest 2-year-old race, the...

The upcoming Horses-in-Training Sales series, to be held at Leopardstown, Ascot, Doncaster and Kildare, was announced by Goffs on Thursday. The boutique Goffs Champions Sale returns to Leopardstown as the opening event of the Irish Champions Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14. First held in 2014, the 10-year average is €188,000, with a median of €150,000 and a clearance rate of 69% for catalogues ranging between four and 12 lots. Horses have sold for €500,000, €470,000, €450,000 and €300,000 at previous renewals. The second boutique sale will be the Goffs QIPCO...

His Highness The Aga Khan Studs' draft took pride of place during Tuesday's Goffs Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale. The top two lots bore the forest green blankets and crimson trim of His Highness, as they circled the ring yesterday. Leading proceedings was the 3-year-old New Approach (Ire) colt Kadeen (Ire) (lot 85), who sports one victory--at the Curragh--and four placings in five starts to date. He was picked up by Gordon Elliott and Bective Stud for €100,000. His dam, the listed winner Kadra (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), is from the...

One of the main attractions of the Goffs Autumn Horses In Training Sale on Tuesday is Gustavus Weston (Ire) (Equiano {Fr}), the four-time winner whose career highlight came when he landed the G2 Greenlands S. at the Curragh last year.  On that occasion, Joe Murphy's charge was chased home by Make A Challenge (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), a 10-time winner for Denis Hogan, who is also in the sale.  Hogan said of his eight-strong draft, "We've a nice draft of horses going to Goffs. We'll be sorry to see some...