Goffs London Sale

The inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale--part glitzy party, part horse auction--will be held in the Del Mar paddock Oct. 30, offering invitation-only attendees, as well as off-site bidders, the chance to become owners of horses running in the Breeders' Cup at the oceanside oval just days later. The catalogue for the auction was released Thursday, revealing full or fractional interests available in four Breeders' Cup contenders, as well as a stallion share in a fifth championship starter. The 12 offerings in the auction also include a half-sister to a Breeders' Cup...

Coolmore and Westerberg's G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation Stakes placegetter Opera Singer (Justify) and supplementary entry Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) are the leading lights left after 10 of 12 overnight nominees stood their ground for Thursday's G1 Qatar Nassau Stakes. Opera Singer, last term's impressive G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner, is on course to make her first start beyond the one-mile distance while it will be dual Group 1 winner Emily Upjohn's first visit to the Sussex Downs venue. The latter's Team Gosden stablemate Inspiral...

Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), winner of the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly just over 24 hours previously and billed as the headline act at Monday's Goffs London Sale, was knocked down for a whopping £8,100,000 only for it to emerge that the filly had been brought back by owner Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois. Eventually it was revealed that a deal was struck by Al Shaqab Racing to buy into the Patrice Cottier-trained sister to G3 Jersey S. winner Noble Truth (Fr) for £5 million. It was reported that Sheikh Joaan...

A private sale has now been agreed for Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), who was bought back at £8.1 million at the Goffs London Sale but has now been part-sold to Al Shaqab Racing for £5 million. A day after winning the G1 Prix de Diane Longines, the filly was the headline act in the 24-lot eve-of-Royal Ascot sale in Kensington Palace and has been part-retained by her owner-breeder Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois, who subsequently came to an arrangement with Al Shaqab. Sparkling Plenty, a full-sister to G3 Jersey S. winner Noble...

A day after winning the G1 Prix de Diane, Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) was bought back by her owner-breeder Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois at £8.1 million when offered for auction at the Goffs London Sale. A private sale has now been agreed for Sparkling Plenty to Al Shaqab Racing for £5 million. Story.  Bidding through Goffs representative Amanda Zetterholm, Dubois retained the full-sister to G3 Jersey S. winner Noble Truth (Fr) having previously bought her back as a yearling at Arqana for €600,000. Sparkling Plenty, trained by Patrice Cottier, is now...

The Goffs London Sale scaled new heights in 2022 when G1 Derby runner-up Hoo Ya Mal (GB) (Territories {Ire}) sold to Gai Waterhouse, Adrian Bott and Johnny McKeever for £1.2 million, while last year that sum was very nearly matched when the G3 Marble Hill S. winner Givemethebeatboys was bought by Bronson Racing for £1.1 million, less than 24 hours before his commendable fourth-place finish in the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot. Those results leave the 2024 edition of the London Sale with quite the act to follow, but...

When you think of trainer Eric McNamara, winners at some of Ireland's major jumps meetings spring to mind.  However, there has been a notable diversification at the County Limerick yard in recent times, largely driven by the input of his children Conor and Kate. Recent Flat maiden winner Raw Ability (Ire) is a perfect example of that change.  The cleverly-named daughter of Belardo (Ire) made an impressive start to her career when winning at Gowran Park at odds of 40-1 and she features among some of the choice lots at...

Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), unbeaten in all of his five races including last weekend's G3 Prix Paul De Moussac at Longchamp as well as the G3 Prix Djebel, is among four supplementary entries added to Goffs London Sale which takes place on Monday 17 June. The Jerome Reynier trained three-year-old [Lot 25] boasts big-race potential and features among three other Royal Ascot entrants added to the sale. Johnny Murtagh's three-time winner and Listed placed Asian Daze (Ire) (Frontiersman {GB}) [Lot 22] will target the Sandringham S., while Raw Ability (Ire)...

The catalogue is now live for the Goffs London Sale, which takes place in association with Privat 3 Money on Monday, June 17 at Kensington Palace Gardens. Of the initial entries announced on Sunday, Karl Burke's Alaskan Gold (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is the only lot to have been withdrawn, leaving a total of 20 to be offered on the eve of Royal Ascot. A late addition to the sale is the G2 Prix de Sandringham heroine Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 11), who is due to run in Sunday's...

The initial entries for the Goffs London Sale, in association with Privat 3 Money, were announced on Sunday, including an unraced Kingman (GB) two-year-old filly out of the six-time Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). The sale is scheduled for Monday, June 17 at Kensington Palace Gardens, on the eve of Royal Ascot, with the full catalogue set to be released early next week. The other two-year-old entries include Adrian Keatley's Listed winner Francisco's Piece (GB) (Mayson {GB}) and Rock Hunter (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), who was last seen...

Lope De Vega (Ire) (Shamardal) and New Bay (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) will be available to cover on Southern Hemisphere time this year, Ballylinch Stud's Eoin Fives told TTR AusNZ. They will stand for €60,000 (AU$98,957) and €40,000 (AU$65,971) respectively. In total, Lope De Vega has sired 18 Group 1 winners and 112 individual stakes winners across 12 different countries. From 2011 to 2014, he shuttled to the now-defunct Patinack Farm, and left an indelible stamp on the Australian industry. The result was four elite-level winners of nine Group 1s; Santa...

By Emma Berry and Brian Sheerin "Everyone who is anyone" assembled at Kensington Palace ahead of one of the great weeks in world racing, and Goffs will be hoping that the star of its London Sale on Monday night will go on to be one of the stars of Tuesday afternoon at Royal Ascot. The G3 Marble Hill S. winner Givemethebeatboys (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) led allcomers when sold for £1,100,000 to Con and Neil Sands of Bronsan Racing. He will remain in training with Jessica Harrington and heads almost...