Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale

Oaks heroine Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) was the first mare to breach the €500,000 mark on Friday, when selling for €650,000 to Ballylinch Stud during the first day of the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale. Consigned by Godolphin, lot 1158 is the dam of two winners, including G3 Jebel Ali Mile scorer Swing Vote (GB) (Shamardal). The extended family features G1 St Leger hero and sire Brian Boru (GB). The Whisperview Trading-bred mare is in foal to champion sire elect Dark Angel (Ire).   2015 Oaks winner Qualify is...

The dam of G1 King George hero Goliath (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) leads the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale catalogue, which was released on Thursday. Set for Nov. 22-23, the sale features 348 lots and will begin at 10 a.m. each day. Previously, the dams of eight 2024 Group 1 winners--Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio), Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Khaadem (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Scorthy Champ (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Lugal (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), New Century (GB) (Kameko), Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never), and Kalapour (Ire) (War Command) were sold in the...

Gouache (Ger), the dam of the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes winner Goliath (Ger), is to be sold at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale. A Listed-winning daughter of Shamardal, Gouache is a half-sister to the G2 Gerling-Preis winner Guardini (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), and she will be offered in foal to Baaeed (GB). The 12-year-old mare will be consigned by Millennium Stud. Bred by the Ullmann family of Gestut Schlenderhan, the mare passed through a sale ring only last December when sold at Arqana for €200,000...

Coolmore Stud spent €19m and equalled its own record set for the highest price paid at public auction in Ireland 10 years ago for Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) by flexing its buying power to secure half-sisters Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) for €6m apiece from the Niarchos draft at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale on Friday. Alpine Star, the brilliant G1 Coronation S. winner, and multiple Group 1 and Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Alpha Centauri, carried the Niarchos family's colours with...

Listed Cheshire Oaks heroine Thoughts Of June (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}--Discreet Marq, by Discreet Cat) became the fifth mare to make €2 million or more at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale when selling for that amount to Moyglare Stud Farm. Part of The Castlebridge Consignment, the 4-year-old is pregnant with her first foal by No Nay Never. Out of top American racemare Discreet Marq, who won the GI Del Mar Oaks and was placed an additional six times at that level, lot 1264 is a granddaughter of the stakes winner...

Expected to be the star of the show, champion Alpha Centauri (Mastercraftsman {Ire}--Alpha Lupi {Ire}, by Rahy) did not disappoint and brought a co-session-topping €6 million on the bid of MV Magnier. Also part of the Norelands draft who were selling on behalf of Niarchos family like €3.3-million mare That Which Is Not (Elusive Quality) just three hips prior, the imposing grey (lot 1263) equaled the price of her Sea The Moon (Ger) half-sister and fellow Group 1 winner Alpine Star (Ire) to share topper honours. In foal to Sea...

Group 1 winner Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}--Alpha Lupi {Ire}, by Rahy) brought €6 million and was the second seven-figure lot of the day during the Goffs November Breeding Stock sale when selling to MV Magnier. Consigned by Kiltanan Castle Stud for the Niarchos family, lot 1240 is carrying to Frankel (GB). She is a half-sister to the European champion Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who won four Group 1 races, as well as a full-sister to G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Discoveries (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}).   ⭐️...

A full-brother to multiple Group 1 winner and young sire Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will be offered during the Goffs November Foal Sale at Kildare Paddocks from Nov. 20-Nov. 23. One of 1,041 foals catalogued, the colt will sell as lot 767. His older brother brought €1.1 million at the same sale. There is also a Dark Angel (Ire) half-brother to multiple group winner and Classic-placed Arrest (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 768); a colt by Hello Youmzain (Fr) who is a half-brother to G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero Marhaba...

Friday's G2 Challenge S. heroine Matilda Picotte (Ire) (Sioux Nation), who was Classic placed earlier this year, will be offered by Clonanny Bloodstock at the upcoming Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale from Nov. 24-25. The multiple group winner will sell on Nov. 24, opening day of the sale. A daughter of the stakes performer Hallie's Comet (Ire) (One Cool Cat), the 3-year-old filly was bred by Mighty Universe, Ltd., and raced for trainer Kieran Cotter and the Matilda & Kilmichael Racing Partnership. Placed in both the G2 Airlie Stud S....

Three-time group winner Insinuendo (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}-Obama Rule {Ire}), by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) will be offered at the upcoming Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale which takes place Nov. 24-25. The 6-year-old out of Group 3-winning Obama Rule will be consigned by Rathbride Stables on behalf of her trainer Willie McCreery, who purchased her at the 2018 Goffs Orby Sale from breeders Mountarmstrong Stud for €110,000. Owned by the Deegan Racing Syndicate, Insinuendo's most recent win was in the G3 Park Express S. at the Curragh this past March, a race...

The broodmare Laurelita (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), the dam of US Grade I winner Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}), will be offered by Manister House Stud during the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale, the sales company announced on Tuesday. The sale takes place from Nov. 24-25. The Mark Casse trainee won the GI Beverly D S. at Colonial Downs this past summer. A sister to six other winners, Laurelita is out of the Dansili (GB) mare Chervil (GB), whose siblings include GI Yellow Ribbon S. heroine Light Jig (GB) (Danehill)....

The Baroda Stud-consigned Aspiring (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-sister to champion and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and five-times Group 1 winner Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}), was knocked down to the BBA Ireland on behalf of the Lucky Vega Syndicate for €790,000 to take the lead at about the midway stage of day one of the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale. The unraced 4-year-old filly, also kin to Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Venice Beach (Ire) and Group 3 winner Broadway (Ire), produced a colt by Wootton Bassett...