Goffs UK August Sale

Head and shoulders above his compatriots during the Goffs UK August Sale on Wednesday, Third Time Lucki (Ire) (Arcadio {Ger}) (lot 85) brought a sale-topping £190,000 from Fergal O'Brien. The dual Grade 2-winning chaser was offered by the Jamie Railton Sales Agency and was part of the Mike Newbould Dispersal. Two other members of the dispersal featured among the top lots, with the unraced 4-year-old Lathan (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}) (lot 18) bringing £60,000 on the bid of J P McGrath Bloodstock; and lot 46, Goonhilly (Ire) (Mount Nelson {GB}),...

A 13-lot partial dispersal of Mike and Eileen Newbould will take place during the Goffs UK August Sale at Doncaster on Aug. 8-9. All lots will be offered by Jamie Railton Sales Agency, and the draft will consist of seven horses-in-training, two unraced geldings, a yearling, and three in-foal mares with foals at foot. Headlining the consignment is Third Time Lucki (Ire) (Arcadio {Ire}), who is a dual Grade 2-winning chaser, with novice chase victories at Cheltenham and Doncaster. Also set to sell are triple winner West Cork (GB) (Midnight...

Miss Heritage (Ire) (Pour Moi {Ire}) (lot 166), a Grade 2 winner over jumps, brought a sale-topping £78,000 on the bid of Richard Venn Bloodstock and Simon Davies's DahlBury at the Goffs UK August Sale on Wednesday. Consigned by WH Bloodstock, the bay landed the G2 Yorkshire Rose Mares' Hurdle at Doncaster in January and is in foal to Newsells Park Stud's Nathaniel (Ire), the sire of this year's G1 Cazoo Derby hero Desert Crown (GB). The debut winning pointer Townhill (Ire) (Presenting {GB}) (lot 101) was knocked down to...

The two-day Goffs UK August Sale came to a close on Thursday with the sale's traditional store session being joined by a section of yearlings that were intended to be sold at the firm's January Sale that was delayed by Covid. It was a yearling colt by Blue Bresil (Fr) (lot 366) that led trade on Thursday, the grandson of the Grade 1-winning hurdler Lady Rebecca (GB) (Rolfe) knocked down to R.B.S. Ltd for £44,000. Another Blue Bresil yearling colt (lot 389) was picked up by Pine Tree for £42,000,...

The Goffs UK August Sale, this year extended to two days, opened at Doncaster on Wednesday with a session of horses in training achieving an 88% clearance rate. Topping trade was 5-year-old pointer Secret Scripture (GB) (Mount Nelson {GB}) (lot 97), who was hammered down to Tom Malone for £50,000. He was offered by Donnchadh Doyle, who sold two of the top four lots on the day, also including Etincelle Artiste (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}) (lot 129), who made £40,000 from Nick Alexander. The second top lot was Canford Light...

The weanling portion of the Goffs UK January Sale has been moved to the Doncaster August Sale on Aug. 4-5, Goffs UK announced on Thursday. The foal session has become a yearling session and it was transferred due to continued COVID-19 restrictions. The Goffs UK January Sale was originally split into two parts-the online horses-in-training and National Hunt breeding stock portion was part one on Jan. 26 and Part II was a physical sale of NH weanlings at Doncaster on Feb. 17. After this rescheduling, Part I of the sale...