Goffs UK September HIT Sale

The Goffs UK September HIT Sale featured National Hunt horses-in-training, and High Stakes (Ire) (Scorpion {Ire}) (lot 61) was knocked down to Tessa Greatrex on behalf of Highflyer Bloodstock to top the sale at £85,000. Offered by John Walsh, the Champion Irish Point-to-Pointer has won four of his five point-to-point starts. Also a main draw for the sale was the Gigginstown House Stud dispersal, which featured 39 lots, and all of them found new homes for an aggregate of just over £500,000. The dispersal's top price was also the second...

Following on from this week's Premier Yearling Sale, the Goffs UK sale ring in Doncaster will be in action again on Wednesday, Sept. 8 when 165 lots have been catalogued for the September HIT Sale. Notably, the catalogue contains 42 lots from the Gigginstown House Stud Dispersal, including the 8-year-old Grade 1-winning hurdler and chaser Battleoverdoyen (Ire) (Doyen {GB}), who sells as lot 56. A mixture of Flat and National Hunt prospects, the sale features horses from a number of leading yards in Britain and Ireland. Among a handful of...

At the end of the day's trade, the Goffs UK September HIT Sale posted a sparkling clearance rate of 91%, with 221 lots sold of 243 horses through the ring. The sale featured the Gleadhill House Dispersal, which sold all 56 members of its draft for a gross of £1,136,200. The overall aggregate was £2,731,200, with an average up four points to £12,358 and a median of £6,000 (-25%). Topping the sale, 7-year-old gelding Stoney Mountain (Ire) (Mountain High {Ire}) (lot 183) brought a bid of £140,000 from Tom Malone...