Put The Kettle On (Ire)

A total of 90 lots will be offered at the Goffs British NH Breeders Showcase which takes place at Doncaster on Friday, November 1. The full catalogue can be viewed here, comprising seventy-seven foals, seven yearlings and six breeding stock. As part of the Breeders Showcase, the sale will once again be preceded by a Foal Show which will honour two much missed figures of the British breeding world. The colts' class commemorates Richard Aston from Goldford Stud and the fillies' class Robert Chugg of Little Lodge Farm. Goffs are...

Back after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the 2022 Goffs UK Aintree Sale was topped by the winning point-to-pointer Croke Park (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}) (lot 8) at £400,000. A 4-year-old gelding who ran second at Lingstown on debut in March, the Ballyboy Stables-consigned bay was purchased by Gordon Elliot Racing. His half-brother, Etre Francais (Ire) (Anzillero {Ger}), has placed third in a French listed hurdle. This is the family of the graded-winning chaser Oiseau de Nuit (Fr) (Evening World {Fr}). Second on the buyers' sheet was lot 1,...