Goffs to Host Nominations Sale Benefit

Goffs will auction stallion nominations at the conclusion of the first session of its November Breeding Stock Sale with proceeds benefitting the Ann Hanley Parkinson’s Research Fund. Nominations to Irish National Stud stallion Dragon Pulse, Yeomanstown Stud’s Camacho, Tally Ho Stud’s G Force and Red Jazz from Ballyhane are already confirmed with additional stallions expected to be added in the coming days. Auction lots are being coordinated by Jim Ryan of Milltown Stud. The research fund is named after Kentucky-based Irishwoman Ann Hanley, wife of former Curragh trainer and current manager of WinStar Farm David Hanley, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at age 49. Hanley is a member of a research team led by Professor Greg Gerhardt and Dr. Craig Van Horne in Kentucky which is developing a surgery known as Deep Brain Stimulation Plus Nerve Graft to attempt to change the course of Parkinson’s Disease.

“The Ann Hanley Parkinson’s Research Fund has been set up solely to fund these surgeries and allow this research to continue,” Hanley explained. “We have only begun our journey and need funding to learn more about the brain and the different areas that control our movements, mood and speech. Anybody who helps with this cause is leaving a legacy, we have the potential to change the world of brain disease. The only obstacle to our progress is funding.”

Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby added, “Parkinson’s Disease is a disease that touches virtually all of us in one way or another and we are pleased to be able to help in a very small way by holding the nominations auction at Goffs at a time when so many breeders will be here.”