The catalogue for the Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale, set to follow the same company's Premier Yearling Sale when it takes place at Doncaster Aug. 25, is now online, and features 168 yearlings by 62 sires. The 2014 Silver Sale produced Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), winner of the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, and this year's catalogue has five by her sire, including lot 627, a colt out of a half-sister to champion 2-year-old Shifting Place (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), and lot 571, another colt from the family of champion Look Here (GB) (Hernando {Fr}). Other highlights on paper include lot 519, a Dandy Man (Ire) filly out of the stakes-winning Celtic Heroine (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}), a full-sister to Group 1 winner Rainbow Peak (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}); lot 545, a Kyllachy (GB) colt out of an Invincible Spirit (Ire) half-sister to stakes winner Don't Touch (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) from the family of Group 1 winner Echelon (GB) (Danehill); and lot 644, a filly by Paco Boy (Ire), the sire of this year's G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. winner Galileo Gold (GB), who is a half-sister to Group 3 winner Chilworth Icon (GB) (Sixties Icon {GB}).
“The Silver Sale has been building in stature since it was shifted to its current date in 2014, and to have produced a Royal Ascot Group 1 winner this year really is a dream result,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “The fact that it also sold recent Group 1 winner Move In Time shows that the sale is very capable of producing top-class horses and to its credit it has done so with small but select catalogues.”
“This year has seen a 29% jump in numbers catalogued on 2015, so it's great to see more and more vendors supporting the sale and we will be working hard to ensure that buyers stay in Doncaster following the Premier Sale to buy from the Silver Sale the following day,” Beeby added.
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