Goffs Breeze-Up Sale

A son of Mehmas (lot 197) brought £880,000 from Stroud Coleman Bloodstock to seize the lead during the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale at Doncaster in the late afternoon. "He did a very good breeze, has a very good pedigree and we're all trying to buy an Ascot runner," Anthony Stroud said. "He comes from Tally-Ho, who does a fantastic job. He just had the make and shape of what we're looking for in a breezer. Obviously it's a great deal of money and is a lot more than one would...

Who runs Diamond Stables? That was the message floating around the WhatsApp groups on Tuesday after Rodrigo Goncalves, the man behind the relatively new breeze-up outfit, sent out a Persian Force colt [lot 59] to rock up the Doncaster straight on breeze day.  The term new is a loose one as this is far from the Brazilian native's first rodeo. Goncalves has been associated with some very good horses and become a familiar face on the sales circuit through his time spent working with Robson Aguiar. It's likely that nobody...

DONCASTER, UK--The clock doesn't lie, nor do the results on the track. Goffs has come good on its promise to send owners and trainers to the hallowed ground that is the winner's enclosure at Royal Ascot with 10 graduates managing such an achievement in the last nine years.  Few sales companies can boast a similar roll of honour. Put simply, anyone with designs on rocking up to Royal Ascot in June will not have to think long and hard about speculating at Doncaster this week. Past performances are a barometer...