Goffs Classic Breeze Up Sale

A select offering of 74 two-year-olds will be offered at the second edition of the Goffs Classic Breeze-Up Sale, which takes place on Saturday, June 27 during Ireland's premier Classic weekend, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival. The catalogue is now available online. All lots will breeze at Naas Racecourse five days ahead of the sale on Monday, June 22, giving buyers additional time to review and inspect the horses. The sale will begin at 6.15pm on Saturday at Goffs, following afternoon racing at the Curragh where the feature...

Breeze-up handlers were unanimous in their agreement that the Goffs Classic Breeze-Up Sale has a place in the calendar after a Starspangledbanner colt headlined the first ever edition on Saturday evening at €330,000.  It was Roderic Kavanagh of Glending Stables, best known for producing multiple Group 1 winner Vandeek, who consigned the top lot at the new Classic Breeze-Up Sale. Ghislain Bozo of Meridian Bloodstock, bidding through Goffs marketing director Joey Cullen, who saw off the attention of bloodstock agent Jason Kelly. A delighted Kavanagh said, "Look, we were all...

Goffs chief Henry Beeby has described himself as 'quietly hopeful' ahead of the groundbreaking new Classic Breeze-Up Sale, due to kick off at 6.15pm on Saturday. This will be the first sale of its kind in Ireland with Goffs bidding to cater to a sector of breeze-up handlers who would usually be making their way to Arqana in France by this time of year with their later-maturing juveniles. The breeze itself took place at Naas on Monday with inspections continuing that evening and into the following morning. Handlers returned to...