Goffs Orby Book 2

Rathbarry Stud have not had too long to wait for the first winner for their first-season sire State Of Rest as Anad scored on debut at Wolverhampton on Friday. Sent off the 2-1 favourite for the extended seven-furlong fillies' novice, the Karl Burke-trained €150,000 Goffs Orby Book 2 topper raced in rear throughout the early stages. Sent forward by Clifford Lee on the home turn, Alanood Althani's colour-bearer was notably green after hitting the front a furlong out but firmly in command as she registered a head verdict over Shadwell's...

"It truly is one you cannot afford to miss," Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby said of Orby Book 2 as the catalogue for the two-day sale was published on Monday, featuring 433 yearlings to be offered on Wednesday, October 1 and Thursday, October 2. Every yearling in Orby Book 2 is eligible for the Two Million Series, with its €2-million prize fund being divided equally between Europe's richest two-year-old contest - the €1-million Goffs Million - and €1 million of €50,000 bonuses across a diverse programme of two-year-old races...

Goffs chief Henry Beeby acknowledged the selective nature of the trade at the re-branded Part 2 Goffs Orby Sale where a €140,000 Night Of Thunder (Ire) filly led the way on Friday when selling from Derrinstown Stud to Macie and Kishore Mirpuri. That sale continued the theme of well-bred fillies commanding plenty of respect in the ring during Book 1 and Book 2 of this year's Orby Sale.  Lot 955 was purchased by the Polish agent Kishore Mirpuri on behalf of Macie Jodlowski, the leading trainer in that jurisdiction. However,...