Goffs UK Spring Sale

Dai Walters, a leading owner in the National Hunt sphere and founder of Ffos Las Racecourse, will offer a partial dispersal of his jumping stock at the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale on May 25. Walters, 77, has been associated with a number of top horses over the years. Running in the name of his Walters Plant Hire firm, they include the Grade 1 winners Oscar Whiskey (Ire) and Whisper (Fr). His blue-and-white silks will be carried in Saturday's Grand National by Our Power (Ire), trained by Sam Thomas. The...

Four days of National Hunt trade came to an end in Doncaster on Thursday with an encouraging 93% clearance rate for the the two-day Goffs UK Spring HIT/P2P Sale, following a record-breaking Spring Store Sale conducted earlier in the week. The final session was led by the Grade 2-placed steeplechaser Hold The Note (Lot 632), who was sold from Mick Channon's West Ilsley stable to Brian Jordan for £130,000. When the sale was last held in this slot in 2019, the Grech & Parkin Dispersal led to a world record...

Buyers were out in force during the first day of the Goffs UK Spring Sale at Doncaster, which resulted in record trade across the board at the end of the first of two days of selling NH stores. A gelded son of Kayf Tara (GB) (lot 101) drew the highest price of £165,000 when knocked down to the duo of Tom Malone and Paul Nicholls. Consigned by Lulham Bloodstock, the bay is a son of Gaye Sophie (GB) (Environment Friend {GB}), already the dam of Grade 2 hurdler Silver Hallmark...