Goffs UK

Derrinstown Stud resident Minzaal (Mehmas) became the latest freshman sire off the mark when his Clive Cox-trained son Satellite Of Love made a winning debut in Division 2 of Saturday evening's Bodhi Solutions Exceeding Expectations In Construction EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes at Windsor. The £45,000 Goffs UK Premier yearling went postward as a 13-2 chance for the six-furlong contest and registered a 1 3/4-length verdict at the Berkshire venue. Breaking swiftly to race under a firm hold on the front end through the early fractions, he came under pressure approaching...

Four horses made six-figure prices during Thursday's final session of the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale, most notably the six-year-old Minella Premier (Shantou) (lot 620), who caused a lively bidding battle before being knocked down to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock and O'Neill Racing for £300,000. Minella Premier was offered as the winner of each of his three starts to date, first a Ballindenisk point-to-point for John Nallen and then bumpers at Fontwell and Wetherby for Richard Hobson. "Minella Premier is a lovely horse. We actually underbid him here as a pointer....

A total of 357 lots have been catalogued for the Goffs Spring HIT/P2P Sale at Doncaster. The sale is set for Wednesday, May 20 for point-to-pointers and horses-in-training on Thursday, May 21 beginning at 10 a.m. each day. Classy hurdler turned promising Flat prospect Constitution Hill (Blue Bresil) is a graduate of the sale. Some of the highlights of the point-to-point session include debut winners Island Jetaway (Jet Away) (lot 3860 and Rockatansky (Maxios) (lot 394). Among the horses-in-training is Grade 3 winner and G1 Champion Novice Chase third Nowwhatdoyouthink...

The catalogue for the Goffs UK Spring Store Sale is now online and features 211 two- and three-year-old stores. Set for Monday, May 18 beginning at 10 a.m., the sale is followed by the Goffs UK Sprint HIT/P2P Sale on Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 21. Past graduates have landed a trio of Grade 1 races this term via Storming George (Order Of St George), Bossman Jack (Jack Hobbs), and Talk The Talk (Born To Sea), while White Noise (Kingston Hill) prevailed in the G2 Mares' Novices' Hurdle at...

This year's Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale at Doncaster will see the launch of the Harry's 750 Series, featuring the new Harry's Quarter Million Bonus Series. Held in conjunction with the Harry's Half Million by Goffs, which takes place at York's Ebor Festival in August, the Harry's Quarter Million Bonus Series means eligible graduates of the Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale will now race for a total of £750,000 in Harry's 750 Series, starting next year. The bonus series will see selected two-year-old races carry a £25,000 bonus to be awarded...

The Goffs UK Doncaster January Sale, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 29, has been cancelled. The event will instead be merged with the British NH Breeders Showcase, with an enlarged sale to be held on a new date of Thursday, December 3. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, "The January Sale was the UK's only dedicated NH foal sale up to 2022 when, following feedback from UK breeders, we introduced a second sale in 2023, the British NH Breeders Showcase, to allow clients an earlier...

The Goffs UK Coral Gold Cup Sale will be staged immediately after the racing at Newbury ends on its flagship National Hunt meeting, the Coral Gold Cup, on Saturday, November 29. This year marks the third consecutive year of the sale. It will be held in the winner's enclosure at Newbury and is a select point-to-point sale. The 2023 edition featured the £320,000 sale of Kindly Prince (Mr Dinos). In 2024, 14 of the 16 horses offered sold for £1,510,500. An average price of £107,893 and median price of £85,000...

Arqana, Goffs, Goffs UK, Tattersalls and Tattersalls Ireland have agreed to harmonise the starting letter for sales catalogues from January 1, 2026. The agreement will see all sales which are catalogued alphabetically, either by lot name or dam name, start with the same letter across the participating sales companies. The starting letter for the next three years will be as follows: 2026 - F 2027 - K 2028 - P This change will apply to both Flat and National Hunt sales, with the agreement designed to provide clarity and consistency...

A total of 108 horses have been catalogued for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster on Tuesday, October 21. The sale, which includes a 15-lot unreserved dispersal from Brookhouse Racing, begins at 11 a.m. Both Flat and NH horses are in the Brookhouse consignment, among them listed bumper winner and maiden hurdle winner Aslukgoes (Yorgunnabelucky) (lot 75). Still Have Faith (Expert Eye) (lot 76) has won four times on the Flat and has also struck over hurdles, while lot 77, My Chiquita (Postponed), has won three of...

Clive Cox's love affair with York's Harry's Half Million By Goffs showed no signs of abating after Middleham Park Racing's Song Of The Clyde (Sergei Prokofiev) delivered a third straight edition of the valuable contest for the trainer. "Harry Beeby was a good friend of mine, it's such a good incentive and even better to win it three times running," said Cox. "He had a bit of size and scope as a yearling and we've always liked him. He's got a wonderful mind and it was really pleasing when he...

Tuesday's PricedUp Pushes EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes went the way of subsequent G2 Queen Mary Stakes heroine Leovanni (Kodi Bear) last term and that Karl Burke trainee's year-younger stablemate Zelaina (Mehmas) will also attempt to double up at Royal Ascot after delivering a performance of raw power in the latest renewal of Nottingham's five-furlong dash. Going some way along the road to justifying her £650,000 price tag at the recent Goffs UK Breeze-Up sale, she heads to Berkshire with a TDN Rising Star rosette in the bag after securing a...

Lakefield Farm's Doctor Dino filly topped Monday's Goffs Doncaster Spring Store Sale when going the way of the father and son team of Aiden and Olly Murphy for £120,000. One of 17 lots to make £50,000 or more, she is out of a half-sister to the Grade 1-winning chaser Le Patron. "She's gone to a fantastic trainer," said Lakefield Farm's John Bleahen, who has sold top-notchers Copperhead, L'Astroboy and The Last Samuri as stores at Goffs Doncaster in the past. "Olly's had so many winners last season. He's on his...