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The annual TBA National Hunt Breeders' Awards, sponsored by Goffs, will take place on Monday, May 19 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Doncaster, during the Goffs Doncaster Spring Sale. The evening will see breeders, owners, trainers and their teams come together to celebrate the outstanding achievements of British-based breeders and British-bred horses during the 2024/25 National Hunt season. The awards will be presented over the course of the evening, including the Queen Mother's Silver Salver, which is awarded by the TBA National Hunt Committee to an individual who in their...

Graduates of the Goffs Orby Sale are eligible to win €1 million in bonuses across the UK and Ireland during the 2025 Flat Season. The announcement marks an expansion of the Goffs Two Million Series to the UK. Bonuses of €50,000 will be paid to the winning connections of 10 juvenile contests in Ireland and 10 in the UK as part of the Goffs Two Million Series. The list of nominated races is now available to view here on the Goffs website. The Goffs Two Million Series is open to...

Adrian Murray trainee Arizona Blaze (Ire) (Sergei Prokofiev--Liberisque {GB}, by Equiano {Fr}), who closed a nine-race juvenile campaign with a runner-up finish in November's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint when last seen, made a winning return to action in Friday's Horse Racing Every Friday Until 11th April Race at Dundalk. Amo Racing and Giselle De Aguiar's March-foaled bay got the better of subsequent G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero Camille Pissarro (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in May's G3 Marble Hill Stakes and broke swiftly to gain an early advantage in...

A 206-strong catalogue for the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale at Doncaster on April 23 and 24 was revealed on Tuesday. Its graduates have supplied 10 wins at Royal Ascot in the last nine years, led by multiple Group 1 winner Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), and other group winners to have emanated from the sale include G2 Flying Childers Stakes winner Aesterius (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Powerful Glory (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), G2 Richmond Stakes scorer Black Forza (Complexity) and Electrolyte (Ire) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), who landed the...

Sulaiyma (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a 4-year-old half-sister to G3 Munster Oaks heroine Sumiha (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), topped Thursday's Goffs Online Sale, which consisted of seven lots from the draft of the Aga Khan Studs. The horses were scratched out of the Goffs February Sale proper as a mark of respect following the recent passing of His Highness The Aga Khan. The bay went to Tally-Ho Stud on a bid of €150,000. Sold as lot 381, the filly is from the extended family of Sinndar (Ire). All seven lots...

A significant draft of seven lots from the Aga Khan Studs, withdrawn from last week's Goffs February Sale as a mark of respect following the recent passing of His Highness The Aga Khan, will be offered in an online sale on Goffs.com on Thursday, February 13. The sale will be held as a timed online auction between the hours of 12pm and 2pm. Prospective buyers must register to bid by 5pm on Wednesday, February 12 on the online catalogue page, which also offers pedigree information, photos and videos for each...

More And More is an old ditty that the late singer Joe Dolan, one of County Westmeath's finest exports, made famous back in the 1980s. Well, the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association could not have found a more suitable backing track to the small breeder award presentation at The Heritage Hotel, which was won by fellow Westmeath man John Connaughton. For starters, Connaughton has enjoyed a lifetime of successes in business which have been replicated through his bloodstock endeavors. And even at the age of 93, the accolades keep on coming...

Moyglare Stud provided the jewels in the crown of the Goffs February Sale when two well-bred colts by hot stallions Blue Point (Ire) and Study Of Man (Ire) sold for a combined €415,000, which accounted for just over 10 per cent of the entire turnover at Kildare Paddocks this week.  It was the Blue Point colt out of Dansili (GB) mare Tina Angelina (Ire) who commanded a sale-topping €250,000 when selling to Tally-Ho Stud while Matt Coleman--signing under The Investors--landed the Study Of Man for €165,000.  All told, the turnover...

His Highness the Aga Khan was remembered on the opening day of the Goffs February Sale, where the auditorium fell silent before the action--which was headlined by a €150,000 Space Blues (Ire) filly--got underway shortly after 11am. The Aga Khan Studs was due to offer a draft of seven horses during the two-day sale but they were withdrawn as a mark of respect to one of the most influential owner-breeders who passed away at the age of 88 on Tuesday night.  "On behalf of the Board of Goffs, Group Chief...

Goffs will firm up plans for the Classic Breeze-Up Sale, initially slated for June 28 and 29, by the end of this week with Henry Beeby sharing that the reaction to the new sale by consignors has been overwhelmingly positive during inspections throughout the past fortnight.  Up until this year, the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale was the only show in town on the Emerald Isle. Goffs announced last August its intention to enter the breeze-up market in Ireland and, for a brief period, Goresbridge--which was the original home of the...

Space Tourist (Ire) (Jet Away {GB}) (lot 390A) is one of several supplements to the upcoming Goffs February Sale, which takes place on Feb. 5-6. Her granddam is Argento Luna (GB) (Mtoto {GB}), who won at listed level over hurdles. Dream Ticket (Fr) (Dariyan {Fr}), a winning 4-year-old half-sister to Group 1 winner Naaqoos (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), has been added, as well, as lot 390G. There is also a Walk In The Park (Ire) weanling, which is lot 284A. His dam is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner...

What is in store for the bloodstock industry in 2025? From a shoo-in for the first-season sires' championship, market predictions, a word or two on Amo Racing and much more, TDN Europe's Brian Sheerin has come up with 10 predictions for the new year. Yearling Sale Momentum Can Continue Into The Breeze-Up Market It can be hard enough to predict how strong or weak trade will be on the eve of a sale, not to mention three or four months out, but there are a few good reasons to believe...