Goffs

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...

Kia Joorabchian has poured cold water on any potential severing of ties between trainer Robson Aguiar after the Brazilian native claimed he had lost at least 10 Amo Racing-trained runners on Monday.  The Amo boss went as far as saying he was "shocked" by the trainer's comments and refuted any talk of grumblings between the pair during racing at Naas on Sunday.  It was suggested that Aguiar was informed of Joorabchian's decision to take horses away from the stable shortly after the trainer enjoyed a one-two in the five-furlong conditions...

A three-year-old gelding by Golden Horn topped Monday's Goffs Doncaster Spring Store Sale when bought by Paul Nicholls and daughter Megan for £140,000. A half-brother to the G1 Champion Hurdle third Luccia (The Gurkha), lot 100 was offered on behalf of breeder Paul Sandy by Mill House Stud. "We loved him, he was our pick of the sale," said Megan Nicholls. "Dad thought that we needed to come here and try to find as similar a type as we could to Regent's Stroll, who obviously won the sales race. "They're...

The catalogue for the Goffs Arkle Sale is now online. Set for June 9-10 for Part I and June 11 for Part II, the sale features 732 stores. A total of 10 Arkle graduates have won Grade 1 races this past season, four at Cheltenham, four at Punchestown, and one each at Aintree and Fairyhouse. Lot 249, a Harzand half-brother to Grade 1 winner and Grand National hero Tiger Roll (Authorized), stars at the sale. Other lots of note include the half- or full-siblings to Grade 1 winners: lot 57,...

In terms of the horses themselves, Americans of due adventure could hardly have more compelling incentives to prospect the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale. Last year's auction was staged immediately after Kentucky-bred Ruling Court (Justify) vindicated his status as the record-breaking sale-topper of 2024 by winning the G1 2,000 Guineas, while GI Preakness Stakes winner War of Will (War Front) is among those American-bred graduates to have excelled back on native soil. But this time round there is a fresh spur to American interest. Because even as sires like Justify have finally...

The Tom Dascombe-trained debutant Crown Of Ivy (Naval Crown) belied his inexperience and surged clear of five rivals at the end of a six-furlong novices' heat at Doncaster on Saturday evening and, in so doing, became the first winner for his Kildangan Stud-based freshman sire. Racing on the front end throughout, the heavily-supported 9-4 favourite was shaken up when threatened with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and found additional gears in the closing stages to easily overpower the  more experienced Rocket Boots (Too Darn Hot) by an impressive 2 1/2 lengths....

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...

Debut point-to-point winner Walkonseas brought a sale-topping €500,000 from JP McManus during Thursday's Goffs Punchestown Sale. Out of a full-sister to listed hurdle winner Presence Of Mind (Presenting), the son of Walk In The Park was consigned by Ballyboy Stables. Multiple Grade 1-winning chaser Albertas Run (Accordion) is under the third dam. Also sold to JP McManus was Night League (Order Of St George) (lot 5) for €320,000. Part of the Jonathan Fogarty Racing draft, the first-out winner won his point-to-point at Ballysteen. The Grade 2-placed hurdler Carriganog (Shantou) is...

Entries for the €1,000,000 Goffs Million - Europe's richest two-year-old race - will close at 12 noon on Wednesday, May 6, with connections urged to secure their place in one of the most valuable races of the season. Run on the eve of the 2026 Orby Sale at the Curragh on Saturday, September 26, the seven-furlong contest offers prize-money down to tenth place and is exclusively open to horses catalogued in the 2025 Orby Book 1 and Book 2 Sales that were nominated and declared eligible for the Goffs Two...

Amo Racing's Force Noir (Persian Force) was named a TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, after a visually impressive display at Naas on Monday. The Robson Aguiar-trained colt had previously shown a battling attitude when beaten a head after attempting to make all on heavy ground in the season's opening juvenile contest at the Curragh last month. Benefiting from much drier conditions in Monday's Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden, he made no mistake the second time around. In doing so, he became the second winner and first TDN Rising...

The initial one-dozen entries for the Goffs Punchestown Sale, set for the winner's enclosure after racing on Thursday, April 30, were released on Friday. The sale features 12 lots, 10 of them four- and five-year-old winners, nine of them won on debut. Six of the nine debut winners are geldings, including Aladin Du Rheu (Choeur Du Nord), Chanson Du Jury (Jukebox Jury) and Monjeu De Chaillac (Jeu St Eloi). Of the trio of fillies to win at first asking, All Noise is by Maxios, while Music Maker is by Mahler...

Trainer Michael O'Callaghan described the sliding figures at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale on Wednesday as "refreshing" for buyers as Tally-Ho Stud once again dominated at the top end of a polarised market when selling a Mehmas colt to Anthony Stroud at £880,000. Amo Racing and Richard Brown, who filled the role as underbidder, were involved in the running on the Mehmas colt who was out on his own as the most expensive horse sold at this year's sale. Still, he fell £120,000 short of the record-breaking Mehmas colt [Rapid Force]...