Malinas

Grade 2 chase winner Malaita (Malinas) topped the GoffsGo April Sale on Thursday. Sold as lot 23, she caught the eye of Thistletown Stud for £22,000. Consigned by Poplar Cottage Stables, the 10-year-old mare won five times, including the G2 Mares' Novices' Handicap Chase. Malaita is a half-sister to the multiple graded-placed jumper The Saint James (Saint Des Saints). Under the second dam are graded hurdlers Highway To Hell (No Risk At All) and Five O'Clock (Cokoriko). "We are very happy with the sale of Malaita," said David Minton, part...