NH sale
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...
Debut point-to-point winner Wordfromhome (Poet's Word) topped a record Goffs Aintree Sale on Thursday evening. Offered by Monbeg Stables, lot 9 sold to Highflyer Bloodstock and Paul Nicholls for £320,000. Second dam Howaya Pet (Montelimar) won a Grade 3 chase and is the dam of graded hurdler Johnnywho (Califet). J P McGrath Bloodstock and Nicky Henderson shelled out £290,000 for Royal Response (Getaway) (lot 23), the highest-priced filly in the sale. Part of the Milestone Stables consignment, the winning daughter of G3 Lombardstown Chase heroine Royal Choice (King's Theatre) is...
Thomas Foley picked up Tullyhill for 45,000gns to top the Tattersalls Online April Sale on Thursday. Sold as lot 35 from Willie Mullins's Closutton Stables, the son of Martaline finished second in the G1 Punchestown Champion INH Flat Race and was later a listed hurdle winner for former owner Cheveley Park Stud. "There are no big plans yet but there are opportunities in America for him this summer at Saratoga and Belmont where there is a bit less emphasis on jumping, or he could have a campaign on better ground...
Whereweallbelong, who won his debut point-to-point by a staggering 36 lengths, is one of 16 lots entered in the Goffs Aintree Sale next week. The sale will be held at Aintree's winners' enclosure on opening day of the Randox Health Grand National Festival after the last race on Thursday, April 9. Consisting exclusively of four-year-olds, the catalogue features another nine debut point-to-point or bumper winners, and final entries will be confirmed next week. The son of Saint Des Saints (lot 110) is a full-brother to Grade 3-placed hurdler Saint Felicien,...
The catalogue for the Arqana Online March Sale set for 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, is now available. Leading the three-strong group is debut winner Nity Galeste (City Light) (lot 1), who took a 1900-metre race at Chantilly. Related to top-tier winners Potri Pe (Potrillazo) and Mukhalif (Caerleon), he is joined by Nippon Go (Beaumec De Houelle) (lot 3). From the family of AQPS graded winners Hispanic Moon (Spanish Moon) and Jordans (Coastal Path), he has a bumper win and novice victory to his credit. Rounding out the catalogue...
Gordon Elliott Racing snapped up debut winner Monster Truck (lot 29) for a record £530,000 to top the Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale after racing on Thursday. The four-year-old gelding is the highest-priced horse ever sold in the Tattersalls Cheltenham sale ring. The son of Goliath Du Berlais won his only start, a three-mile point-to-point at Lingstown on March 8. Consigned by Cormac Doyle's Monbeg Stables, he is out of the winning Carmen Lady (Authorized) and is a half-brother to the winning hurdler Le Yacht (Buck's Boum). Granddam Shining Sea (Anabaa...
Walk In The Park foals filled six of the seven top spots during the second session of the Goffs December NH Sale on Tuesday. Leading the way was lot 554, Ballyreddin's son of Polly's Present (Presenting), who sold to Rathmore Stud for €120,000. The half-brother to G1 Glasscarn Handicap Hurdle winner Hearts Are Trumps (Oscar) and stakes winner Go Fast Du Berlais (Kapgarde) is out of a full-sister to G1 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Denman. Interrupting the Walk In The Park monopoly was lot 538, a son of Jukebox Jury...
Minella Racing's Minella Academy (Sea The Moon) was knocked down for £370,000 during the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale at Newbury on Saturday. Sold as lot 6 to Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins, the three-year-old won his hurdle debut at Cork by eight lengths earlier this month. His granddam, Last Second (Alzao), won the G2 Sun Chariot Stakes, G2 Nassau Stakes and G3 Park Stakes and was second in the G1 Coronation Stakes. At stud, she left 10 winners from 15 foals, among them multiple top-level winner and French Classic...
Gordon Elliott has entered nine horses in the ThoroughBid November Sale, which takes place on Wednesday, November 26. Pour Les Filles (Pour Moi) (lot 16) anchors the Cullentra consignment, and he was last seen finishing seventh in a Class 2 novice hurdle at Cheltenham. Also entered is 15-length bumper winner Carsons Dreamboat (My Dream Boat) (lot 20). She won a Clonmel bumper in May. Outside of the Cullentra consignment is Ledecka (Scorpion) (lot 19), runner-up in a recent bumper, as well as National Hunt stores by Blue Bresil and Kew...
The stallion Chanducoq (lot 709) topped the Arqana Autumn NH Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville on Thursday when selling for €450,000 to Valentin Adam of Adam Bloodstock on behalf of Haras de Cercy's Jacques Cypres. Offered by Haras de la Barbottiere, the 12-year-old is the sire of Grade 3-winning hurdler Rooster Crowning among several other winners. He is also a half-brother to fellow Cercy stallion Cokoriko. "We were keen to get some Voix du Nord blood, as he gave us so much," said Cypres of the son of Voix Du...
Wednesday's session of the Arqana Autumn Sale consisted of 117 lots of National Hunt-bred yearlings. Of the 106 offered, 69 (65%) sold for a gross of €2,192,500. The average was up slightly to €31,775 (+1%) from €31,493. The median rose 10% to €22,000. A total of 208 National Hunt yearlings went under the hammer during the Autumn Sale this year, with 22 more lots than in 2024. The clearance rate increased five points at 68%. The average, at nearly €30,000, was slightly down by four points. The turnover increased by...
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...