P2P Sale

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...

Happy D'Ex (Fr) (Saddler Maker {Ire}), a 15-length winner of her career debut for owner Denis Murphy, fetched a final bid of £195,000 to top the opening session of the Goffs UK Spring HIT/P2P Sale at Doncaster. The gray filly (lot 469) was consigned by Murphy's Ballyboy Stables and was purchased by Aidan O'Ryan and Gordon Elliott. A total of 144 lots of 156 through the ring were reported as sold (92% clearance rate) for turnover of £4,580,900. The session managed to eclipse pre-pandemic numbers, with the median of £22,000...