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The catalogue for the Goffs December National Hunt Sale from December 8-10 is now online. Featuring a larger catalogue of 814 lots, there are 745 foals, 58 breeding stock and 11 yearlings and store horses. Graduates that shone this past season include Cheltenham Grade 1 winner Lecky Watson. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. each day. Grade 1 winners with foals selling include Shattered Love (Yeats), who will be represented by a Blue Bresil colt as lot 633; Glens Melody (King's Theatre) has a colt by Poet's Word entered...

DEAUVILLE, France -- Trade may have slightly shifted down a gear, as is to be expected of a graded sale, but right from the word go on Wednesday there was a noted surge in demand, along with a new wave of faces on the ground for this second session, which saw a rise in the clearance rate to 82.5 per cent, up by five per cent on the equivalent day last year. That in turn led to an increase in both average and median as well as the session's aggregate,...

The catalogue for the Goffs October HIT and Yearling Sale at Doncaster has grown by 14 lots with the late addition of Mr McLoughland (Forever Now) (lot 89) and 13 other lots. A winner of two of his three hurdle starts for Jack Jones, Mr McLoughland is joined by lot 90, Jaycee Reidy (Walk In The Park), who won his second and most recent point-to-point; lot 92, Western Zephyr (Westerner), a four-time winner over hurdles and fences and second in a Grade 2 chase at Cheltenham last season; and King...

Four-time winner Liberty Coach (Le Havre) (lot 54) is one of the stars of the 155-lot strong Tattersalls Online October Sale catalogue. The sale takes place from October 22 beginning at 11 a.m., with the first lot scheduled to close at the same time one day later. Currently rated 96 by Timeform, Liberty Coach was an all-the-way winner of Redcar's Class 2 handicap in May. He is one of 110 horses-in- and out-of-training set to sell. There are also 29 broodmares, 13 yearlings, two foals, and one store. Other lots...

The Group 1-placed G3 Prix des Chenes hero Misunderstood (Hello Youmzain) (lot 372) is one of the highlights of Arqana's Autumn Sale catalogue which was revealed on Saturday. The sale is responsible for top-level graduates under both codes, and in addition to Misunderstood, will also offer group winners Midak (Footstepsinthesand) (lot 374) and Roshvar (Siyouni) (lot 375). Among the stores and NH yearlings are siblings to Grade 1 winners St Donats (Saint Des Saints) (lot 534); Jade De Grugy (Doctor Dino) (lot 540), Ches Demonmirail (Doctor Dino) (lot 603); Stormy...

Yearlings by first-crop stallions continued to be in demand during Wednesday's closing session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearlings Sale as a colt by Jackie's Warrior (hip 482) topped the session at $180,000. Bred and consigned by Glen Hill Farm, the colt was picked up by Elijah and Nelson Arroyo of Arroyo Bloodstock who deemed him on social media to be "our favorite horse of the entire catalog." "Physically, he was one of the most muscular horses that we saw," Elijah said. "He has a really nice presence...

A total of 108 horses have been catalogued for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster on Tuesday, October 21. The sale, which includes a 15-lot unreserved dispersal from Brookhouse Racing, begins at 11 a.m. Both Flat and NH horses are in the Brookhouse consignment, among them listed bumper winner and maiden hurdle winner Aslukgoes (Yorgunnabelucky) (lot 75). Still Have Faith (Expert Eye) (lot 76) has won four times on the Flat and has also struck over hurdles, while lot 77, My Chiquita (Postponed), has won three of...

'TDN Rising Star' Damon's Mound (Girvin) leads 64 offerings in the catalog for the 2025 Inglis Digital USA October (Early) Sale which went online Friday morning. Bidding is now open for the online auction with the first lot set to close Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. Eastern, with subsequent listings hammering in three-minute increments thereafter. Among the standouts in the catalog is the aforementioned Damon's Mound, a Grade II winner offered as a racing or stallion prospect. This 'Rising Star' was a quick-starting 2-year-old, breaking his maiden on debut...

Keeneland September Book 5 opened Wednesday with continued strong trade across the board led by a Midshipman colt (hip 3056) who topped the session at $270,000 to trainer Wesley Ward. Increases were seen on all fronts as 303 yearlings sold through the ring for $15,405,500, up 12.09% from last year's Session 9 gross of $13,744,000 for 308 horses. Average price of $50,843 was 13.94% above $44,623 last year and the median increased 14.29% from $35,000 to $40,000. Cumulatively, Keeneland has sold 2,074 yearlings through the ring for $487,629,500 for an...

Two yearlings owned by Ann Hayes, who suffered serious injuries when she was trampled by a horse last week, will sell in the final days of the Keeneland September Sale. Both are consigned by Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services. Hip 3492, from the first crop of Greatest Honour, is the first foal of the More Than Ready mare Willing, from the family of GISWs Constitution, Awesome Humor, and Surfer. The filly is in Barn 32 and sells Thursday. Hip 4593 is a filly by Flameaway out of Differentiate (Include), sells on the...

220 yearlings have been catalogued to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale, the company announced Tuesday. The sale will be held  Tuesday, September 30 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland beginning at 11 am. "Yearlings from the Midlantic region are well raised and that translates to results on the racetrack," said Paget Bennett, Midlantic Director of Sales. "With 55 stakes wins or placings throughout the country so far this year, Midlantic Fall continues to produce quality racehorses that can take you to the winners circle on a national...

The 24th Virginia Breeders Fund Yearling Futurity will be held this Sunday at the Warrenton Horse Show Grounds in Warrenton, Virginia with $40,000 in prize money at stake from four divisional classes. Thoroughbred trainer and pinhooker Cary Frommer, who recently relocated back to Virginia from Aiken, South Carolina, will serve as Futurity Judge. Frommer will select top yearlings from classes that include Virginia-Bred/Sired Fillies, Virginia-Bred/Sired Colts & Geldings, Virginia-Certified Fillies and Virginia-Certified Colts & Geldings. All yearlings in the Futurity are automatically eligible to share in a percent of a...