THURSDAY, 1 JULY 2021 GOFFS ORBY SALE MOVES TATTERSALLS IRELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE TO NEWMARKET TO PARK PADDOCKS The Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale will for the second consecutive year be moved from its base at Fairyhouse to Tattersalls=s headquarters at Park Paddocks in Newmarket due to ongoing concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland, specifically whether international buyers will be able to attend without undergoing lengthy quarantines. The three- day sale will now take place a week earlier than originally scheduled, with Part I on Sept. 14 and 15 and Part II on Sept. 16. Tattersalls Ireland Chief Executive Officer Simon Kerins said, "The decision to relocate to Newmarket has not been taken lightly, especially having had to relocate the September Yearling Sale in 2020 but, given the disruption we experienced at the Derby Sale, it is now clear to us that we cannot rely on a >bubble= which would allow overseas buyers to visit Ireland without onerous quarantine requirements.@ Cont. p2 Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby | Goffs The Goffs Orby Sale will for the second straight year be staged IN TDN AMERICA TODAY away from its traditional home in Co. Kildare, this year taking A MIGHTY DAY FOR WOODBINE FANS place at Tattersalls=s Park Paddocks in Newmarket as the result Chris McGrath praises Mighty Heart and Canadian racing upon of an agreement between the two sales companies. Originally Woodbine's reopening. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN slated for Sept. 28 and 29, the sale will now be held across two America. evening sessions on Sept. 24 and 25 after racing at Newmarket and with a daytime session on Sept. 26. The sale will, therefore, be held in conjunction with the Cambridgeshire meeting that features the G1 Cheveley Park S. and G1 Middle Park S. The Goffs Sportsman=s Sale, which traditionally follows on from the Orby Sale, will remain in Ireland and be held in conjunction with the Goffs Autumn Yearling and HIT Sale on Nov. 1 and 2. The Goffs changes were announced after the Irish government announced it will scrap plans to resume indoor hospitality from July 5 amid concerns about the Delta Covid-19 variant. Ireland=s travel and quarantine rules remain among the strictest on the continent. Last week, a UK buyers= bubble established by Tattersalls Ireland that facilitated around 100 UK residents to travel to Ireland for the Derby sale was quashed by the government on the morning of the sale. Referring to that episode, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, ALast week=s events mean that there is currently no confidence in our ability to hold the prestigious Orby Sale in Ireland whilst the current travel restrictions into Ireland remain in place.@ Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 1 JULY 2021 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale To Newmarket cont. from p1 Kerins continued, AThe September Yearling Sale traditionally attracts large numbers of overseas visitors and at present Britain, while also being the main source of our buyers, is Goffs Orby Sale Moves To Park Paddocks cont. from p1 considerably more accessible than Ireland. Beeby continued, AThe overseas buyers >bubble= that worked AWe are hopeful that this will be the last change to our 2021 so well for the Goffs Land Rover Sale was being replicated at the sales calendar and have taken the decision at this early stage to Derby Sale but was inexplicably withdrawn at the eleventh hour provide clarity to our loyal vendors prior to entries closing next and there is simply no way that vendors, or Goffs, can take the week. We are confident that relocating the sale to Park risk that the same thing could happen on the eve of the Orby Paddocks will again allow Tattersalls Ireland to achieve our Sale as there is too much at stake. constant objective of providing a vibrant market by attracting AIn 2020 we took a later decision to move Orby to our UK sales the widest and most diverse group of buyers that we possibly complex in Doncaster but it is well known that the results were can. The relocated 2020 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling disappointing to say the least and potential Orby vendors have Sale returned record breaking figures with a top lot of ,325,000 made it clear that is not an option that would be embraced. and more horses selling for ,150,000 or more than ever before. Therefore we feel it is in the best interests of Irish vendors Vendors have already been supporting the sale this year with selling in Orby to clearly state that the sale will be held in their better quality stock and we look forward to another Newmarket in conjunction with some top class racing, as we successful renewal of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling cannot confidently deliver overseas buyers to Kildare, making it Sale at Park Paddocks in Newmarket.@ impossible for us to properly promote our world-class catalogue to an international audience. AIn many ways this is a disappointing move to have to make but we feel we have been left with no choice by recent events, as yearling vendors need certainty given the value of the yearlings we are asking them to commit to Orby. Our fervent hope and belief is that we will back in Kildare Paddocks for Orby 22 as the Irish National Yearling Sale belongs in Ireland. AAt this point I would like to thank Edmond Mahony and his Tattersalls= colleagues for giving us the option to essentially rent Park Paddocks and accommodate what is a competitor sale. The last 18 months have required all of us to work together in ways we could never have imagined and, whilst there has been plenty of mutually beneficial cooperation and give and take, this is a step further than anything else. We do not underestimate the magnitude of this generous gesture.@ Simon Kerins on the rostrum | Tattersalls Ireland TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 1 JULY 2021 ADDEYBB TO STAY IN ECLIPSE Senior Vice President Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] Addeybb | Bronwen Healy European Editor Despite his reputation as a soft-ground specialist, Addeybb Emma Berry (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) will run in Saturday=s G1 Eclipse S. at Twitter: @collingsberry Sandown whatever the underfoot conditions, trainer William [email protected] Haggas said. A triple Group 1 winner last year, Addeybb has not Associate International Editor been seen since returning this spring from his latest stint in Heather Anderson Australia, where he defended his title in the G1 Queen Elizabeth Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN S. and finished second in the G1 Ranvet S., both times over ground drier than his preference. Addeybb romped in last year=s Marketing Manager G1 Champion S. over the heavy Ascot going. Alayna Cullen AHe=s fine and he=s ready to race. We=ve had this in mind since Twitter: @AlaynaCullen he got back from Australia so we=re pleased to be there,@ Haggas [email protected] told Sky Sports Racing. AI=d be pretty loath to take him out Contributing Editors because he needs to race. You can=t keep practising on the Alan Carasso [Newmarket] Heath and in the nets and not get out in the Christina Bossinakis middle. He needs a run.@ The Eclipse has come under some criticism this week for its Cafe Racing small field size, but Haggas said he think it will be an intriguing Sean Cronin clash of the generations. Tom Frary AHere you=ve got a really top-class speedier 3-year-old [St [email protected] Mark=s Basilica] who=s won two Classics and won the Dewhurst Irish Correspondent last year, so he=s obviously a very good horse. You=ve got Daithi Harvey Mishriff, who won a French Derby and really excelled in Saudi Arabia and Dubai, and then our fella who keeps battling away Regular Columnists and bashing away. He=s as reliable a yardstick as you can get. If Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake the ground came up soft, heavy in places, our chance would Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele increase and maybe St Mark=s Basilicia=s wouldn=t, so who knows what=s going to happen.@ Haggas also provided an update on Shadwell=s G3 Hampton Court S. winner Mohaafeth (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who goes next IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY to the G2 York S. on July 24. Mohaafeth will be ridden by Dane AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 BREAKDOWN O=Neill, with first-call stable jockey Jim Crowley required at TDNAusNZ examines the stats on the Group 1 season Down Ascot for Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G1 King George Under. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. VI and Queen Elizabeth S. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 1 JULY 2021 AWe knocked the Eclipse on the head last weekend and he=s He added, AThere=s still more to come from him, I think. He=s going to go for the Sky Bet race at York on July 24, which is the horse of a lifetime, I=m lucky to have him.@ unfortunate for Jim, but good for Dane, because that=s the same Prior to his Wokingham victory, Rohaan edged out Dragon day as the King George,@ Haggas said. AThe horse that won the Symbol (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire})--first across the wire but demoted King Edward [Alenquer] is hopefully going for the [G1] Grand to second in his latest start in the Commonwealth--in the Prix de Paris on July 14, so we=ve got a busy few weeks coming G2 Sandy Lane S.