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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 2019 MASTER DINO TOPS ARQANA AUTUMN SON OF CARAVAGGIO Demand for horses-in-training, both Flat and National Hunt, HEADS GOFFS OPENER resulted in a strong session during Monday=s Arqana Autumn Sale. The dual Grade 1-winning hurdler Master Dino (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}) (lot 189), offered by La Motteraye Consignment, was knocked down to Herve Bunel of BHB Agency for €420,000 to top proceedings. A winner of the G1 Prix Renaud du Vivier and G1 Prix Cambaceres, the 5-year-old gelding was put through the ring to dissolve a partnership. Trade was lively all day, with 183 sold (88%) from 183. The gross rose 45% to €5,607,500, while the average rose by even more at €34,829 (+47%). Another index to show a positive result was the median of €14,000, a 40% increase on 2018's equivalent session. Coming in as the second dearest lot on the day was the hurdler Gentleman de Mee (Fr) (Saint des Saints {Fr}). Cont. p5 Lot 88, a son of first-season sire Caravaggio topped Monday=s Goffs November session | Goffs IN TDN AMERICA TODAY BABY ‘BRICKS’ By DaithR Harvey Alberto Davalos, who worked as an intern with Stone Farm and KILDARE, Ireland--A bright, crisp morning at Kildare Paddocks had a hand in raising likely Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar greeted breeders, buyers and sellers on Monday for the opening (Giant’s Causeway), recalls his early impressions of the star turfer. session of Part 1 of the Goffs November Foal Sale. Trade Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. resembled the outside temperature at times but held up reasonably well when compared with the corresponding day 12 months ago. Last year, a son of No Nay Never held sway when selling for i125,000 and it was another Coolmore son of Scat Daddy in Caravaggio who supplied the sale topper this time around when lot 88 sold for i100,000. Monday's clearance rate of 68%, while not a figure to get too excited about, was certainly a step back in the right direction after last year's figure of 59% while also encouraging was the 7% rise in the aggregate to i2,871,100. The average of i18,172 (-2%) and median of i14,000 (-7%) represented just minor decreases on 2018. There were plenty of positive chatter about lot 88 throughout the morning and there was a noticeable increase in the audience numbers in the sale ring as the son of Coolmore's first-crop stallion Caravaggio made his entrance. The bids came hard and fast for the Altenbach Bloodstock-consigned colt and it was Peter Doyle who ultimately emerged on top with a bid of i100,000. "He has been bought for resale," Doyle confirmed of the son of Cape Joy (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 NOVEMBER 2019 Lot 262, presented by Cloneymore Farm as the first foal out of the dual winner Rely On Me (Ire) (Kyllachy {GB}) will make a return trip to the sales ring next year. Lot 190, a filly by Camelot (GB) and one of only two foals by the sire catalogued in the session proved popular when selling to Jamie Railton for i72,000. Railton got the better of Joseph O'Brien for the GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE DAY 1 daughter of the Jim Bolger bred Lucht Na Gaeilge (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). SESSION TOTALS 2019 2018 $ Catalogued 272 276 Afterwards Railton commented, "She will hopefully come back $ Number Offered 233 244 here for the Orby Sale next year. Joseph [O'Brien] knows more $ Number Sold 158 145 about Camelot than I do so hopefully it's a good sign that he $ Not Sold 75 99 $ Clearance Rate 68% 59% liked her too." $ High Price €100,000 €125,000 The filly was consigned and prepped by Joe Rogers of Ballintry $ Gross €2,871,100 €2,682,500 Stud on behalf of breeder Noreen Maher who was delighted $ Average (% change) €18,172 (-2%) €18,500 with the result. $ Median (% change) €14,000 (-7%) €15,000 "I'm very pleased," Maher said. "I really want to thank Joe [Rogers] for the wonderful job he has done, it's all down to him. Goffs November Foal Sale Cont. from p1 We were hopeful of a good sale as she has been very busy with lookers and one of the things that impressed me about her was He added, "This is a lovely colt with a good walk and the her energy. She showed no signs of tiredness despite being in an Caravaggios look like nice horses and I'm looking forward to out of her box for the last couple of days. I hope she does well buying plenty more of them." for her new owners and the mare is in foal to Ribchester so we This was the third six-figure lot that has been sold out of the are also looking forward to that." Cont. p3 mare following the three-time winner Motajaasid (Ire) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) in 2015 and the as of yet unraced 2-year-old Edge Of Town (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) who sold to Joe Foley last year for 130,000gns. Altenbach's Alex Whitehead, wife of Powerstown Stud's Tom Whitehead was thrilled with the price the colt made for breeder Brigid Doyle. "It's a great result, the mare has been very lucky and Caravaggio is obviously a very exciting young stallion," Whitehead said. On what was a great day for Coolmore stallions, a son of Starspangledbanner (Aus) became the session's second-highest priced foal late in the day when selling to Eddie O'Leary's Lynn Lodge Stud for i88,000. Peter Doyle | Goffs TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 NOVEMBER 2019 Goffs November Foal Sale Cont. range of first-season sires would be received by the market and another to find favour was lot Lot 97 provided a fine return 58, a daughter of Irish National for his breeder Seamus Stud stallion Decorated Knight McGarvey when selling to Guy (GB), offered by the same farm. O'Callaghan's Grangemore Stud The chestnut filly by the for i70,000. The son of The Last three-time Group 1 winner was Lion, consigned by Ballybin Stud, knocked down to Blue Diamond was bred from China In My Stud for i50,000 and hails from Hands (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) off the famous INS family of the an advertised covering fee of champion Desert King (Ire). i7,500 while the mare had It wasn't a huge surprise to see been acquired in 2015 for Blue Diamond's Imad Al Sagar 18,000gns. China In My Hands is and Tony Nerses at Goffs to help actually catalogued in the support the stallion they bred Eddie O=Leary of Lynn Lodge Stud | Goffs breeding stock sale on Thursday and raced and they further as lot 1037, in foal to El Kabeir, and comes from the speedy demonstrated their commitment to Decorated Knight by adding family of G1 Golden Shaheen winner Muarrab (GB) (Oasis lot 73, a colt from Limekiln Stud to their haul for i30,000 and Dream {GB}) and Bungle Inthejungle (GB) (Exceed And Excel lot 116, a colt from Olive O'Connor for i24,000. {Aus}). Another to make a good start with a brace of foals was The Scat Daddy influence may Mondialiste (Ire), the dual Group also have been a factor when a 1-winning son of Galileo (Ire) son of Yeomanstown Stud's first- who stands at his owner Geoff crop stallion El Kabeir sold to Turnbull's Elwick Stud in Barry Mahon of Goodwill Yorkshire for a fee of ,6,000. Bloodstock for i52,000. Lot 159 They were headed by lot 208, a was offered by Redmarble Farm colt from Railstown Stud out of out of the unraced mare Moghrama (Ire) (Harbour Watch Impasse (GB) (Dansili {GB}). The {Ire}) that sold to Mags O'Toole mare got a nice pedigree update for i50,000. The 5-year-old earlier in the year when her mare is a half-sister to stakes half-brother Raa Atoll (GB) (Sea winners Mythical Magic (Ire) The Stars {Ire}) won the G2 (Iffraaj {GB}) and Esentepe (Ire) Oleander Rennen in Germany (Oratorio {Ire}) and was bought and this colt will no doubt be Jamie Railton | Goffs by Elwick Stud at Tattersalls in targeted at a yearling sale next year. 2017 for 16,000gns. The other Mondialiste offering, lot 169, Monday provided an early flavor of how the progeny of a made i25,000. Cont. p4 DUBAWI X PASSAGE OF TIME (DANSILI) TIME TEST X ROYAL RASCAL (LUCKY STORY) 5 MONTHS OLD TIME TEST X PURE JOY (ZAMINDAR) 5 MONTHS OLD NOMINATION ENQUIRIES TIM LANE 07738 496141 JOE CALLAN 07872 058295 EMILY HUGHES 07500 154760 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 NOVEMBER 2019 GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE DAY 1 Lot Sire Dam Price (€) 88 Caravaggio Cape Joy (Ire) 100,000 Tony Nerses & Imad Al Sagar | Goffs Bred by Mr B. Doyle (Ire) Consigned by Altenbach Bloodstock Goffs November Foal Sale Cont. Purchased by Peter & Ross Doyle Tally-Ho Stud put their weight behind several foals by their own Cotai Glory (GB) picking up three by the first-crop sire 262 Starspangledbanner (Aus) Rely On Me (Ire) 88,000 including lot 222 from Collegelands Stud. This colt is out of the Bred by E. Smith & Cloneymore Farm (Ire) stakes performer New Magic (Ire) and was knocked down to Consigned by Cloneymore Farm Tony O'Callaghan for i43,000.