The World's WEDNESDAY, 29TH JULY 2020 Yearling Sale SEPTEMBERSALE BEGINS SUNDAY 13 EBN SEPTEMBER.KEENELAND.COM EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU TODAY’S HEADLINES GOFFS UK EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com STORE BUYERS KEEP THE FAITH AT BELATED SALE Store-horse vendors were given another belated chance to clear Stradivarius (Sea The Stars) made history yesterday on the stock when Goffs UK staged day one of its COVID-19-created opening day of Glorious Goodwood, becoming the first horse Summer Sale in Doncaster, writes Carl Evans. to win four renewals of the Gr.1 Goodwood Cup. For some it was day two because at the same venue on Monday Full story on page 7. © Edward Whitaker afternoon some 65 stores had gone under the hammer – they had been rerouted to Doncaster from Ireland’s Derby and Land Rover Sales to avoid isolating challenges for British vendors – and IN TODAY’S ISSUE... there are more unbroken jumpers to come today when Goffs UK’s August stores are given their chance in the ring. They will be Arqana releases Select Yearling Sale catalogue p7 followed by a collection of pointers and horses-in-training. Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale - day two p10 Yesterday’s trade was short of startling results but long on solid Steve Cargill’s Racing Week p18 trading. Turnover of £3,535,000 was down 25 per cent, although 33 fewer lots were offered. Pleasingly the other key figures were Stakes fields p24 more than reasonable given the certainty of a post-pandemic Cheltenham winners in waiting... GOFFS LAND ROVER SALE 12-13 August 2020 BID ONLINE Contact ITM for information and assistance Phone + 353 45 443 000 | Email [email protected] | Website www.itm.ie SAMCRO (IRE) CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 DEAUVILLE SELECT SALE 24-26 SEPTEMBER DEAUVILLE © Z.Lupa - Ultimate Racing Photos © Z.Lupa - Ultimate Some dates can’t be missed! 492 selected yearlings including 22 siblings to Gr.1 winners such as MAGIC WAND, MAGIC WAND, winner of Mackinnon Stakes DREAM AND DO, (Gr.1) & 10 times Gr.1-placed WATCH ME, TREVE, SISTERCHARLIE, SOTTSASS, UNI, POLYDREAM, ADDEYBB, AL WUKAIR etc. CONTACT CATALOGUE [email protected] +33 (0)2 31 81 81 00 ONLINE www.arqana.com SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 29TH JULY 2020 downturn in the economy, with the average falling just eight per cent to £24,379, while the median dipped five per cent to £20,000. The day’s clearance rate dropped four points to 75 per cent, while the top price was shared by a pair of horses who made £80,000. No one can be sure of the economic outcome that will unfold over the next couple of years, but the sense that racing professionals and their patrons retain a sense of positivity was evident once again. Goffs UK’s managing director Tim Kent said: “Selling National Hunt Stores at the end of July was not something that we would have predicted when we were inspecting the horses for today’s sale, and the widely-publicised events that have led to this week’s sale schedule have been a challenge for all attendees, but the wait has been worthwhile and we are delighted with today’s trade. “Yesterday’s session was the perfect way to start the store sales season and set the tone for today, which has returned as vibrant a trade as we could have hoped for at the start of the week. We are grateful to all participants for their patience and understanding in the build-up to this sale and we wish all buyers the best of luck with their new purchases. But the real praise is reserved for the vendors, who have worked with us to ensure that this revised schedule has delivered results that are more than acceptable given the delays that everyone had to endure. “Our focus now turns to the Land Rover Sale in just over two weeks’ time and which features an excellent selection of top-class National Hunt Stores.” DIAMOND SPARKLES ON TWO LISTS A handsome gelding who paid a compliment to his sire and dam and also to the Bleahen family’s Lakefield Farm is heading to Gloucestershire after being bought by Willie Twiston-Davies. His bid of £80,000 secured Boy Adely (Lot 25), a son of Kilbarry Lodge Stud sire Diamond Boy and the Bering mare Adelyta, who was a winner in France and whose half-brother Monsieur Lecoq was a very smart hurdler for Devon trainers Nick and Jane Williams. Adelyta’s three-year-old gelded son had been bought by Hugh Bleahen as a foal in France, having been conceived at Haras de la Croix Sonnet in the year before his sire moved to his current County Waterford base in Ireland. Twiston-Davies said Boy Adely would be joining his father Nigel’s Naunton stables and Bleahen commented: “He’s been an Lakefield Farm consigned Lot 25, a Diamond Boy gelding, who jointly topped the day’s trade when knocked down to Willie Twiston-Davies for £80,000. © Goffs UK CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 29TH JULY 2020 Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld GOFFS UK SUMMER SALE – DAY TWO Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (£) 25 3g DIAMOND BOY – Adelyta Lakefield Farm Twiston-Davies Equine 80,000 26 3g SOLDIER OF FORTUNE – Afaraka Ballincurrig House Stud Shaun Brookhouse 80,000 35 3f MIDNIGHT LEGEND – Annie’s Answer Battlefield Stud Stroud Coleman Bloodstock 70,000 48 3g DOYEN – Bay Dove Ballincurrig House Stud Tom Malone/Jamie Snowden 62,000 61 3g SAGEBURG – Carleys Flight Lakefield Farm Evan Williams 60,000 222 3g SHOLOKHOV – So You Said Galbertstown Stables Ryan Mahon 60,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS exceptional mover from the word go, but I’m so pleased he’s going to He added: “Ian and I drew up a couple of lists and this horse was a terrific trainer who has bought a few good horses from me over the on both of them. He’s a very good-looking horse with a great walk years. Thanks also to Evan Williams who was underbidder – it’s great and he’s a great stamp with a lot of quality. to have people like that involved.” “He’ll come back to my yard, which is about half a mile from dad’s, In Twiston-Davies Jr’s case the no.1 person for advice on the to be broken in and we’ll take it from there. He’s a proper staying gelding was not his father, but Northern Ireland’s Ian Ferguson, a chaser for the future.” former trainer of pointers who is now concentrating on buying Glamorgan trainer Evan Williams had to accept the also-ran and selling horses for a select group of customers. Yesterday he label on this horse, but he availed himself of another Lakefield and Twiston-Davies were working in tandem, and Willie said of his Farm offering when securing a son of Sageburg (Lot 61) with a mentor: “Ian’s a genius.” bid of £60,000. This March foal was produced by the Busy Flight mare Carleys Flight, a half-sister to the tough and talented chaser Bless The Wings. OP FAMILY APPEALS TO BROOKHOUSE Michael Moore of Ballincurrig House Stud was busy as a buyer and seller during Monday’s short-session of stores and he was ubiquitous again yesterday. Consigning a son of Soldier Of Fortune (Lot 26), Moore looked on as an £80,000 bid resulted in the hammer falling in the direction of Shaun Brookhouse, who headed interest from underbidder David Phelan. Brookhouse was acting for his father, Roger, a well-known racehorse owner who is based in the West Midlands. Purpose built facility Just 10 mins from Junction 15 of M4 Breaking In | Rehabilitation | Pre Training Turnout | Sales Prep/Consigning www.hettastevensracing.com t +44 (0)7867 307599 e [email protected] Shaun Brookhouse signed for Lot 26, a Soldier Of Fortune Vinces Barn, Overtown, Wroughton, Swindon SN4 0SJ gelding, who was the other £80,000 lot. © Goffs UK 4 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 29TH JULY 2020 Also present was Tom George, the Gloucestershire trainer who was familiar with the pedigree page, for it contained under second dam Afarka the name of Black Op, whom he has trained to become a Gr.1 winner over hurdles and a progressive chaser currently rated 152 by the BHA. George, who trains Black Op for Brookhouse, said: “We know the page well and this is a lovely individual who was checked over by the vets and is in good shape. He’ll be broken in and will go back to Roger’s for a break, but he’s one for the future.” With racing enduring the straitjacket of staging meetings under strict protocols and fears of economic strangulation around the corner, the hobby of racehorse owning is clearly up for discussion, but George said: “We have to keep going. It’s going to be tougher, but I’ve got to buy some young horses to keep the ball rolling and there should be some good value around.” Jane and Reg Makin, who bred and sold a Midnight Legend Other members of the Ballincurrig House Stud consignment filly (Lot 35) to Matt Coleman for £70,000.