MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2020 MORRIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ORBY DRAFT THE CREAM OF IRELAND By Daithi Harvey ON OFFER IN DONCASTER The Morrin family's Pier House Stud has been doing business at Goffs for decades and the Curragh-based farm's current custodian Brendan Morrin is continuing the family tradition by sending a strong draft of seven yearlings, a mixture of homebreds and pinhooks, to the Goffs Orby Sale on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Buyers can be spurred on by the fact the farm is a proven producer of quality, high-class racehorses such as Group 1 winner Capla Temptress (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and multiple stakes winner Shamwari Lodge (Ire) (Hawk Wing). The first of the Pier House draft that will enter the ring at Doncaster will be lot 58, a colt by Le Havre (Ire) who is a full-brother to a stakes winner in Havre De Paix (Fr), who was a 230,000gns broodmare purchase two years ago by Deerpark Stud. Cont. p5 Goffs Orby alum Lucky Vega, winner of the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. Racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY THE WEEK IN REVIEW: DO OLDER HORSES OR By Daithi Harvey A different venue is not the only deviation from the norm as SOPHOMORES HOLD ADVANTAGE IN BCC? the Goffs Orby Sale takes centre stage in the European yearling T. D. Thornton has the latest edition of The Week in Review, where he investigates whether the Classic class or their elders sales calendar at Doncaster this week. On the last three holds the most clout heading into November’s GI Breeders’ Cup occasions she has been represented in this sale Galileo (Ire) has Classic. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. been the sire of the star offering out of stellar producer Green Room (Theatrical), but on this occasion it will be Gilltown Stud's Sea The Stars (Ire) who has the honour of aiming to continue the mare's spectacular sales results. As usual consigned by Ballylinch Stud on behalf of breeders Vimal and Gillian Khosla, the bay filly (lot 176) has a lot to live up to as the mare's progeny have yielded just shy of i9 million in the ring at Goffs over the years as well as, more importantly, excelling on the racecourse. While the pedigree needs little introduction some new names have added even further depth to the page this year. Military Style (War Front), a son of this filly's half-sister Together Forever (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), won the G3 JRA Tyros S. at Leopardstown in August while another half-sister Do You Love Me (Ire ) (Galileo {Ire}), herself a i3.2-million purchase at this sale two years ago, obtained some valuable black-type when third in a listed race at Newmarket. While the mating with Sea The Stars is a slight deviation, there is a successful precedent with Green Room's daughter by the same sire Signe (Ire) fetching i1.1 million at this sale in 2014, so overall the case for more of the same seems fairly airtight. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 28 SEPTEMBER 2020 Goffs Orby Preview Cont. from p1 friendly and it has been used successfully now at several sales here at Goffs UK. We have also organised for videographers to Of course the sale is not at all about just one or even a handful go to as many farms as possible so there are up-to-date videos of horses. Last year's edition unearthed this year's G1 Keeneland of most lots available as well as having videographers on site at Phoenix S. winner Lucky Vega (Ire), a i175,000 purchase by BBA the sales complex. It's a case of being adaptable and finding a Ireland for Yulong Investments as well as that horse's Group 2- way through this." winning stablemate Cadillac (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), a bargain Beeby continued, "Of course we will be doing our very best to at i40,000. There is equal strength in depth throughout this achieve the maximum price for each lot but the metric we will year's catalogue and Henry Beeby's usual optimism and look at most will be the clearance rate and to provide as vibrant infectious enthusiasm show no signs of abating despite these a marketplace as is possible at the moment. The top of the trying times. market has held up well at Arqana and Keeneland so we are "As usual we have had great support from vendors and we've hoping we can replicate that kind of activity. We are fortunate assembled another strong Orby catalogue as a result," Beeby to have a sales complex that rivals anywhere and we have added said. "Just as much work has gone into creating an environment even more facilities to cater for people. Also Irish Thoroughbred that will allow as many potential purchasers from around the Marketing are treating this as an Irish sale so will be providing world get involved with the sale and while we were unable to support to buyers coming from Ireland, which is another great have as much person-to-person contact with owners, trainers help. Doncaster is also a very accessible place within England and agents as we would normally have had, our phones have between the motorway network and the train line from London been working non-stop and we have been direct mailing people. so that is in our favour too. So between the strength of the Thankfully we've had a lot of interest from all over the world catalogue we've assembled and the record of Orby graduates on and while it will manifest itself in a lot less people being at the the track this year and in the past we are as confident as we can sale we are confident that between our online bidding and be in this ever-evolving situation that things will go well. There through the use of agents on the ground people will have no will be no lack of effort from everyone involved so please god trouble buying horses. The online platform is very customer- we can get a reasonable result." Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 28 SEPTEMBER 2020 “Between the strength of the catalogue we've assembled and the record of Orby graduates on the track this year and in the past we are as confident as Senior Vice President Gary King we can be in this ever-evolving situation Twitter: @garykingTDN that things will go well.” [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] Goffs Orby Preview Cont. European Editor Emma Berry Galileo has been prolific at the top end of this sale, siring the Twitter: @collingsberry highest-priced yearling the last two years and indeed the top [email protected] two last year headed by the i3-million filly out of Green Room now named Espania (Ire) who is in training with Aidan O'Brien. Associate International Editor When crossed with sprinting mares Galileo has produced some Heather Anderson top-class horses, notably Cape Blanco (Ire) and Churchill (Ire) to Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN name just two and buyers will have that in mind when Marketing Manager inspecting lot 122, one of eight by the sire in the catalogue. The Alayna Cullen Castlebridge-consigned filly is grey like her very fast dam Easton Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) who won two listed races over the [email protected] minimum trip for trainer Mike Dodds before being sold for 500,000gns in 2017. Contributing Editors Luke Barry offers a Galileo half-sister to G1 Irish Derby winner Alan Carasso Trading Leather (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) through his Manister House Christina Bossinakis Stud as lot 311, while Baroda Stud's lot 305 is out of Australian Cafe Racing Group 1 winner Nechita (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). Cont. p4 Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY RUSSIAN CAMELOT’S STALLION CREDENTIALS BUILD MG1SW Russian Camelot (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) is a potential start stallion in the making, but not in the usual Australian mould. The pricy Espania as a yearling | Goffs Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 28 SEPTEMBER 2020 Goffs Orby Preview Cont. tag of i155,000, when purchased from breeders Airlie Stud at Having topped one yearling session already this season Baroda Goffs last year, suggests he looks the part too. Camas Park also has a strong hand to repeat that feat and their draft, which is offers a full-brother to last year's champion European sprinter the second-largest numerically, also features a colt by Kingman Ten Sovereigns (Ire) as lot 388. The No Nay Never colt's two (GB) out of the German champion 2-year-old Monami (Ger) older full-sisters have made i600,000 and 320,000gns, (Sholokhov {Ire}). Lot 291 has added appeal as a half-brother to respectively, the last two years so his credentials are obvious. this year's G1 Preis de Diana winner Miss Yoda (Ger) (Sea The Last year's G1 Prix de Diane Longines winner Channel (Ire) Stars {Ire}). Another Baroda yearling with a close Classic (Nathaniel {Ire}) slipped through the net at this sale three years connection is lot 211, a Dark Angel (Ire) colt out of G1 Irish 1000 ago when sold to Meridian International for just i18,000 but Guineas winner Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) while few one imagines a bit more attention will be paid to lot 253.