The World's WEDNESDAY, 12TH AUGUST 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 EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com DELAYED LAND ROVER SALE GETS UNDERWAY After being delayed twice, the eagerly-awaited two-day Goffs Land Rover Sale finally gets underway at Kildare Paddocks today, with 532 horses catalogued for the sessions which start at The top lot at last year’s Goffs Land Rover Sale was a gelding 10:00am today and tomorrow. by Yeats (Lot 113), offered by Rathmore Stud and purchased Strict protocols are in place and Goffs’ live internet bidding by Martin Brassil for €185,000. © Goffs platform is available for those unable to attend in person if they have registered. Alternatively, telephone bidding is available via one of the Goffs team, again to have been arranged prior to the sale. Last year, 15 horses realised six-figure prices on the opening day, IN TODAY’S ISSUE... Part 1 of the sale, topped by Rathmore Stud’s Yeats full-brother to Australian racing review p10 Tintangle and half-brother to Tombstone. He was bought by Martin Brassil for €185,000, just €5,000 more than Nicky Richards Spotlight - Killeen Glebe p12 paid for Clifton Farm’s Authorized gelding T’Fou, a half-brother to Racing review p14 a Stakes-winning jumper in France. Part 1 of the sale achieved an A brand-new Tattersalls Newmarket August Sale (24th-26th) of nearly 800 horses including an excellent draft from The Castlebridge Consignment that has everything from current Stakes-winners to Breeding Stock. Pre-sale videos and on-line bidding available. Enquiries to: [email protected] www.castlebridge.eu CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 12TH AUGUST 2020 impressive 91 per cent clearance rate, with the aggregate up by 12 Lot 30, a Walk In The Park half-brother to the Gr.2-winning per cent to €11,709,500 and the median up by €7,000 to €45,000. novice hurdler El Bandit, The average was virtually unchanged at €48,386. Lot 48, a Walk In The Park half-sister to last year’s sale topper The leading purchasers in Part 1 were Highflyer Bloodstock, and to Gr.3 winner Tombstone and the Gr.1-placed Listed winner which collected 21 horses for a total of €991,000, and Monbeg Tintangle, Stables, buyers of 22 lots for an outlay of €938,000. Peter Nolan Lot 83, a Yeats half-brother to the dual Gr.1-winning chaser Bloodstock was the leading consignor by aggregate, selling 18 Pairofbrowneyes, Gr.2-winning novice chaser Master Of The horses for €831,000, while Ballincurrig House Stud sold 15 for a Hall and to the dam of triple Gr.1 winner Samcro, total of €817,000. Lot 85 a Walk In The Park half-sister to the Gr.2-winning and Part 2 was headed by a €90,000 Beat Hollow gelding from Glen Gr.1-placed hurdler Raya Star, Stables, who was bought by Martin Brassil. Turnover was up by 16 Lot 115, a Milan gelding out of the five-time Graded-winning per cent to €3,602,500, with a rise of 15 points in the average to jumper Knockfierna, €20,353 and a13 per cent lift in the median to €17,000. Lot 149, a Mahler half-sister to the Gr.1-winning novice hurdler Amongst the most numerously-represented sires over the next Monkfish, two days are Walk In The Park (42 lots), Fame And Glory (36), Lot 159, a Kalanisi half-brother to the Gr.1 bumper winner Getaway (30), Soldier Of Fortune (25), Mahler (20), Flemensfirth Ferny Hollow, (18), Califet and Shirocco (15), Ocovango (14), and Milan, Lot 165, a Califet gelding out of a half-sister to the nine-time Shantou and Westerner (13). Consignors with the most horses Gr.1-winning hurdler and dual Gr.1-winning novice chaser catalogued include Peter Nolan Bloodstock (37), Rathmore Stud Faugheen, (32), Ballincurrig House Stud (22), Brown Island Stables and Lot 170, a Walk In The Park half-sister to the Gr.1 bumper Galbertstown Stables (16 each) and Clifton Farm (14). winner and Gr.3-winning novice chaser Tornado Flyer, out of a Today’s catalogued horses include: half-sister to Hurricane Fly, Lot 2, a Milan half-brother to the Gr.2-winning hurdler Maria’s Lot 196, a Leading Light gelding out of Princess Leya, a Gr.2- Benefit, winning half-sister to Altior, Lot 17, a Shantou full-brother to the Gr.1-winning novice Lot 202, a Walk In The Park gelding, the first foal of the Gr.3- chaser The Storyteller, winning novice chaser Queens Wild, Lot 19, a Mahler half-brother to the Gr.2-winning novice Lot 211, a Milan half-brother to the triple Gr.2-winning chaser hurdler Forge Meadow, Ballyoisin, 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 12TH AUGUST 2020 Lot 223, a Presenting half-brother to triple Graded winner Tomorrow Winter Escape, and Lots: 277, 283, 286, 290, 291, 297, 302, 307, 312, 316, 322, 325, 346, Among tomorrow’s catalogued lots are: 351, 535, 370, 373, 378, 383, 392, 395, 400, 408, 413, 416, 421, 422, Lot 280, a Multiplex half-brother to the Gr.1 bumper winner 431, 444, 448, 454, 457, 459, 460, 473, 474, 477, 478, 482, 483, 492, The Liquidator (Overbury), 493, 500, 507, 512, 518, 525, 527 Lot 305, a Westerner filly out of a full-sister to the Gr.1 winner Muirhead, Lot 342, an Ocovango half-brother to the Gr.1 Cheltenham SALES TALK continued Gold Cup victor Bobs Worth, Lot 347, a Papal Bull half-brother to the Gr.1 Triumph Hurdle winner Farclas, TATTERSALLS ONLINE Lot 375, a Walk In The Park gelding out of a Listed-winning full-sister to the Gr.1-winning chaser J’y Vole, TATTERSALLS ONLINE AUGUST SALE Lot 437, a Fame And Glory gelding out of a full-sister to the BEGINS AT MIDDAY top chaser God’s Own, and Lot 502, a Waldpark half-brother to the Gr.2 Kingwell Hurdle The Tattersalls Online August Sale gets underway today, with winner Song For Someone. bidding on the 15 catalogued lots set to close in two days’ time, All horses offered for sale are eligible to enter the €100,000 beginning at 12 noon and proceeding lot by lot at five-minute Goffs Land Rover Bumper at next year’s Punchestown Festival, intervals. where the winning vendor will also win a brand new Land Rover The catalogued lots are: Discovery Commercial. Lot 1, Akhania, a winning daughter of Dalakhani , offered in foal to Golden Horn and with a Night Of Thunder colt foal at WITHDRAWALS foot, Today Lot 2, Aloha Star (Starspangledbanner), winner of the Gr.2 Lots: 12, 13, 16, 18, 23, 27, 28, 32, 33, 39, 45, 50, 60, 70, 73, 74, 77, Airlie Stud Stakes and placed in Sunday’s Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes, 78, 81, 89, 90, 104, 108, 109, 119, 126, 127, 145, 146, 148, 161, 162, Lot 3, Mirror Kisses (Requinto), a maiden winner at Pontefract, 163, 169, 173, 178, 179, 180, 185, 197, 215, 217, 220, 221, 228, 233, Lot 4, Inner Beauty (Starspangledbanner), a winner at 242, 244, 246, 257, 260, 268, 271, 274 Limerick in June, “Arc” entry Current Option followed up SKYWARD won the his Galway Festival success on Gr.3 Prix de Reux August 2nd with a win in the at Deauville for Listed Platinum Stakes Fabrice Chappet & at Cork (both over 7f.) for owners John Ado McGuinness and owners Messara & Arno Dooley Thoroughbreds, Shamrock Curty. Bred by Thoroughbreds & B T O’Sullivan. Aleyrion Bloodstock. “ Bred by Grangecon Holdings. “ He was back to his best today and delivered I said before that he was a stakes horse so thankfully he's very nicely. It will be the [G2] Grand Prix “ proven me right… He's a smashing horse and we're going “ de Deauville next. Trainer Fabrice Chappet to have a lot of fun with him Trainer Ado McGuinness 11 Group/Stakes winners in 2020 including Gr.1 Irish Oaks winner EVEN SO & Gr.1 South Australian Derby winner RUSSIAN CAMELOT Contact: Coolmore Stud Tel: 052-6131298. Castlehyde Stud Tel: 025-31966. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 SALES TALK EBN: WEDNESDAY, 12TH AUGUST 2020 Lot 8, the multiple winner Themaxwecan (Maxios), Lot 9, Coill Avon (Kingman), successful at the Curragh last month, Lot 10, Sweety Dream (Dream Ahead), winner of the Gr.3 Prix Miesque and offered in foal to Night Of Thunder, Lot 11, Diantha (Dansili), offered in foal to Night Of Thunder who is the sire of her half-brother, the Gr.2 Dante Stakes winner Thunderous, Lot 12, Great House, a December-foaled four-year-old son of Galileo, who won at Limerick in June, Lot 13, Amber Kite (New Bay), a winner at Gowran Park last month, Lot 15, Byford (Toronado), a winner at Pornichet last week, and Lot 16, Solfilia (Teofilo), dam of the recent Gr.2 Yellow Ribbon Stakes heroine Bodhicitta and offered in foal with a full-sibling to that winner. Aloha Star (Starspangledbanner), pictured winning the Gr.2 Airlie Stud Stakes at the Curragh last month, is among the 15 lots on offer in the Tattersalls Online August Sale, KEENELAND which starts today.