MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 QUALITY SHINES AT GOFFS ORBY QUALITY COLT SPARKS BOOK 3 OPENER by Kelsey Riley by Jessica Martini Four years ago, Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby The first Book 3 session of the Keeneland September made a resolution for the company=s flagship Orby sale: Yearling sale got off to a measured start Sunday in to focus on quality. The new strategy was put into play Lexington, but action picked up throughout the day the following year, and since 2012 the Goffs Orby with a colt by Quality Road providing the biggest bang yearling sale has gone from strength-to-strength, with when selling for improvements in gross and average year-on-year. In $710,000 to Mark Reid 2012, despite 32 fewer horses being sold, the gross of Walnut Green. It was jumped almost i7 million and the average and median the highest price paid were up by a whopping 46.8% and 38.1%, for a Keeneland Book 3 respectively. Things were again rosy in 2013, when a horse since 2007. modern-day record of 2.85 million was set for the i AA breakout horse is a sale-topper and the average climbed 11.8% with 344 breakout horse, said sold, 43 more than the previous year. Such a breakout @ horse was always Keeneland=s Director of going to make it a Sales Geoffrey Russell. Noreen O’Neill & Hip 1814 | Louise AIt can happen in any challenge for last Reinagel year=s renewal to session and this one continue to build on happened at the start of those highs, but it too Book 3. It shows there is plenty of money around here delivered, with the if the right horse shows up.@ average up a solid 8% The session topper was part of a big day for Lane=s and the median up End, which was the day=s leading consignor with 29 23%. sold for a total of $3,765,000 and an average of AThe last few years $129,828. The farm=s stallions were represented by Goffs Orby graduate we've built on every four of the day=s tops; a pair of colts by Quality Road, a Covert Love | Racing Post success year-after- colt by Twirling Candy and a colt by Union Rags. year, and the fact that For the session, 266 yearlings grossed $19,618,000. we improved last year's sale without the benefit of a The average was $73,752--a decrease of 4.9% modern-day record like the year before, the fact that compared to last year=s first Book 3 session. Cont. p3 we built on the average, median and turnover without that spectacular high spoke volumes,@ said Beeby. AIt meant the sale was a more solid, steady sale than the year before.@ The Orby catalogue in 2012 was trimmed down to 400 yearlings when the sale was cut to two days from three, and the numbers have gradually climbed again to 487 for this year=s Orby sale, set for Sept. 29 and 30 in Co. Kildare. Beeby was adamant that the same standard of quality has been applied, and therefore expressed confidence of another strong sale. AThe reason we've gone from 450 to 487 is purely down to the quality,@ said Beeby, noting that the Irish breeders have been entrusting Goffs with more of their best yearlings. AWe looked at just shy of 500 more yearlings this year, and as has been the case the last few years I just said to all the inspectors, >forget about the numbers, go and find the horses and make sure they're of a certain quality.' Whether that was slightly more or slightly less, I didn't care. So we've ended up with 37 more horses than last year.@ Cont. p8 TDN TODAY Headline News.. 19 pages >> nytbreeders.org | 518.587.0777 Get with the Program! 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Last year, only one hit that figure. • Gross $19,618,000 $21,172,000 There were 11 over $200,000 Sunday, compared to 12 • Average (% change) $73,752 (-4.9) $77,553 a year ago. • Median (% change) $55,000 (-21.4) $70,000 AIt was sticky today,@ admitted Russell. AIt was tough. It started out slow, but it did gather momentum during CUMULATIVE 2015 2014 • Catalogued 1,932 2,122 the day and finished up very well. But I think the slow • No. Offered 1,737 1,875 start dragged us down today, so we hope to get out of • No. Sold 1,234 1,408 the gates better tomorrow.@ • RNAs 503 467 Action was lively around the sales barns Sunday and • % RNAs 29 25.9 Russell hopes that activity is reflected in the bidding • High Price $2,100,000 $2,200,000 (2) during Monday=s second and final Book 3 session. • Gross $224,536,000 $227,389,500 AThere are a lot of new people starting to show up,@ • Average (% change) $181,958 (+3.2) $176,271 Russell said. AIt=s a transitional day of people arriving • Median (% change) $130,000 (+8.3) $120,000 and people leaving. Let=s hope the new people come with fresh enthusiasm and we=ll start off with a good note Monday.@ Fireworks for Quality Road Colt at Keeneland The Keeneland September sale resumes at 10 a.m. Mark Reid of the Thoroughbred management Monday. company Walnut Green outlasted Donato Lanni after a spirited bidding duel to secure a colt by Quality Road for a session-topping $710,000 during Sunday=s session of the Keeneland September sale. Consigned by Lane=s End on behalf of his breeder Ann Marie Farm, hip 1814 is out of Paris Notion (Dehere) and is a half- brother to stakes placed Pointsman (Mt. Livermore). AI liked everything about him,@ Reid said. APhysically he=s young--he=s a May 7 foal that has a perfect frame that will fill in and he=ll be a pretty good horse. I think we re going to like what we ll see on him this time next Lucky Lindy (Harlan’s Holiday) earns first = = year. cont. p4 Group victory the GIII Ontario Derby. @ Headline News • PAGE 4 of 19 • thetdn.com Monday • Sept. 21, 2015 Fireworks for Quality Road cont. Of Ann Marie, Ryan added, AUsually they breed to Of the protracted bidding duel, Reid said, AI did not race, but they=ve become a little more commercial in expect anything remotely close to that. We had him recent years and have been selling what they raise off pegged at $400,000 because he is an awful nice the farm. So it was a huge success for them. They do physical, but that got a little intense.