Visit the Blind Luck Heads Parx Racing’s TDN Website: GII Cotillion S. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com P4 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. GOFFS ORBY SALE STARTS TODAY Last year=s i475,000 sale topper, a chestnut daugh- Having dispensed with the Millions Sale concept last ter of Giant=s Causeway and the 2005 G1 Irish 1000 year, Goffs continues its >focus on the horse= strategy Guineas victress Saoire (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), Pink Diva with a strong catalog for this year=s renewal of the (Ire), broke through in a maiden at Pontefract last week. Orby Yearling Sale, which starts at the sales company=s Her half-brother by Invincible Spirit (Ire), offered by Kill complex today. With the same number of yearlings Cahermorris Stables, is set to sell tomorrow as Hip on offer as last 354. Nine lots will represent Denis and Joan Brosnan=s year, subject to Croom House Stud, and the pick of the Co. Limerick withdrawals, nursery=s team is Hip 426, an April-foaled Dr Fong half- part one of the brother to the recent G1 Phoenix S. hero Zoffany (Ire) sale is set to (Dansili {GB}). Kilcarn Stud is a regular near the top of take place today results sheets and offers eight yearlings this year. They and tomorrow, include Hip 386, a daughter of hot sire Dubawi (Ire) and with 430 year- Spirit of Tara (Ire), who is a sister to the multiple Clas- lings catalogued. sic winner Salsabil (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells. Technology A further 236 available includes Sirecam=s videos of lots on offer, are scheduled to which can be accessed here, and Goffs= recently Cape Blanco (Ire) go under the launched iPhone application. Selling gets underway at INPHO/Cathal Noonan hammer Thurs- 11 a.m., and the full catalogue and updates can be day. Among viewed at www.goffs.com. those on offer are 118 siblings to black-type winners, 60 of those at pattern-race level. The sale, or its previ- Bargains-a-Plenty... ous incarnations, has enjoyed a banner year on the As well as this year=s Classic winners Cape Blanco track, with 2008 graduate Cape Blanco (Ire) (Galileo (Ire) and Bethrah (Ire), other notable members of Orby {Ire}), a i330,000 purchase, garnering this season=s honor roll include Alexander Goldrun (Ire) (Gold Away G1 Irish Derby and G1 Irish Champion S.; and G1 Irish {Ire}), Bachelor Duke (Miswaki), Grandera (Ire) (Grand 1000 Guineas victress Bethrah (Ire) (Marju {Ire}), a Lodge), Halfway to i160,000 buy in 2008, leading the way. Reflecting on Heaven (Ire) (Pivotal the Orby Sale=s evolutionary process, Goffs= Chief Exec- {GB}), Lush Lashes utive Henry Beeby commented, AWe are thrilled with (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), the excellent support from Irish breeders for this year=s New Approach (Ire) Orby Sale, including several new and returning vendors, (Galileo {Ire}), Red which has resulted in such a strong catalogue of really Rocks (Ire) (Galileo good-looking athletic types. The overwhelming feed- {Ire}), Septimus (Ire) back from buyers last year was the high standard of (Sadler=s Wells), Scor- individuals on offer. Goffs yearlings have demonstrated pion (Ire) (Montjeu the success of our focus is the horse policy throughout {Ire}) and Vinnie Roe the season, led by two Classic winners in Cape Blanco (Ire) (Definite Article Lush Lashes (GB) and Bethrah, backed up by some exciting two-year- {GB}). However, Goffs= Horsephotos olds. We believe buyers will find even more of the same premier sale has not built success on the high end of quality at Goffs this September, as our vendors have the market alone, with several graduates making their worked with us to produce a catalogue of real strength, mark on the track for a relatively low investment. depth, quality and diversity that will appeal to a wide Orby Preview Cont. p2 range of buyers.@ www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/28/10 • PAGE 2 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Goffs Orby Sale Cont. Recent bargain buys include the 2009 G1 Vincent O=Brien National S. winner Kingsfort (War Chant), a i36,000 purchase; 2009 G1 Moyglare Stud S. victress Termagant (Ire) (Powerscourt {GB}), who cost i34,000 two years ago; recently retired 2009 G1 July Cup victor and i35,000 buy Fleeting Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}); GOFFS ORBY SALE 2009 GI Metropolitan H. winner and Hip 7, f, Mr. Greeley --Watership Crystal (Ire), i18,000 purchase by Sadler's Wells Bribon (Fr) (Mark of Consigned by Kilcarn Stud Esteem {Ire}); and last Pat O'Kelly's Navan-based nursery has become syn- year=s G1 Poule onymous with this auction by providing eight sale Bribon (Fr) d=Essai des Pouliches toppers and this daughter of Gainesway's Adam Coglianese heroine Elusive Wave world-renowned resident has a page that stands tall. (Ire) (Elusive City), She is out of a full-sister to group winner Dubai Suc- who was a snip at i20,000. Graduates of last year=s cess (GB) and half to Michael Poland's star performers sale to have made an immediate impact include this Solar Crystal (Ire) (Alzao) and State Crystal (Ire) (High term=s G2 Superlative S. and G2 Vintage S. winner King Estate {Ire}), as well as Watership Down's 2000 Torus (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}), a i30,000 yearling, and G1 Fillies' Mile winner Crystal Music (Nureyev). She is i90,000 purchase Al Aasifh (Ire) (Invincible Spirit now the dam of the currently unbeaten two-year-old {Ire}), who won the Listed Rose Bowl S. in July. colt Treasury Devil (Bernardini). Others to have added to the sale=s luster this season include the G3 Tetrarch S. winner and G1 Irish 2000 Hip 8, c, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--Welsh Love (Ire), Guineas runner-up Free Judgement (Vindication), who by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire) cost i50,000 two years ago; G2 Park S. hero Consigned by Kilcarn Stud Balthazaar=s Gift (Ire) (Xaar {GB}), a i12,000 pick; and Welsh Love is a large part of the Kilcarn success the G2 South African Fillies Guineas victress Gibraltar story, having produced champion Second Empire (Ire) Blue (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), a i75,000 graduate and group-winning 2001 Ir,1.2-million Orby topper of 2008. Balestrini (Ire) (Danehill), as well as the sire Hemingway (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}). In her mid-20s now, the last Goffs Orby Sale -- Day 1 Outs three progeny of the relative of Salsabil (Ire) and Marju 20, 58, 59A, 64, 71, 80, 96, 107, 111, 130, 131, (Ire) to sell here fetched a total of Ir,2.1-million and this 173, 187, 188, 207, 215. May-foaled son of Coolmore's Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) can only add to that tally. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/28/10 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Goffs Orby Hip Happenings Cont. from p2 Hip 101, c, Galileo (Ire)--Dapprima (Ger), by Shareef Dancer Consigned by Castletown Stud From the Hernons= Co. Cork base, this is a May- foaled full-brother to Ballydoyle's 2009 G1 Criterium International fourth Don Carlos (Ger), who was snapped up for 300,000gns at Tattersalls October in 2008. His other full-sibling is the listed-placed Dubai (Ire), while he has a three-parts brother in the 2007 G3 Dr Busch- Memorial winner Davidoff (Ger) (Montjeu {Ire}) and two group-winning half-brothers by Dashing Blade (GB) in Duellant (Ire) and Denaro (Ger). Hip 105, c, Dynaformer--Demure (GB), by Machiavellian Consigned by Kilboy Estate Saturday's G1 Fillies' Mile winner White Moonstone was a further reminder of Dynaformer's international influence and this is the sole representative of the Three Chimneys giant in the catalogue. Out of Cheveley Park Stud's unraced half to the dual group-winning sprinter Diffident (Fr) (Nureyev), this April-foaled colt is a half-brother to listed scorers Il Warrd (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and Coy (Ire) (Danehill), as well as Friday's Ascot handicap victor Little Garcon (Bernstein). Hip 121, f, Invincible Spirit (Ire)--English Ballet (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire) Consigned by Abbeville & Meadow Court Studs (Agent) This is the first foal out of the Sangster family's 2006 G3 Sweet Solera S. winner, who was also second in the G2 May Hill S. and third in the G1 Fillies' Mile of that year. Her family has served Bertram Firestone well, courtesy of the exploits of Rum Charger (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}) and her 2008 GI Secretariat S. and 2010 GI Manhattan H.-winning son Winchester (Theatrical {Ire}). Hip 156, f, Galileo (Ire)--Grecian Dancer (GB), by Dansili (GB) Consigned by Lodge Park Stud Teofilo (Ire) and Frankel (GB) have advertised the effectiveness of the Galileo-Danehill cross, and this is the first foal out of the late Dr. Vincent O=Brien=s 2008 G3 Ridgewood Pearl S. heroine, who ended her late-blosssoming career with a third placing in the G2 Windsor Forest S. at Ascot. She is also a half to the dual group-winning juvenile of 2002 Wunders Dream (Ire) (Averti {Ire}), from the immediate family of the top-class Hong Kong performers Firebolt (Ire) (Flying Spur {Aus}) and Mensa (GB) (Rudimentary). You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/28/10 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Goffs Cont. Hip 177, c, Dansili (GB)--House In Wood (Fr), by Woodman Consigned by Hawthorn Villa Stud This offering from Paddy Twomey's establishment is the sole representative of Juddmonte's supersire to sell on the first day and one of only two in the book.