FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 2019 WICHITA OUT ON HIS OWN A CLASSIC COLLECTION Runner-up to Shadwell=s highly-regarded Molatham (GB) ASSEMBLED FOR ORBY (Night of Thunder {Ire}) in Doncaster=s Listed Flying Scotsman S. Sept. 13, Ballydoyle=s Wichita (Ire) (No Nay Never) went to Newmarket in a ruthless mood on Thursday and duly stamped his class on the G3 Tattersalls S. Always close up travelling with ease under Ryan Moore, the 10-11 favourite took control 2 1/2 furlongs from home and drew away up the hill to score by seven lengths from Persuasion (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). AHe has a super mind and is very laid-back,@ his rider commented. AHe=s a very big horse and you=d think there is plenty of improvement to come--when he gets the power he could be quite an exciting colt. He travelled very comfortably the whole way and was in control the whole way. He showed plenty of pace and found the line very well.@ Cont. p5 Forever Together selling for i900,000 at Orby. She went on to win last year=s Investec Oaks. | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY KEENELAND LIFE’S WORK ORAL HISTORY PROJECT #2: By Kelsey Riley JOHN PHILLIPS Goffs has coined its 2019 Orby Sale lineup as a AClassic The second edition of the Keeneland Life’s Work Oral History collection@ in its latest advertising campaign, and when Project series focuses on Darby Dan’s John Phillips. Click or tap examining the catalogue in conjunction with the sale=s proven here to go straight to TDN America. track record of churning out Classic winners, that claim looks very much on the mark. The Goffs Orby Sale, which takes place at the Kill Paddocks on Oct. 1 and 2, rides the momentum of a second consecutive Oaks winner in 2019, with the G1 Prix de Diane winner Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire})Ban i18,000 yearling pinhooked for i70,000 at twoBfollowing the 2018 G1 Investec Oaks winner Forever Together (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who represented the other end of the spectrum when bought by MV Magnier for i900,000 in 2016. Forever Together=s full-sister (lot 262)Band also a full- sister to the G1 Fillies= Mile winner Together Forever (Ire) and last year=s Orby Sale topper, the i3.2-million filly Do You Love Me (Ire)Bis one of two full-sisters to a Classic winner in the catalogue, the other being the full-sister to this year=s G1 Irish Derby winner Sovereign (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 213). Tally Ho Stud sends out a half-brother to this year=s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Phoenix of Spain (Ire) from the first crop of another winner of that Classic in Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) (lot 345), while lot 301 is a Le Havre (Ire) colt who is the first foal out of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 Goffs Orby Preview Cont. from p1 This year I had 29. And they were horses that each one in their own right could go into any sale anywhere and attract Popular sire Kodiac (GB) provides a half-brother to G1 Poule attention.@ d=Essai des Pouliches victress Elusive Wave (Ire) (Elusive City) Another accomplishment the Orby sale will try to emulate (lot 388). from last year is selling the two most expensive yearling fillies in Naturally, these are far from the only standouts in the book of the world. Keeneland=s $8.2-million daughter of American 472, and the class of 2019 has a big task ahead of them to build Pharoah and Leslie=s Lady (Tricky Creek) makes that feat more on the success of last year=s Orby sale. Last year=s catalogue was challenging this year, but Orby certainly brings the right given a decisive trimBfrom 468 in 2017 to 419Bin order to ammunition with full-sisters to last year=s two sale toppers, the tighten up on quality. The result was a 6.8% rise in aggregate Galileo sister to Forever Together being joined by another full- despite 46 fewer horses sold; a 22% climb in average to sister to three-time Group 1 winner Alice Springs (Ire) (Galileo i132,948 and a 23% jump in the median to i80,000. The {Ire}) and last year=s second-top lot, Glenvale Stud=s i2-million clearance rate was 89%Bthe highest of any of Europe=s select daughter of Galileo and Aleagueoftheirown (Ire) (Danehill yearling sales last year. Dancer {Ire}) (lot 127). AWe were delighted with last year=s sale,@ said Goffs Group The catalogue boasts nine Galileos in total, those Chief Executive Henry Beeby. AI have to say going into last year=s aforementioned fillies being joined by the likes of lot 155, a colt sale I was slightly concerned, out of G2 Ribblesdale S. winner because I thought, >how could Banimpire (Ire) (Holy Roman we match, with a smaller Emperor {Ire}). There are a pair catalogue, what we had the of Dubawis set to be offered: year before?= Whether we can lot 188, a half-brother to G1 match that this year remains to Queen Elizabeth II S. winner be seen. Notwithstanding Brexit Persuasive (Ire) (Dark Angel there is a lot of uncertainty in {Ire}) and lot 440, a filly who is the world. We have an the third foal out of dual Group expanded catalogue so 3 winner Purr Along (GB) maintaining an average and a (Mount Nelson {GB}). median that was 22% and 23% Persuasive=s ever-popular sire up last year is a challenge in Dark Angel has 20 catalogued, itself. Even if we=re down 10% including a full-sister to on average and median we=d champion sprinter Harry Angel still be up 12% from two years A full-sister to this year=s Irish Derby winner Sovereign (Ire) (Ire) (lot 156)Balso a half-sister ago, but you=re only judged (Galileo {Ire}) is catalogued for Orby | Racing Post to last weekend=s G2 Mill Reef against last year=s sale. So we S. victor Pierre Lapin (Ire) have to take another step forward. (Cappella Sansevero {Ire})--and a colt out of dual Group 1 ALast year we tightened the catalogue to 419, and that was a winner La Collina (Ire) (Strategic Prince {Ire}) (lot 317). The full- conscious decision. We thought we=d slightly increase the sister to Harry Angel is consigned by Baroda Stud on behalf of numbers but we were quite taken aback by how much support breeder China Horse Club, and Baroda=s David Cox said, Athe we got off of last year,@ Beeby added. ASo we=ve ended up with full-sister to Harry Angel, who was once rated the world=s best 472. We didn=t set out to increase the catalogue by that much; it sprinter, is out of a mare who is herself a half-sister to a Group 1 naturally happened because of the success of last year.@ winner, so she has a great pedigree and the looks to match it. And Beeby insisted the same standard of quality has been She has been very straightforward since she was born, a lovely maintained. attitude and takes everything in her stride. It=s great to have a AGenuinely when we were putting together a short list for our filly with a pedigree and physical to match. She will also be a team to go to Saratoga and start talking to people before the lovely broodmare in a few years= time, but she looks like she is catalogue had been published, the short list turned into a long going to be a racehorse first. The mare was covered by Justify list quite quickly,@ he said. AAnd that=s not just a line; we said this year so that=s something for potential buyers to keep in we=d pick out the world-class pedigrees and make a list and say, mind, thinking more long-term.@ >there you are.= Five years ago I might have had six on the list. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 Goffs Orby Preview Cont. There are eight chances to secure a yearling by the red-hot Kingman (GB), including lot 258, a filly out of a half-sister to Horse of the Year Golden Horn (GB). Fellow second-crop sire No Nay Never has 10 catalogued, including a half-brother to last year=s G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner and champion 2-year-old filly Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy) (lot 205). Leading French sire Siyouni Vice President, International Operations = Gary King (Fr) s haul includes lot 228, a half-sister to the dam of listed Twitter: @garykingTDN winner Edisa (Kitten=s Joy), winner of the $750,000 Jockey Club [email protected] Oaks since the catalogue was published. + 1.732.320.0975 AThe catalogue speaks for itself,@ Beeby said. AWe=ve been really pleased, and I suppose it=s a continuing evolution of the International Editor sale. More and more Irish breeders are saying >we=ll send you, if Kelsey Riley not our best, a share of our best,= and plenty are now sending us Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN their best. Our constant challenge in Goffs has always been [email protected] people wanting to go to England for traditional reasons, European Editor currency reasons, because they thought there were more Emma Berry people there. Happily, more and more people are deciding to Twitter: @collingsberry spread their risk.