SUNDAY, 20TH DECEMBER 2020 NEW YEAR NEW OPPORTUNITY JANUARY EBN MON. 11 - THURS. 14 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 €155,000 STARS FILLY TOPS SECOND SESSION A €155,000 daughter of Sea The Stars carried all before her to head the second day of the Goffs November Foal Sale after agent Federico Barberini came out on the right side of a lengthy battle Lot 451, Oak Lodge and Springfield House Stud's Sea The for this prized filly. Stars three-parts-sister to Classic winner Sea Of Class, On a day when trade, as expected, advanced on Friday’s session, who topped yesterday's trading at Goffs when bought by huge interest surrounded the only foal on offer yesterday by the Federico Barberini for €155,000. © Goffs sire and this well-related filly will not be returning for resale after going to Barberini. Lot 451 was presented for sale by Oak Lodge and Springfield House Stud and she boasted some impressive credentials. IN TODAY’S ISSUE... Not only is she a daughter of one of Europe’s leading sires, but she is also a half-sister to the Gr.3 runner-up Troublemaker (Vita Racing review p9 Rossa) and the Listed-placed Ranger In Paradise (Holy Roman NH racing review p10 Emperor). They are out of Mooney Ridge (Indian Ridge), a winning half-sister to a trio of Gr.1 winners headed by the sadly Stallion news p13 ill-fated Gr.1 Irish Oaks winner and Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Stakes results p16 runner-up Sea Of Class (Sea The Stars). The Listed-winning grandam Holy Moon (Hernando) produced two other Pattern Letter from America p19 winners. First crop foals sold for €135,000, 130,000gns, etc. HAVANA GREY By HAVANA GOLD x BLANC DE CHINE by DARK ANGEL Contact: Phil Haworth or Ed Harper 01725 518254 www.whitsburymanorstud.co.uk CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 CLASSIC WINNING SON & GRANDSON OF LEGENDS STUDY OF MAN FIRST FOALS 2021 • Winner of 3 races at 2 & 3, HALO over 1600m - 2100m, including SUNDAY SILENCE WISHING WELL the ‘Stallion Making’ Gr.1 DEEP IMPACT French Derby and £1,033,142 ALZAO WIND IN HER HAIR • Only son of DEEP IMPACT BURGHCLERE (Japanese Super-Sire & multiple STORM BIRD Champion) at stud in England STORM CAT TERLINGUA • Grandson of the Racing/Breeding SECOND HAPPINESS NUREYEV Legend MIESQUE, a dual MIESQUE Classic winner and dam of PASADOBLE Classic winners KINGMAMBO, 2021 fee: £12,500 (1st October SLF) EAST OF THE MOON, etc. Supported by Europe’s leading breeders in his first season BOBBY’S KITTEN • SEA THE MOON (Book Full 2021) • SIR PERCY • STUDY OF MAN Tel: +44 (0)1638 750222• [email protected] • www.lanwades.com LANWADES The independent option TM SALES TALK EBN: SUNDAY, 20TH DECEMBER 2020 “I have bought her for a client of mine and she is going to be kept to race. The family speaks for itself and her two-year-old half-sister is a winner and very highly regarded. She’s also a filly with a huge residual value when her racing days are over,” reflected the agent. The distinction of being the first foal to reach six figures at this year’s sale fell to Lot 354, a colt from the first crop of the Gr.1- winning sprinter Havana Grey, who cost Shadwell’s Stephen Collins €135,000. This Pipe View Stud-consigned grey received a big boost to his pedigree over the course of the summer, as he is a half-brother to the high-class juvenile Method (Mehmas), who won the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes and was runner-up in the Gr.3 Cornwallis Stakes. The price makes this colt the second-highest priced Havana Grey to be sold this year, falling just short of the 130,000gns realised by a half-brother to Good Vibes last month. “He’s a very nice colt and he’s a very racy type; he looks a real two- year-old,” commented Collins. “We’ll take him back to Derrinstown Lot 354, The Pipe View Stud-consigned first-crop son of and bring him along, and then a plan will be made for him next Havana Grey, who went to Shadwell Estate Company autumn. He’s a lovely athletic type and we were very pleased to get for €135,000. © Goffs him.” As the day neared its conclusion there was time for another six- figure transaction which came when the noted pinhooking MORE POPULAR FILLIES operation Pier House Stud went to €130,000 for Lot 512, a A high-profile sale for Claire Manning’s Boherguy Stud was in the Mehmas colt from Harefield Cottage Stud. A return to the sales offing late in the day as a daughter of Teofilo was sold to Baroda ring next autumn will be the plan for this bay, whose sire’s first Stud for €90,000. Lot 530 is a full-sister to the Gr.2 Golden Fleece crop of runners have been nothing short of sensational this year. Stakes third Agitare and is out of an unraced Speightstown The colt is out of an unraced Teofilo mare whose dam is the granddaughter of the four-time US Gr.1 winner Dispute (Danzig). Listed Valiant Stakes winner Sooraah (Dubawi). Further back in The first foal to come under the hammer this week by the Gr.1 the family are Love Divine, Sixties Icon and Legal Case. 2,000 Guineas hero Saxon Warrior created quite a stir before CALYX - Coventry Stakes-Gr.2 winner from triple Gr.1 TEN SOVEREIGNS - Middle Park Stakes-Gr.1 at 2 winner Advertise and the fastest son of KINGMAN and European Champion 3YO Sprinter by NO NAY NEVER 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: SUNDAY, 20TH DECEMBER 2020 Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE – DAY TWO Lot Sex Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (€) 451 f SEA THE STARS – Mooney Ridge Oak Lodge & Springfield House Stud Federico Barberini 155,000 354 c HAVANA GREY – Darsan Pipe View Stud Shadwell Estate Co 135,000 512 c MEHMAS – Single Thought Harefield Cottage Stud Pier House Stud 130,000 530 f TEOFILO – Sway Me Now Boherguy Stud Baroda Stud 90,000 329 f SAXON WARRIOR – Cascella Castlebridge Consignment MAB Agency/Larry Stratton 88,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS eventually going the way of Tom Whelan, who was acting on Luke Barry. Lot 301, from the Irish Emerald Stud, is out of a behalf of Larry Stratton and Mark Antoine Berghgracht, at daughter of Acclamation who has produced two winners, €88,000. From The Castlebridge Consignment and bred by including Counterparty Risk (Australia), who has won in the US Phillistown House, this filly (Lot 329) is the first produce of the for Chad Brown this year. The colt's dam is a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner Cascella (Iffraaj), who is a daughter of the Gr.3 Chartwell Canadian International winner Sarah Lynx (Montjeu). Stakes winner and Gr.1 Matron Stakes second Lily’s Angel (Dark Australia was also the source of a popular colt towards the end Angel). Also on the page are the Gr.1-winning siblings With You, of the day, Lot 504, who was knocked down to Borsani at €72,000. We Are and Call The Wind. This Baroda Stud offering is a half-brother to the Listed-placed A handsome Australia colt who fetched €80,000 will be sprinter American Lady (Starspangledbanner), out of a half- returning for resale next autumn after being knocked down to sister to Gr.2 winner Lovelace (Royal Applause). THE AGA KHAN STUDS Success Breeds Success THE AGA KHAN STUDS AT THE GOFFS BREEDING STOCK SALE Our consignment of 20 fillies and mares includes: MASIYMA ALANZA ZARIYNA EDIYVA & SHEHREEN Dam of 2 Stakes Dual Group Dam of unbeaten ESHTIYA Winning daughter of a performers and sister winning daughter Group winning hurdler Both winners in 2020 Gr.3 winner and sister to a Gr.1 performer. of a Gr.1 performer. Zanahiyr and sister and from the family to 2 Group winners. In foal to Blue Point. to a Gr.1 winner. of Gr.1 winners Enzeli, Estimate and Ebadiyla. 4 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 StAllIONS 2021 INviNCiblE SpiRit Fee: €80,000 (1st Oct terms) PhOeniX OF SpaiN Fee: €12,500 (1st Oct terms) FRee eAgle Fee: €8,000 (1st Oct terms) decorated knight Fee: €7,500 (1st Oct terms) FIRST 2YOs 2021 NatiOnaL DefeNse Fee: €5,000 (1st Oct terms) FIRST 2YOs 2021 EQuiaNO NEW FOR 2021 Fee: €3,000 (In advance of covering) ELusiVE PiMperNel Fee: €2,500 (In advance of covering) DragON pulse Fee: €2,000 (In advance of covering) Contact: Cathal Beale, Gary Swift +353 (0)86 6031979 or Patrick Diamond +353 (0)85 1299236 Tel: +353 (0)45 521251 www.irishnationalstud.ie SALES TALK EBN: SUNDAY, 20TH DECEMBER 2020 Several hours later another son of Dandy Man realised €75,000 when Yeomanstown Stud secured a popular colt offered by Ardreigh Stud. Lot 380 is a son of the winning Redback mare Fancy Feathers, who is already the dam of the Listed Land O’Burns Stakes winner Elnadim Star (Elnadim) and the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes third Dom Carlos (Gale Force Ten).