FRIDAY, 18TH 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 DELAYED FOAL SALE UNDERWAY TODAY A Footstepsinthesand half-brother to this year’s Gr.1-winning juvenile Lucky Vega (Lot 707), himself a graduate of this sale, is among the potential highlights of the Goffs November Foal Sale, which takes place over the next three days. Lot 7, Classic Getaway (Getaway), who equalled the Multiple Gr.1 winner Ghaiyyath was sold at this sale in 2016 £570,000 record for a point-to-pointer when purchased by when purchased by John Ferguson for €1.1m, as was his now Tom Malone at yesterday’s Goffs UK December P2P Sale at yearling full-brother who, at €1.2m, was the highest-priced foal in Yorton Farm. See sale report on page 10. (Ce) the world in 2019. Other graduates of the sale include Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes victrix Alcohol Free (€40,000 by Littleton Stud in 2018), Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes winner Lucky Vega (€110,000 IN TODAY’S ISSUE... by Michael Roy in 2018) and US Gr.1 winner River Boyne (€20,000 by Ballyhane Stud in 2015). Goffs UK December Point-to-Point Sale p10 The sale was held over four days last year and was topped by the aforementioned full-brother to Ghaiyyath, who was from Stallion news p15 the draft of The Castlebridge Consignment. Part I had 770 Industry news p16 catalogued foals and, after the three days of trading, showed an improved clearance rate of 81 per cent, along with rises of 16 per Flashback Friday p19 cent in the average to €49,051 and six per cent in the median to South African news p20 €30,000. CABLEInvincible Spirit BAY • Sire of the HIGHEST-RATED 2YO of any 2nd crop stallion in Europe • 9 BT horses & 3 individual Stakes winners in 2020 Fee: £8,000 with* • Proven stallion standing for under £10,000 • Big crop to follow having covered 100 mares in 2020 at £15,000 *see website for more info +44 (0)1635 253 212 +44 (0)7730 272 895 [email protected] www.highclerestud.co.uk CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 RunThe over Newmarket’s Guineas. Rowley Mile, the renowned ‘sire making’ race has been won by the likes of leading European sires Frankel, Sea The Stars, Camelot and Night Of Thunder. This bodes well for the stud careers of three recent winners of the classic. CHURCHILL Fee: €30,000 The only son of GALILEO to win at Royal Ascot as a juvenile. Winner of 4 Group 1 races. His first crop yearlings sold for €405,000, €395,000, €370,000, €245,000, €245,000 etc. SAXON WARRIOR Fee: €20,000 The only son of DEEP IMPACT at stud to win a Gr.1 at 2 and 3. Out of Champion 2YO Filly Maybe (GALILEO). His first foals have already sold for €335,000, €325,000, €185,000, €115,000, €100,000 etc. MAGNA GRECIA Fee: €18,000 The only son of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT to win a Gr.1 at 2 and 3. His dam, Cabaret (GALILEO), was a Group-winning 2YO over 7f and is also the dam of Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes winner ST MARK’S BASILICA. His first in-foal mares sold for up to €280,000 All three are by proven sires of sires, are from great families and were all top class two-year-olds to boot! Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 052-6131298. Fax: 052-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Jason Walsh, Mark Byrne, Tom Miller, Neil Magee or Hermine Bastide. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon, Paddy Fleming, Cathal Murphy or David Walsh: 025-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. SALES TALK EBN: FRIDAY, 18TH DECEMBER 2020 The leading purchasers by aggregate were Godolphin, which spent €1.52m on two foals, followed by Yeomanstown Stud, which outlaid €1,062,500 for 17 lots, and Shadwell Estate Company, which secured three foals for a total of €1,030,000. The leading vendor of 2019 was The Castlebridge Consignment, which sold 40 lots for a total of €3,500,500 and has the largest draft this week, with 43 catalogued foals. The other large consignors are the Irish National Stud (26), Ringfort Stud (23), Ballylinch Stud (21), Oak Lodge & Springfield House and Tinnakill House (19 each) and Ballintry Stud and Oghill House Stud (17 each). The sires with the most catalogued foals to choose from are Dandy Man (42), Sioux Nation (27), Profitable and Ribchester (22), Camacho (21), Starspangledbanner (20), Churchill, Gleneagles, Kessaar and Make Believe (19), Fast Company (18), Footstepsinthesand and Zoffany (17), Gustav Klimt (16) and Exceed And Excel (15). Lot 162, a son of Gregorian from the Barrettstown Farm FIRST CROP SIRES House consignment, is the second foal out of the placed Maqueda (Rock Hard Ten), from the family of the Gr.1 CRACKSMAN; Darley’s first-crop son of Frankel won eight of Classic winner Houseproud. © Caroline Norris his 11 starts and was placed in the other three. At his best with give in the ground, though he was a Gr.1 runner-up on good to firm, he won four Gr.1s, from the 1m2f of the Champion Stakes EXPERT EYE; this Juddmonte Farms homebred won five of his (twice) to the 1m4f of the Coronation Cup. A half-brother to Gr.3 ten starts up to a mile, including the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Mile and winner Fantastic Moon (Dalakhani), he has as his third dam the three other Pattern races. The son of Acclamation is out of a half- Gr.1 1,000 Guineas winner On The House (Be My Guest) and his sister to the Gr.1-winning juvenile and dual Classic winner Special further family includes Gr.1 winners Rebecca Sharp, Golden Duty and from the family of Gr.1 winners Tates Creek, Sightseek, Horn and Kidnapped, amongst others. He has a first crop of 98 and Etoile Montante. He has ten of his first crop of 96 foals registered foals, five catalogued. catalogued here. would like to say Thank You to all of our loyal supporters in 2020 Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and best of luck with the forthcoming season MOHAATHER | Discover the Shadwell stallions: www.shadwellstud.com NEW FOR 2021 Contact Tom Pennington on +44 (0)7736 019914 | [email protected] Fee: £20,000 Jan 1st, SLF or Ellen Bishop on +44 (0)7826 205155 | [email protected] CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 3 NEW FOR 2021 King Of Change Group 1 winning miler who beat VERACIOUS the best of his generation! PHOENIX OF SPAIN ACCIDENTAL AGENT MAGNA GRECIA BENBATL LORD GLITTERS MOHAATHER THE REVENANT Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes “He is without doubt 1ST KING OF CHANGE one of the best milers that we have ever Winner of the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, beating 8 Gr.1 winners, including the winners of the British and Irish 2,000 Guineas: trained ... • MAGNA GRECIA (Futurity Stakes, 2,000 Guineas) His obvious ability • PHOENIX OF SPAIN (Irish 2,000 Guineas) • MOHAATHER (Sussex Stakes) is matched by his • THE REVENANT (Queen Elizabeth II Stakes) • VERACIOUS (Falmouth Stakes) physical stature • ACCIDENTAL AGENT (Queen Anne Stakes) and I am sure he • LORD GLITTERS (Queen Anne Stakes) • BENBATL (Grosser Dallmayr Preis, Dubai Turf, Ladbrokes Stakes) is extremely well Also, winner of the Listed Fortune Stakes over a mile and 2nd Gr.1 2,000 Guineas Stakes. equipped to make Timeform rated 126 it as a stallion.” Won or placed 2nd in all his starts. Trainer Richard Hannon By PIVOTAL’s leading son FARHH (sire of 15% Stakes winners to runners from his first 2 crops). Half brother to triple Group winning and Group 1 placed miler CENTURY DREAM. 2021 Fee: €7,000 (1st January S.L.F.) DERRINSTOWN STUD • +353 (0)1 6286228 • [email protected] • www.derrinstown.com SALES TALK EBN: FRIDAY, 18TH DECEMBER 2020 GUSTAV KLIMT; the Castlehyde Stud-based son of Galileo is a half-brother to Gr.1 victrix Nayarra (Cape Cross) and is one of five Group/Listed winners out of Massarra (Danehill), a Listed- winning full-sister to Kodiac and half-sister to Invincible Spirit and Group winners Sadian and Acts Of Grace. His grandam is the Gr.1 Prix de Diane winner Rafha (Kris), a half-sister to the dams of Gr.1 winners Chiang Mai and Pride Of Dubai and to the grandam of multiple Gr.1 winner Pinatubo. He was a Gr.2 winner over 7f at two and was placed in the Gr.1 Irish 2,000 Guineas, Gr.1 St James’s Palace Stakes, Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat and Gr.1 Haydock Sprint Cup at three. he has a first crop of 52 foals, 17 of them catalogued here. HARRY ANGEL; this Dalham Hall Stud-based son of Dark Angel was a Gr.2 winner at two, and a dual Gr.1-winning sprinter at three, landing the July Cup and Haydock’s Sprint Cup, both over 6f, at which trip he won the Gr.2 Duke of York Stakes at four.