THURSDAY, 10TH 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 HURRICANE’S NEPHEW TOPS OPENING DAY After a break of over three months, the truncated Irish sales calendar got back underway at Goffs yesterday with a strong opening session Yellowford Farm’s Walk In The Park colt foal, Lot 70, who of the company’s December National Hunt Sale, where an €82,000 topped the first day at Goffs when bought for €82,000 by colt foal by Walk In The Park carried all before him. Pine Tree. © Alex Cairns Ahead of today’s eagerly awaited appearance of Apple’s Jade, the first day of the sale was almost exclusively given over to foals and National Hunt pinhookers turned out in force to stockpile talent for future years. Walk In The Park supplied a number of the IN TODAY’S ISSUE... day’s star lots and foremost among these was Lot 70, the €82,000 colt who hailed from the noted nursery that is Yellowford Farm. Tattersalls Cheltenham Sale preview p5 This colt shares his sire with such luminaries as Douvan and Goffs UK Yorton Sale additional entries p6 Min, while a series of impressive point-to-point winners in recent weeks have ensured that his stock are sure to command quite a Racing review p10 premium in the sales ring over the next week or so. New For 2021 1st Grand Prix de Paris-Gr.1, by 1¼L. 1st St Leger Stakes-Gr.1, by 2¼L. 1st Queen’s Vase-Gr.2, Royal Ascot by 4½L. 1st British Champions Long Distance Cup-Gr.2 1st Zetland Stakes-L., by 3½L., at 2 By GALILEO ex Moyglare Stud S.-Gr.1 winner CHELSEA ROSE WORKING FOR THE BREEDERS OF THE BLACKWATER VALLEY SINCE THE 1850’s Contact: David Magnier, Albert Sherwood, David O’Sullivan, Andrew Magnier & Catherine Magnier : +353-25-33006. Robert McCarthy, Bobby McCarthy & Peter Kenneally: +353-58-56254. Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon, Paddy Fleming, Cathal Murphy, David Walsh & Ted Walsh: +353-25-31966. CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 10TH DECEMBER 2020 Equally significant was the fact that this April-born colt hails from a family steeped in racing folklore. The Pine Tree purchase is the second produce of the dual winner Blixt (Yeats), who is a half- Proven G1 Sires sister to the legendary Hurricane Fly (Montjeu). An amazing campaigner for Willie Mullins, Hurricane Fly won an astonishing Sire of Breeders’ Cup Mile-Gr.1 winner Order Of Australia & St Leger-Gr.1 22 Gr.1 races and famously became the first horse in 38 years to winner Galileo Chrome in 2020 regain his Gr.1 Champion Hurdle crown when triumphing in the (Galileo) €25,000 Cheltenham Festival showpiece in 2013. This is also the immediate AUSTRALIA family of the Gr.1 bumper winner Tornado Flyer (Flemensfirth), 4 Gr.1 winners in 2020 including Irish Oaks-Gr.1 winner Even So who added to his stature with an excellent second to Min in last Sunday’s Gr.1 Durkan Chase at Punchestown. CAMELOT (Montjeu) €45,000 “He’s a very good-looking colt, and we’ve all seen what the sire can do and what he has to run for him over the next few seasons. He Gr.1 winners in 2020 included One Master, winner of the Prix de la Foret-Gr.1 looks to have a couple of very exciting young point-to-pointers for the third straight year around at the moment. The plan will be for him to return for sale as a (Danehill) €50,000 three-year-old,” commented the Pine Tree representative. FASTNET ROCK Another foal to go the way of Pine Tree was a Walshtown Sire of 65 Group/Stakes winners worldwide including Gr.1 winners Stables-consigned son of Walk In The Park and he fetched Chachamaidee & Shamalgan €38,000. Lot 52 was sold on behalf of Padraig Higgins and is the third produce of an Indian Danehill half-sister to the Listed- FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND (Giant's Causeway) €12,500 winning hurdler Golan Fortune (Golan). 9 Gr.1 winners in 2020 including Epsom Derby & Oaks winners SOLDIER COLT TOPS COSTELLO BUYS Serpentine & Love Towards the end of the day a superb son of Soldier Of Fortune created quite a stir when he made his entrance to the ring and GALILEO (Sadler’s Wells) Adrian Costello, who has become a major force at National Hunt foal sales in recent years, paid €72,000 for him. The Ashwood 15 Group/Stakes winners in 2019/20 including dual Gr.1 winning Stud-consigned Lot 196 is out of the multiple Gr.3-placed Hello miler Romanised Kitty (Houmayoun) and both of her runners are winners. This (Danehill) €12,500 duo includes the classy Jessica Harrington inmate Impact Factor HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (Flemensfirth), who won at Gr.2 level as a novice chaser and 75 Group/Stakes winners worldwide including 14 Gr.1 winners recently returned from a lengthy break to win a Graded handicap chase at Fairyhouse. MASTERCRAFTSMAN (Danehill Dancer) €15,000 23 Group/Stakes winners including Champion 3YO Sprinter Ten Sovereigns & 2020 Cheveley Park Stakes-Gr.1 winner Alcohol Free NO NAY NEVER (Scat Daddy) €125,000 Sire of 134 Group/Stakes winners worldwide including 16 Gr.1 winners ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Danehill) €5,000 Sire of 21 Group/Stakes performers from just 134 runners including Gr.1 winning 2YOs The Wow Signal & Millisle STARSPANGLEDBANNER (Choisir) €22,500 One of the most exciting sires in Europe, top performers in 2020 include Lot 196, the Soldier Of Fortune colt from Ashwood Stud, dual Gr.1 winner Audarya & Gr.1 winning sprinter Wooded who was snapped up by Park Farm for €72,000. © Ashwood Stud WOOTTON BASSETT (Iffraaj) €100,000 “He’s a gorgeous foal out of a good racemare who has already 37 2YO winners in 2020 including Gr.1 winner Thunder Moon & proved herself at stud by producing a very smart horse in Impact Group winners Mother Earth & Minaun Factor,” remarked Costello. “He’s a very good-moving foal with ZOFFANY (Dansili) €20,000 plenty of size, and we’ll get him home and rear him and then decide on plans. He could be reoffered as a three-year-old, but we could hold on to him as well.” Earlier in the day Costello had spent €38,000 on Lot 182, a son of Mount Nelson from Railstown Stud. Sold on behalf of Mark Quaid, the colt is out of a half-sister to the Gr.2 Game Spirit Chase Coolmore Stud Tel: 052-6131298. Castlehyde Stud Tel: 025-31966. www.coolmore.com winner Mr Mole (Great Pretender). 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: THURSDAY, 10TH DECEMBER 2020 Supported by: Al Basti TOP LOTS AL BASTI EQUIWORLD - DUBAI Equiworld GOFFS DECEMBER NATIONAL HUNT SALE – DAY ONE Lot Age Sire – Dam Vendor Purchaser Price (€) 70 cf WALK IN THE PARK – Blixt Yellowford Farm Pine Tree 82,000 196 cf SOLDIER OF FORTUNE – Hello Kitty Ashwood Stud Park Farm 72,000 242 cf ORDER OF ST GEORGE – Land Of Pride Rathmore Stud Kevin Ross/Ben Case 65,000 254 cf NO RISK AT ALL – Linda Queen Galbertstown Stables Richard Frisby 58,000 235 cf WALK IN THE PARK – Lady Inchiquin Inchiquin Stud Kieran Shields 48,000 CLICK HERE FOR SALE RESULTS ST GEORGE AMONG NEW STALLIONS This year’s National Hunt foal sales are of particular interest, as some high-profile additions to the stallion ranks are being represented by their first crops, and one of these is Order Of St George. A stayer of rare quality who had few peers at his best and ran a couple of tremendous races in the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, he was represented by Lot 242, a February-foaled bay consigned by Rathmore Stud on behalf of Mags Melody. Bought by Kevin Ross and Ben Case for €65,000, this well-related colt is a half-brother to the promising Seelotmorebusiness (Sholokhov), from the close family of Splash Of Ginge (Oscar) and See More Business (Seymour Hicks). Other popular Order Of St George foals included a cracking colt from Jimmy Mangan’s Conna Stud who fetched €38,000. SB Bloodstock signed for this colt (Lot 97), who is the first produce of a winning point-to-pointer in Cheryls Dream (Getaway). She is a Lot 242, a first-crop son of Order Of St George from half-sister to the Gr.1 Tolworth Hurdle victor Minella Class (Oscar) Rathmore Stud, who went to Kevin Ross and Ben Case and the Gr.2 scorer Deputy Dan (Westerner). for €65,000. © Alex Cairns The sale contained just one colt by Gr.1 Champion Hurdle winner Epatante’s sire No Risk At All and the Galbertstown Stables offering was understandably in some demand, with Dick Among the many popular Walk In The Park foals on offer was Frisby seeing off all challengers with a bid of €58,000. A return to Lot 235, a colt from Inchiquin Stud who made €48,000 and was the sales ring as a three-year-old will be the plan for Lot 254, bought by Kieran Shields. This June-born bay is out of a half-sister whose dam is a half-sister to Gr.1 winner Hinterland (Poliglote).