The Goffs February Sale begins its three-day run on Feb. 6, with 627 lots, a combination of 2-year-olds, horses-in-training, weanlings and breeding stock, set to go under the hammer. Kicking off the action at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday, is a selection of 2-year-olds, older horses, and horses-in-training, before approximately 120 short yearlings from lot 80 onwards.
Tuesday lots of note included lot 42, a Dream Ahead juvenile colt offered by Coole House Farm, who is a half-brother to Italian listed winners Rivertime (Ity) (Tout Seul {Ire}) and Storm of Wind (Ity) (Tout Seul {Ire}), while under the second dam is young sire and MGSW Kodi Bear (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).
Among the short yearlings of note are: a Kodiac (GB) filly (lot 102) out of a full-sister to G1SW Favourable Terms (GB) (Selkirk) consigned by Tullamaine Castle Stud; and The Castlebridge Consignment offers a filly (lot 108) by the popular Muhaarar (GB), whose dam is a half-sister to champion juvenile Second Empire (Ire) (Fairy King).
Weanlings feature all day on Wednesday. Derby hero Australia (GB), whose first progeny race in 2018, is represented by a colt (lot 283) out of Group 3 winner Danehill Music (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) offered by The Castlebridge Consignement. Baroda and Colbinstown Studs will send lot 378, a colt by Classic hero Night of Thunder (Ire) and a half-brother to MGISW Obviously (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), through the ring. Also certain to be a highlight, is lot 399, a half-brother to G1SW and Classic heroine Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) by Cappella Sansevero (GB) from the draft of Brookville Farm.
The final session on Thursday is devoted to breeding stock from both codes, with Glamorous Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) (lot 578), a MSW and MGSP in England from the extended family of champion and Group 1 sire Teofilo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire]) a lot of interest from the draft of Glebe House Stables. Rougeyrock Stud's SP Kithonia (Fr) (Sadler's Wells) (lot 598) is another lot of note, as she was covered by French stallion sensation Le Havre (Ire) in May. Also offered on Thursday, is La Chapelle (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) (lot 600), a daughter of Classic heroine Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and a half-sister to GISW Zhukova (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). La Chapelle, offered by The Castlebridge Consignment, is in foal to Fascinating Rock (Ire) on a March cover.
The 2017 Goffs February Sale grossed €5,208,100, and was topped by €210,000 purchase and MGSP Military Angel (Big Brown). Out of a significantly larger catalogue of 757 lots, 397 sold, with an average of €13,119 and a median of €5,500.
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