Coolmeen Farms shelled out €190,000 for lot 133, a son of No Risk At All, who topped the first day of the Goffs Arkle Sale on Tuesday.
Consigned by Sluggara Farms, the 3-year-old gelding is out of a full-sister to stakes winner Bonne Gargotte (Poliglote) and a half-sister to Trait De Genie (Diamond Prospect). Trainer Ellmarie Holden bought the half-brother to Flat listed winner Syrita (Siyouni) with her father Paul under the Coolmeen banner. They previously pinhooked two-mile chaser Jonbon and sold him to JP McManus for £570,000 at the Goffs Yorton Sale.
“Everyone here seemed to be mad about him, and we were in love with him too,” she said. “He walked beautifully – he tuned out and was so laid back – and he has a lovely pedigree too. He's just a smasher. Please God now he'll do the job for us.
“Derek O'Connor will break him in, and then we'll get him going around September time and take it from there. Hopefully we'll get him to win a maiden point-to-point and bring him back to market. We did it with Jonbon but the pressure is back on.”
Overall, 15 lots made €100,000 on the first day of the store sale. The clearance rate was 84% for 188 lots sold from 223 offered. The aggregate was €10,306,500 (+12%), while the average was €54,822 (+9%) and the median was €50,000 (+12%).
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