Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale

Strong chance that Willie Browne leaves his Christmas shopping until the last minute. Why? The legendary breeze-up handler played a leading role at this week's Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale - one of the last yearling sales of the year - by spending €160,500 on four horses, which included the top lot by Sioux Nation at €88,000. Peter Nolan and Noel Meade, Spanish bloodstock agent Francisco Bernal along with BBA Ireland agents Mick Donohoe and Adam Potts could well be in a similar boat, as they also contributed to what turned...

Peter Nolan and Noel Meade are out on their own as the leading buyers at the Autumn Yearling Sale with their €167,000 spend headed by a Coulsty colt that the trainer labelled "as nice a horse as we've seen at Goffs all week." The Coulsty colt is the most expensive horse to sell at Autumn Yearling Sale - which comes to a close on Wednesday - thus far. He cost €60,000 and was consigned by Rathasker Stud. All told, the County Meath-based handler has added 10 yearlings to his team...

An additional 23 yearlings have been added to the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale, which takes place from Monday, November 3 to Wednesday, November 5. The supplementary lots, catalogued as 814-836, will be offered on the final day of the sale. Among them are 12 yearlings eligible for next year's Goffs Two Million Series, including a Sioux Nation filly (lot 822) from Abban Farm, bringing the total number of eligible lots in the catalogue to 16. The sale also offers the final opportunity to secure a runner for Harry's Half Million,...

A bumper consignment from Clare Manning's Boherguy Stud, offered as part of Jim Bolger's consolidation of his breeding interests, features among the highlights of the catalogue for the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale, which is scheduled to take place from Monday, November 3 to Wednesday, November 5. The 43-strong draft from Boherguy Stud includes lot 312, a Dawn Approach half-sister to the G1 Dewhurst Stakes runner-up Leitir Mor (Holy Roman Emperor), and lot 278, also by Dawn Approach and a half-brother to the G2 May Hill Stakes winner and G1 Prix...

A filly by young sire Starman (GB) (lot 325) topped the second session of the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale at €50,000 on Wednesday. Secured by Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock from The Castlebridge Consignment, the chestnut is out of the placed Frankel (GB) mare Beloved (Ire), who is a half-sister to G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) winner and sire Deep Brillante (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Ross Doyle said of his purchase, "She's a very nice racy filly--we've bought three or four Starmans already and we like what we see physically....

A total of 28 yearlings have been supplemented to the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale on Nov. 5-7. Catalogued as lots 791-819, they will be offered on Thursday, the final session of the sale. Thirteen yearlings are eligible for next year's Goffs Two Million Series which offers a guaranteed prize fund of €2,000,000 in the Goffs €1 Million Bonus Race Series which will see 20 bonuses of €50,000 paid to qualified winners of a series of 2-year-old maidens in Ireland and the UK as well as Europe's richest 2-year-old race, the...

An Inns Of Court (Ire) half-sister to Group 3 winner Caught U Looking (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}) topped the first session of the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale on Wednesday. Part of The Castlebridge Consignment, the bay (lot 385) is out of Wild Mix (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and sold to Johnny Murtagh and Linehan Bloodstock for €50,000. Since the catalogue was published, Caught U Looking won the G3 Park S. Under the second dam are group winners Double Or Bubble (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) and Mix And Mingle (Ire) (Exceed And...

A group of 39 supplementary entries have been added to next week's Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale (Lots 736--774), including 21 Lots who are eligible for the Goffs Two Million Series, the auction company announced on Friday. This is the last chance for buyers to secure a yearling to compete for a guaranteed minimum prize fund of €2,000,000 in 2024 across the Goffs Million, Goffs 500 and Goffs €50,000 Bonus Series. The supplementary catalogue also offers an opportunity to purchase a contender for next year's Harry's Half Million at York. The...

The two-day Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale concluded on Thursday with a filly by Sioux Nation heading the final session at €72,000. Consigned by Noel O'Callaghan's Mountarmstrong Stud, lot 663 is a granddaughter of the G3 Prix du Bois winner Ela Merici (Fr)  (Beaudelaire {Fr}) and was bought by the father-and-son team of Con and Neil Sands of Bronson Racing. The filly will be trained by Joseph O'Brien, who currently trains Bronson Racing's 92-rated winning juvenile Goa Gajah (Bay A Bali {Brz}). A Mehmas (Ire) colt (lot 481) and a filly...

Twenty-seven supplements have been added to the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale on Nov. 2 and 3, the sales company announced on Thursday. The yearling portion of the sale will take place the day after the Goffs Autumn HIT Sale which is Tuesday, Nov. 1. Catalogued as lots 744-771, the supplementary lots feature a Mastercraftsman (Ire) half-sister to stakes winner Danehill Destiny (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) (lot 760); an Acclamation (GB) colt from the family of Group 1 winner Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) (lot 761); and a Churchill (Ire) half-sister to...

Demand remained strong on the second day of the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale and Shadwell Estate's Derrinstown Stud continued to sit firmly atop the leading consignor standings. Three of the top four lots on Wednesday and eight of the top 10 lots over the two days were ultimately offered by Derrinstown. Overall, all 26 yearlings offered by the stud sold for a gross of €1,491,000. Leading the way on the second day of the sale was lot 534, a son of Invincible Spirit (Ire) out of the Arcano (Ire) mare...

Twenty-five yearlings have been supplemented to the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale at Kildare Paddocks on Nov. 2 and 3. The yearlings include progeny of the likes of Gleneagles (Ire), Sioux Nation, Australia (GB), Make Believe (GB), Mehmas (Ire), Starspangledbanner (Aus), Harry Angel (Ire), Territories (Ire), Galileo Gold (Ire) and El Kabeir. Click here for the catalogue. The Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale has produced 2021 Group 1 winner Laws Of Indices (Ire) (Power {GB}) and G2 Queen Mary S. winner Quick Suzy (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}).