Goffs Champions Sale

Sophomore filly Freedom Of Speech (Ire) (Australia {GB}) (lot 3), a winner at two and third in the G3 Park Express S. this year, sold to Bobby O'Ryan for €140,000 during the Goffs Champions Sale on Saturday. Consigned by Jim Bolger's Glebe House Stables, the daughter of the winning Vocal Nation (Ire) was the only one of four catalogued lots to change hands prior to the start of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown. Her third dam is the stakes winner, GI Ladies' H. third and Grade I producer...

The Goffs Champions Sale, which typically takes place in the Leopardstown parade ring prior to the start of Irish Champions Weekend but will this year be online, has been moved back with bidding now to run from Sept. 16 to 18. The decision was taken because recent heavy ground conditions at Irish meetings have affected the number of suitable sale candidates. Nick Nugent of Goffs said, "An advantage of an online sale is its flexibility to move and adapt in order to maximise opportunities for everybody. Recent ground conditions have...

The Goffs Champions Sale, a boutique horses in training sale traditionally held in the Leopardstown parade ring prior to opening day of Irish Champions Weekend, will this year take place as an "online timed auction," Goffs revealed on Wednesday. Bidding will open on Sept. 9 and close on Sept. 11, the eve of Irish Champions Weekend. The two-day meeting at Leopardstown and The Curragh will take place behind closed doors.