Goffs UK September HIT Sale

High Stakes on Top at Goffs UK September HIT Sale

The Goffs UK September HIT Sale featured National Hunt horses-in-training, and High Stakes (Ire) (Scorpion {Ire}) (lot 61) was knocked down to Tessa Greatrex on behalf of Highflyer Bloodstock to top the sale at £85,000. Offered by John Walsh, the Champion Irish Point-to-Pointer has won four of his five point-to-point starts. Also a main draw for the sale was the Gigginstown House Stud dispersal, which featured 39 lots, and all of them found new homes for an aggregate of just over £500,000. The dispersal's top price was also the second...

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Gigginstown Dispersal Headlines Goffs UK September

Following on from this week's Premier Yearling Sale, the Goffs UK sale ring in Doncaster will be in action again on Wednesday, Sept. 8 when 165 lots have been catalogued for the September HIT Sale. Notably, the catalogue contains 42 lots from the Gigginstown House Stud Dispersal, including the 8-year-old Grade 1-winning hurdler and chaser Battleoverdoyen (Ire) (Doyen {GB}), who sells as lot 56. A mixture of Flat and National Hunt prospects, the sale features horses from a number of leading yards in Britain and Ireland. Among a handful of...

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High Clearance Rate at Doncaster September HIT Sale

At the end of the day's trade, the Goffs UK September HIT Sale posted a sparkling clearance rate of 91%, with 221 lots sold of 243 horses through the ring. The sale featured the Gleadhill House Dispersal, which sold all 56 members of its draft for a gross of £1,136,200. The overall aggregate was £2,731,200, with an average up four points to £12,358 and a median of £6,000 (-25%). Topping the sale, 7-year-old gelding Stoney Mountain (Ire) (Mountain High {Ire}) (lot 183) brought a bid of £140,000 from Tom Malone...

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