HIT sale

Grade 1 winner Fury Road (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}) (lot 63), part of Gigginstown House Stud's annual dispersal, is one of the highlights of the Goffs UK September HIT Sale catalogue, which will be held at Doncaster beginning at 10 a.m. on Sept. 6. Consisting of 109 horses-in-training and 2- and 3-year-old stores, the sale will accept supplementary entries up until the day of the sale. Grade 2-winning chaser Lieutenant Command (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) (lot 61) is another lot of note; as is Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 performer Grand...

Seven wildcards, led by the group-placed Make Me King (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 345), have been added to the Arqana Autumn Sale, which begins on Monday, Nov. 14 and ends on Nov. 17. Other late Flat additions include the 95-rated Corcovado (Fr) (Kheleyf) (lot 362), Weston (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 363), and the listed winner Niagaro (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) (lot 376). Over jumps, a trio of winning wildcards have signed on in Les Yeux Noirs (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}) (lot 387), Umfolozi (Fr) (Spanish Moon) (lot 397), and...

The 156-strong Goffs UK October HIT & Yearling Sale catalogue is now online. A total of 65 yearlings and 92 horses-in-training will go through the ring at Doncaster from 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Several smart past graduates include the G2 Coral Hurdle hero Buzz (Fr) (Motivator {GB}); the G3 Swinton H. Hurdle victor N'golo (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), as well as the Grade 1 winner Silver Streak (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). There are a wide variety of trainers bringing drafts to the sale, including Charlie Hills, Charlie & Mark...

After a frenetic Saturday of racing on opening day of Arc weekend at ParisLongchamp, the curtain rises on Arqana's Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud Racecourse at 6:30 p.m., Paris time. Thirty-five lots will go through the ring. One of the highlights is Schwarzer Peter (Ger) (Neatico {Ger}) (lot 17), second in the 2022 G1 German Derby, who has been placed in the G3 Preis der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe in August since his Classic near miss. Consigned by trainer Markus Klug, the 112-rated bay is out of the listed-placed Sovalla (GB) (Pomellato {Ger}), and...

BBAG's Spring Auction catalogue is now online. Conducted as part of the three-day spring race meeting from May 26-29, the sale will feature 69 lots on May 27. There are 27 2-year-olds set to go through the ring, as well as 39 racehorses aged three years and above, a pair of broodmares and one yearling. Iffezheim Racecourse will host the breezers, which will take place at 9:30 a.m. one day prior to the sale on May 26. Bidding will begin at 11 a.m. on May 27.

The upcoming Arqana Online Sale will feature horses-in-training from the Magalen Bryant Dispersal. An owner, breeder, and a leading figure in the National Hunt World, Bryant's horses won at the highest level. Slated for 2:30 p.m. on Mar. 29, the sale has catalogued a total of 28 horses-in-training. Notable offerings include Iamastar (Fr) (Balko {Fr}) (lot 12), a 4-year-old AQPS gelding out of listed winner Victoria's Star (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}), who was placed at the graded level in 2021; another 4-year-old AQPS gelding, In Love (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}) (lot...

The second day of the Arqana Autumn Sale kicked off with horses-in-training on Monday. Although the catalogue was not as deep as 2019's record-breaking sale, 77% of the 160 horses offered found new homes. The gross was €3,050,000 for the 124 sold and two horses were co-toppers at €200,000, with Highflyer Bloodstock snapping up both offerings. In 2019, the highest price was €420,000. The average dropped to €24,597 (-29%) and the median fell to €11,000 (-21%). In addition, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic also presented some challenges, but the sale was...

NEWMARKET, UK--It's a conundrum of the training profession: do you serve your client better by exhausting every last ounce of a horse's potential, or by preserving a degree of residual value when the time has come to cash out and restock? You see exemplary operators at both ends of that spectrum, but only rarely does anyone manage to reconcile both obligations as expertly as William Haggas did with his principal draft on the second day of the Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale at Tattersalls. Of 17 Somerville Lodge horses into the ring,...