The Dubai Racing Club and Goffs have announced details of the 2023 Dubai Breeze-Up Sale catalog, which is now available online and features 73 world-class 2-year-olds, including a number by prominent sires based in the United States.
Following a hugely successful debut in 2022, the sale returns during the prestigious Dubai World Cup meeting, taking place on Tuesday, March 21 at 5 p.m. local time in the Parade Ring at Meydan Racecourse. It will be preceded by the Breeze-Up on the Dubai Racing Club Training Track at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, March 20.
The inaugural Dubai Breeze-Up Sale has already produced 11 individual winners across Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Among them are Labeling who is a winner and Group 1-placed in Japan, and Mr Raj, a winner in Dubai and placed last weekend in the UAE 2000 Guineas (G3).
This year's catalog looks set to reap further rewards for buyers with a catalog of outstanding individuals and a sire profile that includes global powerhouses American Pharaoh, Constitution, Curlin, Ghostzapper, Hard Spun, Gun Runner, Into Mischief, Justify, Kingman, Medaglia D'Oro, No Nay Never, Not This Time, Sea The Stars, Speightstown, Tapit, War Front, Yoshida, and more.
Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmook Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Racing Club said: “We are delighted to welcome buyers, consigners, and bloodstock agents to the second edition of the Dubai Breeze-Up Sale, held in association with Goffs, after a very successful inaugural auction in 2022. The catalog contains carefully selected specialist horses that serve the underlying vision of this unique sale in the region.
“Thanks to the leadership and vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, we aim to be the best at what we do. We will continue our efforts to assist them passionately in this sport.”
Sheikh Rashid continued: “We always believed that the Dubai Breeze-Up Sale offers potential buyers a unique opportunity to purchase young horses sourced from various farms and bloodstock sales worldwide based on studies of their attributes and pedigrees and with varieties that meet various needs and expectations. It offers potential buyers from the region select runners, saving them the hassle of travelling and shopping around, at competitive prices in a venue so close to numerous vibrant racing centers.”
The catalog features outstandingly bred individuals; many of whom are by some of the world's leading stallions and are related to horses who thrived in this region. This bunch of young horses feature great conformation and soundness. They have undergone basic training and are ready to pay back prospective buyers, and this week we will have the pleasure of seeing them in action during the breeze, which will take place on our track at Meydan Racecourse.
Commenting on publication of the catalog, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said: “The Dubai Breeze-Up Sale in association with Goffs achieved some of the strongest results of any Breeze Up Sale in 2022 and the inaugural sale has already produced impressive results for buyers with 11 individual winners in five countries and several group-placed horses.
“Buoyed by the success of year one, the Breeze-Up consignors went to the world's leading yearling sales with this year's Dubai Breeze-Up firmly in their sights. Our selection team, led by Tom Taaffe and Nick Nugent, has worked with them to compile a catalog of unrivalled quality that will appeal to all Middle Eastern and international buyers attending the Dubai World Cup (G1).
“It is an honor for Goffs to conduct the Dubai Breeze-Up in association with the Dubai Racing Club, and I wish to extend my thanks once again for the trust placed in the Goffs service by Sheikh Rashed bin Dalmook Al Maktoum and his team whilst we salute the vison of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in adding this sale to the iconic Dubai World Cup meeting. We look forward to building on the success so far and to a spectacular renewal of the Dubai Breeze-Up Sale at Meydan next month.”
Potential purchasers intending to bid, whether in person or online using the GoffsOnline.com platform, will be required to register with the Dubai Racing Club in advance. Registrations will open from March 1 and details will be announced in advance.
To view an online catalog for the Dubai Breeze-Up Sale, click here.
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