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Goffs Releases November Breeding Stock Catalogue

Plying (Hard Spun), the 11-year-old dam of this season's multiple Group 1-winning filly Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never), is among the highlights of the Goffs November Breeding Sale on Nov. 19 and 20, for which the catalogue was released on Friday. Plying will be offered in foal to Lope De Vega (Ire) as lot 1185.

There are a total of 525 fillies and mares catalogued across the two-day sale, and other highlights include the 3-year-old G3 Princess Margaret S. winner Santosha (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}) (lot 1184); First Flower (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1193), a full-sister to Group 1 winners Hydrangea (Ire), Hermosa (Ire) and The United States (Ire), in foal for the first time to Wootton Bassett (GB); Sally Is The Boss (Ire) (Orpen) (lot 1194), the dam of standout sprinter Suesa (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) in foal to Ghaiyyath (Ire); Slaney East (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) (lot 1201), a three-quarter sister to Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in foal to Teofilo (Ire); Garmoosha (Kingmambo) (lot 1085), the dam of multiple group winner Raabihah (Sea The Stars {Ire}); G3 PrixMiesque third So Unique (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) (lot 1153) in foal to Waldgeist (Ire); G2 Ridgewood Pearls S. scorer Creggs Pipes (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) (lot 1167) in foal to Mehmas (Ire) and her listed-placed 4-year-old half-sister Silver Spear (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) (lot 1168); multiple South American Group 1 winner Furia Cruzada (Chi) (Newfoundland) (lot 1173); Italian Group 3 winner Nikisophia (Ire) (No Nay Never) (lot 1175) in foal for the first time to Sea The Stars (Ire); and G3 Oh So Sharp S. second Thank You Next (Ire) (No Nay Never) (lot 1179).

The sale includes robust offerings from the likes of the Aga Khan Studs, Moyglare Stud, Godolphin, Derrinstown Stud, The Castlebridge Consignment, Baroda Stud, Jockey Hall, Norelands, and the Irish National Stud. The Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale has recently sold the dams of Classic and Group 1 winners Poetic Flare, Mother Earth (Ire), Lucky Vega (Ire), Pretty Gorgeous (Ire), Thunder Moon (Ire), Blowout (GB) and Shantisara (Ire).

“The team at Goffs are particularly proud to present the strongest November Breeding Stock catalogue for many years and are thankful for the increasing support of vendors who are sending some truly outstanding mares and fillies to Kildare Paddocks next month,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “Producing winners at the highest level is the ultimate aim of any breeder. The Group 1 results from November Breeding Stock in recent years means that the first of the major European breeding stock sales is simply unmissable for buyers at every level of the market.”

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Oisin Murphy Named Britain’s Champion Jockey For Third Straight Year

Oisin Murphy was crowned Britain's Champion Jockey for the third year in a row at Ascot this weekend. The 26-year-old has racked up 153 wins since the championship started at Newmarket on May 1, two more than his closest pursuer William Buick who threw down a strong challenge in the closing weeks of the season.

Murphy, who is retained by Qatar Racing, is the third jockey this century to claim three consecutive titles, following fellow Irishmen Richard Hughes (2012-2014) and Kieren Fallon (2001-2003).

Murphy was able to bring home the championship despite serving a three-month suspension this year after testing positive for cocaine in July of 2020. He was also taken off his mounts earlier this month when he failed a breath test.

Highlights for Murphy this season have centered around star filly Alcohol Free. The duo captured the G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, where Murphy was Top Jockey for the first time, before overcoming all-aged opposition in the G1 Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Murphy said: “I am over the moon and thrilled to get it across the line. Thank you to my family and everyone – I've got a massive support group.

“The last week I've had a lot of people on my side. Frankie Dettori has been there every day making sure my spirits are up and I was riding off instinct as normal which is key.

“You need to make every ride count and I was running out of opportunities. I held it together thankfully in the end.

“I think everyone knows that I am human and quite honest. But I need to do better and I don't want any issues surrounding my career. Let's just focus on riding winners and hopefully winning another jockeys' championship.

“I'm 26-years-old so I think I will keep trying for a few more years. Horses are my life and I'm never happier than when I'm on the back of a horse. I've bought my showjumpers and they keep me busy too.

“Sheikh Fahad and Qatar Racing have a few horses to go to America for the Breeders' Cup. There are lots of international races in Hong Kong and Japan coming up so I will be busy.

“William [Buick] was getting a lot more support than I was in the last couple of weeks and the likes of Ed Walker, Hughie Morrison, Andrew Balding and Saeed bin Suroor have been amazing, so thanks to them.”

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Alcohol Free’s Dam To Goffs November

Plying (Hard Spun), the dam of treble Group 1 winner Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never), will be consigned to the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale by Jossestown Farm. The 11-year-old mare, who is also the dam of French listed winner Alexander James (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), is currently in foal to Lope De Vega (Ire).

The Fethard-based Jossestown Farm bought Plying from the same sale in 2018 for €21,000 just days after her then-weanling filly by No Nay Never was sold by her breeder Churchtown House Stud for €40,000 to Jeff Smith's Littleton Stud. As Alcohol Free, she went on to win last season's G1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park S. Returning in great form in 2021, she won the G3 Fred Darling S. on her 3-year-old debut, followed by the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot. Alcohol Free's most recent triumph came when defeating 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. winner Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in the G1 Qatar Sussex S. at Glorious Goodwood.

“Plying is dam of one of the season's true stars in Alcohol Free and has proven to be the shrewdest of investments by Jossestown Farm who purchased her at our November Breeding Stock three years ago, so we are absolutely thrilled that she will return to the same sale as the star of the show this year,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby.

“On behalf of the whole team at Goffs, I wish to extend my thanks to them for putting their trust in the Goffs service. Mares of Plying's calibre epitomise the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale's reputation as a source of Group 1 producers and it is no wonder it attracts such a diverse audience of leading broodmare buyers each year. I am very pleased to confirm that Plying headlines a particularly strong catalogue for the first major European breeding stock sale of the year for which our marketing team and overseas agents are already working hard to promote the sale to an international audience. Plying is a mare that would grace any breeding stock sale anywhere in the world and we anticipate global interest.”

The Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale takes place at Kildare Paddocks on Nov. 18 and 19 between Parts 1 and 2 of the November Foal Sale.

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Back To A Mile For Alcohol Free

G1 Coronation S. and G1 Sussex S. winner Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) will revert to the mile distance over which she won those two features for the Oct. 16 G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. after beating just one home in Wednesday's G1 Juddmonte International over a mile and a quarter. The 3-year-old filly, who also won last year's G1 Cheveley Park S., was racing beyond a mile for the first time.

“Going up to a mile and a quarter was always going to be a punt,” said trainer Andrew Balding. “She looked like she had come there and was only going to be beaten a couple of lengths into second. Having looked like she was going to get placed, she didn't quite get home over the last 100 yards, but we have learned something from it. She was fine this morning. She will have a little holiday now as she has been busy enough. She is entered in the [G1] Sun Chariot, but the plan is to come back and have a go at the Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot on Champions Day.”

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