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Clare Manning's Boherguy Stud supplied the Day 1 session-topper of the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale on Wednesday in the shape of a Dawn Approach (Ire) colt who was knocked down to Alex Elliott for €80,000.

Lot 458 is a brother to the Group 3-placed Strapped (Ire) and was not the only big result Manning enjoyed on the day.

Another son of the 2000 Guineas winner, lot 441, made €50,000 to BBA Ireland while Boherguy Stud would have collected a clean sweep had the Castlebridge Consignment not sold its Sea The Stars filly (Ire) [lot 408] for €60,000 to MC Bloodstock.

In the end, Boherguy Stud had to settle for filling three of the top four slots on the day after selling a Due Diligence colt [lot 257] to BBA Ireland for €46,000.

Boherguy Stud sold 12 yearlings for an aggregate of €250,500, averaging out at €20,875 per lot, and ended the day as the leading consignor.

Manning said, “Dawn Approach is not the most commercial sire but it's great to see that granddad [Jim Bolger] is being rewarded for having faith with him. He had Poetic Flare last year (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) last year and getting a sales-topper today. Dawn Approach stood in Kildangan for a few seasons but granddad took him back to Redmonstown and it's paying off.

“I know we always say that you need to have sire power but, if you don't have the physical, you are going nowhere. Today's top lot is a beautiful horse, very athletic and he'd a great walk. We would have had no problem taking him home if we had to. He's definitely going to be a racehorse.”

She added, “Placing them in the right sales is half the battle. This sale was very strong last year and there were a lot of foreign buyers there, which is great for the bottom end of the market. But at the same time, you had all the good judges there today as well, and Alex Elliott bought our top lot while Mick Donohoe bought the other.”

The successful trade capped an emotional few days for the Manning family after Kevin Manning, Clare's father, announced his retirement after riding Vocal Studies (Ire) (Vocalised) to victory at Galway on Monday.

“Dad's retirement was big news on Monday,” Manning concluded. “I know it's a bit of a cliche, but it was great for him to go out in one piece first and foremost and for him to ride a winner was even better. It was a fairytale ending and even better that he did it for Granny and Grandad and it being by Vocalised was just the icing on the cake.”

There were 191 lots sold on Wednesday for an aggregate of €1,813,400 and trade continues on Thursday at 10am.

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One of the main attractions of the Goffs Autumn Horses In Training Sale on Tuesday is Gustavus Weston (Ire) (Equiano {Fr}), the four-time winner whose career highlight came when he landed the G2 Greenlands S. at the Curragh last year.

On that occasion, Joe Murphy's charge was chased home by Make A Challenge (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), a 10-time winner for Denis Hogan, who is also in the sale.

Hogan said of his eight-strong draft, “We've a nice draft of horses going to Goffs. We'll be sorry to see some of them go. We've eight going and Ransom (GB) (Kingman {GB}), who won just the other night at Dundalk, is in there.

“So is Florence Thompson (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), who has placed about 20 times for us. There's some of them we'd love to keep and, if some owners were to express an interest, we could look at doing that.”

Those classy sprinters will be joined by a much-reduced but quality trio from the Aga Khan Studs. It features Riyami (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), rated 66 and winless in five starts for Michael Halford, the 77-rated Karakoul (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), who has placed three times, and 1m4f winner Shajak (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}), both of whom are trained by Johnny Murtagh.

The supplementary lots for the sale are well worth checking out as well. Listed as lots 136 to 144, they are headed by the Group 3-placed Strong Johnson (Ire) (Le Cadre Noi {Ire}) from Beechcourt Stables.

Graduates from this sale have made an impact all over the world, none more so than Melbourne Cup winner and Irish St. Leger runner-up Twilight Payment (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), who was bought Glebe House Stables by Kerr & Co Ltd for €200,000 in 2018.

Saltonstall is another high-profile graduate. Sold by Michael Halford's Copper Beech Stables in 2018 for €44,000 to Shamrock TB/Compas Equine, Saltonstall (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) has proved to be a money-spinner for the Ado McGuinness stable and notched his ninth career success last month at Leopardstown.

Hot on the heels of the horses-in-training sale is two days of yearling sales at Goffs on Wednesday and Thursday. The Autumn Yearling Sale has punched above its weight in recent years with Quick Suzy (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}) a notable graduate.

Quick Suzy was snapped up by Aoife Dunphy for just €20,000 when this sale took place online in 2020. She went on to win the Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot for Gavin Cromwell and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners.

The Autumn Horses In Training Sale kicks off at 12pm on Tuesday while the Autumn Yearling Sale begins at 10am on Wednesday and Thursday.

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