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Blue Bresil Filly Takes Top Honours at Goffs Land Rover Part 2

The Goffs Land Rover Sale wrapped on Thursday with a single-session Part 2. Topping proceedings was a 3-year-old filly by Blue Bresil (Fr) (lot 458) from Peter Nolan Bloodstock. The bay, from the family of graded placed hurdler Backinthere (Ire) (Flemensfirth) hammered at €65,000 to Aidan O'Ryan/Gordon Elliott.

Lot 488, another filly, this time Butlersgrove Stud's daughter of Well Chosen (GB), was the second lot to reach or exceed €50,000. She brought €52,000, having caught the eye of Bobby O'Ryan.

From a statistics standpoint, 118 lots sold from 160 offered (74%) for a gross of €1,953,300. The average was €16,553 and the median of €15,000.

“Following a spectacular two-day Land Rover Part 1, today's Part 2 sale took up the mantle and certainly delivered more of the same with advances in all the vital statistics,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby in his end-of-sale statement. “Most noteworthy was the clearance rate which grew by 16 points to a very respectable 74% and, once again, we extend our thanks to our vendors who provided the raw material as well as every purchaser who engaged as they sought to find the next Land Rover star.

“I repeat our thanks to everyone at HRI for their help in working through the protocols to deliver a safe, compliant and vibrant sale. And, as ever, our colleagues at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing have been pivotal to the whole sale as they worked with the Goffs Team to ensure the maximum audience for all three days. We extend our thanks to all our buyers regardless of their spend and wish them the best of luck with their Land Rover purchases as they seek to follow in the hoof prints of so many NH stars of recent years.

“And our vendors. So many of them stepped up with drafts of note and it gave us enormous pleasure to see them rewarded for the faith they placed in the Goffs Land Rover service. It may be a repetitive statement but we are nothing without the horses and can't do it without them.

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Palace Pier Tops Longines WBRR

Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}), who won the G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. in late May, is the new top-rated horse on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings at a mark of 125. He was previously ranked 121 on the back of his G2 bet365 Mile victory earlier this spring.

Sitting in second is Nature Strip (Aus) (Nicconi {Aus}) at 123. Three horses share third at 122–Domestic Spending (GB) (Kingman {GB}) for his GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan S. win, Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), and Mystic Guide (Ghostzapper). Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who won Saturday's G1 Cazoo Derby, has moved up to 121 to sit a joint-sixth. Others on that mark are: Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) for his triumph over Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (120) in the G1 Coral Coronation Cup; GI Belmont S. presented by NYRA Bets winner Essential Quality (Tapit); G1 Victoria Mile heroine Gran Alegria (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}); MG1SW Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and Aussie Eduardo (Aus) (Host {Chi}).

There are also several horses rated 120. Some of the new additions at 120 are: G1 Japanese Derby one-two Shahryar (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Efforia (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}); G1 Cazoo Oaks victress Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}); G1 Qatar Prix Du Jockey Club victor St Mark's Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}); and G1 Doomben Cup hero Zaaki (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}). For more details, please visit www.ifhaonline.org.

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Goresbridge Sale Topper Resold Privately

The record-breaking top lot at last week's Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-up Sale has been returned by the purchaser and has subsequently been bought privately by Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing.

The Dark Angel (Ire) colt out of Venturous Spirit (Fr) (Arch) had been bought as a yearling at the Arqana October Sale for €6,000 by Jerry Horan and Katharina Irmer and was knocked down in the ring last Thursday at £410,000. The colt was initially bought by Richard Brown for an undisclosed client. Brown's underbidder Alex Elliott was later contacted by the vendor and agreed a private sale on behalf of Amo Racing.

Elliott said, “Kia is very supportive of young people throughout the industry and he felt very bad for the young guys who had sold him, Kat and Jerry. It's a risk to do what we've done but we think we are potentially getting some value, especially as we absolutely loved the horse at the sale. We felt he was a special colt, he did a really good breeze, and we've had a bit of a reduction since he's been returned. Kia was keen to support the vendors and the horse has gone to George Boughey. We're very excited to have him.”

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Walk In The Park Gelding Top Lot at Goffs

A gelding by Walk In The Park (Ire) brought a session-topping final bid of €220,000 during the second session of the Goffs Land Rover Sale on Wednesday. Consigned by Glenwood Stud as lot 249, the 3-year-old sold to Andy and Gemma Brown and Joey Logan. That trio had been in action for the second dearest lot during Tuesday's session, the €200,000 Aide Memoire (Fr) (Martaline {GB}). He is a half-brother to outstanding Group 1 chaser Monalee (Ire) (Milan {GB}).

Lot 339, a gelding by Milan (GB), brought €165,000 from the duo of Tom Malone and Paul Nicholls. Peter Nolan Bloodstock consigned the bay, who is from the same family as G1 Gaelic Leopardstown H. Chase winner Glamorgan Duke (Ire) (Flemensfirth).

Following on from Tuesday's 11 six-figure lots, trade on Wednesday added an equal number. Of the 199 horses offered, 169 found new homes during the second session, a clearance rate of 85%. The gross reached €7,790,000 for the day, with an average of €46,095 and a median of €38,000. Overall, the first two days of the sale have seen 353 lots sold from 401 offered (88%) for an aggregate of €16,337,500. The average and median so far are €46,282 (+10%) and €40,000 (+11%), respectively. Part 2 of the Goffs Land Rover Sale begins at 10 a.m. on Thursday.

“It's good to be back…and how,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby in his end-of-sale statement. “Firstly to be in a position to hold a sale in Ireland for the first time this year is a massive step forward, not just for Goffs but for the Irish bloodstock industry, as it lays solid foundations upon which to build for the rest of the year.

“When expanding a sale there is always a risk that the quality is diluted but that has very much not proved the case with a two day Part 1 that has more than maintained the momentum that this sale has built up over the last decade. We always say we are nothing without the horses as we can't do it without them and vendors have largely reaped the benefit of their support for which we thank them most sincerely.”

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