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Goffs Orby Catalogue Anchored by Sea The Stars Filly

The catalogue for the Goffs Orby Sale, which includes a Sea The Stars (Ire) half-sister to a trio of Group 1 winners out of Theatrical (Ire) mare Green Room (lot 176), is now online. Numerous blue-blooded pedigrees make up the two-day sale, with 474 yearlings set to go under the hammer on Sept. 29-30. Sunday’s G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. winner Lucky Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) is a €175,000 graduate of the Orby Sale.

Ballylinch Stud will offer the 12th foal of the unraced Green Room, whose 2018 Galileo (Ire) filly Espania (Ire) topped the 2019 Goffs Orby Sale at €3 million. Espania is a full-sister to G1 Investec Oaks heroine and €900,000 yearling Forever Together (Ire); €680,000 Goffs Orby yearling and G1 Dubai Fillies Mile heroine Together Forever (Ire); the SP Do You Love Me (Ire)-an €3.2 million purchase and the top lot at the 2018 Goffs Orby Sale; and a half-sister to G1 Prix Jean Prat hero and sire Lord Shanakill (Speightstown). Green Room has already produced the €1.1 million Goffs Orby graduate Signe (Ire) to the cover of Sea The Stars.

Perennial champion sire Galileo (Ire) is represented by eight yearlings, including; The Castlebridge Consignment’s lot 237, a son of GI E. P. Taylor S. heroine Lahaleeb (Ire) (Redback {GB}); a filly (lot 305) out of G1 Ascot Vale S. victress Nechita (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) from the Baroda Stud draft; a 3/4 sister to G1 Irish Derby winner Trading Leather (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 311) from Manister House Stud; MGSW and GI Gamely S. runner-up Quiet Oasis (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB})’s daughter (lot 357) from the Barronstown Stud draft; Oaks Farm Stables’ lot 306, a filly out of GSP Nell Gwyn (Ire) (Danehill), herself a full-sister to European Champion 3-Year-Old Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill); lot 122, a filly from The Castlebridge Consignment out of MSW & MGSP Easton Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}); another from Castlebridge, a filly (lot 42) out of MGSW & MGSP Banimpire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}); and finally lot 16, a colt offered by Islanmore Stud, the third foal from MSW & GSP Alive Alive Oh (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}).

A single yearling by Dubawi is part of the Staffordstown draft as lot 17, a colt out of French MSW All At Sea (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), whose second dam is German Champion Older Mare Albanova (GB) (Alzao); while among Dark Angel’s 20 yearlings is the second foal out of the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Jet Setting (Ire) (lot 211) from Baroda Stud. Abbeville Stud brings a son of Exceed And Excel (Aus) (lot 92) out of Italian Group 3 winner Cottonmouth (Ire) (Noverre), who has already foaled Italian Champion Older Horse and MG1SW Dylan Mouth (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}). Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire})’s Frankel (GB) half-brother is offered by Baroda Stud as lot 458, and they are also the consignor of note for a Kingman (GB) half-brother to 2020 G1 Henkel Preis de Diana heroine Miss Yoda (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) (lot 291). Camas Park Stud’s draft contains a full-brother to European champion and young sire Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (No Nay Never) (lot 388). G1 Coronation S. victress Maids Causeway (Ire) (Giant’s Causeway) is represented by a Showcasing filly (lot 267) for Ballyhane. The bay is a half-sister to MGSW Elizabeth Way (Ire) (Frankel {GB}).

In 2019, the Goffs Orby Sale grosses ¥42,927,500 for 364 sold of 429 offered. The average was €117,933 and the median was €65,000. Topping proceedings over the two-day stand was the aforementioned Espania (Ire), who sold for €3 million to M V Magnier/Westerberg from the draft of Ballylinch Stud. Allthough unraced, holds an entry for the Sept. 13 G1 Moyglare Stud S.

A full preview of the Orby Sale will be conducted after the Aug. 12-13 Goffs Land Rover Sale at Kildare Paddocks with online bidding and strict social distancing protocols in place. The Land Rover Sale is the first sale in Ireland since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and Goffs is working closely with Horse Racing Ireland to ensure that the protocols in place mirror those on Irish racecourses. Goffs is committed to delivering the best marketplace possible given the current situation, with further announcements in connection to the Orby Sale and Oct. 29-30 Sportsman’s Sale in the future.

“In the first instance we want to thank the many Irish breeders and consignors who have overwhelmingly maintained their support of the Orby Sale with drafts of quality and depth leading to another selection of pedigrees and physical specimens that simply fills us with enormous pride,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “On visit after social distanced visit to stud farms across the land the Goffs inspection team have been supported by colts and fillies of true quality that would make the grade with ease into any other premier sale.

“These are especially challenging times and Auction Houses are having to be more adaptable than ever in terms of dates and locations. However, as we have demonstrated in recent months, Arqana, Goffs and Tattersalls will consider every option to serve the industry as best we are able, putting our usual competitive natures to one side for the greater good. To that end I have agreed with Edmond Mahony at Tattersalls that we will meet following the forthcoming store sales to discuss the autumn sales programmes of Goffs and Tattersalls, and the options that exist.

“With specific reference to the Orby and Sportsman’s Sales we will continue to monitor the situation and look at any and all options as matters evolve but we would reiterate that the modern day Goffs was set up to provide a world class sales facility in Ireland specifically for the Irish breeder. That said at the same time we have a superb sales complex in the UK so we have options to serve the industry on both sides of The Irish Sea and will make a timely decision in the best interests of all our valued vendors when we have weighed up the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative against the backdrop of a situation that is literally changing by the day. However we feel it would be imprudent to rush in to any finite decisions beyond this week at this stage and we would ask for calm heads together with the continued support of our loyal clients as by working together we can deliver the best results for the world class Irish horses so sought after around the world.”

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Enable to Bypass York, Run in September S.

Dual G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe heroine Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) will bypass an intended start at York and instead run in the Sept. 5 G3 September S., according to Juddmonte Racing Manager Teddy Grimthorpe. The Juddmonte colourbearer had originally been under consideration for the G1 Juddmonte International S. or the G1 Yorkshire Oaks in late August, but the Kempton 2400-metre event is now her target. The champion is eyeing a second title in the September, held over the all-weather, as she won it in 2018.

“Prince Khalid has decided that Enable’s next start will be the September S. [a] Group 3 at Kempton on Sept. 5,” Grimthorpe said in a statement. “As has been stated, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe remains her main objective.”

Enable is exiting a third win in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S., after running second in last season’s Arc and the July 5 G1 Coral-Eclipse S. at Sandown. If she had contested the Juddmonte International, she would be facing Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who won the 10-furlong Coral-Eclipse in good style. Arguably however, the Yorkshire Oaks would have provided even stiffer competition, as outstanding dual English Classic heroine Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a certainty for that event, having won the Oaks by an impressive nine lengths on July 4.

Added Grimthorpe on the appeal of the Kempton feature, “The Kempton race worked well a couple of years ago. Obviously the temptation of York was quite a serious one, but we’ve always made it perfectly clear that the Arc is her main objective.

“Whoever turns up in the Yorkshire Oaks, you are going to have a tough race–it’s a Group 1. In theory, she should have a slightly easier task in a Group 3. Coupled with that, she’s won an Arc off the September S.–so from that point of view, that is a positive, and really we are just trying to give her every chance to get to the Arc in the best possible shape. The four weeks’ timing of the Kempton race before the Arc is probably spot on as well.”

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Palace Pier Works Toward Marois

Royal Ascot Group 1 winner Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}), who is unbeaten in four starts, worked well on Saturday in advance of the Aug. 19 G1 Prix Jacques le Marois, according to trainer John Gosden. The Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum colourbearer graduated on debut at Sandown last August and added a novice race there a month later before being shelved. Successful in a June 6 handicap at Newcastle over the all-weather, the bay saluted in the G1 St James’s Palace S. at Royal Ascot in his latest outing on June 20.

“Palace Pier worked well on Saturday and is looking at the Jacques le Marois, which I said he would go for right after he won the St James’s Palace S.,” said Gosden. “He is a young horse that is only three and he has only run four times in his life, so to that extent he is a progressive horse. Every time you go into these Group 1s it is hard and this time he is taking on older horses, not just 3-year-olds. He ran great at Ascot and I just think the straight mile at Deauville will really suit him. We are happy keeping him at a mile, but he will get a mile and a quarter in time. You could see that by the way he finished his race at Ascot.”

Gosden also provided an update on 2019 G1 St Leger S. winner Logician (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who has been out of action with peritonitis since his Leger score.

“Logician breezed on Saturday as well and is coming along fine,” Gosden added. “We are looking to run him in September, all being well-that’s the plan. I know the races we want to look at, but we won’t name them until closer to the time as when you do you often don’t get there.”

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Ground Key for Art Power in Nunthorpe

King Power Racing’s Art Power (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who won the G3 Lacken S. at Naas on July 4, is targeting the Aug. 21 G1 Nunthorpe S., where he would face top older sprinter Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). His trainer Tim Easterby is hoping for rain, as the grey is not ending his season in the York sprinting showcase. The 3-year-old colt is riding a four-race winning streak, with a novice score at York last October kicking things off at second asking. Art Power followed up with another novice win, this time at Newcastle on June 1, and won the Palace Of Holyroodhouse H. at Royal Ascot on June 19 prior to his Lacken score.

“I’d like it to rain,” said Easterby. “We’re fine over five furlongs, but I just wouldn’t want to run him on very quick ground because it’s not all about the Nunthorpe. He goes on fast ground, but the pace you need for that race on fast ground might be the thing. If it rains it is definitely the right way to go. The ground is key to us having a good chance, I think.”

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