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Momentum Continues At Part 2 Of The Goffs Arkle Sale

Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby has said that Part 2 of the Goffs Arkle Sale lived up to its billing after turnover climbed 7% on last year to €3,333,500. The average also climbed 10% to €19,725 with the median up 6% to €17,000 while the clearance rate dropped 3% to 79% with 169 of the 215 lots offered finding new homes.

Beeby said, “Our record-breaking Part 1 of the Arkle Sale could have been a hard act to follow but today's Part 2 has very much kept up the momentum with another strong set of results. This is especially pleasing when last year recorded a 59% rise, so to build on that is quite something.”

“As with Part 1 we are indebted to our vendors who chose Goffs for another fine bunch of potential NH stars and it is gratifying that Arkle Part 2 is also very much a first-choice sale for increasing numbers. Indeed, the three days have clearly demonstrated that Kildare Paddocks has been the focus of the NH world with a huge influx of buyers from home, the UK and further afield as they now recognise that Goffs Arkle provides a significant portion of the best bred and best looking 3YOs to be offered each year.”

He added, “In fact, last year the Arkle Sale (as the Land Rover) sold the biggest share of select store horses which is quite some evolution and testament to the work of our superb NH Team who have liaised closely and diligently with NH breeders to make this sale unmissable for buyers of NH quality. It is also very pleasing that so many of our sale graduates perform at the highest level on the racecourse and at the season's biggest meetings year after year. Once again, the closeness of the average and median prices has pointed to a sale of consistency, strength and depth and we salute our vendors for reading reading the market so well and extend sincere thanks to every buyer for their patronage.”

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King Rasco Grey Lives Up To His Name With 250k Sale To Mullins At Goffs

It was the French sires who dominated on day two of the Goffs Arkle Sale with Willie Mullins and Harold Kirk going to €250,000 to secure a Galiway (GB) gelding [King Rasko Grey (Fr)] from Treannahow Stables.

That was followed by a Doctor Dino (Fr) gelding that was snapped up by Gordon Elliott for €185,000 from Altenbach Bloodstock and a Jeu St Eloi (Fr) gelding to Paul Nicholls and Tom Malone for €175,000.

Galiway, the sire of dual Group 1 winner Sealiway (Fr), has made huge strides as a National Hunt sire with Mullins training two of his best jumpers, Vauban (Fr) and Gala Marceau (Fr).

The dominant force of National Hunt racing returned to the market to secure the strapping King Rasko Grey from Tony Costello, who Mullins bought Goffs Defender Bumper winner Predators Gold off.

Mullins said, “He's a gorgeous horse by a sire who has been very good to us. He was poetry in motion walking around the ring and I loved him. We've gone back to the source of success in Treannahow Stables.”

Mullins saw off the attention of Nicholls for the Wednesday top lot who was christened by the Costellos as Elvis for a very simple reason.

“Very simply he was the king,” Tony Costello told Bernard Condren, head of sales at Goffs. “I bought him as a foal in Osarus [for €18,000] in the height of Covid. There were only a hundred people at Dublin Airport when we got there. His racing name is King Rasko Grey so Elvis was an easy decision. He's the king today.”

Of the 217 lots offered on Wednesday, 185 were sold for an aggregate of €9,514,000, representing an average of €51,427. The median stood at €45,000.

Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby said, “The Arkle Sale may have a new name this year but there was nothing new about the hunger for top class NH prospects at Goffs in June. For the last number of years this sale has enjoyed a meteoric rise as so many NH vendors have sent a larger and larger share of their best to us and we cannot thank them enough for we are nothing without their horses.

“Over the last two days trade has matched the outdoor temperatures as both were hot, hot, hot! That trade was generated by a simply stunning group of Three-Year-Olds and it was so gratifying to hear judge after judge commend the standard of entry over the two days. Last year the sale grew by 25% so we are delighted to have consolidated those results and it is especially pleasing to see an average and median so close as that points to a sale of true consistency with the latter important figure growing by another 7%.”

He added, “The top of the market enjoyed some titanic bidding duels, none more so than for the top lot with Harold Kirk for Willie Mullins just outlasting Tom Malone for Paul Nicholls. To have the two Champions battling it out is testament to the horse in question and the sale in general, and they were just two of the many significant personalities to play an active part from start to finish.

“So the two days have clearly illustrated the appeal of NH sales at Goffs and we have been so pleased to welcome shoals of buyers from the UK, France and USA following a very proactive campaign by the Goffs Purchaser Attraction Team working in tandem with our friends at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. They have locked horns with every Irish buyer of note including the mighty band of Point-To-Point handlers who have made such an impact in recent times.

“As we turn our focus to Part 2 of the sale tomorrow, which is bound to produce another significant group of winners, we extend our thanks to every vendor for the trust they placed in the Goffs service and wish each purchaser the best of luck, safe in the knowledge that they have bought from a sale that is truly the measure of any.”

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Nicholls Snaps Up 160k Beaumec De Houelle Gelding At Goffs Arkle Sale

Trainer Paul Nicholls and bloodstock agent Tom Malone flexed their muscles at the newly-branded Goffs Arkle Sale on Tuesday by signing for three lots to the tune of €410,000, including the €160,000 day one topper, a Beaumec De Houelle (Fr) gelding already named Zamek (Fr) consigned by Mark Dwyer's Oaks Farm Stables.

That was the highest average posted by any buyer on day one, however, it was the point-to-point outfit Monbeg Stables who posted the highest aggregate spend by signing for 15 lots to the tune of €784,000.

Of the 224 horses offered at Goffs on day one, 204 were sold for an aggregate of €10,862,500, representing a €53,248 average.

Zamek was picked up as a two-year-old from Precolette at the mixed sale at Arqana last July for €70,000. Out of the Sinndar (Ire) mare Zanatiya (Fr), the gelding is a half-brother to the classy jumps performer Zarisk (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}).

Beaumec De Houelle is a son of Martaline and fittingly stands at Haras de Montaigu for €6,000. A Grade 1-winning hurdler himself, his first crop are just three years' old.

On the day one headline act, Nicholls commented, “He is a lovely, sharp horse and we're delighted to get him. He actually reminds me a lot of Call Equiname, who was a similarly lovely-looking grey horse. Hopefully he can be as good as him.”

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Goffs Arkle Sale Catalogue Now Online

The Goffs Arkle Sale catalogue, which is now available online, drew 469 lots for Part 1, which will be held on June 13-14, and 238 lots for Part 2, set for June 15. Formerly the Land Rover Sale, the flagship National Hunt sale for Goffs has been renamed this year in honour of Goffs' most famous graduate, Arkle, and is held in partnership with Defender.

“Buyers can expect something very special at Goffs Arkle Sale next month,” Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said. “Our expansion of Part 1 to two days in 2021 took this sale to a whole new level as we can now accommodate the increasing demand from the leading NH vendors choosing to send their best to Goffs.”

All horses offered in Parts 1 and 2 are eligible for the €100,000 Goffs Defender Bumper at the 2024 Punchestown Festival, where the winning vendor will also win a Defender Hard Top.

The sale will get underway at 10 a.m. each day.

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