Freedom Of Speech Makes €140K At The Goffs Champions Sale

Sophomore filly Freedom Of Speech (Ire) (Australia {GB}) (lot 3), a winner at two and third in the G3 Park Express S. this year, sold to Bobby O'Ryan for €140,000 during the Goffs Champions Sale on Saturday. Consigned by Jim Bolger's Glebe House Stables, the daughter of the winning Vocal Nation (Ire) was the only one of four catalogued lots to change hands prior to the start of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown. Her third dam is the stakes winner, GI Ladies' H. third and Grade I producer Six Crowns (Secretariat), who foaled American champion juvenile Chief's Crown (Danzig) and dual Grade I winner Classic Crown (Mr. Prospector).

O'Ryan said, “She is a lovely filly who already has black type and therefore has plenty of residual value. She has been bought for a new client and will stay in training in Ireland.”

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “The Goffs Champions Sale is part of our programme of boutique sales and, as such, it provides potential just before one of the great days of Irish racing whilst also adding a bit of theatre to the overall pre-race entertainment on track. Obviously we would have preferred to sell more of the catalogue but we believe that the concept has a future and wish the new connections of Freedom Of Speech the very best of luck.”

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Goffs Champions Sale Moved Back

The Goffs Champions Sale, which typically takes place in the Leopardstown parade ring prior to the start of Irish Champions Weekend but will this year be online, has been moved back with bidding now to run from Sept. 16 to 18. The decision was taken because recent heavy ground conditions at Irish meetings have affected the number of suitable sale candidates.

Nick Nugent of Goffs said, “An advantage of an online sale is its flexibility to move and adapt in order to maximise opportunities for everybody. Recent ground conditions have not been helpful but, with plenty of high-class racing in the next week and hopefully better going, the hope is that more suitable candidates will emerge.”

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