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Classic Getaway Equals Record

For the second time in a month at Yorton Farm, a record for a point to point horse was reached on Thursday when Classic Getaway (Ire) (Getaway {Ger}) (lot 7) matched the £570,000 made by Jonbon at the Goffs UK November P2P Sale. Classic Getaway was one of 31 horses offered at the Goffs UK December P2P Sale, and he was bought by Tom Malone and Gordon Elliott.

Five horses were sold for six figure sums on the day, and also among those was Queens River (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) (lot 14), another debut winner who was knocked down to Kieran McManus for £330,000, which makes her the highest-priced P2P filly to be sold by Goffs.

In all, 24 horses (78% of the offerings) were sold for an aggregate of £2,239,000, an average of £93,292 and a median of £52,500.

Following the conclusion of the sale, Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said, “What a day. It’s fair to say that the results of today’s sale have far exceeded expectations and we would like to thank everyone who has participated in the success of this sale. We were delighted with the strength of the catalogue, but to equal the world record price whilst smashing the average and median achieved here last month is beyond anything that we could have imagined. This has been an incredible year that we will remember for so many different reasons.

“Once again, we would like to thank James and Jean Potter, David Futter and his team for hosting us here at Yorton Farm and Stud. There is no doubt that vendors and purchasers have thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and facilities offered at this unique location and we are delighted to finish the Goffs UK year on a high. We would also like to thank all of our vendors for their incredible support and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to Doncaster at the end of January, which is where it all began earlier this year with a top price of £370,000.”

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Colin Bowe Receives Willie Stephenson Memorial Trophy

Trainer Colin Bowe was chosen as the recipient of the Willie Stephenson Memorial Trophy for 2019, Goffs UK announced on Tuesday. The award commemorates the co-founder of DBS, now Goffs UK and is awarded annually to the person or persons whom the Goffs UK Board feel have made the biggest contribution to the success of the company during the year.

Bowe trainees are a regular feature at the Goffs UK Doncaster and Aintree Sales, particularly the latter, where they have topped three of the four sales held at the venue thus far. Normally, the award is presented at Doncaster, but due to COVID-19, it was instead awarded to Bowe in his yard on Tuesday.

“Colin has had a lasting impact on our sales with his point-to-pointers regularly featuring at the top of the market–a testament to his ability to consistently produce horses of the highest calibre,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby in his role as the second successor to Willie Stephenson as Goffs UK Chairman. “He has played a big part in the ongoing success of our Aintree Sale having produced most of the sale toppers including Samcro who topped the inaugural 2016 sale and went on to become a headline horse, winning the G1 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2018 and the G1 Marsh Novices’ Chase at the Festival earlier this year.”

“We are delighted to add Colin’s name to the list of very worthy and diverse recipients of this award and look forward to selling more of his Milestone Stables’ graduates for many years to come.”

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Galileo Colt Tops December HIT Sale

Indianapolis (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a former Ballydoyle incumbent most recently under the care of James Given, topped proceedings during the single session Goffs UK December HIT Sale on Friday when selling to Ian Williams and Richard Ryan for £52,000 as lot 24. The 3-year-old Indianapolis last won in October of 2019, but was twice placed in one mile six furlongs handicaps this year. The entire is out of the dual Grade I winner Adoration (Honor Grades).

David Elsworth’s Egerton House Stables offered the 6-year-old gelding Dash Of Spice (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 86), and he was picked up by the Ontoawinner Syndicate for £29,000. From the family of the Elsworth-trained G1 Juddmonte International winner Arabian Queen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Dash Of Spice was placed in a mile and a half Doncaster handicap on Oct. 24.

Also bringing £29,000 was Al Shaqab’s 2-year-old colt Saeiqa (GB) (Shalaa {Ire}) (lot 141). Trained by John Gosden, Saeiqa was third in his first two starts including the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot, where he was beaten 2 1/4 lengths by Nando Parrado (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). He was bought on Friday by Denis Hogan.

From a significantly larger offering this year than last (127 through the ring compared with just 77 last year) figures held up at the December HIT Sale. The 104 sold represented a clearance rate of 82%, up from 78% last year. The aggregate was £694,500. The average and median both made marginal gains on last year: the average was up 2.8% at £6,678, while the median climbed 6.7% to £4,000.

Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said, “Whilst we are not going to pretend that today’s sale is the highlight of our year, we are very proud of the trade that has been achieved throughout the day and we would like to thank all vendors and purchasers for their participation. We saw some spirited bidding throughout the day, with those present competing with a strong online buying bench, and this has helped to produce a very satisfactory end to the sales in Doncaster for 2020.

“The December Sale is normally the last fixture in the Goffs UK calendar, but we have an additional date in 2020 which will see us return to Yorton Farm Stud for the new December P2P Sale on Thursday, Dec. 17. We have already announced some very smart pointers for this sale, and we will be adding to the catalogue in the coming weeks to ensure that the Goffs UK year finishes in style at Yorton Farm.”

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Doncaster HIT Sale On Friday

Goffs UK stages its single-session Doncaster December HIT Sale on Friday beginning at 11 a.m. Horses will be sold by owners and trainers like Alan King, Anthony McCann, Brian Ellison, Denis Hogan, Godolphin, Gordon Elliott, Hugh Morrison, Iain Jardine, John Gosden, Karl Burke, Mark Johnston, Mick Channon, Noel Meade, Peter Bowen, Richard Hannon, Richard Hughes, Richard Newland, Tim Easterby, Tom Lacey.

Entry to the sale will be limited to those who wish to take part in the auction and those planning to attend must pre-register and complete the online COVID-19 medical form on the Goffs UK website.

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