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Goffs Moves Orby Sale Forward

Goffs will shift its two-day Orby yearling sale-to be staged this year at Goffs UK’s Doncaster sales complex-forward by a day and it will now take place on Sept. 30 and Oct 1. The change was made to allow an additional day between Orby and Tattersalls October Book 1. Orby yearlings will ship into Doncaster on Sept. 27, following the Goffs Sportsman’s Sale there on Sept. 24 and 25.

“Our job is to deliver the greatest opportunity for every lot with which we are entrusted,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “Feedback from a wide range of Orby vendors since Friday was that the timing between Orby and Tattersalls Book 1 was too tight and we were asked to revisit the dates both for vendor logistics and to ensure that every lot receives the full attention of the maximum number of potential purchasers for the most time. At this difficult time we are mindful of working for everyone in the industry and so, after discussing the matter at length with Edmond Mahony at Tattersalls, we have decided to move the Orby Sale back 24 hours whilst we will also turn the complex around in 24 hours following the Sportsman’s Sale to ensure the stables are ready for the Orby yearlings that much earlier, so allowing them to settle in before showing starts. Every hour counts for these world-class yearlings and we have listened carefully to the feedback and requests that have come from all our vendors, many of whom will also be selling the following week. An extra 24 hour window might make all the difference at the end of our sale so having the stables ready a day earlier will also be important. On both counts the Goffs team will do whatever it takes to deliver.”

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Gutaifan’s Fev Rover Earns Calvados Verdict

Richard Fahey trainee Fev Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan) was rewarded for runner-up finishes at Doncaster and Newmarket with a first black-type success upped to seven furlongs for Sandown’s July 21 Listed Star S. and duly delivered as a short-odds selection for a second in Saturday’s G2 Shadwell Prix du Calvados at Deauville. The April-foaled dark bay raced prominently, just behind the pacesetting Plainchant (Fr) (Gregorian {Ire}), for most of the straight seven-furlong trip. Rowed along to close on that rival passing the quarter-mile marker, the 6-5 favourite came under sterner urging entering the final furlong and found an extra gear in the closing stages to prevail in game fashion. At the line, she held a neck buffer, with one length back to last month’s Listed Prix Roland de Chambure victress King’s Harlequin (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) in third.

“The trainer asked me not to come too soon because there was a possibility she could idle and stop in front,” explained winning rider Christophe Soumillon. “It’s not that I timed my move well, but more that the filly in front kind of stopped. In fact my filly was hanging in and out throughout the whole race and didn’t use herself properly. If she had I think that she would have won more comfortably than she did.”

Fev Rover becomes the first pattern-race winner for her sire and is the best of three winners from as many runners out of Laurelita (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), herself a winning daughter of Chervil (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who in turn is three-parts sister to GI Yellow Ribbon S. heroine Light Jig (GB) (Danehill). Light Jig produced three black-type winners headed by GI Hollywood Derby hero Seek Again (Speightstown) and G3 Jebel Ali Mile victor Treble Jig (Gone West). Decendants of Fev Rover’s third dam, G2 Prix d’Astarte winner and GI Yellow Ribbon S. second Nashmeel (Blushing Groom {Fr}), include Listed Criterium de l’Ouest victor and G3 Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord runner-up Battle Dore (Sanglamore) and Listed Prix de Saint-Patrick scorer Lynton (Lyphard). Laurelita has a yearling colt by El Kabeir and a weanling colt by Starspangledbanner (Aus) to come.

Saturday, Deauville, France

SHADWELL PRIX DU CALVADOS-G2, €90,000, Deauville, 8-22, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:27.53, vsf.
1–FEV ROVER (IRE), 123, f, 2, by Gutaifan (Ire)
1st Dam: Laurelita (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire)
2nd Dam: Chervil (GB), by Dansili (GB)
3rd Dam: Nashmeel, by Blushing Groom (Fr)
1ST GROUP WIN. (£20,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR). O-Nick Bradley Racing 43 & Partner; B-Manister House Stud (IRE); T-Richard Fahey; J-Christophe Soumillon. €51,300. Lifetime Record: SW-Eng, 4-2-2-0, €78,472. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Plainchant (Fr), 123, f, 2, Gregorian (Ire)–Nadinska (GB), by Doyen (Ire). (€3,000 RNA Wlg ’18 ARQDEC; €4,000 Ylg ’19 AROCT). O-Alain Jathiere, Sauro-Andrea Fiordelli & Maurizio Guarnieri; B-EARL Elevage des Loges (FR); T-Maurizio Guarnieri. €19,800.
3–King’s Harlequin (Ire), 123, f, 2, Camelot (GB)–Swift Action (Ire), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). (€30,000 Ylg ’19 GOFORB). O-Sam Sangster, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing LLC, Mme Margaret Perle O’Rourke & Solomon Kumin; B-E J Loder (IRE); T-Nicolas Clement. €9,450.
Margins: NK, 1, NK. Odds: 1.20, 19.00, 9.40.
Also Ran: No Speak Alexander (Ire), Louliana (Ire), Magna Mater (Ire), Stardevote (Ire), Cassiopea (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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Goffs Orby, Sportsman’s Sales To Be Held In Doncaster

Goffs will stage its Orby and Sportsman’s Sales at its Goffs UK sales complex in Doncaster this year rather than at Kildare Paddocks in Ireland. The dates for the sales have also been slightly adjusted; the Sportsman’s Sale has been moved a week earlier to Sept. 24 and 25, while the Orby Sale will take place slightly later than planned on Oct. 1 and 2 to allow buyers who wish to attend Books 1 and 2 of Keeneland September to self-isolate for two weeks before traveling to Doncaster.

The location change is in light of the Irish government’s 14-day quarantine requirement for visitors to the country.

“In view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the current Irish and localised protocols, and in the best interests of our clients and the Irish breeding industry, the board of Goffs are announcing today that it will, on a purely once off occasion, stage the Orby and Sportsman’s Sales in the Goffs UK sales complex in Doncaster,” said Goffs Chairman Eimear Mulhern. “Goffs shareholders have always sought to provide the Irish industry with an independent sales company with its own ethos, integrity and values and it is in line with this core principle that we have decided to stage the sale at our own premises in the UK.”

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby added, “Naturally our first preference would have been to hold what is the Irish National Yearling Sale in Kildare Paddocks but, given the current issues caused by Covid-19, we judge that is not in the best interests of our vendors who have supported us with a stellar selection of wonderful yearlings. Our job is to attract the widest and most diverse group of buyers to our sales and we feel that can best be achieved in 2020 by moving our yearling sales to our UK site as a one-off to deal with the uniquely challenging problems caused by Covid-19.”

“The showing areas for the yearlings [at Doncaster] are second to none and we will ensure that the facilities for attendees are enhanced as much as possible once we have taken the UK Government’s directives into account,” Beeby added. “In addition Doncaster is easily accessible from every part of the UK and is just 1 1/2 hours from central London by train whilst our superb network of international agents will continue to promote these world-class Orby yearlings around the globe. Alongside that Goffs Online will allow absent buyers to participate in the sale and we will ensure that clear videos of yearlings are available for inspection as well as accommodating any buyers who want to bid by telephone. In short, Orby and Sportsman’s will provide their usual world-class service and the only difference will be geographical on this occasion”.

The remaining Goffs sales programme for 2020 will stay in Ireland, including the Goffs November Foal and Breeding Stock Sale. Any vendors not wishing to sell in the UK will be accommodated in the Goffs Autumn Sale on Nov. 2 to 4.

“The situation with our market-leading foal sale is entirely different as by far the biggest group of buyers are Irish so, to be clear, the November Sale will be held in Kildare Paddocks on its planned dates,” Beeby added. “Goffs foals are true market leaders with Europe’s top-priced foals being sold at Goffs in five of the last six years headed by the world’s best in 2019 at €1.2 million, and this year of all years it makes most sense to sell Irish foals in Ireland whilst the Breeding Stock section will be enhanced with our online platform, videos and agents on the ground.”

The Orby and Sportsman’s sales will continue to have the full support of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing.

“We would far prefer that the Orby and Sportsman’s Sales be held in Ireland but regrettably, that is not realistic in the current uncertain climate,” said Horse Racing Ireland Chief Executive Brian Kavanagh. “Horse Racing Ireland understands Goffs’s decision to relocate the sales on a once-off basis and will support Goffs and Irish breeders in these unique circumstances through the continued and proactive work of our subsidiary, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing.”

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Goffs UK Unveils Premier Sale Catalogue

Goffs UK has released the catalogue for its Doncaster Premier Sale, with 423 yearlings set to go under the hammer on Sept. 1 and 2. The sale has already enjoyed a fruitful 2020, with Golden Horde (GB) (Lethal Force {Ire}) following on from fellow sale graduate Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in winning the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and The Lir Jet (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}) making it back-to-back wins for the sale in the G2 Norfolk S., with A’Ali (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) having taken that prize in 2019. Graduate Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) has won two Group 1s this year, while group-winning juveniles Supremacy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Cairn Gorm (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) and Ventura Tormenta (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) were also sourced at the sale.

The latter’s half-brother by Starspangledbanner (Aus) (lot 313) is among this year’s offerings at the Premier Sale. Other highlights on paper include a colt by Invincible Spirit (Ire) out of G3 Firth of Clyde S. victress Distinctive (GB) (Tobougg {GB}) (lot 173) and a filly by the same sire out of G1 Nassau S. winner Favourable Terms (GB) (Selkirk) (lot 206); a No Nay Never filly out of a half-sister to Equiano (Fr) (lot 195); a Cotai Glory (GB) half-sister to A’Ali (lot 322); and a full-brother to G3 Hackwood S. winner Yafta (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 423). Haras d’Etreham and La Motteraye Consignment offer a Lope De Vega (Ire) colt out of G3 Round Tower S. winner Royal Empress (Ire) (lot 380) as well as colts by Etreham sires Wootton Bassett (GB) (lot 338) and Almanzor (Fr) (lot 31). Barton Stud offers a filly by leading French sire Siyouni (Fr) (lot 361) out of a half-sister to GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Queen’s Trust (GB) (Dansili {GB}).

“It has been a very strong year for the Premier Sale on the track and once again it has proved its ability to produce horses of the highest calibre with A’Ali and particularly Golden Horde,” said Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent. “Both elite 2-year-olds last year, they have progressed in their 3-year-old season to hold strong stallion credentials and look set to follow other top graduates such as Advertise and Harry Angel who have recently secured their place at leading studs in the same way as the likes of Acclamation, Dark Angel, Wootton Bassett etc. Seeing these results is very exciting for the sale and the host of top 2-year-olds we have this year, headlined by the likes of Cairn Gorm, Method, Supremacy, The Lir Jet and Ventura Tormenta certainly puts it in a strong position for the latter half of the season and their Classic season next year.

“We have some outstanding yearlings catalogued this year, including siblings to some of our star performers, and we have plenty to look forward to over the coming weeks with a number of graduates lining up in Group 1 races. We will be busy in the build-up marketing this catalogue to our ever-growing global audience and we look forward to welcoming everyone to Doncaster on Sept. 1 and 2, where we will be strictly following the updated protocols to ensure that we comply with the UK Government’s latest COVID guidelines.”

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