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Quilita Snapped Up By DahlBury For €205K

Grade 1 producer Quilita (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) (lot 1) sold for €205,000 to Simon Davies of DahlBury during Tuesday's Goffs Instant Online Sale. Consigned by Oghill House Stud, the 12-year-old who is in foal to Arc hero Walgeist (GB), is the dam of dual Grade 1 and Cheltenham Festival winner Quilixios (GB) (Maxios {GB}). Quilita also placed at the Grade 3 level in Germany.

Davies said, “Quilita appealed to us as a quality mare with a proven ability to breed Grade 1 performers, and as such she fits what we are trying to achieve here at DahlBury. We are continually investing in our broodmare band to support our stallions and have been delighted with the calibre of mares that have visited Bangkok (Ire), Planteur (Ire) and Walzertakt (Ger) this spring.

“Quilita will join last week's Goffs UK August Sale topper Miss Heritage (Ire) (Pour Moi {Ire}) as well as Put The Kettle On (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}), who we purchased at the Aintree Sale and is now successfully in foal to Planteur, at DahlBury. Quilita is our third big purchase from Goffs and we have found the process very straight forward and transparent. She is in foal to an exciting young stallion in Waldgeist and she should suit Bangkok who is a tremendously good looking individual and has been well supported in his first season.”

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “Goffs were delighted to offer another classy mare online today and the excellent result is a superb endorsement of Goffs Instant which is ready and available at 48 hours' notice to sell any thoroughbred of quality. We are grateful to the vendors for their trust and especially appreciative of Simon Davies of DahlBury as this is the third high profile broodmare he has bought from our sales this year. We wish him every success with them.”

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Strong Sportsman’s Sale Catalogue Unveiled By Goffs

The catalogue for the 524-strong Goffs Sportman's Sale is now online. Scheduled for Sept. 29-30 beginning at 9:30 a.m. each day, all lots are eligible for the €100,000 Goffs Sportsman's Challenge race over six furlongs at Naas in September of 2023.

Some of the sire power on offer includes Acclamation (GB), Australia (GB), Camelot (GB), Caravaggio, Dark Angel (Ire), Exceed And Excel (Aus), Fastnet Rock (Aus), Gleneagles (Ire), Havana Grey (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire), Kodiac (GB), Lope de Vega (Ire), Mehmas (Ire), New Bay (GB), Night of Thunder (Ire), Oasis Dream (GB), Sea The Stars (Ire), Showcasing (GB), Sioux Nation, Starspangledbanner (Aus), Teofilo (Ire), Zoffany (Ire) and Zoustar (Aus).

Lot 599 is a Caravaggio filly who is a half-sister to G2 Prix Robert Papin winner Ventura Tormenta (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) from Tinnakill House; while Oghill House Stud's lot 743 is a half-brother to G2 Queen Mary S. heroine Quick Suzy (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}). A yearling with a very recent update is a colt by the late Zoffany (Ire) (lot 815) who is a half-brother to this week's Deauville Group 3 winner Sydneyarms Chelsea (Ire) (Sioux Nation) from the draft of Peter Nolan Bloodstock. Among the other highlights of the Sportsman's Sale are: a Blue Point (Ire) half-brother to Group 2 winner Bow Creek (Ire) (Shamardal) (lot 876) from Roundhill Stud; and a Tamayuz (GB) colt out of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas victress Bethrah (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) (lot 877) from Derrinstown Stud;

In 2021, 337 yearlings sold from 368 offered (92%) and grossed €6,967,300. The average was €20,674 and the median was €16,000. A Lumville Farm-consigned filly by Dark Angel (Ire) topped the sale at €140,000 on the bid of Brian Grassick Bloodstock.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “Our inspection team has worked with Irish breeders to hand pick a quality collection of classy commercial yearlings and real 2-year-old types for this year's Sportsman's Sale. The Irish National Yearling Sales week comprising the Orby and Sportsman's Sales is simply unmissable for buyers and offers a greater selection of quality at every level.”

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Dubai Breeze-Up Sale Returns In 2023 With Partnership Between DRC & Goffs

The 2023 Dubai Breeze-Up Sale in association with Goffs, organised by the Dubai Racing Club in cooperation with Goffs, will return to the sales calendar in 2023. Slated for Meydan Racecourse in the week leading up to Dubai World Cup night, just like the 2022 inaugural edition, the sale will be confined to a maximum of 69 juveniles carefully selected by the Goffs inspection team. Travel subsidies will be available to vendors and all entries will again undergo a full veterinary examination prior to departure to ensure full transparency and buyer confidence.

This year's edition attracted a diverse buying bench of new and existing buyers. A colt by Curlin, consigned by Powerstown Stud, was purchased by Mohammed Al Subousi for AED2.5 million (€620,000) to top the sale. The average was AED609,412 (€158,000). Monday marked the first 2-year-old winner from the sale, the Dubawi (Ire) filly Dubai Jemila (GB). She ran out a half-length winner in the colours of Jaber Abdullah in an Ayr novice. The Kevin Ryan trainee was sold by Malcolm Bastard to Yousuf Salem Saeed Saqer Al Kaabi for AED1.4 million (€347,090).

Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmook Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Racing Club, said, “The success of the inaugural Dubai Breeze Up Sale executed in collaboration with Goffs paid tribute to the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. And in keeping with the success achieved by the region's first ever sale of its kind, we are pleased to announce the second edition in 2023 and we once again welcome Goffs aboard as partners in conducting the second edition of the sale during the week of the Dubai World Cup 2023. In partnership with Goffs, we look forward to another thrilling edition of the sale where again some of the world's top racing connections will go head-to-head in a bid to sign future champions.”

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby added, “It was an honour for Goffs to be selected by Sheikh Rashid bin Dalmook, Chairman of the Dubai Racing Club, to conduct the inaugural Dubai Breeze-Up earlier this year. Following a superb start, it is a wonderful endorsement of the Goffs service to have been reappointed to grow and develop this world-class sale. Solid foundations are in place, and the Goffs inspection team led by Nick Nugent and Tom Taaffe along with our vendors will take the learnings from year one and fine tune the sale to ensure we present a catalogue that best matches what the Dubai Breeze-Up buyer seeks.

“Goffs was delighted to be involved in introducing a sale such as this on the eve of the world's most prestigious race and we look forward to working with the team of the Dubai Racing Club to deliver an exceptional bunch of 2-year-olds to Dubai next year.”

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Grade 1 Producer Quilita To Sell In Goffs Instant Online Sale

Quilita (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) (lot 1), the dam of dual Grade 1 winner Quilixios (GB) (Maxios {GB}), will be offered for sale on the Goffs Instant Online platform on Aug. 9. Offered by Oghill House Stud as the property of Sean Martin, the 12-year-old mare is in foal to G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Waldgeist (GB). Bidding will open at 11 a.m. and last until 1 p.m. on the Goffs Online website.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “Quilita is a proven Grade 1 producer and we are delighted to offer breeders this rare opportunity to purchase a blue-blooded National Hunt mare online with Goffs.

“We would like to extend our thanks to Quilita's owner Sean Martin for choosing Goffs Online and look forward to next week's sale.”

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