New British Record At Doncaster Spring Store Sale Opener

A new British record was established during the first of two sessions of the Doncaster Spring Store Sale when Goldford Stud's filly by Blue Bresil (Fr) was hammered down for £210,000. The daughter of Petticoat Tails surpassed the previous mark of £200,000 set at this same event 12 months ago. The Astons' Goldford Stud have accounted for the top seller at the Spring Store Sale no fewer than 10 times, including five years consecutively from 1997-2001. It was an especially poignant transaction for the Astons in light of the passing of Richard Aston late last month and the celebration of life in his honour held at Goldford Stud last week.

A total of 99 horses changed hands for turnover of £2,905,300. The average price of £29,346 represented a 6% decline from 2022, while the median of £25,000 dropped by 4%.

The second and final session of the sale commences Tuesday at 11am.

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Leading NH Figure Richard Aston Dies at 68

Richard Aston, co-owner of Goldford Stud and one of the leading lights of the National Hunt breeding scene, died on Saturday at the age of 68 after recently being diagnosed with cancer.

A former amateur rider over jumps, Aston was also chairman of Bangor-on-Dee racecourse and previously a director of its neighbouring Chester racecourse for eight years. Among his many roles within the bloodstock industry, he was a former member of the TBA's National Hunt Committee and one of the driving forces behind the popular TBA National Hunt Foal Show.

David Futter of Yorton Stud, who worked closely with Aston on the National Hunt Committee, said on Monday, “Richard was a great ally to me, and a friend and confidant. I used to pick his brains and ask for his advice when I was buying stallions. He has been a big part of my life over the last 20 years and it's extremely sad.”

He added, “He was integral to the foal show. If it wasn't for Richard getting it organised and staging it at Bangor we would never have got it off the ground. He's been a great supporter of National  Hunt breeding and very successful at it, and he's been taken well before his time.”

Broadcaster Nick Luck was also heavily involved with the TBA National Hunt Foal Show over the years, both as breeder and master of ceremonies, and he paid tribute to Aston on his Nick Luck Daily podcast, describing him as “a man of great knowledge, great humility, great humour, and enormous wisdom and insight.”

Leading National Hunt bloodstock agent David Minton also shared his thoughts on his friend on the podcast in conversation with Luck. He said, “[Richard] was a wonderful person. I've known him all my life really, as my father used to ride his grandfather's point-to-pointers.

“He was a very competent horseman in his own right. He rode winners and then commentated a bit, and then of course he set up Goldford Stud with Sally, which has become a tower of strength in the National Hunt business, both at Doncaster and at the Derby Sale, which they topped regularly.”

The Astons' hugely successful Goldford Stud in Cheshire has been the birthplace of a raft of decent jumpers, including Cue Card (GB) and, more recently, this season's Morebattle Hurdle winner Benson (GB). Though more readily associated with the National Hunt sphere, Goldford has also featured prominently at Flat sales and is home to mares owned by Allan Belshaw, breeder of G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Newspaperofrecord (Ire). In 2021, Goldford Stud sold her dam Sunday Times (GB) on Belshaw's behalf to Coolmore for 1.8 million gns, making her the third-top lot of the Tattersalls December Mares' Sale.

Richard Aston is survived by his wife Sally and son Charlie, to whom we extend our sincere condolences. 

 

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Dam Of Breeders’ Cup Winner Newspaperofrecord To Be Offered At Tattersalls December Sale

Outstanding broodmare Sunday Times, the dam of American superstar filly Newspaperofrecord, is to be offered for sale at the forthcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale which takes place Nov. 29 – Dec. 2.

The 12-year-old daughter of Holy Roman Emperor is carrying a Lope de Vega own sibling to Newspaperofrecord whose unbeaten 2-year-old career culminated in a breathtaking seven-length romp in the 2018 Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Churchill Downs. Purchased at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and trained by Chad Brown, Newspaperofrecord raced in the colors of Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and added to her Grade 1 tally with another effortless win over a mile in last year's G1 Just A Game Stakes at Belmont Park.

Quoted after Newspaperofrecord's extraordinary Breeders' Cup performance Chad Brown said; “Today she showed how good she really is and for her to win as easy as she did is remarkable,” while Thoroughbred Daily News columnist Bill Finley wrote that “her performance might well be regarded as one of the best in the history of the series.”

Newspaperofrecord is the third foal out of Sunday Times, herself a top-class race filly who won the G3 Sceptre Stakes at Doncaster for her owner Allan Belshaw as well as finishing second in the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes. Her first foal Classical Times, by Lawman, who was also raced by Belshaw, won the Listed Cecil Frail Stakes at Haydock beating the high-class Group 2 and Group 3 winners Raven's Lady and Different League, before being sold to Juddmonte Farms, and her fourth foal, the winning Gleneagles filly Daily Times, in foal to Lope de Vega, will also be amongst the highlights of the forthcoming December Mares Sale.

Sunday Times' Listed placed Shamardal half-sister Question Times is equally illustrious, having produced six winners to date including 2018 G1 Irish Derby winner Latrobe, the G3 Gladness Stakes winner Diamond Fields and the Listed winner Pink Dogwood who was second to Anapurna in the 2019 Oaks and third in the Irish Oaks.

Both Sunday Times and Daily Times will be offered on behalf of Allan Belshaw from Richard and Sally Aston's Goldford Stud. Commenting on the sale of Sunday Times, Richard Aston said

“Sunday Times is a truly outstanding broodmare with a great future. She was a very smart race filly, she has produced a champion 2-year-old, she has a current classic pedigree which will appeal to breeders from all over the world and she is gorgeous. It is a rare combination and Mr. Belshaw will be racing Newspaperofrecord's yearling own sister and this year's Kingman filly foal which is why he has decided to sell both Sunday Times and Daily Times.”

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