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Three Grand National Entries In Goffs Online March Sale

Goffs has 68 confirmed entries for its Online March Sale on Mar. 24, including three horses with entries for the Randox Grand National on Apr. 10. The sale will be a timed auction, meaning there will be no auctioneer and bidding on each lot will close in accordance with the times noted on their catalogue pages.

The three Grand National entries to be offered are the multiple graded winner Alpha Des Obeaux (Fr) (Saddler Maker {Ire}) (lot 47); the G1 Ryanair Chase winner Balko Des Flos (Fr) (Balko {Fr}) (lot 20) and the multiple graded winner Ballyoptic (Ire) (Old Vic {Ire}) (lot 31). Both Alpha Des Obeaux and Balko Des Flos are entered and will run in the Cheltenham Festival's Cross Country Chase on Mar. 17.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “Goffs have a proud and proven record of selling Grand National winners having sold 35 winners of the race including three-time race winner Red Rum and dual winner Tiger Roll. We have offered numerous Randox Grand National entries in recent years and they are always well received by the market given the rare opportunity they represent whilst they certainly add something special to any sale. Our online sales though our proven Goffs Online platform have been well supported by vendors and buyers from around the world and with all horses offered with a Veterinary Certificate, which buyers can vet against post sale, prospective purchasers can bid with confidence. Those wishing to bid online must first register and be approved by Goffs. Registrations are open and all registrations must be made before the deadline at 12 noon on Tuesday, Mar. 23.”

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First Mares In Foal For King Of Change

G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. winner and G1 2000 Guineas second King Of Change (GB) (Farhh {GB}) has had his first mares scanned in foal. They include Table Forty Six (Ire) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}), a seven-time winner who is from the immediate family of G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Yorkshire Oaks third Mezzogiorno (Unfuwain) and Group 2 winners Monturani (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) and Anda Muchacho (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}); and Ramamara (Ire) (Trans Island {GB}), a winning half-sister to the listed-placed Trinity (Ire) (College Chapel {GB}) and a daughter of dual Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Fly Me (Fr) (Luthier {Fr}). King Of Change stands at Derrinstown Stud for €7,000.

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Dark Raven To Be Offered Through Tattersalls

Dark Raven (Ire) (Malinas {Ger}), the current top-rated 4-year-old bumper horse in Ireland, will be offered at the Tattersalls Online 23rd March Sale. Dark Raven was an eye-catching winner of a National Hunt flat race at Leopardstown on Mar. 7 for Willie Mullins and looks to be among the favourites for the €100,000 Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Bumper at Fairyhouse on Apr. 4.

The Tattersalls Online 23rd March Sale will be the third conducted on the Tattersalls Online platform. Entries close on Mar. 15 and the full catalogue will be revealed on Mar. 17.

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Trainer Marcialis Facing Criminal Charges

French-based trainer Andrea Marcialis, who on Wednesday was handed three years and nine months in bans by France Galop in addition to the six months he is currently serving for running a shadow training operation, faces criminal charges after being indicted on Thursday on counts of organized gang fraud, equine doping and forgery. The 35-year-old Marcialis was one of 14 people arrested following a raid on Mar. 9 in which police seized doping products, €8,800 in cash and removed three racehorses from the premises. A press released issued by the office of the public prosecutor in Senlis late on Thursday said the indictment concerns at least 31 races in which allegedly doped horses were entered.

The investigation into Marcialis by the Police de Jeux (France's gaming police) was triggered last August by reports to France Galop that Marcialis was seen in the Saint-Cloud Racecourse car park with a syringe in hand. The investigation had been ongoing since October. After 48 hours in custody, nine of those arrested were arraigned before a judicial tribunal in Senlis on Thursday. The public prosecutor's press release said some of those arraigned had been forbidden to work as trainers or vets, and that the main defendant was made to pay a deposit of €100,000 against possible future fines and damages, although names were not specified.

The Italian-born Marcialis was granted a French trainers' license in 2017 after working for his father Antonio Marcialis in Milan. His first group winner was the 2019 G3 Prix de Saint-Georges scorer Sestilio Jet (Fr) (French Fifteen {Fr}), and Marcialis trained a first Group 1 winner last June when Way To Paris (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) took the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Marcialis was handed a six-month ban last December after France Galop stewards determined that he had conspired with his sister, Elisabetta Marcialis, to run a shadow training operation in the name of 83-year-old trainer Jean-Claude Napoli, who they were said to have taken advantage of and who has since died. Marcialis was on Wednesday slapped with additional cumulative bans of three years and nine months by France Galop for four additional charges which involved medication violations and another shadow operation. The medication violations included six horses in his care allegedly receiving injections between 48 and 72 hours before racing and without veterinary consultation or approval, and four horses allegedly receiving corticosteroids three days out from racing. It also encompassed the aforementioned Saint-Cloud syringe incident, during which Marcialis was reported to have been carrying a 20ml syringe filled with a clear liquid in the Saint-Cloud parking lot. Marcialis's two runners on that Saint-Cloud card were tested pre- and post-race, and though one came back positive pre-race, it was negative post-race.

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