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First Foal For Earthlight

A filly, born on Jan. 16 at Plantation Stud
Out of the group-placed multiple winner Achnaha (Ire) (Haatef), from the family of stakes-winning 2-year-old and producer Dusky Queen (Ire), and G3 Sweet Solera S. winner Albabilia (Ire)
“[She is an] attractive, correct bay filly with loads of substance. We are very happy with her,” said Plantation Stud's James Berney. “We used Earthlight as he was a very high-class racehorse, being champion 2-year-old in France and a son of Shamardal out of a talented racemare. He looks to have all the credentials to be a top-class sire. We will be supporting him again this year.”
Earthlight, an unbeaten 2-year-old who won the G1 Middle Park S. and G1 Prix Morny, stands at Kildangan Stud for €18,000.

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Breeding Right To Time Test Sells For 115,000gns

A breeding right to Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who sired four stakes winners last year in his first season with runners, was purchased by Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock on the Tattersalls Online platform on Wednesday for 115,000gns. The breeding right entitles the buyer, an unnamed client of the Doyles', to breed one mare to Time Test each season that he stands at The National Stud.

Time Test, who was himself a dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed, sired black-type winners at a rate of 9.3% last year. He stands at The National Stud for £15,000. He stood for £8,500 his first four seasons.

Ross Doyle said, “He's a young sire going places, by a top sire in Dubawi out of a well-bred Dansili mare, which we love. It sounds like he's got a serious book of mares lined up for this season on the back of his stats and the physicals of his foals and yearlings on show at the recent sales. The team at the National Stud continue to do a great job with him. We have bought it for a client who will support him with a very nice mare.”

A breeding right to Time Test's National Stud barnmate Lope Y Fernandez (Ire), who enters stud in 2022, was sold to Dwayne Woods of Brook Stud for 24,000gns. The Lope Y Fernandez breeding right entitles the owner to one mare per year, plus an additional mare in 2023, 2024 or 2025.

“I had the pleasure of seeing Lope Y Fernandez recently and thought he had let down into a lovely stallion,” said Woods. “He is a great walker and lovely type and an exciting young stallion, and Brook Stud are looking forward to supporting him.”

A breeding right to A'Ali (Ire), who enters stud next year at Newsells Park Stud, was sold to Laurence Gleeson of Aughamore Stud for 22,000gns. It entitles the owner to breed one mare per year plus an additional mare each year from 2022 through 2025.

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York To Alter Name Of Duke Of York S.

In light of the sexual assault charges against Prince Andrew, the Duke Of York, York Racecourse will alter the name of its G2 Duke Of York S. The race was originally named in honour of another Duke Of York, Prince George, who later became King George V, and York is going through the process to have the race renamed the 1895 Duke Of York S.

James Brennan, York's head of marketing and sponsorship, said, “In the current news cycle, it has made the name a distraction. At the current time, what we want to do is stress its history and that it was in honour of the Duke Of York who became King George V from 1898. So, any connection to Prince Andrew is through the title and it wasn't named in any shape or form for him–it has been run as a pattern race since 1971 and he did not become Duke of York until 1986.”

The Duke Of York S. has been run over six furlongs since 1968 and has been a Group 2 race since 2003. It was won last year by Starman (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who went on to earn champion sprinter honours.

“It is something we have gone around the houses with a bit, because it is a recognised name and the whole point of pattern races is that the name can be tracked down through the equine generations by bloodstock agents, trainers, racegoers etc,” Brennan said. “You change a pattern name with caution. But what we wanted to do, so the race could be left to be 'the race' and so we can talk about the next generations of Starmans and those sorts, rather than obsessing about the title in the current climate, was the proposal to the Pattern Committee to clarify its history and the man that it honours by just inserting an '1895' prefix. The application will go for the 1895 Duke Of York S. and I wouldn't want to second-guess the European Pattern Committee, but it would seem a reasonably straightforward request, you'd have hoped.”

Prince Andrew is being sued by Virginia Giuffre for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was 17. Giuffre claims she was trafficked by the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew has denied the allegations and is fighting them as a private citizen after being stripped of his military titles by The Queen. He has also stopped using his 'HRH' title.

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Condren Appointed Goffs UK Head of Sales

Bernard Condren has been appointed to Head of Sales of Goffs UK and will join the company beginning Feb. 7. Bernard, who began bid spotting at Goffs in 2000, made his debut as an auctioneer at Goffs in 2006. Previously, Bernard spent 11 years with Racing TV.

“Bernard will continue to be on the rostrum at all Goffs sales whilst also becoming a full-time auctioneer at the Goffs UK's sales in Doncaster, Aintree and Yorton,” Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent commented. “His role will also see him join the Goffs inspection team and liaise with Goffs' agents to attract entries to the Group's sales across both codes.”

Condren added, “A key part of my role with Goffs will be Point-to-Point sales and I am looking forward to working closely with our agents Derek O'Connor, Michael Moore and Caroline Kenneally as we continue to grow our P2P and NH sales.”

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