A TOTAL of 44 blue-blooded mares, featuring a classic winner and four other Group 1 winners in foal to the likes of Dubawi, Frankel and Sea The Stars, will headline day one of the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale on Friday, November 24th.
The Niarchos Family will send a draft of world class quality to Goffs as part of a family restructuring, headed by:
ALPHA CENTAURI – the four-time Group 1 winner pictured above won the G1 Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas and will be offered in foal to SEA THE STARS
ALPINE STAR – winner of the G1 Coronation Stakes, is in foal to FRANKEL
TAPESTRY – the G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks winner, second in the G1 Darley Irish Oaks is in foal to DUBAWI
Three consignors will handle the draft with 18 from Norelands and 13 each offered by Baroda Stud and Kiltinan Castle. a further four Listed winners with a total of 30 blacktype victories across the draft.
Announcing the draft, Goffs Group Chief Executive, Henry Beeby said: “The Niarchos Family have proved to be one of the world’s preeminent owner-breeders over the last 50 years and have developed a broodmare band that is the envy of the global bloodstock community. It is extremely rare for a draft of this quality and depth to be offered at public auction and Goffs are delighted that we have been chosen to handle this superb sale. As was the case when Paul Makin and David Wildenstein appointed us, we will ensure a global audience at Kildare Paddocks for a draft that would have graced any breeding stock catalogue in the world and offers an unprecedented chance to buy into some of the best bloodlines in thoroughbred racing”.
The full list of the Niarchos mares is:
Consigned by Baroda Stud
• Albigna (IRE) in foal to St Mark’s Basilica
• Burning Topic (GER) in foal to Ulysses
• Innervisions (IRE) in foal to Saxon Warrior
• Kanthaka (JPN) in foal to Arizona
• Liquid Amber (USA) in foal to No Nay Never
• Mirror in Space (IRE) – Maiden
• Mississippi Delta (USA) in foal to Camelot
• Night Glow (USA) – Maiden
• Night of Light (IRE) in foal to Lope De Vega
• Nocturne (GER) in foal to State of Rest
• Sea Meets Sky (FR) in foal to Churchill
• Tierra Del Fuego (IRE) barren
• Valle De La Luna (GB) in foal to State of Rest
Consigned by Kiltinan Castle Stud
• Alpine Star (IRE) in foal to Frankel
• Diaphora (GER) in foal to New Bay
• Foniska (IRE) – Maiden
• Heliosphere (USA) in foal to Study Of Man
• Light of Joy (USA) in foal to Night Of Thunder
• Light of Night (GB) in foal to Saxon Warrior
• Lovee Dovee (GB) in foal to Sea The Moon
• Martini Glass (USA) in foal to Starspangledbanner
• Nature Spirits (FR) in foal to New Bay
• Perseids (USA) – Maiden
• Phaenomena (IRE) in foal to No Nay Never
• Provocateuse (IRE) in foal to Kingman
• Spell On You (IRE) in foal to Study of Man
Consigned by Norelands
• Alpha Centauri (IRE) in foal to Sea The Stars
• Bold As Love (IRE) – Maiden
• Cosmic Lady (IRE) – Maiden
• Dawn Wall (AUS) in foal to Saxon Warrior
• Fiesolana (IRE) in foal to Mehmas
• Flutter (IRE) in foal to Wootton Bassett
• Forever Be (IRE) in foal to Wootton Bassett
• Hand On Heart (IRE) in foal to No Nay Never
• Humankind (IRE) – Maiden
• La Fiamma (USA) in foal to Mehmas
• Malicieuse (IRE) in foal to Wootton Bassett
• Only Mine (IRE) in foal to Siyouni
• Raja Ampat (IRE) in foal to Baaeed
• See (USA) – Maiden
• Snakeless (USA) in foal to Circus Maximus
• Sunrise Valley (USA) in foal to Study of Man
• Tapestry (IRE) in foal to Dubawi
• That Which Is Not (USA) in foal to Frankel