AFTER a short midsummer break, the sales year swings back into action next Wednesday when Goffs UK stages its one-day August Sale in Doncaster.
The catalogue is predominately National Hunt and has been described as diverse, featuring as it does horses in training, point-to-pointers, mares in foal, and stores aged three and two.
A selection of late-season Irish point-to-pointers will likely dominate the horses in training session. Denis Murphy, Colin Bowe, Michael Goff, Colin McKeever, Sam Curling and Aidan Fitzgerald are among the handlers sending winners to the sale.
Some major flat yards are suporting the horses-in-training section. Kevin Ryan, Mark Johnston and Hughie Morrison have entries, while Irish trainers with entries include Gordon Elliott, Joseph O’Brien and Charles Byrnes.
Turning to the mares in foal, the undoubted star offering is Grade 2 hurdles winner Miss Heritage, in foal to Nathaniel. Joining that four-time winner in the mares’ section are mares in foal to Bangkok, Jack Hobbs and Walzertakt.
The two-year-old store horse session has been launched in support of the new junior hurdle races in Britain which will commence in the autumn. The section has been well supported by breeders with 43 horses to be offered in its debut year.
Supplementary entries include debut bumper winners Cavalon and Jack The Savage, the debut hurdle winner Gekkota and Johnson’s Blue, who has won five of his last six hurdle starts.
The session will offer two-year-olds by Blue Bresil, Dartmouth, Diamond Boy, Doctor Dino, Doyen, Falco, Gentlewave, Getaway, Great Pretender, Jack Hobbs, Jeu St Eloi, Linda’s Lad, Mahsoob, Mondialiste, Montmartre, No Risk At All, Pether’s Moon, Pillar Coral, Sea The Moon, Schiaparelli, Walzertakt and Yeats.
The sale will conclude with its traditional NH store session, the last opportunity of the year to buy three-year-olds, which will offer 73 lots.
Catalogue highlights
Lot 55: Poseidon (8yo gelding by Born To Sea), six-time winner for trainer Charles Byrnes, including a Grade B handicap hurdle. Due to run at Galway this week.
Lot 74: Some Scope (4yo gelding by Telescope), winner of his debut PTP for Michael Goff at Tralee.
Lot 76: Fortuitous Find (5yo gelding by Shirocco), the 17-length winner of his most recent PTP for Denis Murphy at Tralee.
Lot 79: Ballybentragh (5yo gelding by Fame And Glory), winner of his debut PTP for Colin McKeever at Broughshane.
Lot 81: Montmartre Abbey (5yo gelding by Montmartre), winner of his debut PTP for Colin Bowe at Tralee.
Lot 95: D’Last Spez (5yo gelding by Cokoriko), the 10-length winner of his most recent PTP for Colin Bowe at Inchydoney.
Lot 100: Kaituna River (5yo gelding by Ask), the six-length winner of his debut PTP for Michael Goff at Dromahane.
Lot 101: Townhill (4yo gelding by Presenting), the 20-length winner of his debut PTP for Sam Curling at Loughrea.
Lot 111: Tara Line (5yo mare by Kayf Tara), winner of her most recent PTP for Aidan Fitzgerald at Largy.
Lot 166: Miss Heritage (8yo mare by Pour Moi, in foal to Nathaniel), winner of four hurdle races including the Grade 2 Yorkshire Rose Mares’ Hurdle.
Sale Info
Sale: Goffs UK August Sale in Doncaster
Date/time: Wednesday, August 3rd (10am)
Lots: 280 approximately
Info: Session starts with horses in training and point-to-pointers, followed by NH stores (aged three and two), and NH mares in foal.
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