COMPARISONS with the previous year’s sale were not strictly applicable following the one-day September Horses In Training Sale at Goffs UK on Tuesday. Many lots that might have been included in the catalogue moved to the reinstated August Sale instead.

Henry Beeby explained: “Comparing today with last year’s two day September Sale is probably not reasonable as we reintroduced the August Sale this year following requests from vendors and purchasers. The August Sale proved a huge success, boosted by the Potensis Dispersal, and any comparison needs to take account of our two large single days versus the single two day sale in 2015. So the £2,624,000 August turnover was today’s starting point meaning we have enjoyed year on year growth for the category.

“Today’s trade has followed recent trends with plenty of competition for the good ones from a diverse crowd of buyers from the likes of Qatar, Sweden, Greece, France, USA etc. and, of course, the UK and Ireland.”

Leading the way by some margin was the large draft from Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House. He sold 17 lots for a total of £271,800 and heading the consignment was Bright New Dawn, a nine-year-old son of Presenting. With earnings of more than £200,000 from eight victories, he is a Grade 2 winner over hurdles and fences and been Grade 1 runner-up in both codes. He will now join Venetia Williams’ yard after Matt Coleman signed for him at £56,000. Half of the top 10 lots came from Gigginstown House and another highlight was also a son of Presenting. This was the six-year-old Cogryhill and he has the distinction of being a winner of a point-to-point, bumper, hurdle race and a novice chase at the beginning of July. Adam Potts paid £44,000 to acquire this relation to Rhinestone Cowboy and Wichita Lineman.

The dual 2016 winning hurdler Imperial Prince was led out unsold at £58,000 but subsequently sold to Charlie Longsdon for a much reduced figure of £42,000. The seven-year-old son of Subtle Power is out of an own-sister to Satco Express, winner of the Grade 3 The Irish Field Novice Chase.

Bloodstock agent Tom Malone and trainer David Pipe splashed out £40,000 for the winning Pour Moi three-year-old gelding Vincent’s Forever sold from John Gosden’s Clarehaven Stables. Winner at two last year. He boosted his sale prospects by winning again since the catalogue was printed. Pipe later acted alone when paying £30,000 for Gone Too Far, sold from Alan King’s yard by owner J P McManus. The son of Kayf Tara won his third chase back in May to add to previous wins in a bumper and over hurdles. Middleham Park Racing sold one lot, the three-time winner Papa Luigi, and the three-year-old son of Zoffany will continue his racing career in Qatar. He was one of two purchases by trainer Hamad Al-Jaheni and cost him £38,000. His second purchase was the best of the Godolphin draft and this was Bachelorhood, a three-year-old son of New Approach. Winner and placed on both his starts this year, he is the 10th winning offspring of his dam.

Three other notable sales from the Gigginstown House consignment were four-time winner Ravished for £29,000, five-time winner (including a point-to-point) Altiepix to Kerry Lee for £28,000, and hurdle and chase winner Beau Et Sublime for £25,000.