GOFFS have announced details of horses in training sales in both Ireland and the UK in the coming months.

Ten years on since its inception, the Goffs Champions Sale returns to Leopardstown on September 14th, the first day of the Irish Champions Festival. The boutique sale has produced an average price exceeding €188,000 during that time, while the median stands at €150,000, with horses selling for up to €500,000.

The company created the similar Goffs QIPCO British Champions Day Sale at Ascot last year and was topped by Wathnan Racing and Blandford Bloodstock’s £1million purchase of Rogue Lightening selling for £1,000,000. It was held on QIPCO British Champions Day, which takes place on October 19th this year.

Another notable result for the company in the last 12 months was when Regent’s Stroll sold for £660,000 at the Summer Sale in Doncaster, setting a new record for the highest-priced National Hunt horse ever sold at auction. The venue will host another horses in training sale alongside the October Yearling Sale on October 22nd and 23rd.

Goffs’ Co Kildare venue presents a similar combination from November 4th to 7th, as the Autumn Horses In Training Sale coincides with the Autumn Yearling Sale.

A Goffs speciality

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby commented: “Boutique auctions for elite horses in training are a Goffs specialty. As consistently proven in recent years, our boutique sales have achieved the highest prices of any horses in training sales in the UK and Ireland.

“The Goffs London Sale on the eve of Royal Ascot recorded top prices of £5million, £1.1million and £1.2million at its three most recent renewals, and the key ingredients of right time, right place, also apply to both Leopardstown and Ascot, as the calibre of racing and prize money draws all the major players and provides the perfect platform for vendors of world-class horses.”

Horses in training entries for all four sales are now open and those wishing to apply for a place should enter online at Goffs.com. Interested parties can also speak to Nick Nugent, Joey Cullen, Tadhg Dooley and Kevin O’Ryan regarding Irish sales, or Tim Kent and Bernard Condren for the British sales.