November NH Foal

Sale format change

LOTS for this year’s Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Foal Sale (running from November 10th to 16th) will now be catalogued by day in A-Z format.

The move follows extensive consultation over a number of years with vendors and purchasers, and will align the sale with all other Tattersalls Ireland offerings in a format well established across the industry.

A statement from the sales house said there will be no change to the foal selling days and each day will be treated as a separate entity and catalogued alphabetically by dam, with the same starting letter applying to each day throughout the four-day foal section.

The benefits of adopting an A-Z lotting system is expected to reduce congestion when viewing foals, while vendors/consignors with larger drafts will be able to work from one base for the duration of the sale and not have to move to a different location for each day of selling as was previously the case.

Premier Yearling

Sale line-up revealed

A GROUP of 450 yearlings have been catalogued for the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale at Doncaster on August 29th and 30th, with lot details now available for viewing online.

This year’s sale will see all yearlings eligible to run in the new Harry’s Half Million by Goffs at the 2024 York Ebor Festival. The race, currently known as the Goffs Harry Beeby Premier Yearling Stakes, has been rebranded and will be worth a guaranteed £500,000 next year.

Somerville Yearling Sale catalogue published

THE catalogue for the third edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale is now online and can be viewed on the Tattersalls website.

It features 314 yearlings who will be offered for sale on September 5th, all of which will be eligible for the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes as well as the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes.

Goffs Yorton Sale catalogue has 50 young NH horses

LOT information for the 2023 Goffs Yorton Sale has been published this week, featuring “50 high class National Hunt two-year-olds and yearlings” who will be offered at the Welsh facility on September 7th. Now in its fifth year, the sale delivered a first Grade 1 winner when Inthepocket landed the Top Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree.

‘Lucki’ set for horses-in-training sale at Doncaster

GRADE 2-winning chaser Third Time Lucki features among 148 horses catalogued for the Goffs August Sale at Doncaster, which takes place on August 9th.

The sale, which hosts two partial dispersals from owners Mike and Eileen Newbould and Gigginstown House Stud, will offer a session of horses-in-training and stores along with smaller numbers of NH mares and youngstock. The catalogue has been published this week.