Today’s opening session of the Goffs Orby Sale was topped by a stunning filly by Galileo (Lot 35) that sold for €1.2 million to trainer John Gosden on behalf of Godolphin. Gosden, accompanied by advisors David Loder and Anthony Stroud, outlasted Coolmore’s MV Magnier to secure the bay filly consigned by John O’Connor’s Ballylinch Stud.
Another of today’s stand out lots was Kilcarn Stud’s daughter of Invincible Spirit out of the Group winning Galileo mare Prima Luce from the family of Halfway To Heaven. The regally bred filly, Lot 138, was purchased by Cheveley Park Stud for €580,000. Full results from today’s sale are available here.
International interest was a common theme throughout with buyers from around the globe competing for some of the very best bred Irish yearlings, and at the conclusion of Day 1, Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby commented:
“We’ve seen some spectacular trade for well-bred yearlings today and those which stood out attracted huge international interest with buyers from the US, Hong Kong, Europe, Australia, the Middle-East and China.”
A total of 195 lots were sold during the Orby’s opening day for a total aggregate of €21,140,000 at an average of €108,410 and with an 85% clearance rate, demonstrating a marginal increase on the corresponding session in 2016.
The second day of the Goffs Orby Sale starts at 10am tomorrow, Wednesday 27 September 2017.
View Nick Luck's review of Orby Day 1:
Galileo Filly Tops Orby Day 1 At €1.2 Million
26 September 2017
