Ireland is universally acknowledged as a world leader in thoroughbred breeding and Goffs is proud to present a selection of 487 of the country’s best yearlings for the 2015 Orby Sale.
The two day elite sale will take place on Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September and the catalogue is now available online at goffs.com.
Galileo, Frankel, Dubawi, Sea The Stars, Oasis Dream, Invincible Spirt, Teofilo, Shamardal, Dark Angel, Nathaniel, Canford Cliffs and Zoffany are just some of the headline names among a mouth-watering sire profile of established and first crop sires.
Six of the best Frankel yearlings will come to Orby with every chance of emulating the success of his foals who achieved their highest prices at Goffs. A group of individuals as impressive in the flesh as they are on paper, the Frankel draft comprises:
- Frankel filly ex five time G 1 winner Alexander Goldrun ( from Mountarmstrong Stud)
- Frankel brother to dual Classic winner Finsceal Beo ( from Rathbarry Stud)
- Frankel filly out of a daughter of Classic winner Imagine ( from Barronstown Stud)
- Frankel brother to Group winner US Law ( from Ballylinch Stud)
- Frankel filly out of dual Stakes winner Rose Bonheur ( from Camas Park Stud)
- Frankel colt from the family of New Approach ( from The Castlebridge Consignment)
A wonderful selection of 14 yearlings by champion sire Galileo includes an own brother to Classic winner Nightime ( from The Castlebridge Consignment); a brother to Ribblesdale Stakes winner and €2.3 million Goffs graduate Banimpire from leading Orby vendor Kilcarn Stud (); a filly out of an own sister to Holy Roman Emperor () from Barronstown Stud; a sister to Group 1 winner Intense Focus from Airlie Stud (); as well as a Galileo brother to Group 1 winner Lahaleeb from Tally Ho Stud ().
The supreme quality continues with Barouche Stud’s daughter of Teofilo out of an own sister to leading US sire Tapit () and a stunning Dubawi filly from Oaklawn Stud who is a half-sister to the prolific Group winner Grandeur (). Redmondstown Stud will offer an own sister to multiple Group 1 and Classic winner Dawn Approach (), while another previous winner of the Group 1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes with a sister in the sale is Toormore ().
Commenting on the publication of the Orby catalogue, Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby said:
“We are delighted with this year’s outstanding Orby catalogue. Leading Irish breeders have increased their support of the sale with a bigger selection of their best yearlings resulting in an increase in the catalogue size that was a consequence of an additional 500 nominations. That hunger to be part of Orby follows some spectacular results in recent years and there is little doubt that Orby is unmissable for leading international buyers as it offers extraordinary quality and value.
The feedback from purchasers has been so positive in recent years and they tell us that Orby yearlings are the measure of any they see. That there has been a European Classic winner in every one of the last 12 years bar one clearly demonstrates the level of yearling that is on offer at Goffs”.
Goffs Orby Sale commences at 10am each day, and will be immediately followed on Thursday 1 October by the one day Goffs Sportsman’s Yearling Sale.