Goffs Orby Sale features the most impressive bunch of yearlings for some time.
Goffs Orby Sale consistently produces Classic and Group 1 winners, with Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Lightening Pearl, multiple Group 1 winner Cape Blanco and dual Oaks winner Dancing Rain being excellent examples, and this year’s catalogue features a seriously impressive bunch of yearlings with world class pedigrees backed up by outstanding individuals and the most diverse sire profile to date.
Classic interests catalogued include an own brother to dual Oaks winning Orby graduate Dancing Rain from Camas Park Stud () and a half brother to Guineas and three-times Group 1 winnerHalfway To Heaven (). Half brothers to Group 1 winners Lillie Langtry () and Lady Marian () are there, as is an own brother to Jim Bolger’s Orby graduate Banimpire (), winner of the Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Group 2 Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh.
Other highlights include a Galileo colt out of a full sister to Group 1 July Cup winner Dream Ahead() and a son of Oasis Dream out of a winning Sadlers Wells mare from the family of Alborada and Albanova () from Barouche Stud who also consign a Tapit colt from the family of Point Given (). Top class yearlings from the first draft of Champion Orby graduate New Approachinclude a half sister to Group 1 Phoenix Stakes winner Damson () and a smashing colt from the stallion’s breeders Lodge Park Stud (). A son of Giant’s Causeway from Ballylinch Stud, the first foal of dual Stakes winner Navajo, is also likely to attract attention.
Some supremely bred fillies on offer include Kilcarn Stud’s first foal out of the Sadlers Wells mareQueen Of Tara by Invincible Spirit () and Staffordstown’s Galileo filly, the first foal out of a winning half sister to Group 1 winners Albanova and Alborada (), as well as a Pivotal filly out of dual Group 1 Champion Arravale (). Barronstown Stud’s draft meanwhile includes a daughter of Dalakhani out of a Group winning half sister to Pilsudski ().
Sire diversity adds greatly to the appeal of the Orby Sale for buyers, and among the stallions represented this year are Acclamation, Cape Cross, Dalakhani, Danehill Dancer, Dark Angel, Duke of Marmalade, Galileo, Invincible Spirit, Monsun, Montjeu, New Approach, Oasis Dream, Pivotal, Ravens Pass, Shamardal, Tamayuz, Teofilo, as well as exciting US sires Big Brown, Giants Causeway, Henrythenavigator and Tapit.
Commenting on the catalogue Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby said:
“It is my firm belief that this year’s offering is the best for quite some time, both in terms of pedigree and individual. On paper our yearlings are by the most diverse sire profile with all the big names well represented whilst the dam lines are packed full of Classic winners and Group 1 siblings. The focus of Goffs’ yearling inspection team has been very much on the horse and on providing buyers with a catalogue of good looking, well conformed youngsters. This is the foundation of any successful horse sale and the evidence would suggest that the formula is working, as Goffs has sold a Classic winner in each of the last 8 seasons with 10 individual Classics falling to Goffs graduates in just the last four years.”
Goffs Orby Sale takes place from Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th September 2011. Selling commences at 11.00am on the first two days, and 10.00am on the final day.
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