Tamayuz Colt Tops Second Day of Goffs

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A bay colt by Tamayuz (GB) out of Laftah (Ire) was easily the top lot during the second day of the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale, selling for €50,000 to Kevin Ross Bloodstock. The Lumville Farm-consigned lot 496 is out of a full-sister to G3 Sceptre S. heroine Music Box (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and to SW Ektihaam (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who was second in the G2 Dante S.

Two colts and a filly all made €24,000 each, with Lumville also consigning a filly (lot 572) by Sea The Moon (Ger) from the family of MGSW and MG1SP Banimpire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) which was knocked down to Filip Zwicky; Jossestown Farm’s lot 542, a Requinto (Ire) half-brother to listed winner Justice Belle (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) selling to MCR Bloodstock; and Hyde Park Stud struck for a colt by Sir Percy (GB) (lot 551) from the draft of Staffordstown. The last-named is out of Miss Katmandu (Ire) (Rainbow Quest), a half-sister to MGSWs Asian Heights (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) and St Expedit (GB) (Sadler’s Wells).

During Tuesday’s session, 147 (59%) sold from 249 offered and grossed €774,400. The average was €5,268 (-19.4%) and the median registered at €2,700 (-40%). Cumulatively over two days of selling, 300 yearlings (60%) changed hands from 504 offered for an aggregate of €1,641,750. The overall average and median were €5,473 (-21%) and €3,000 (-36%), respectively.

“There is no disguising that the last two days have been hard work for everyone as the market has proved highly selective as evidenced by the clearance rate of 60%,” said Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “Trade has mirrored that at other sales of a similar category across Europe this autumn although it remains the case that the stand out lots enjoyed plenty of competition. How much the uncertainty or threat of Brexit is contributing is anyone’s guess as, like everyone, we are so sick of the lack of clarity in this connection but there is no doubt that it appears the supply-demand ratio is out of kilter again. Working in tandem with Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, Goffs will continue to do our level best to attract the broadest group of buyers to our sales and it was pleasing to see significant groups from Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Italy competing with buyers from USA, China and the UK for the yearlings that appealed the most.”

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