Poet’s Word Gelding Breaks £300K Mark As Goffs Aintree Sale Concludes

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Largy Go (Ire) (Poet's Word {Ire}) (lot 8) caught the eye of O'Neill Racing, and was knocked down for a sale-topping £305,000 at the Goffs Aintree Sale on Thursday.

Consigned by Newlands Farm, the bay made a winning start to his career with a stylish victory Loughbrick over three miles on March 29.

Gordon Elliott was the leading buyer of the next two lots for £250,000 apiece–first Lemmy Caution (Fr) (Tunis {Pol}) (lot 5) and With Nolimit (Fr) (Bande {Ire]) (lot 21)–for a combined £500,000. He also shelled out another £315,000 for Hernando De Soto (Ire) (Affinisea {Ire}) (lot 9) and Sound Judgement (Ire) (Doyen {Ire}) (lot 18) with Aidan O'Ryan. Elliott, who has purchased a pair of Grade 1 winners out of this sale, also shelled out £95,000 for Tip Of The Wings (Ire) (Wings Of Eagles {Fr}) (lot 30). All five had won their debuts.

At the close of trade, 28 lots sold of 30 offered (93%) for a gross of £3,571,000. The average rose to £127,536 (+41%) and the median rose 40% to £105,000. A total of 17 horses made six figures or better.

Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “Today has been a wonderful result for this sale and it finished less than £100,000 short of eclipsing the booming sale we enjoyed here in 2022.  We knew coming into today that we had a strong catalogue and that was echoed by everyone who saw the horses over the last two days. However, we needed to see that talk transpire into action in the ring and we are thrilled with the results which are befitting a sale and race meeting of the highest stature.

“This sale has sold some cracking horses over its eight years, four of which have gone on to win Grade 1 races at the Cheltenham and Aintree Festivals, and the calibre of horses sold tonight bodes well for the future. We would like to extend our thanks to the vendors who supported this sale and we are delighted to have delivered world-class prices for their horses – we can't do it without you. To our buyers, we extend the very best of luck and we hope to see you in the winners' enclosure here at Aintree in the coming years. As ever, we would also like to extend our gratitude to the Aintree Executive who are so supportive of this fantastic event.”

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