Elite Sires and Emerging Forces Headline Premier Yearling Sale Catalogue

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The newly-published catalogue for the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale features entries from many of Europe's leading sires, as well as first-season sensation Starman, who is responsible for 17 of the 409 “athletic, precocious Doncaster yearlings” set to go under the hammer on Wednesday, August 27 and Thursday, August 28.

Last year Starman was responsible for two of the top five lots, including the subsequent G3 Fillies Sprint Stakes heroine Lady Iman, one of 16 individual winners for her leading first-season sire in 2025. The notable yearlings by Starman featuring in the 2025 catalogue include lot 118, a filly out of the G3 Prix d'Arenberg winner Corazon from the Tally-Ho Stud draft.

Sergei Prokofiev and Sioux Nation boast the strongest representation numerically with 21 and 18 yearlings, respectively, while leading two-year-old stallions Mehmas and Havana Grey also feature prominently, having joined Starman among the top three sires by aggregate at last year's sale. The 14 yearlings by Mehmas in the 2025 catalogue include lot 290, a colt out of a full-sister to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Mischief Magic, while lot 108, a colt out of the G3 Premio Carlo e Francesco Aloisi winner Charline Royale, features among the 13 by Havana Grey.

Elite sires such as Blue Point, Dark Angel, Kingman and No Nay Never are represented in smaller numbers, along with Wootton Bassett, whose sole offering is lot 384, a colt out of a half-sister to the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud hero Broome, plus the Group 2 winners Point Lonsdale and Diego Velazquez.

Caturra (14 yearlings), Persian Force (13) and Minzaal (11) lead the way among the stallions with their first yearlings on the market. Those by Persian Force include lot 146, Camas Park Stud's half-brother to the G3 Coral Charge Sprint winner and G1 Nunthorpe Stakes third Extortionist, while lot 41 is a Minzaal half-sister to the G1 Prix Jean Romanet scorer Aristia.

Other potential highlights include lot 236, a Muhaarar half-brother to the Group 1-winning sprinter and sire Sands Of Mali; lot 332, a Too Darn Hot colt out of the Listed-placed mare Perfect Blessings, from the family of the Group 1 winner Polydream; and lot 383, an Oasis Dream colt out of a half-sister to the G1 1,000 Guineas heroine Cachet.

Barton Stud's Soldier's Call filly, who will be offered as lot 279, also promises to attract plenty of interest after she received a significant pedigree update last weekend. She is out of a half-sister to the dam of the G1 July Cup heroine No Half Measures, who was bought by trainer Richard Hughes for £34,000 at the Premier Yearling Sale back in 2022.

In 2023, Arizona Blaze (£82,000) and Sayidah Dariyan (£35,000) were both five-figure purchases at this sale, before going on to finish second and fourth, respectively, in this year's G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, while Listed National Stakes winner Anthelia joins Lady Iman among the best performers so far to have been sold at Doncaster last year.

Anthelia is set to line up in Saturday's Weatherbys Super Sprint Stakes at Newbury, before a potential appearance in the Harry's Half Million By Goffs. All lots catalogued for the Premier Yearling Sale are eligible to run in that valuable contest at York's Ebor Festival.

Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “Premier continues to deliver the results all around the world, and it seems fitting that it produced the winner of one of the season's most prestigious sprint races, the July Cup with No Half Measures, on the eve of the release of the 2025 catalogue.

“The sale's two-year-old record speaks for itself – season after season this sale outperforms all others and we are seeing that again in 2025 with Premier having a comfortable lead over its competition in terms of two-year-old winners.”

He added, “As in previous years, all yearlings offered will be eligible for entry into Premier's enduringly popular sales race which was renamed Harry's Half Million by Goffs last year. With an increased guaranteed prize fund of £500,000, the launch of the upgraded race was a big success last year, and the huge uptake from buyers saw its prize-money increase further to just shy of £620,000 in 2024, a great endorsement of the race which continues to be a major draw card for buyers.

“We have been travelling around the world to promote this sale and we will continue to do so in the build-up to the event, and we look forward to hosting the 2025 Harry's Half Million by Goffs at the fabulous York Ebor Festival before the sale on 27 & 28 August.”

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