Improving Chaser Bumpy Evans Stars at Goffs Summer Sale

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The seven-year-old Bumpy Evans (lot 49) topped Monday's Goffs Summer Sale at Doncaster when going the way of Richard Lee Racing for £60,000. Consigned by trainer Tim Vaughan, the son of Ocovango came into the sale as the winner of three of his four starts over fences, having added to that tally on Saturday with a 28-length victory at Cartmel.

Other highlights included Stuart Crawford's seven-year-old Bleu d'Enfer (lot 43), who opened his account over fences on his most recent start at Carlisle. He was bought by Jimmy Fyffe for £55,000, while a two-year-old gelding by Golden Horn (lot 146) topped the Niall Farrell Dispersal. Offered by Mill House Stud, he sold to Dan Astbury and Joey Logan for £48,000.

Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “As we have seen in other sales across the sector, trade was strong for those who supplied what the market wanted, and as we saw at May's Spring HIT/PTP Sale, trade for the horses-in-training was strong, as evidenced by prices of £60,000 for the promising chaser Bumpy Evans, £55,000 for Bleu d'Enfer and £41,000 for Irish pointer Pigeon Forge. The Niall Farrell Dispersal also offered some quality horses, with youngstock by the likes of Nathaniel and Golden Horn selling for up to £48,000.”

He added, “The store section of the sale was unfortunately much tougher and certainly reflected the challenges this sector of the market has been facing over the last 18 months. Overall, we are happy with the results achieved and we now turn our attention to the Premier Yearling Sale which will be held here at Doncaster on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 August from 10am.”

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