‘Classic Glory, Royal Ascot Winners, US Grade I Success’: Goffs Orby Book 1 Now Online

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The Goffs Orby Book 1 catalogue is now available online with 466 lots to be offered across the two-day sale set to commence on Monday, September 29.

Beginning a day earlier than its traditional Tuesday start, the change was made following feedback from clients who had commitments later in the week, including the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe meeting in France. All yearlings offered in both Orby Book 1 and Book 2 are eligible for prize-money of €2,000,000 in the 2026 Goffs Two Million Series. Included in that sequence is Europe's richest juvenile race, the Goffs Million, as well as €1,000,000 in €50,000 bonuses awarded to winners of designated two-year-old races across Ireland and the UK.

Boasting yearlings by some of the most high-profile stallions on the market, offerings include the offspring of Baaeed, Blue Point, Camelot, Dark Angel, Frankel, Havana Grey, Kingman, Lope de Vega, Mehmas, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea The Stars, Starman, Too Darn Hot and Wootton Bassett, among others. A select number of American stallions will also be represented, including the likes of Justify, Munnings, and Omaha Beach.

Prospects hail from some of the best families in the studbook, and include own and half-siblings to runners like multiple Group 1-winner Emily Upjohn, G1 Criterium de Saint Cloud hero Dubai Mile, and a number of champions. Headlining recent Goffs Orby success were English and Irish Oaks winner Minnie Hauk and GI Diana Stakes victrix Excellent Truth.

“Classic glory, Royal Ascot winners, US Grade I success, Group-winning juveniles…if the performances by our graduates throughout 2025 is a measure of Orby quality, this is a catalogue that cannot be missed and that quality is testament to the wonderful support of so many leading producers,” said Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby.

“Following client feedback, we placed a deliberate emphasis on quality over quantity throughout the Orby inspection process, resulting in a catalogue that, while more selective in size, is even richer in depth and quality so guaranteeing buyers the impeccably high standard for which this sale is renowned.  Many of Ireland's best yearlings will be on offer at Orby Book 1, while we are pleased to welcome several UK vendors, including Highclere and Barton Stud, who will bring drafts to Orby for the first time.”

“Our client relations team and international agents were out earlier than ever this year, travelling the world to secure major clients for our Orby yearlings, and we look forward to welcoming a stellar cast of buyers to Kildare Paddocks in two months' time to compete for this top-class catalogue.”

Goffs Orby Book 1 will begin at 10am each day on Monday and Tuesday. The catalogue for Book 2, set to take place on October 1 and 2, will be published on Monday.

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