‘It’s Our Little Side Hustle’ – Marley Girls Newest Names To Consigning Ranks

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DONCASTER, ENGLAND – Tilly and Hannah Marley, the daughters of renowned pinhooker, breeze-up consignor and pre-trainer Roger, are the newest names on the consigning block at Goffs and will be bidding to get MG Bloodstock [Marley Girls] off to a flying start with its three-strong draft at this week's Premier Yearling Sale.

The Marley girls have already proved themselves a chip off the old block when their Ubettabelieveit pinhook turned a profit of 50,000gns when selling to Richard Hughes on behalf of Jaber Abdullah at last year's Somerville Yearling Sale. 

That filly turned out to be dual winner Sayidah Hard Spun, who now boasts a rating of 86 and is a good advertisement of what the young girls are capable of. 

From their corner in barn A, which was a beehive of activity on Monday, Hannah simply said, “We're feeling quite cool, calm and collected at the moment. We are very lucky to have Dad as our right-hand man and to guide us in the right direction. He answers every question that we have and, to be honest, we wouldn't be able to do this without him.”

Tilly added, “I feel like we are in the very same position as when Dad is consigning. The only difference is that it is our name over the door.”

The money earned from last year's pinhooks has allowed the Marley sisters to speculate again. They will be hoping lightning can strike twice with their Ubettabelieveit colt [lot 330], who was picked up for 11,000gns as a foal, and with their Sergei Prokofiev filly [348], sourced for the same sum. Meanwhile, the Minzaal filly [310] has been sent to the young consignors on behalf of a client. 

Tilly explained, “We did well with a Ubettabelieveit filly at the Somerville Sale at Tattersalls last year. She sold very well – 12,000gns into 62,000gns – and went on to win twice for Richard Hughes so she is a good flag-bearer for us to have. We put that money straight back into foals and now here we are.”

Tilly, 21, has spent a summer working in France at Henri Bozo's Monceaux Stud while Hannah, 23, has gained experience with Coolmore, Paul Shanahan and has ridden out for Richard Hughes. 

There is no such thing as pre-sale nerves here and, one thing is for sure, the Marley Girls are going to have a lot of fun win, lose or draw. 

Hannah said, “We are heavily-involved in the running of the farm at home and do all of the breezers with Dad under Church Farm. This is just our own little side hustle! The name MG Bloodstock is very original! We were just throwing names out there and thinking how we would like to go about it MG Bloodstock is the one that stuck.”

Tilly concluded, “Hopefully we will have a bit of luck and we have chosen the right horses for the right sale. From there, it's out of our hands. We have been very busy so far. Obviously we had Arqana last week but not everybody goes there. This is the first British yearling sale of the season and it feels as though everyone is here and it seemed as though a lot of buyers were eager to get in here this morning and to get on with it.”

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