‘If You Don’t Get A Kick Out Of Selling A Yearling For €1 Million, You Never Will’

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Mountarmstrong Stud's Noel O'Callaghan declared himself “delighted” after Amo Racing stretched to €1 million to secure his Night Of Thunder filly during Tuesday's session of the Goffs Orby Sale, telling the assembled press pack, “If you don't get a kick out of selling a yearling for €1 million, you never will.”

Lot 298 is the second foal out of No Speak Alexander (Shalaa), Mountarmstrong's homebred winner of the G1 Matron Stakes. No Speak Alexander, in turn, is out of the Listed scorer Rapacity Alexander (Dandy Man), a full-sister to the G1 Hong Kong Sprint hero Peniaphobia.

This filly was the second seven-figure lot to go through the ring on the second day of the Orby, after MV Magnier emerged on top from the bidding war for the No Nay Never filly who was offered as lot 280. Glenvale Stud's full-sister to the dual Group 1 hero Blackbeard and this year's G2 Norfolk Stakes winner Charles Darwin fetched €1.9 million, the highest price of the sale so far.

“I hope she's very lucky for Amo Racing,” O'Callaghan said of his prize filly. “She'll be early. We're not surprised by what she made and, if she made more, we wouldn't have been surprised either. This is a great industry, isn't it? It's been a very good sale and, if you don't get a kick out of selling a yearling for €1 million, you never will.”

Asked how he planned on celebrating, O'Callaghan concluded, “I'm off to Newmarket!”

Lot 298 was the sixth purchase of the sale so far for Amo Racing, with bloodstock agent Alex Elliott hoping the latest addition to the squad can be an early flagbearer for the operation in 2026.

“She is bred to be fast and I would say we will know our fate early because we view her as an Ascot filly,” said Elliott. “A very sweet and good-bodied filly out of a Group 1 winner and by Night Of Thunder. That's kind of what they cost, isn't it? That's what we expected to pay for her – it was in and around the top of our range.

“She's going to have to be early because she's [been born in] January. There have been some really good horses here, as always. It's been solid. Goffs do a great job getting people here and, when you look at the board downstairs, from Minnie Hauk and more, a lot of good horses have come out of this sale. We're all pleased that Kia has come back and hopefully we have found him some good ones.”

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