‘Strength And Depth Throughout’: Goffs December NH Catalogue Released

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The catalogue for the Goffs December National Hunt Sale from December 8-10 is now online. Featuring a larger catalogue of 814 lots, there are 745 foals, 58 breeding stock and 11 yearlings and store horses. Graduates that shone this past season include Cheltenham Grade 1 winner Lecky Watson. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. each day.

Grade 1 winners with foals selling include Shattered Love (Yeats), who will be represented by a Blue Bresil colt as lot 633; Glens Melody (King's Theatre) has a colt by Poet's Word entered as lot 283; and there is also a Blue Bresil filly out of Cabaret Queen (King's Theatre) (lot 106).

All the major National Hunt sires are well represented, with substantial numbers of foals by Authorized, Blue Bresil, Crystal Ocean, Doctor Dino, Galiway, Golden Horn, Goliath Du Berlais, Harzand, Jukebox Jury, Kapgarde, Karaktar, Nirvana Du Berlais, No Risk At All, and Walk In The Park.

Among the breeding stock set to sell are Grade 1 winner Brandy Love (Jet Away) (lot 768) in foal to Jukebox Jury; Deuce Again (Dubawi) (lot 774), the dam of 2026 Champion Hurdler Golden Ace (Golden Horn) carrying a full-sibling to that Cheltenham Festival heroine; as well as a full-sister to G3 Grand National hero Nick Rockett (Walk In The Park) as lot 792, Music Of Life.

Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby said, “The success of the Goffs December National Hunt Sale is one of our proudest achievements as a team, and it is all thanks to the support of so many vendors who have made Goffs their first choice for NH foals and mares of quality, and for that we are enormously grateful.  Indeed, the sale has bucked the trend this year by attracting a significantly larger number of entries than 12 months ago, particularly the foals which have grown from 678 in 2024 to 745.

“The catalogue boasts strength and depth throughout, and our proven format sees the foals placed alphabetically by dam across the three days. Goffs December is also now firmly established as the premier destination for elite NH breeding stock, and we have another mouthwatering selection to offer this year.

“We look forward to welcoming everyone to Kildare Paddocks for a festive finale to another strong year of National Hunt at Goffs, and in the meantime, we have five weekends of quality jump racing to look forward to which is sure to produce some more exciting updates to the catalogue.”

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