Glance At Midnight Makes £245k At GoffsGo February Sale

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Cheltenham hopeful Glance At Midnight sold for £245,000 to top the GoffsGo February Sale when selling to Ryan Mahon on behalf of Dan Skelton on Thursday.

The son of Passing Glance (lot 3) holds entries in both the G1 Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the G1 Turners Novices' Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival. A winner of a bumper and a maiden hurdle, Glance At Midnight was last seen running second in the Listed Sidney Banks Hurdle at Huntingdon.

Said Mahon of his purchse, “He's a nice horse with a nice pedigree. We've done well with Passing Glance in the past. He'll go back to Dan's and we'll have a think about the best route with him. He's got a nice profile and hopefully he'll be a nice horse over fences.”

Local trainer Andrew Martin, who bought the gelding as a foal and has owned and trained him throughout, said, “It's been five years in the making, as we bought him as a foal. We always bought him with a view that we might sell him.

“I didn't sell him as a store as he didn't meet his reserve and we decided to press on. He's shown plenty of ability, he's got a great temperament and a great way of going. The Skeltons have got a very nice horse. He's a perfect specimen and just absolutely lovely to deal with.”

Second on the buyers' sheet was Therhythmofthenite (Goliath Du Berlais) (lot 8), who sold to Michael Gates/Comfort Park Stud for £21,000. He was consigned by Martin Brassil Racing.

Of the 21 horses offered, nine sold (43%) for a gross of £302,800. The average was £33,645 and the median was £6,500.

Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby said, “It was only a matter of time before GoffsGo demonstrated what it's capable of. To sell a live Cheltenham prospect of this quality in just our second monthly sale says a great deal about the confidence people have in the platform.

“What makes it work is its simplicity and value, which is proving attractive to both vendors and buyers. With an entry fee of just £49 and the lowest available vendor commission of 1.5% which is only charged for lots that sell on the platform, GoffsGo is unmatched by any other European online platform. What's more, there's a very hands-on team behind it led by Ruairi Breen and Tadhg Dooley.

“Other notable results from today's GoffsGo sale included Therhythmofthenite (Lot 8), a Goliath De Berlais gelding from the family of Fastorslow who was consigned by Martin Brassil Racing and sold to Michael Gates' Comfort Park Stud for £21,000, and Our 'Enery (Lot 15), a winning son of Sea The Stars from Jackdaws Castle and bought by Aidan O'Ryan and Goffs' Eastern European agent Kishore Mirpuri for £15,000.”

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